UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date April 2, 2008
Venue Broomfield Event Center
City Broomfield, Colorado
Attendance 6,742[1]
Total gate $753,429[2]
Event chronology

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon[3] referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 13 was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008[4] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.[4]

Background

The event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on Spike. Instead of scheduling a two-hour program usually set for UFC Fight Night cards, the event was a three-hour broadcast, a change due to a petition from Sherdog Forums and a letter-writing campaign by MMA fans to Spike.[5]

Fight Night 13 was the first UFC event to be held in Colorado since The Ultimate Ultimate was held in Denver on December 16, 1995.[6]

Stephan Bonnar was originally slated to take on Matt Hamill, but was forced to withdraw when he suffered a complete tear of his left collateral knee ligament during training.[7] He was replaced by Tim Boetsch, who took the fight on only ten days notice.

A planned bout between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Marcus Aurélio was cancelled due to a shoulder injury Fisher suffered during training.[8] On March 20, 2008, the UFC website announced that newcomer Ryan Roberts was to make his octagon debut on short notice to face Marcus Aurélio as a replacement for the injured Spencer Fisher.

This event also marked the first bout of a series of fights between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.

Results

Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Lightweight Kenny Florian def. Joe Lauzon TKO (punches & elbows) 2 3:28
Lightweight Gray Maynard def. Frankie Edgar Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Welterweight Thiago Alves def. Karo Parisyan TKO (strikes) 2 0:34
Light Heavyweight Matt Hamill def. Tim Boetsch TKO (strikes) 2 1:25
Lightweight Nate Diaz def. Kurt Pellegrino Submission (triangle choke) 2 3:06
Light Heavyweight James Irvin def. Houston Alexander KO (superman punch) 1 0:08
Preliminary card
Lightweight Josh Neer def. Din Thomas Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Marcus Aurelio def. Ryan Roberts Submission (armbar) 1 0:16
Lightweight Manny Gamburyan def. Jeff Cox Submission (guillotine choke) 1 1:41
Lightweight Clay Guida def. Samy Schiavo TKO (strikes) 1 4:15
Welterweight George Sotiropoulos def. Roman Mitichyan TKO (strikes) 2 2:24
Welterweight Anthony Johnson def. Tom Speer KO (punch) 1 0:51 [lower-alpha 1]
  1. ↑ This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.

Bonus awards

At the end of this event, $20,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-kenflo040308&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
  2. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-kenflo040308&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
  3. ↑ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1072
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon". UFC.com. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  5. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AmKVN9T.hQbKsixZIZABMbg9Eo14?slug=mmajunkie-Fight_Night_13_Three_Hour&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns Retrieved 2008-02-27
  6. ↑ "UFC Back to Colorado, Adds Parisyan vs. Alves". MMA Weekly. January 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  7. ↑ Stupp, Dann (February 14, 2008). "UFC Releases UFC Fight Night 13 Televised Card". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  8. ↑ Savage, Greg (March 17, 2008). "Injury Knocks Fisher Out of Aurelio Bout". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  9. ↑ http://mmajunkie.com/news/4071/florian-lauzon-irvin-and-diaz-earn-ufn13-fight-night-bonuses.mma