UFC 67
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| UFC 67: All or Nothing | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | February 3, 2007 | |
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Attendance | 10,227 (8,700 paid) [1] | |
| Total Gate | $2,767,130 [2] | |
| Buyrate | 350,000-400,000 [3] | |
| Total Purse | $803,000 (disclosed)[1] | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz 2 | UFC 67: All or Nothing | UFC 68: The Uprising |
UFC 67: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was also the first UFC pay-per-view broadcast in High-Definition.
In the main event, the middleweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4, Travis Lutter was scheduled to challenge middleweight champion Anderson Silva for the Middleweight title, however he was not able to make weight and the fight was changed to a non-title contest.[2] The welterweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 4, Matt Serra, was also scheduled to challenge the welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre. However, St. Pierre injured a knee during training and the bout was postponed.[3]
Two former PRIDE stars made their debuts in the UFC at this event. 2006 PRIDE Open-weight Grand Prix Champion Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović made his debut in the United States and in the UFC at UFC 67 against Eddie Sanchez.[4][5] Quinton Jackson – who was acquired by the UFC after Zuffa's buyout of the World Fighting Alliance – made his debut against Marvin Eastman, whose contract with the WFA was also bought by Zuffa. Eastman has an early win over Jackson in the KOTC promotion.[6]
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
[edit] Lightweight bout: Dustin Hazelett vs. Diego Saraieva
Hazelett defeats Saraieva by unanimous decisions. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Hazelett. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast. Saraieva was a replacement for Melvin Guillard, who withdrew from the card due to a hand injury.[7]
[edit] Light Heavyweight bout: Ryoto Machida vs. Sam Hoger
Machida defeats Hoger by unanimous decisions. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Machida. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
[edit] Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Frank Edgar
Edgar defeats Griffin by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27 for Edgar. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
[edit] Middleweight bout: Terry Martin vs. Jorge Rivera
Martin defeats Rivera by knockout due to strikes at :14 in round one. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
[edit] Main card
[edit] Middleweight bout: Patrick Côté vs. Scott Smith
Côté defeats Smith by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Côté, who earns his first official victory in the UFC in five appearances.
[edit] Light Heavyweight bout: Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Marvin Eastman
Jackson defeats Eastman by knockout due to strikes at 3:49 in round two.
[edit] Lightweight bout: Roger Huerta vs. John Halverson
Huerta defeats Halverson by technical knockout due to strikes from the back mount at :19 in round one. After Huerta delivered what appeared to be a knee strike to the head of Halverson, who was on his knees and not in position for a legal knee strike, Huerta was warned to not attack Halverson's head with knees by referee Yves Lavigne. In the post-fight interview, Huerta asserted that the knee actually landed on Halverson's shoulder, which is a legal target for knee strikes to grounded opponents.[8]
[edit] Heavyweight bout: Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović vs. Eddie Sanchez
Filipović defeats Sanchez by technical knockout due to strikes at 4:33 in round one.
[edit] Middleweight bout: Anderson Silva vs. Travis Lutter
In the main event of the evening, Anderson Silva defeats Travis Lutter by submission at 2:11 in round two. A combination of a triangle choke and elbow strikes, which Silva delivered to the top of Lutter's head, caused the tapout.[9] Lutter contends that the triangle choke was the chief factor in causing the tapout: "But I tapped because of the choke. I was going to sleep. I'm not beat up at all."[10] The bout, originally scheduled to be a title defense for Silva, was changed to a non-title match when Lutter failed to weigh in at the contracted weight for the title fight.
[edit] Miscellanea
- This event was the first UFC pay-per-view event since UFC 60 to have no championship bouts on the card.
- Filipović's entrance music was the PRIDE Fighting Championships theme, a choice UFC President Dana White approved by stating, "Whatever fires you up, man. If it's the PRIDE theme, go for it."[11] The Japanese press however interpreted this to mean Filipović was PRIDE's representative in the UFC.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ UFC 67 Fighter Salaries – MMA Weekly
- ^ Meltzer, Dave. "Travis Lutter update", WrestlingObserver.com, 2007-02-02. Retrieved on February 2, 2007.
- ^ Gerbasi, Thomas. "St.Pierre Injured; Out of UFC 67", UFC.com, 2007-01-02. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ "Cro Cop" to Face Eddie Sanchez in UFC Debut. Sherdog.com (December 27, 2006).
- ^ Pishna, Ken (December 28, 2006). UFC Lands Cro Cop and Heath Herring. MMAWeekly.com.
- ^ Gross, Josh (December 23, 2006). "Rampage" Signs with UFC, Fights Eastman in Feb.. Sherdog.com.
- ^ "Melvin Guillard Out, Diego Saraiva In for UFC 67", Sherdog.com, 2007-01-24.
- ^ Martin, Damon. "UFC 67 Full Review: Silva, Cro Cop, Jackson Win", MMAWeekly.com, 2007-02-04. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ "UFC 67 "All or Nothing" Play-by-Play", Sherdog.com, 2007-02-03. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ Chiappetta, Mike. "The Deepest Cut: Travis Lutter Speaks After Missing Weight and Losing to Anderson Silva", NBCSports.com, 2007-02-08. Retrieved on February 8, 2007.
- ^ Davidson, Neil. "UFC 67 has its moments, but mainly sets stage for future MMA events", Canadian Press, Canada.com, 2007-02-05. Retrieved on February 4, 2007.
- ^ "【ＵＦＣ】ミルコ白星デビュー！今夏にもヘビー級王座挑戦", Sankei Sports, 2007-02-03. Retrieved on February 4, 2007. (in Japanese)
