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UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | ||||
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The poster for UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3. | ||||
Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | February 4, 2006 | |||
Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 11,000 (Paid: 10,301)[1] | |||
Total gate | $3,382,400 | |||
Buyrate | 400,000[2] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy.
It was the UFC's largest grossing gate to date, $3.3 million,[1] in addition to an estimate of over 400,000 pay-per-view buys. The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $667,000.[3]
Contents
1 Results
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Results[edit]
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell (c) | def. | Randy Couture | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:28 | [a] |
Heavyweight | Brandon Vera | def. | Justin Eilers | KO (head kick and knee) | 1 | 1:25 | |
Heavyweight | Marcio Cruz | def. | Frank Mir | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 4:10 | |
Light Heavyweight | Renato Sobral | def. | Mike Van Arsdale | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:21 | |
Welterweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Nick Diaz | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Light Heavyweight | Alessio Sakara | def. | Elvis Sinosic | Decision (unanimous) (29–25, 29–26, 29–26) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
Heavyweight | Paul Buentello | def. | Gilbert Aldana | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:27 | |
Heavyweight | Jeff Monson | def. | Branden Lee Hinkle | Technical Submission (north-south choke) | 1 | 4:35 | |
Light Heavyweight | Keith Jardine | def. | Mike Whitehead | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Couture announces his retirement after the loss.
^ Sakara got a point deduction for an illegal vertical elbow to the head of Elvis Sinosic. This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
^ This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
See also[edit]
- List of UFC champions
- List of UFC events
- 2006 in UFC
References[edit]
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^ "UFC Establishes New Mark for PPV Buys in 2009 : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". Mmapayout.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
^ "Ivan's Blog--- Ivan Trembow's Self-Important, Random Rants on Mixed Martial Arts, Video Games, Pro Wrestling, Television, Politics, Sports, and High-Quality Wool Socks". Ivansblog.com. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
External links[edit]
"Liddell’s KO Outshone Only by Couture’s Retirement" by Josh Gross, Sherdog, February 5, 2006, retrieved February 19, 2006
Mixed martial arts show results, Mandalay Bay, February 4, 2006 (PDF), Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved February 23, 2006
Top MMA Gates, Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved February 19, 2006- UFC PPV Buys Explode in 2006
UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 57)
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- 2006 in Nevada
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