UFC 48
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| UFC 48: Payback | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | June 19, 2004 | |
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Arena | |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Attendance | 10,000 (Paid 6,528) [1] | |
| Total Gate | $901,655 | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 47: It's On! | UFC 48: Payback | UFC 49: Unfinished Business |
UFC 48: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 19, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on DVD. The featured contestants of the evening were Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, who had met once before in 1996 at UFC 8, with Shamrock reigning victorious. The total fighter payroll for UFC 48 was $586,000.[2]
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary Card
- Welterweight bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jay Hieron
- St. Pierre defeats Hieron by technical knockout (punches) at 1:42 of round one. Hieron was a late replacement for Jason "Mayhem" Miller, who had withdrawn from the card due to ongoing legal problems. [3]
- Middleweight bout: Trevor Prangley vs. Curtis Stout
- Prangley defeats Stout by submission (neck crank) at 1:05 of round two.
- Lightweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Ivan Menjivar
- Serra defeats Menjivar by unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 30-27.
[edit] Main Card
- Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Evan Tanner
- In the anticipated rematch, Evan Tanner defeats Phil Baroni by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28. In their previous encounter at UFC 45, referee Larry Landless had stopped the fight prematurely after a miscommunication. The ring side announcers commented that Phil Baroni looked exhausted for most of the fight.
- Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renato Verissimo
- Matt Hughes defeats B.J. Penn's training partner, Renato Verissimo, by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27. Verissimo had Hughes in trouble when he secured a Triangle Choke in the first round but Hughes managed to escape.
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Tim Sylvia vs. Frank Mir
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- For the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship belt
Frank Mir defeats former champion, Tim Sylvia, by technical submission (armbar) at :50 of round one. Referee Herb Dean called a stop to the bout when he noticed a break in Sylvia's arm which appeared to Sylvia and the audience as an early stoppage; it was later revealed that Sylvia had indeed suffered multiple fractures to his right forearm. [4] Mir becomes the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Sylvia had earlier relinquished his championship belt after testing positive for anabolic steroids after UFC 44.
- Welterweight bout: Frank Trigg vs. Dennis Hallman
- Trigg defeats Hallman by technical knockout (punches) at 4:15 of round one.
- Heavyweight bout: Ken Shamrock vs. Kimo Leopoldo
- In the main event of the evening, Ken Shamrock defeats Kimo Leopoldo by knockout (knee strike to the head) at 1:26 of round one.
[edit] Fighter Payouts
Ken Shamrock: $170,000 ($120,000 to fight; $50,000 to win)
Matt Hughes: $110,000 ($55,000 to fight; $55,000 to win)
Frank Mir: $90,000 ($60,000 to fight; $30,000 to win)
Kimo: $55,000
Tim Sylvia: $40,000
Evan Tanner: $30,000 ($15,000 to fight; $15,000 to win)
Phil Baroni: $20,000
Frank Trigg: $20,000 ($10,000 to fight; $10,000 to win)
Matt Serra: $16,000 ($8,000 to fight; $8,000 to win)
Renato Verissimo: $10,000
Georges St. Pierre: $8,000 ($4,000 to fight; $4,000 to win)
Trevor Prangley: $5,000 ($2,500 to fight; $2,500 to win)
Dennis Hallman: $4,000
Curtis Stout: $3,000
Jay Hieron: $3,000
Ivan Menjivar: $2,000
Total Fighter Payroll: $586,000
[edit] Sources
- UFC 48: Payback Results on Sherdog.com
- "Ultimate Fighting Championship Cards" on Wrestling Information Archives
- UFC 48 Fighter Salaries
- NSAC results for UFC 48
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