{"product_id":"ufc-103-franklin-vs-belfort-official-event-program-2009","title":"UFC 103 - Franklin Vs Belfort - Official Event Program (2009)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUltimate fighting Championship Official event Program\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUFC 103\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRich Franklin Vs Vitor Belfort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeaturing Legends such as  Vitor Belfort, Rich Franklin, Mirko Corcop, \u0026amp; Paul Daley,  more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat condition - Some minor edge or surface wear possible - see photos for exact condition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHard to find piece of MMA history\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 19, 2009, in Dallas, Texas, at the American Airlines Center. The event was broadcast on pay-per-view.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis was the first UFC event to air a portion of the preliminary card live and commercial-free during an hour long block on Spike. The Efraín Escudero vs. Cole Miller, Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal, Rick Story vs. Brian Foster, and the Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez fights were shown on Spike.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs a part of the UFC\/ESPN UK regionalization strategy the bout of Paul Daley vs. Brian Foster was to air on ESPN (UK) prior to Daley replacing Mike Swick against Martin Kampmann.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe event was aired the same time Floyd Mayweather fought Juan Manuel Márquez. Mayweather\/Márquez drew a smaller crowd (13,116) but its gate was considerably higher at $6,811,300. It also sold more PPV buys (1,000,000).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo date, this PPV had the largest amount of fights broadcast by the UFC (13).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was announced on July 20, 2009 that Rich Franklin would headline UFC 103 against Dan Henderson. It was then announced on July 31, 2009 that fans were not happy with the announced headliner of Henderson-Franklin 2 so they changed the main event to feature Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort. \"Fans didn't like it, so we changed it,\" UFC President Dana White said.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA knee injury forced Matt Wiman out of a bout with Rafael dos Anjos on July 23. Rob Emerson filled in. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA knee injury forced Thiago Tavares out of his bout with Jim Miller on August 20. 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