UFC 59
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| UFC 59: Reality Check | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | April 15, 2006 | |
| Venue | Arrowhead Pond | |
| City | Anaheim, California | |
| Attendance | 13,814 (13,060 paid) [1] | |
| Total Gate | $2,191,450 | |
| Buyrate | 425,000 [2] | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 58: USA vs Canada | UFC 59: Reality Check | UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie |
UFC 59: Reality Check was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 15, 2006 at Arrowhead Pond, in Anaheim, California, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.
This was the first-ever UFC event held in California after the state's legalization of mixed martial arts contests. It was a sold-out show, the fastest sell out in UFC history. According to the California State Athletic Commission, there were 13,060 tickets sold, with a live gate of $2,191,450. The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $539,000. [2]
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary Card
- Welterweight Bout: Derrick Noble vs Thiago Alves
- Alves defeated Noble by TKO at 2:54 of Round 1. Noble was a late replacement for Drew Fickett, who withdrew from the bout due to injury. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Jason Lambert vs Terry Martin
- Lambert defeated Martin by TKO at 2:37 of Round 2. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Middleweight Bout: David Terrell vs Scott Smith
- Terrell defeated Smith by rear naked choke at 3:08 of Round 1. There was some controversy surrounding the officiating of the bout, and Smith later appealed his case for a No Contest ruling to the California State Athletic Commission. [3] This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Welterweight Bout: Karo Parisyan vs Nick Thompson
- Parisyan defeated Thompson by submission (strikes) at 4:44 of Round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
[edit] Main Card
- Heavyweight Bout: Jeff Monson vs Marcio Cruz
- Monson defeated Cruz by split decision with scores of 30-27, 28-29 and 29-28.
- Middleweight Bout: Evan Tanner vs Justin Levens
- Tanner was originally scheduled to fight Jeremy Horn, but Horn was removed from the card because of a back injury sustained during training. Tanner defeats Levens by triangle choke at 3:14 of Round 1.
- Light Heavyweight Bout: Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin
- Ortiz defeated Forrest Griffin by split decision with scores of 30-27, 28-29, 29-27.
- Welterweight Bout: Nick Diaz vs Sean Sherk
- Sherk defeated Diaz by unanimous decision.
- Heavyweight Championship Bout: Champion Andrei Arlovski vs Tim Sylvia
- This UFC contest was supervised by the California State Athletic Commission, with Executive Officer Armando Garcia. The judges at Octagon side were Alejandro Rochin , Abe Belardo, and Cecil Peoples. The referee for the fight was Herb Dean.
Sylvia defeated Arlovski by TKO at 2:43 Round 1 to become the new UFC Heavyweight champion.
[edit] Fighter Payouts
Tito Ortiz: $200,000
Andrei Arlovski: $90,000
Tim Sylvia: $90,000
Evan Tanner: $40,000
Karo Parisyan: $16,000
Sean Sherk: $16,000
Forrest Griffin: $16,000
David Terrell: $12,000
Nick Diaz: $10,000
Jeff Monson: $10,000
Jason Lambert: $8,000
Thiago Alves: $8,000
Justin Levens: $5,000
Nick Thompson: $5,000
Marcio Cruz: $5,000
Derrick Noble: $3,000
Scott Smith: $3,000
Terry Martin: $2,000
Total Fighter Payouts: $539,000
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 59)
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