UFC 56
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| UFC 56: Full Force | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | November 19, 2005 | |
| Venue | MGM Grand Arena | |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Attendance | 12,000 (Paid 9,995) [1] | |
| Total Gate | $1,986,000 | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 55: Fury | UFC 56: Full Force | UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3 |
UFC 56: Full Force was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2005. It was held at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and released on DVD. Headlining the card were the two coaches from The Ultimate Fighter 2, Rich Franklin and Matt Hughes, scheduled to defend their middleweight and welterweight titles, respectively.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Nick Thompson vs. Keith Wisniewski
- Thompson defeats Wisniewski by unanimous decision. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Welterweight bout: Thiago Alves vs. Ansar Chalangov
- Alves defeats Chalangov by technical knockout by strikes at 2:25 of round one. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Sam Hoger vs. Jeff Newton
- Hoger defeats Newton by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:05 of round two. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
[edit] Main card
- Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Trevor Prangley
- Horn defeats Prangley by close unanimous decision, to which the crowd responded with mixed reactions.
- Welterweight bout: Georges St. Pierre vs Sean Sherk
- In one of the more anticipated bouts of the evening, Georges St. Pierre defeats Sean Sherk by technical knockout by strikes at 2:53 of round two.
- Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs Joe Riggs
- UFC Welterweight Champion, Matt Hughes defeats Joe Riggs by submission (kimura) at 3:28 of round one. Riggs was brought in as a replacement for Karo Parisyan, who suffered an injury in his training leading up to the bout. Although originally scheduled as a championship match, Riggs could not make the required weight at 170 lb (he came in at 171 lb) and the bout was changed to a non-title welterweight match, where there is a 1 lb allowance.
- Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Kevin Jordan
- Gonzaga defeats Jordan by knockout at 4:39 of round three. Despite the exciting finish, the bout was considered by some to be uneventful up to that point, inciting boos from the audience and criticism from the ringside announcers.
It was later learned that Gonzaga's child died days before the fight.
- Middleweight Championship bout: Champion Rich Franklin vs. Nathan Quarry
- In the main event of the evening, Middleweight champion, Rich Franklin, defends his title and defeats Nathan Quarry by knockout at 2:34 of round one.
[edit] Fighter Payouts
Matt Hughes: $110,000 ($55,000 to fight; $55,000 to win)
Jeremy Horn: $50,000 ($25,000 to fight; $25,000 to win)
Georges St. Pierre: $35,000 ($16,000 to fight; $19,000 to win)
Rich Franklin: $26,000 ($13,000 to fight; $13,000 to win)
Joe Riggs: $12,000
Nate Quarry: $10,000
Sean Sherk: $10,000
Sam Hoger: $10,000 ($5,000 to fight; $5,000 to win)
Trevor Prangley: $6,000
Gabriel Gonzaga: $6,000 ($3,000 to fight; $3,000 to win)
Nick Thompson: $6,000 ($3,000 to fight; $3,000 to win)
Thiago Alves: $4,000 ($2,000 to fight; $2,000 to win)
Kevin Jordan: $3,000
Jeff Newton: $2,000
Ansar Chalangov: $2,000
Keith Wisniewski: $2,000
Total Fighter Payouts: $294,000 (average of $18,375 per fighter)
[edit] Miscellanea
- UFC 56 drew a live gate of $1,986,600, with 9,995 tickets sold. [2]
- The total fighter payroll for the event was $294,000. [3]
[edit] Sources
- UFC 56: Full Force Results on Sherdog.com
- "Ultimate Fighting Championship Cards" on Wrestling Information Archives
- "Riggs's Failed Weigh-In Makes UFC History" by Josh Gross, Sherdog, 19 Nov. 2005, retrieved July 03, 2006
- UFC 56 Fighter Salaries
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