UFC 139
| UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson | ||||
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A poster or logo for UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson.
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 19, 2011 | |||
| Venue | HP Pavilion | |||
| City | San Jose, California | |||
| Attendance | 13,832 | |||
| Total gate | $1,268,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 290,000 | |||
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UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. It was the first UFC event in San Jose, the longtime home and base arena for Strikeforce.
UFC 139 featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV.
UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez was originally expected to have his first title defense against Junior dos Santos at this event. However, on September 2, 2011, the UFC announced that fight would be moved to the inaugural UFC on Fox event.
Vitor Belfort was briefly linked to a matchup with Cung Le at this event. However, Belfort was removed from the bout and replaced by Wanderlei Silva.
Dana White announced that the winner of the main event between Rua and Henderson was possibly going to receive a title shot, but then stated in January 2012 that the winner Phil Davis vs. Rashad Evans at UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis would receive the next title shot, because the then-champion: Jon Jones was unable to fight the winner of Rua and Henderson because they couldn't materialize the fight between Jones and the Rua vs. Henderson winner (at that time).
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