UFC 56

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UFC 56: Full Force

Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	November 19, 2005
Venue	MGM Grand Arena
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	9,995 paid [1]
Total Gate	$1,986,000
Event chronology
UFC 55: Fury	UFC 56: Full Force	UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3

UFC 56: Full Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2005. It was held at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and released on DVD. Headlining the card were the two coaches from The Ultimate Fighter 2, Rich Franklin and Matt Hughes, scheduled to defend their middleweight and welterweight titles, respectively.

1 Results
- 1.1 Preliminary card
- 1.2 Main card
2 Miscellanea
3 See also
4 Sources

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary card

[edit] Welterweight bout: Nick Thompson vs. Keith Wisniewski

Thompson defeats Wisniewski by unanimous decision. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

[edit] Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Ansar Chalangov

Alves defeats Chalangov by technical knockout by strikes at 2:25 of round one. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

[edit] Light Heavyweight bout: Sam Hoger vs. Jeff Newton

Hoger defeats Newton by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:05 of round two. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

[edit] Main card

[edit] Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Trevor Prangley

Horn defeats Prangley by close unanimous decision, to which the crowd responded with mixed reactions.

[edit] Welterweight bout: Georges St. Pierre vs Sean Sherk

In one of the more anticipated bouts of the evening, Georges St. Pierre defeats Sean Sherk by technical knockout by strikes at 2:53 of round two.

[edit] Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs Joe Riggs

UFC Welterweight Champion, Matt Hughes defeats Joe Riggs by submission (kimura) at 3:28 of round one. Riggs was brought in as a replacement for Karo Parisyan, who suffered an injury in his training leading up to the bout. Although originally scheduled as a championship match, Riggs could not make the required weight at 170 lb (he came in at 171 lb) and the bout was changed to a non-title welterweight match, where there is a 1 lb allowance.

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Kevin Jordan

In the evening's swing bout, Gonzaga defeats Jordan by knockout at 4:39 of round three. Despite the exciting finish, the bout was uneventful up to that point, inciting boos from the audience and criticism from the ringside announcers.