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On this day, Oct. 29 in 2011 BJ Penn and Nick Diaz fought in the main event of UFC 137<\/a> at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n

Diaz ended up winning a unanimous decision in the 3 round fight where the two built up the bout with a lot of bad blood. The fight didn\u2019t disappoint as the two legends were honored Fight of the Night with both men taking home a $75,000 performance bonus.<\/p>\n

After the fight was done and blood was shed from the two, they got together for a picture in the locker room with the warriors bloodied and banged up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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