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UFC 43: Meltdown

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The poster for UFC 43: Meltdown.

Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date June 6, 2003
Venue Thomas and Mack Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 9,800
Total gate $645,140
Buyrate 49,000
Event chronology







UFC 42: Sudden Impact
UFC 43: Meltdown

UFC 44: Undisputed


UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Results


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History[edit]


Headlining the card was an Interim Light Heavyweight Championship match between future UFC Hall of Fame inductees Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell.


Ken Shamrock was originally slated to face Ian Freeman at this event, but was forced from the card with a torn ACL. Vernon White would step in as his replacement.[1]



Results[edit]
































































































Main Card
Weight class



Method
Round
Time
Notes
Light Heavyweight

Randy Couture
def.

Chuck Liddell
TKO (punches)
3
2:39
[a]
Heavyweight

Kimo Leopoldo
def.

David Abbott
Submission (arm-triangle choke)
1
1:59

Light Heavyweight

Vitor Belfort
def.

Marvin Eastman
TKO (knees and punches)
1
1:07

Heavyweight

Vernon White
vs.

Ian Freeman
Draw (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–29)
3
5:00

Heavyweight

Frank Mir
def.

Wes Sims
Disqualification (kicking a downed opponent)
1
2:55


Preliminary card
Heavyweight

Pedro Rizzo
def.

Tra Telligman
TKO (doctor stoppage)
2
4:24

Middleweight

Falaniko Vitale
def.

Matt Lindland
TKO (slam)
1
1:56

Lightweight

Yves Edwards
def.
Eddie Ruiz
Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
3
5:00





  1. ^ For the Interim UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Couture won via TKO (punches) at 2:39 of Round 3. Couture becomes the Interim Light Heavyweight Champion, and the first person to win a title in two different weight divisions (Couture was a two-time Heavyweight Champion).






See also[edit]




  • Ultimate Fighting Championship

  • List of UFC champions

  • List of UFC events

  • 2003 in UFC



References[edit]





  1. ^ "Shamrock out at UFC 43". BoxingScene.com. May 21, 2003. Retrieved July 24, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links[edit]



  • Sherdog event results

  • Full Contact Fighter news/June 03











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