UFC 76
| UFC 76: Knockout | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| 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[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Ironically, although the event was advertised with the subtitle, Knockout, the entire card produced no knockouts whatsoever.
Background
The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell versus 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 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 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion and future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio Rua, who made his Octagon debut against TUF 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.[2]
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.[3]
None of the preliminary bouts made it to the PPV due to the length of all the main card bouts.
Results
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Matt Wiman vs. Michihiro Omigawa
- Wiman defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–28, 29–28).
- Heavyweight bout: Christian Wellisch vs. Scott Junk
- Wellisch defeated Junk via submission (heel hook) at 3:19 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Jeremy Stephens vs. Diego Saraiva
- Stephens defeated Saraiva via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Catchweight (177 lb) bout: Rich Clementi vs. Anthony Johnson
- Clementi defeated Johnson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:05 of round 2.
Main card
- Lightweight bout: Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares
- Griffin defeated Tavares via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Lyoto Machida vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
- Machida defeated Nakamura via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). After the fight, Nakamura failed a drug test, testing positive for marijuana.[4]
- Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Jon Fitch
- Fitch defeated Sanchez via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Mauricio Rua
- Griffin defeated Rua via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:45 of round 3.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine
- Jardine defeated Liddell via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29).
Bonus awards
$40,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards:
- Fight of the Night: Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares [5]
- Knockout of the Night: None
- Submission of the Night: Forrest Griffin[6]
Purses
[7] As reported by the California State Athletic Commission
- Does not include any side bonuses or bonuses for submission and fight of the night honors. Only the show and win money that the CSAC reports:
Chuck Liddell: $500,000
Mauricio Rua: $150,000
Lyoto Machida: $50,000
Forrest Griffin: $45,000
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
References
- ↑ http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/
- ↑ Savage, Greg (2006-09-10). "UFC 76 Loses Fight After Gouveia Injury". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
- ↑ "UFC 76: Rich Clementi vs. Anthony Johnson". UFCMania.com. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
- ↑ "Nakamura Tests Positive for Marijuana". Nokaut. September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ↑ http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/09/25/ufc-76-salaries-and-bonuses/
- ↑ http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/09/25/ufc-76-salaries-and-bonuses/
- ↑ http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4774&zoneid=13
