UFC 52

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UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date April 16, 2005
Venue MGM Grand Arena
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 14,500 (Paid 12,643) [1]
Total Gate $2,575,450
Buyrate 280,000 [2]
Event chronology
UFC 51: Super Saturday UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell UFC 53: Heavy Hitters

UFC 52: Couture vs. Liddell was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 16, 2005, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada, and later released on DVD. Headlining the card were the coaches of The Ultimate Fighter, Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell. At the time, it was the highest-grossing UFC event ever at the live gate, with $2,575,450 in ticket sales. [3] Dan "The Beast" Severn was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame at this event. The total fighter payroll for UFC 52 was $519,500. [4]

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

Van Arsdale defeats Marsh by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 29-28 for Van Arsdale.
Doerksen defeats Côté by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:35 of round three. Doerksen entered the card as a late replacement for English fighter Lee Murray, who pulled out due to travel complications. [5]
Salaverry defeats Riggs by submission (triangle choke) at 2:42 of round one.

[edit] Main Card

St. Pierre defeats Miller by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for St. Pierre. This fight was originally scheduled for UFC 48, but Miller was tending to legal problems at the time. [6]
Lindland defeats Lutter by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:32 of round two.
Welterweight champion Matt Hughes defeated Frank Trigg by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:05 of round one. This fight would be considered, by many, to be one of the most exciting fights in UFC history.
In the evening's swing bout, Sobral defeats Wiuff by submission (armbar) at :24 of round two. This bout marked Sobral's first fight in the UFC since losing to Chuck Liddell at UFC 40 in 2002.
In the main event of the evening, Chuck Liddell defeats Randy Couture by knockout (punch) at 2:06 of round one. Early in the fight, Couture suffered an unintentional eye poke and was given time to rest. Soon after this, Liddell landed a right cross on the left side of Couture's head, knocking him out and ending his title reign. Liddell becomes the UFC Light Heavyweight champion. This was the first time anybody had ever knocked Randy Couture out.


[edit] Fighter Payouts

Randy Couture: $150,000 ($150,000 to fight; win bonus would have been $75,000)

Chuck Liddell: $140,000 ($70,000 to fight; $70,000 to win)

Matt Hughes: $110,000 ($55,000 to fight; $55,000 to win)

Matt Lindland: $20,000 ($10,000 to fight; $10,000 to win)

Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $20,000 ($10,000 to fight; $10,000 to win)

Georges St. Pierre: $18,000 ($9,000 to fight; $9,000 to win)

Frank Trigg: $14,000

Patrick Cote: $10,000

Mike Van Arsdale: $10,000 ($5,000 to fight; $5,000 to win)

Ivan Salaverry: $8,000 ($4,000 to fight; $4,000 to win)

Joe Riggs: $4,000

Travis Lutter: $4,000

Joe Doerksen: $4,000 ($2,000 to fight; $2,000 to win)

Travis Wiuff: $3,000

John Marsh: $2,500

Jason Miller: $2,000

Total Fighter Payouts: $519,500

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