UFC 62

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date August 26, 2006
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Attendance 9,859 (8,954 paid) [1]
Total gate $3,040,880 [2]
Buyrate 500,000 [3]
Total purse $407,000 (disclosed only)
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night 6 UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 26, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.

The main event was a Light Heavyweight Title fight between Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell and Renato 'Babalu' Sobral and the co-main event was a TUF finale re-match between Forrest Griffin and the 'American Psycho' Stephan Bonnar.

Contents

Results

Preliminary card

Okami defeated Belcher by unanimious decision. (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)
Heath defeated Walmsley by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:32 of round one.
Gouveia defeated Combs by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:23 of round one. This fight was aired, even though it was a preliminary match.
Schafer wins by technical submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:26 of round one. This fight was aired, even though it was a preliminary match.

Main card

Franca defeated Varner by submission (armbar) at 3:31 of round three. Spencer Fisher was originally scheduled for the match, Franca was Fisher's replacement because Fisher pulled out on August 4. [1]
Kongo wins by knockout by a knee strike at 2:51 of round one.
Diaz defeated Neer by submission (kimura) at 1:42 of round three. Thiago Alves was originally scheduled to fight Josh Neer, but pulled out of his fight due to illness. [2]
Griffin wins by unanimous decision. All 3 judges scored the bout 30–27. Following the bout, Bonnar tested positive by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for boldenone, a banned anabolic steroid, and received a nine-month suspension and a $5,000 fine.[3]
Liddell wins by TKO (referee stoppage, due to strikes) at 1:35 of round one. Liddell retains the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Fighter Payouts

[4]

Chuck Liddell: $250,000

Forrest Griffin: $32,000

Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $21,000

Nick Diaz: $20,000

Stephan Bonnar: $16,000

Cheick Kongo: $12,000

Hermes Franca: $12,000

Yushin Okami: $8,000

Josh Neer: $6,000

Rob MacDonald: $5,000

David Heath: $4,000

Eric Schafer: $4,000

Wilson Gouveia: $4,000

Alan Belcher: $3,000

Christian Wellisch: $3,000

Jamie Varner: $3,000

Wes Combs: $2,000

Cory Walmsley: $2,000

Total Fighter Payouts: $407,000

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