UFC 76
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| UFC 76: Knockout | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | September 22, 2007 | |
| Venue | Honda Center | |
| City | Anaheim, California | |
| Attendance | 13,770 (11,817 paid) | |
| Total Gate | $1,985,000 | |
| Buyrate | 475,000[citation needed] | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion | UFC 76: Knockout | UFC 77: Hostile Territory |
UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Though the event was subtitled Knockout, the entire card ironically produced no knockouts.
The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva, a long-awaited match between the two popular former champions of the UFC and PRIDE, respectively; however, the main event featured a fight between former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71. Also appearing on the card was PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, who made his Octagon debut against The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Forrest Griffin. Welterweight Diego Sanchez returned after his decision loss at UFC 69 to Josh Koscheck when he faced Jon Fitch, a training partner of Koscheck and a former Purdue University wrestler who was in the midst of a thirteen-fight win streak.
A scheduled bout between light heavyweights Jason Lambert and Wilson Gouveia was removed from the card after Gouveia suffered a severely broken nose during training. A replacement for Gouveia was not found.[1] The card left with eight bouts instead of nine, the UFC scheduled a fight between Rich Clementi and Anthony Johnson to fill out the remainder of the card.[2]
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Results
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
Matt Wiman vs. 
Michihiro Omigawa
- Wiman defeats Omigawa by unanimous judges' decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28 for Wiman. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Heavyweight bout: Christian Wellisch vs. Scott Junk
- Wellisch defeats Junk by submission (heel hook) at 3:19 of round one. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Jeremy Stephens vs.
Diego Saraiva
- Stephens defeats Saraieva by unanimous judges' decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Stephens. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- 177 lb. catchweight bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Rich Clementi
- Clementi defeats Johnson by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:05 of round two. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Main card
- Lightweight bout: Thiago Tavares vs. Tyson Griffin
- Griffin defeats Tavares by unanimous judges' decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28,
- Light heavyweight bout: Lyoto Machida vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
- Machida defeats Nakamura by unanimous judges' decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Machida. After the fight Nakamura failed the drug test, testing positive for marijuana.[3]
- Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Jon Fitch
- Fitch defeats Sanchez by split judges' decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27 and 29-28 for Fitch, and 29-28 for Sanchez.
- Light heavyweight bout: Mauricio Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
- Griffin defeats Rua by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:45 of round three.
- Light heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine
- In the main event, Keith Jardine defeats Chuck Liddell by split judges' decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28 and 29-28 for Jardine, and 29-28 for Liddell.
Purses
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( as reported by the CSAC )** Does not include any side bonuses or bonuses for submission and fight of the night honors. Only the show and win money that CSAC reports **
Chuck Liddell $500,000
Mauricio Rua $150,000
Lyoto Machida $50,000
Forrest Griffin $44,000
Jon Fitch $44,000
Tyson Griffin $24,000
Rich Clementi $24,000
Diego Sanchez $22,000
Kazuhiro Nakamura $20,000
Matt Wiman $16,000
Keith Jardine $14,000
Christian Wellisch $14,000
Thiago Tavares $9,000
Jeremy Stephens $6,000
Anthony Johnson $5,000
Michihiro Omigawa $5,000
Scott Junk $4,000
Diego Saravia $3,000
Total $954,000
Bonus awards
At each UFC event, $40,000 is awarded to each of the fighters who receive one of these three awards.
- Fight of the Night: Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares
- Submission of the Night: Forrest Griffin
- Knockout of the Night: none, no knockout victories on this card
References
- ^ Savage, Greg. "UFC 76 Loses Fight After Gouveia Injury", Sherdog.com, 2006-09-10. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ^ UFC 76: Rich Clementi vs. Anthony Johnson. UFCMania.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
- ^ Nakamura Tests Positive for Marijuana. Nokaut (September 27, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
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