2007 in UFC
| 2007 in UFC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 25, 2007 | |||
| Last date | December 29, 2007 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 19 | |||
| UFC | 13 | |||
| UFC Fight Night | 4 | |||
| TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 171 | |||
| Title fights | 9 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2007 is the 15th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 the UFC held 19 events beginning with, UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon.
Title fights
| Title fights in 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Tim Sylvia (c) | Unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 68: The Uprising | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Welterweight | Matt Serra | def. | Georges St-Pierre (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:25 | UFC 69: Shootout | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Quinton Jackson | def. | Chuck Liddell (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:53 | UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva (c) | def. | Nate Marquardt | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:50 | UFC 73: Stacked | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Lightweight | Sean Sherk (c) | def. | Hermes Franca | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 73: Stacked | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture (c) | def. | Gabriel Gonzaga | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:37 | UFC 74: Respect | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Light Heavyweight | Quinton Jackson (UFC Champion) |
def. | Dan Henderson (Pride Champion) |
Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva (c) | def. | Rich Franklin | TKO (knees) | 2 | 1:07 | UFC 77: Hostile Territory | [lower-alpha 8] |
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | def. | Matt Hughes | Verbal submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:54 | UFC 79: Nemesis | [lower-alpha 9] |
- ↑ For the Heavyweight Championship.
- ↑ For the Welterweight Championship.
- ↑ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ↑ For the UFC Lightweight Championship; Both fighters failed their drug tests.
- ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
- ↑ To unify the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and PRIDE Middleweight Championship.
- ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ↑ For the Interim Welterweight Championship.
The Ultimate Fighter
| Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn | Jun 23, 2007 | Lightweight | Nate Diaz | Manvel Gamburyan |
| TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra | Dec 8, 2007 | Welterweight | Mac Danzig | Tommy Speer |
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2007:
Events List
Main article: List of UFC events
UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard
| UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 5, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Palms Casino Resort | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 1,734 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard[10] (also known as UFC Fight Night 9) was an event held on April 5, 2007 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Joe Stevenson | def. | Melvin Guillard | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:27 | |
| Heavyweight | Justin McCully | def. | Antoni Hardonk | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Kenny Florian | def. | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 3:57 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Wilson Gouveia | def. | Seth Petruzelli | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 0:39 | |
| Welterweight | Drew Fickett | def. | Keita Nakamura | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Kurt Pellegrino | def. | Nate Mohr | Submission (achilles lock) | 1 | 2:58 | |
| Welterweight | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | def. | Forrest Petz | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Roan Carneiro | def. | Rich Clementi | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Thiago Tavares | def. | Naoyuki Kotani | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Bonus awards
- Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima
- Performance of the Night: Joe Stevenson and Kurt Pelligrino
See also
References
- ↑ "UFC issues 200,000 in UFC 79 bonuses". mmajunkie.com. Dec 30, 2007.
- ↑ "UFC 78: Heading east". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved Oct 19, 2010.
- ↑ "UFC 77 salaries and attendance figures". mmaweekly.com. Oct 24, 2007.
- ↑ "UFC 76 Salaries: Liddell earns $500,000". mmaweekly.com. Sep 26, 2007.
- 1 2 "Late push could help UFC 105 challenge for European attendance record". mmajunkie.com. Nov 11, 2009.
- ↑ "UFC 73 salaries and attendance figures". mmaweekly.com. Jul 9, 2007.
- ↑ "Dana White promises UFC will return to Dublin in 2010". mmajunkie.com. Mar 24, 2010.
- ↑ "UFC 108 draws 13,255 attendance for $2 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Jan 3, 2010.
- ↑ "Official UFC 68 salaries: Paydays for Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Rich Franklin, Matt Hughes and more". mmajunkie.com. Mar 6, 2007.
- ↑ "UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard". Sherdog. Archived from the original on March 1, 2015.
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