UFC 57
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| UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | February 4, 2006 | |
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Attendance | 11,000 (Paid 10,301) [1] | |
| Total Gate | $3,382,400 | |
| Buyrate | 400,000-410,000 [2] | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 56: Full Force | UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | UFC 58: USA vs Canada |
UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States. It was the UFC's largest grossing gate to date, $3.3 million [3], in addition to an estimate of over 400,000 pay-per-view buys. Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy. The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $667,000. [4]
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Light heavyweight bout: Keith Jardine vs. Mike Whitehead
- Jardine defeats Whitehead by a unanimous decision. This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Heavyweight bout: Jeff Monson vs. Branden Lee Hinkle
- Monson defeats Hinkle by TKO (referee stoppage) with a North/South choke in the first round at 4:35. This match was a preliminary match, but was aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Gilbert Aldana
- Buentello defeats Aldana with a technical knock-out in the second round at 2:27. This match was a preliminary match and was not scheduled to air on the pay-per-view broadcast, but was broadcasted on tape delay after time allowed for an additional fight to be aired.
- Light heavyweight bout: Alessio Sakara vs Elvis Sinosic
- Sakara defeats Sinosic by unanimous decision. This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
[edit] Main card
- Riggs defeats Diaz by a unanimous decision. After the match, Riggs and Diaz apparently had a physical confrontation in a hospital room while recovering from the fight. Although both have confirmed something happened in the hospital, it is unclear what happened as police declined to follow up on the incident. Riggs was also nearly 30 pounds heavier since the weigh-in the previous day.[5]
- Light heavyweight bout: Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs Mike Van Arsdale
- Babalu defeats Van Arsdale by submission with a rear naked choke in the first round at 2:21. With the victory, Babalu became the #1 contender for the light heavyweight title, and would get a title shot at UFC 62. This fight was later shown on a UFC Unleashed telecast.
- Heavyweight bout: Marcio Cruz vs Frank Mir
- Cruz defeats Mir in a major upset by a technical knock-out in the first round at 4:10. Mir, the former heavyweight champion who relinquished his title after a motorcycle accident, was widely expected to be a future #1 contender for the title after an upcoming Tim Sylvia vs. Andrei Arlovski title match. With the defeat, the match-up never happened.
- Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Justin Eilers
- In the swing bout of the evening, Vera defeats Eilers by knockout with a kick and a knee in the first round at 1:25. This fight was later shown on a UFC Unleashed telecast.
- Light heavyweight championship bout: Champion Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture
- In the main event of the evening, Chuck Liddell defeats Randy Couture by knockout in the second round at 1:28. Couture announces his retirement in the arena immediately afterwards. It is the third match between the two in the UFC, all three times for a Light Heavyweight title. This fight was later shown on a UFC Unleashed telecast.
[edit] Fighter Payouts
Chuck Liddell: $250,000
Randy Couture: $225,000
Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $32,000
Frank Mir: $26,000
Paul Buentello: $22,000
Joe Riggs: $20,000
Mike Van Arsdale: $16,000
Keith Jardine: $10,000
Nick Diaz: $10,000
Alessio Sakara: $10,000
Brandon Vera: $10,000
Marcio Cruz: $8,000
Elvis Sinosic: $6,000
Jeff Monson: $6,000
Mike Whitehead: $5,000
Justin Eilers: $5,000
Branden Lee Hinkle: $4,000
Gilbert Aldana: $2,000
Total Fighter Payouts: $667,000
[edit] Sources
- "Liddell’s KO Outshone Only by Couture’s Retirement" by Josh Gross, Sherdog, February 5, 2006, retrieved February 19, 2006
- Mixed martial arts show results, Mandalay Bay, 02-04-06 (PDF), Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved February 23, 2006
- Top MMA Gates, Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved February 19, 2006
- UFC PPV Buys Explode in 2006
- UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 57)
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