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UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

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The poster for UFC 61: Bitter Rivals.

Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date July 8, 2006
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City
Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 11,167 (9,999 paid)
Total gate $3,350,775.15
Buyrate 775,000 [1]
Event chronology







Ultimate Fight Night 5
UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

UFC Fight Night 6


UFC 61: Bitter Rivals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, July 8, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Bonus awards


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 Sources


  • 7 External links





Background[edit]


The main event was a Heavyweight Championship match between champion Tim Sylvia and former champion Andrei Arlovski. This was the third time these fighters had met, they had split the first two meetings. The co-main event was the highly anticipated rematch of TUF 3 coaches Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock.


It was announced during the event that Chuck Liddell would fight PRIDE star Wanderlei Silva in November if Liddell won his upcoming match against Renato "Babalu" Sobral at UFC 62. Negotiations between the UFC and PRIDE failed however and the Liddell-Silva fight never occurred in November 2006. The two would eventually meet in December 2007 at UFC 79.


The number of pay-per-view buys for UFC 61 in the United States was approximately 775,000, which set a new UFC buyrate record and generated gross PPV revenue of approximately $30,960,000. The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $676,000. With a live gate at $3,350,775, it nearly eclipsed the all-time mark for UFC events set at UFC 57.



Results[edit]










































































































Main Card
Weight class



Method
Round
Time
Notes
Heavyweight

Tim Sylvia (c)
def.

Andrei Arlovski
Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 48–47)
5
5:00
[a]
Welterweight

Josh Burkman
def.

Josh Neer
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)
3
5:00

Light Heavyweight

Tito Ortiz
def.

Ken Shamrock
TKO (elbows)
1
1:18

Heavyweight

Frank Mir
def.

Dan Christison
Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
3
5:00

Lightweight

Joe Stevenson
def.

Yves Edwards
TKO (doctor stoppage)
2
5:00


Preliminary Card
Catchweight (165 lb)

Hermes França
def.
Joe Jordan
Submission (triangle choke)
3
0:47
[b]
Heavyweight

Jeff Monson
def.

Anthony Perosh
TKO (punches)
1
2:42

Heavyweight

Cheick Kongo
def.
Gilbert Aldana
TKO (doctor stoppage)
1
4:13

Welterweight

Drew Fickett
def.

Kurt Pellegrino
Submission (rear-naked choke)
3
1:20





  1. ^ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.


  2. ^ França was originally matched with Roger Huerta. However, Huerta withdrew from the card due to injury and was replaced by Joe Jordan. [2] The fight took place at a catchweight of 165 lb, instead of lightweight, as allowances were made for Jordan as a late replacement.[3]






Bonus awards[edit]



  • Fight of the Night: Joe Stevenson vs. Yves Edwards

  • Knockout of the Night: Jeff Monson

  • Submission of the Night: Hermes Franca



See also[edit]




  • Ultimate Fighting Championship

  • List of UFC champions

  • List of UFC events

  • 2006 in UFC



References[edit]





  1. ^ [1]


  2. ^ Venga, Gleidson (2006-07-05). "França’s Return to the UFC Caps Solid 2006". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16..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}


  3. ^ "MMA Radio, Podcast, UFC, Beatdown, MMA Sunday School". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.




Sources[edit]




  • Mixed martial arts show results, Mandalay Bay, July 8, 2006 (PDF), Nevada State Athletic Commission. Retrieved July 13, 2006.


  • UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 61)

  • UFC 61 Surpasses $30 Million in Pay-Per-View Sales



External links[edit]



  • UFC 61 card

  • UFC 61 website











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