UFC 47

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UFC 47: It's On!

Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 2, 2004
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	9,129 paid[1]
Total Gate	$1,444,020[2]
Buyrate	105,000[3]
Event chronology
UFC 46: Supernatural	UFC 47: It's On!	UFC 48: Payback

UFC 47: It's On! was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, and later released on DVD. Headlining the card was the long awaited match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.

The title "It's On!" refers to Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz' long running negotiations leading up to the fight. Fans had been awaiting the fight for more than a year, and while both fighters had their own story as to why it took so long, the fight finally took place in 2004. Ortiz claims that as friends and former training partners, he and Liddell had made a pact never to fight. Liddell claims there was no such pact, that he would fight anyone anytime, and accused Ortiz of ducking the fight. After finding his range early in the second round, Liddell unleashed a barrage of punches and scored a TKO victory.

The event is remembered today as one of the UFC's most exciting cards - with only one fight going the distance, and five knock outs. The total fighter payroll for UFC 47 was $333,000.[4]

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary card

[edit] Lightweight bout: Genki Sudo vs Mike Brown

Sudo defeated Brown by submission (armbar) at 3:31 seconds in the first round.

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Jonathon Weizorek vs Wade Shipp

Weizorek defeated Shipp by TKO at 4:39 in the first round.

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Mike Kyle vs Wes Sims

Kyle defeated Sims by KO at 4:59 of the first round.

[edit] Main card

[edit] Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs Robbie Lawler

Diaz defeated Lawler by ref stoppage (KO) at 2:31 in the second round.

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs Wesley Correira

Arlovski defeated Correira by ref stoppage (TKO) at 1:15 in the 2nd round. Correira was originally set to fight Mike Kyle, but this was later changed when Kyle was re-matched against Wes Sims.