UFC 62

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UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date August 26, 2006
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 9,859 (8,954 paid) [1]
Total Gate $3,040,880 [2]
Buyrate 500,000 [3]
Total Purse $407,000 (disclosed only)
Event chronology
UFC 61: Bitter Rivals UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 26, 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 and Canada. The main event was a Light Heavyweight Title fight between Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell and Renato 'Babalu' Sobral and the co-main event was a TUF finale re-match between Forrest Griffin and the 'American Psycho' Stephan Bonnar.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary card

Okami defeats Belcher via unamious decision at 5:00 of the third round.
Heath defeats Walmsley by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:32 of round one.
Gouveia defeats Combs by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:23 of round one. This fight was aired, even though it was a preliminary match.
Schafer defeats MacDonald by technical submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:26 of round one. This fight was aired, even though it was a preliminary match.

[edit] Main card

Franca defeats Varner by submission (armbar) at 3:31 of round three. A point was deducted from Varner in the third round by referee John McCarthy for timidity after Varner ran away from Franca after being hit by a knee.

Spencer Fisher was originally scheduled for the match, Franca was Fisher's replacement. [1]

Kongo defeats Wellisch by knockout by a knee strike at 2:51 of round one.
Diaz defeats Neer by submission (kimura) at 1:42 of round three.

Thiago Alves was originally scheduled to fight Josh Neer, but pulled out of his fight due to illness. [2]

In the highly anticipated rematch, Forrest Griffin defeated Stephan Bonnar by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27 for Griffin. Even though the match was anticipated and the audience was cheering throughout the whole match, while Joe Rogan was post-fight interviewing Griffin the audience jeered until he left the Octagon. Following the bout, Bonnar tested positive by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for boldenone, a banned anabolic steroid, and received a nine-month suspension and a $5,000 fine. In a later interview, Bonnar stated that he took the steroids to help him heal from a previous elbow injury that has been nagging him for many months. He believed it would've been out of his system before the fight and said the fight was on one month's notice.[3]
In the main event of the evening, Chuck Liddell defends his championship and defeats Renato Sobral by technical knockout (referee stoppage, due to strikes) at 1:35 of round one. This was the second meeting between the two, the first match occurred at UFC 40.
The match was given heightened importance as a potential superfight set in November between Liddell and PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva hinged on a Liddell victory at UFC 62. That superfight however did not materialize as negotiations between the UFC and PRIDE broke down.
Although Sobral only pocketed a purse of $21,000 (according to disclosed figures released to the NSAC), he was given a bonus check from the Fertittas, owners of UFC, at the ambulance that later took him to the hospital that night, according to CNNMoney.com. Although its not known how much that check was for, Sobral appeared quite appreciative and was told by the Fertittas that they "were going to see [him] again." [4]

[edit] Fighter Payouts

Chuck Liddell: $250,000

Forrest Griffin: $32,000

Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $21,000

Nick Diaz: $20,000

Stephan Bonnar: $16,000

Cheick Kongo: $12,000

Hermes Franca: $12,000

Yushin Okami: $8,000

Josh Neer: $6,000

Rob MacDonald: $5,000

David Heath: $4,000

Eric Schafer: $4,000

Wilson Gouveia: $4,000

Alan Belcher: $3,000

Christian Wellisch: $3,000

Jamie Varner: $3,000

Wes Combs: $2,000

Cory Walmsley: $2,000


Total Fighter Payouts: $407,000

[edit] References

  1. ^ Savage, Greg (2006-08-04). UFC 62: Fisher Out, Franca In. Sherdog.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
  2. ^ Gross, Josh (2006-08-22). UFC 62: Diaz to Replace Alves. Sherdog.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
  3. ^ NSAC Hands Down Fine, Suspension on Bonnar. Sherdog.com (2006-11-04). Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
  4. ^ Stein, Joel (2006-11-08). FThe ultimate fighting machines. CNNMoney.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.

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