UFC 44
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| UFC 44: Undisputed | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 26, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,400 | |||
| Total gate | $1,127,985 | |||
| Buyrate | 94,000 | |||
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UFC 44: Undisputed was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 26, 2003, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.
History
Headlining the card was a Light Heavyweight Championship unification bout between Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture. The total fighter payroll for the event was $467,500.[1] The ring interviewer was Eddie Bravo. UFC 44 marked the first UFC appearance of future Welterweight Strikeforce Champion Nick Diaz.
Results
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Hermes Franca vs. Caol Uno
- Franca wins by knockout at 2:41 of Round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs. Jeremy Jackson
- Diaz wins by armbar submission at 2:02 of Round 3.
- Lightweight bout: Josh Thomson vs. Gerald Strebendt
- Thomson wins by knockout at 2:45 of Round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Dave Strasser
- Parisyan wins by kimura at 3:50 of Round 1.
Main card
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Edwin DeWees
- Franklin wins by technical knockout due to strikes at 3:35 of Round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. David Loiseau
- Rivera wins by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 29–28, 29–27, and 29–28 for Rivera.
- Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
- Arlovski wins by knockout at 1:59 of Round 1.
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Tim Sylvia (c) vs. Gan McGee
- Sylvia wins by knockout due to punches at 1:52 of Round 1 to retain the UFC Heavyweight Championship. After the fight Sylvia tested positive for steroids during a mandatory post-fight drug test. Due to this Sylvia was stripped of the title.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Tito Ortiz (c) vs. Randy Couture (ic)
- Couture wins by unanimous decision to become the undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion. Judges scored the bout 50–44, 50–44, 50–45.
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