UFC 157


UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 23, 2013, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Background

The headline bout between Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche was the first-ever women's fight in UFC history. The two fought in the newly created 135-pound bantamweight division for the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship. Rousey was the defending champion, as she was awarded the championship at a UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Diaz pre-event press conference on December 6, 2012, prior to which she was the Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.
Manny Gamburyan was expected to face Chad Mendes at the event; however, Gamburyan was forced out of the bout with a thumb and elbow injury. Mendes was then pulled from the card as a suitable replacement could not be found on short notice. As a result, the bout between Court McGee and Josh Neer was promoted to the main card.
Former SuperBrawl, ICON Sport and EliteXC middleweight champion and Strikeforce middleweight title challenger Robbie Lawler made his return to UFC since UFC 50, facing Josh Koscheck in the welterweight division. This is also Lawler's first fight at welterweight since UFC 47.
At the weigh-ins, Nah-Shon Burrell came into his bout with Yuri Villefort heavy, weighing in at 175.8 lb. Villefort had already agreed in advance to a catchweight bout and received a portion of Burrell's purse.
15,525 people purchased tickets to watch the event at the arena, and there were 450,000 pay-per-view buys.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses.Fight of the Night: Dennis Bermudez vs. Matt GriceKnockout of the Night: Robbie Lawler
  • '''Submission of the Night: Kenny Robertson'''

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses or Pay-Per-View quotas.Ronda Rousey: $90,000 def. Liz Carmouche: $12,000Lyoto Machida: $200,000 def. Dan Henderson: $250,000Urijah Faber: $100,000 def. Ivan Menjivar: $17,000Court McGee: $40,000 def. Josh Neer: $16,000Robbie Lawler: $105,000 def. Josh Koscheck: $78,000Brendan Schaub: $36,000 def. Lavar Johnson: $29,000Michael Chiesa: $30,000 def. Anton Kuivanen: $8,000Dennis Bermudez: $20,000 def. Matt Grice: $8,000Sam Stout: $52,000 def. Caros Fodor: $15,000Kenny Robertson: $16,000 def. Brock Jardine: $8,000Neil Magny: $16,000 def. Jon Manley: $8,000Nah-Shon Burrell: $12,500 def. Yuri Villefort: $6,550 ^
^ ''Nah-Shon Burrell was fined and a percentage of his fight purse went to Yuri Villefort for failing to make the required weight for his fight.''