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Sanchez, Stevenson, Maia, Thiago win UFC 95 awards

The UFC handed out $40,000 bonuses to fighters involved in the Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night or Submission of the Night.

For the Fight of the Night, the UFC gave it to Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson for their three-round lightweight scrap.

Paulo Thiago shocked the world with a TKO victory of Josh Koscheck and was awarded Knockout of the Night.

And in a surprise to no one, Demian Maia earned the Submission of the Night for his fifth straight submission victory in the UFC.

UFC 95 lures 13,268 to O2 Arena

UFC 95 drew an attendance of 13,268 to the O2 Arena in London, England despite no championship fights on the card.

The previous UFC event in England was UFC 85 "Bisping vs. Leben" in October 2008 were attended by 9,515 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.

UFC 75 "Champion vs. Champion" remains the highest attended UFC event in England with 16,235. The show was the UFC's return to England and featured a UFC-PRIDE light-heavyweight title unification bout between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Dan Henderson.

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