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''UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields'' was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields )〕 ==Background== The event was the sixth that the UFC has hosted in Canada and the first mixed martial arts event in Ontario since the sport was legalized in the province in August 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ontario's First Sanctioned MMA Event Set for Saturday )〕 The Toronto event was originally titled UFC 131 by the promotion, but later changed to UFC 129 as its early 2011 schedule started to fall more firmly into place. It was the largest UFC event in North American history〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields Set For 42,000 Fans at Rogers Centre in Toronto )〕 and coincided with a two-day UFC Fan Expo at the Direct Energy Centre.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto To Host First-Ever Ontario Event on April 30 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 131 official for April 30 at Rogers Centre in Toronto )〕 UFC officials had originally planned for the Rogers Centre to be configured to hold 42,000 fans for UFC 129. The UFC put those tickets on sale to UFC Fight Club members in a special pre-sale on February 10, 2011, selling nearly all of them. They released and sold more tickets the following day to UFC newsletter subscribers in a second special pre-sale. UFC 129 then sold out when tickets went on sale to the general public on February 12, with officials scrambling to up the number of seats to 55,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UFC 129 Sold Out, Shatters Records With 55,000 Tickets )〕 Selling out all 55,000 tickets for gate revenues exceeding $11 million, the event shatters both MMA attendance and gate records in North America.〔 John Makdessi was rumored to face Jonathan Brookins at the event; however, Makdessi instead fought Kyle Watson. In a conference call for ''UFC: Fight For The Troops 2'' in January 2011, Dana White confirmed that UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo would defend his title against Mark Hominick on this card, provided that Hominick defeated George Roop. White also stated that, regardless of the outcome of the Hominick/Roop fight, Aldo would still defend his Featherweight Championship at this event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jose Aldo official for UFC 129 slot; four additional contests set for Toronto )〕 Hominick defeated Roop, via first round TKO, to confirm his place as no. 1 contender, and solidify the bout with Aldo. After the bout, judge Doug Crosby made a mistake scoring the 5th round 10–8 in favor of José Aldo instead of Mark Hominick, making the final tally 50–43 for Aldo. A correction was made after the bout, and the correct score was 48–45 in favor of Aldo. Rory MacDonald was expected to face James Wilks at this event, but Wilks was forced from the card, and replaced by Nate Diaz.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nate Diaz meets Rory MacDonald at UFC 129 )〕 On February 11, it was announced that Matt Hamill will no longer fight Phil Davis at this event and will instead fight Quinton Jackson at UFC 130.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Matt Hamill Replaces Thiago Silva )〕 In a Twitter post, Davis said he was "sorry the fight had been removed from the website, and would be fighting in Toronto regardless."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Phil Davis Twitter Response )〕 Davis was expected to face Jason Brilz until Tito Ortiz had to pull out of his UFC Fight Night: Seattle fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. Davis headlined that event against Nogueira,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tito Ortiz out, Phil Davis faces Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24 )〕 while Brilz is now expected to fight Vladimir Matyushenko at this event. Brian Foster was expected to face Sean Pierson at this event, but Foster was forced out of the bout after a pre-fight MRI scan showed that Foster had a brain hemorrhage, and was replaced by Jake Ellenberger.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jake Ellenberger replaces Brian Foster, faces Sean Pierson at UFC 129 )〕 On February 27, 2011, it was revealed that two of the preliminary bouts would air on a Sportsnet card.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sportsnet offers UFC 129 "UFC Prelims" special with Toronto show )〕 These bouts aired at a new time of , as the UFC announced on March 5, 2011, that UFC 129 would be the first PPV to air live at . ''UFC Primetime'' returned to promote the St-Pierre/Shields title fight. On April 19, 2011, it was revealed that two of the preliminary bouts would air on a Facebook card. However on April 21, the UFC instead announced that all of the prelims (except the two fights airing on Spike) would be on the Facebook stream. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UFC 129」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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