a middleweight bout on tonight's Spike TV portion of the card from the Rogers Arena.
Bongfeldt (15-4-1) fought to a draw against Rafael Natal in his UFC debut last December. Weidman (5-0) won his UFC debut against Alessio Sakara at UFC on Versus in March.
The live blog is below.
Round 1: They trade kicks to start off, with neither man connecting all that well. Bongfeldt lands a nice high kick that gives Weidman something to think about, but Weidman ties up and then tosses Bongfeldt on his head with a nice throw. Weidman working out of the open guard now, landing a few nice right hands before passing to side control. Weidman thinks about a kimura, but he gives Bongfeldt too much space and the Canadian recovers half-guard. Weidman has little trouble moving to north-south, and again he looks for that arm. Again Bongfeldt escapes and recovers half-guard, and again Weidman passes. Finally the loop ends as Bongfeldt scrambles up in the final minute. Weidman jumps in with a nice knee to the body and Bongfeldt grabs for a single-leg. This proves to be a mistake, as Weidman locks up the standing guillotine and squeezes until Bongfeldt taps.
Chris Weidman def. Jesse Bongfeldt via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:54 of round one.
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Joe Rogan interviews Junior dos Santos at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Joe Rogan interviews Shane Carwin at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Junior Dos Santos faces off with Shane Carwin at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Junior Dos Santos makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Shane Carwin makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Kenny Florian faces off with Diego Nunes at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Kenny Florian makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Kenny Florian riles up the crowd with his Boston Bruins jersey at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Diego Nunes makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Demian Maia faces Mark Munoz at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Demian Maia makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Mark Munoz makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Jon Olav Einemo poses with Dave Herman at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Jon Olav Einemo makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Dave Herman makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Donald Cerrone greets Vagner Rocha at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Donald Cerrone makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Vagner Rocha makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Sam Stout gets close with Yves Edwards at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Sam Stout makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Yves Edwards makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Jesse Bongfeldt poses with Chris Weidman at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Jesse Bongfeldt makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Chris Weidman makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Krzystof Soszynksi faces off with Mike Massenzio at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Krzystof Soszynksi makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Mike Massenzio makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Nick Ring poses with James Head at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Nick Ring makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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James Head makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Dustin Poirier faces Jason Young at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Dustin Poirier flexes at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Jason Young makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Joey Beltran faces Aaron Rosa at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Joey Beltran makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Aaron Rosa makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Michihiro Omigawa meets Darren Elkins at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Michihiro Omigawa makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Darren Elkins makes weight at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Joe Rogan pumps up the crowd at the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Stephan Bonnar tears up Josh Koscheck's shirt during his Q&A before the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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Stephan Bonnar hosts his Q&A before the UFC 131 weigh-ins on Friday, June 10, 2011 in Vancouver.
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