UFC 70

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UFC 70: Nations Collide
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date April 21, 2007
Venue Manchester Evening News Arena
City Manchester, England
Attendance 15,114 (12,708 paid) [1]
Total Gate $2,628,472 (£1.3 million GBP)[1]
Event chronology
UFC 69: Shootout UFC 70: Nations Collide UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson

UFC 70: Nations Collide was a mixed martial arts event that was held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.[2] UFC 70 was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester. The first UFC event in the UK was UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall on July 13, 2002. UFC 70 was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the first since UFC 38.

PRIDE FC Open-Weight Grand Prix champion, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, fought heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event to determine the top contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship held by Randy Couture.[3] The card also featured Michael Bisping fighting in England for the UFC for the first time against UFC veteran Elvis Sinosic and Andrei Arlovski taking on prize fighter and training partner of Mirko Filipović, Fabricio Werdum who was making his UFC debut.

Reports have indicated that the UFC was targeting this event for its debut on HBO, but negotiations with HBO were not completed in time for UFC 70. As a result, the card instead aired on Spike TV in North America at 9 PM EDT on a 6-hour tape delay.[4] The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating, and at its highest point, UFC 70 drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event.[5] The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports.[6]

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary card

Taylor defeats Oliveira by technical knockout from strikes at :37 of round three. This preliminary bout was not aired on either broadcast.
Liaudin defeats Siver by submission (armbar) at 1:21 of round one. This preliminary bout was aired on the pay-per-view, but not aired on the Spike TV broadcast.
Sakara defeats Valimaki by technical knockout from strikes at 1:44 of round one. This preliminary bout was not aired on either broadcast.
Assuncao defeats Lee by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:55 of round two. This preliminary bout was not aired on either broadcast.
Etim defeats Grice by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:38 of round one. Both UFC debutants were undefeated going into the fight. This preliminary bout was aired on the Spike TV broadcast after the Kongo-Silva fight, but was not shown on the pay-per-view broadcast. Etim earned "Tapout of the Night" honors.

[edit] Main card

Kongo defeats Silva by majority judges' decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, and 28-28 for Kongo.
Machida defeats Heath by unanimous judges' decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-26, and 30-27 for Machida. This match was shown on the pay-per-view; despite the UFC promoting the bout on the UFC 70 main card, it was not shown on the Spike TV broadcast.
Forrest Griffin was originally scheduled to fight Machida, but he became ill with a staph infection and could not compete on the card.[7]
Bisping defeats Sinosic by technical knockout from strikes at 1:40 of round two. This fight received "Fight of the Night" honors and both fighters received bonuses.
Arlovski defeats Werdum by unanimous judges' decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Arlovski. During the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Arlovski apologized to a jeering audience for fighting a relatively uneventful bout to a decision. By the end of the post-fight the audience was cheering Arlovski again as he left the cage.[8]
Gonzaga defeats Filipović via a right high kick to the head at 4:51 of round one. With this victory, Gonzaga became the number one contender to Randy Couture's heavyweight title. Cro Cop appeared to be injured, but has stated in an interview that he is ok. Gonzaga received a bonus for "Knockout of the Night" honors.

[edit] Purses

The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 70 was $843,000. [9]

The individual payouts are listed below. Purse amounts were provided by UFCdaily.com, and includes the payment amounts for show and win. The figures do not include sponsor payments, fees, taxes, or special award bonuses

http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/04/28/ufc-70-fighter-payouts/

  • Gabriel Gonzaga ($60,000) def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic ($350,000)
  • Andrei Arlovski ($160,000) def. Fabricio Werdum ($80,000)
  • Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Elvis Sinosic ($8,000)
  • Lyoto Machida ($40,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
  • Cheick Kongo ($40,000) def. Assuerio Silva ($8,000)
  • Terry Etim ($12,000) def. Matt Grice ($3,000)
  • Junior Assuncao ($6,000) def. David Lee ($2,000)
  • Alessio Sakara ($20,000) def. Victor Valimaki ($3,000)
  • Jess Liaudin ($6,000) def. Dennis Siver ($3,000)
  • Paul Taylor ($8,000) def. Edilberto Crocota ($4,000)

[edit] Bonus awards

After every UFC event, bonuses are given to fighters who perform well.

The bonuses for this event were $40,000 each.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "UFC draws capacity crowd in Manchester", Virtual Manchester, 2007-04-22. Retrieved on 2007-04-22. 
  2. ^ UFC. "UFC 70 Fight Card", 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-15. 
  3. ^ Mass Republican. "Fighter faces Ultimate Challenge", 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-15. 
  4. ^ Trembow, Ivan. "UFC 70 WILL AIR ON SPIKE TV WITH TAPE DELAY", MMAWeekly.com, 2007-03-13. Retrieved on 2007-03-13. 
  5. ^ Alvarez, Bryan. "UFC 70 rating", F4WOnline.com, 2007-04-24. Retrieved on 2007-04-24. 
  6. ^ Whitehead, Lee. "LONDON CALLING: UFC & CAGE RAGE LOCK HORNS", MMAWeekly.com, 2007-03-08. Retrieved on 2007-03-09. 
  7. ^ Gerbasi, Thomas. "David Heath to Replace Griffin against Machida at UFC 70", UFC.com, 2007-03-15. Retrieved on 2007-03-15. 
  8. ^ Concannon, Paul. "Cro Dropped: Gonzaga Shocks Croat", Sherdog.com, 2007-04-22. Retrieved on 2007-04-24. 
  9. ^ "FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN FOR UFC 70", ufcdaily.com, 2008-01-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-21]]. 

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