UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31,2009.
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UFC 94: St-Pierre vs Penn 2 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31,2009.
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UFC 94 became the undisputed UFC Welterweight Champion by winning the interim-championship against Matt Hughes at UFC 79, and successfully unifying the championship against Welterweight title holder Matt Serra at UFC 83 in Quebec, St-Pierre's home province.
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St-Pierre's fight prior to the UFC 94 event was a successful title defense against Jon Fitch at UFC 87 via unanimous decision, where he won every round on the judge's scorecards.
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Penn entered the UFC 94 fight following a successful title defense as well, with a 3rd-round TKO of former champion Sean Sherk at UFC 84.
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UFC 94 was adamant that he would not continue to allow filming unless his portrayal changed.
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Machida entered the UFC 94 fight following a unanimous decision victory over former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz at UFC 84, where he won every round on the judge's scorecards.
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Bonnar, a light heavyweight, was to take on Matt Hamill at UFC 94 Fight Night 13, but a left knee injury during training forced him out of that bout.
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UFC 94's opponent, the 21-year-old Jon Jones was a national amateur wrestling champion and coming off a unanimous decision victory over Andre Gusmao at UFC 87, where he took the fight on three weeks notice.
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The UFC 94 announced on January 14,2009 that the event was completely sold out, however MMAjunkie.
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UFC 94 indicated that he did not believe the vaseline influenced the outcome of the fight, but still expected Nurse to be punished.
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UFC 94 witnessed St-Pierre's cornerman Phil Nurse apply Vaseline to St-Pierre's face and then immediately rub St-Pierre's shoulders and back before Nurse wiped his hands.
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Penn would go on and defeat Florian at UFC 94 101, winning in the fourth round by rear naked choke.
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UFC 94 awarded some fighters $65,000 bonuses for their performance.
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