UFC 73
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | July 7, 2007 | |
| Venue | ARCO Arena | |
| City | Sacramento, CA | |
| Attendance | 13,183 (8,622 paid)[1] | |
| Total Gate | $1,551,920[1] | |
| Buyrate | 425,000[citation needed] | |
| Total Purse | $761,000 (disclosed)[2] | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 72: Victory | UFC 73: Stacked | UFC 74: Respect |
UFC 73: Stacked was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.[3]
The card featured defenses of two UFC champions - middleweight champion Anderson Silva and lightweight champion Sean Sherk, who both won their titles at UFC 64. They defended their titles against former King of Pancrase Nathan Marquardt and former WEC champion Hermes Franca, respectively. Former PRIDE heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira made his UFC debut against Heath Herring, whom he had already defeated twice before in the PRIDE organization. Also scheduled for UFC 73 was a light heavyweight match between former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz and The Ultimate Fighter 2 heavyweight winner Rashad Evans.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
Mark Bocek vs. 
Frankie Edgar
- Edgar defeated Bocek by technical knockout (ground strikes) at 4:55 of the first round.
- Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Jason Gilliam
- Lytle defeated Gilliam by submission due to an inverted triangle choke and keylock at 2:15 of the first round.
- Gilliam was the third choice for Lytle's opponent for the night. Originally scheduled to compete was Jeff Joslin, who withdrew due to a training injury.[4] His replacement, Drew Fickett, also withdrew later due to injury.[5]
- Lightweight bout:
Diego Saraiva vs. Jorge Gurgel
- Gurgel defeated Saraiva by unanimous decision after three rounds.
- Light heavyweight bout: Mike Nickels vs. Stephan Bonnar
- Bonnar defeated Nickels by submission due to a rear naked choke at 2:14 of the first round.
[edit] Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Heath Herring vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
- Nogueira defeated Herring by unanimous decision after three rounds. Eddie Bravo, who was there to give his opinion on the scoring of the fight for the audience, said that he believed the referee could have stopped the fight at the end of the first round, after Herring scored a solid kick to the head of Nogueira that knocked him to the mat.
- Lightweight championship bout: Champion Sean Sherk vs. Hermes Franca
- Sherk defeated Franca by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) after five rounds. During the start of first two rounds Franca attempted multiple flying knee strikes on the champion, in the second round Sherk was dropped to the canvas after a knee landed flush. However, Franca was unable to capitalize on this and was flipped on to his back and controlled by the more powerful Sherk.
- The CSAC later announced that both fighters tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.[6] Sherk was eventually stripped of the title.
- Light heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans vs. Tito Ortiz
- Evans and Ortiz fought to a unanimous draw after three rounds. In the first round Ortiz was warned by the referee to not grab the fence. In the second round Ortiz grabbed the fence again to prevent himself from being taken down and was penalized a point, ultimately leading to a unanimous 28-28 score.At the post fight conference the next day,both fighters were heated towards each other,and had an exchange of words.
- Middleweight championship bout: Champion Anderson Silva vs. Nathan Marquardt
- In the main event, Silva defeats Marquardt by technical knockout at 4:54 of the first round.
- Lightweight bout: Alvin Robinson vs. Kenny Florian
- In the swing bout (which was delayed until after the main event), Kenny Florian defeats Robinson by TKO due to strikes at 4:30 of the first round. Robinson tapped out after being hit with a series of punches and elbows to the head while on the ground.
[edit] Purses
Purse amounts were provided by the California State Athletic Commission, and include amounts for show and win. The figures do not include any undisclosed bonuses:[2]
- Anderson Silva - $90,000 ($45,000 + $45,000 win bonus) def. Nathan Marquardt - $24,000
- Sean Sherk - $28,000 ($14,000 + $14,000 win bonus) def. Hermes Franca - $14,000
- Tito Ortiz - $210,000 drew with Rashad Evans - $16,000
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - $200,000 ($100,000 + $100,000 win bonus) def. Heath Herring - $70,000
- Kenny Florian - $16,000 ($8,000 + $8,000 win bonus) def. Alvin Robinson - $3,000
- Stephan Bonnar - $32,000 ($16,000 + $16,000 win bonus) def. Mike Nickels - $5,000
- Chris Lytle - $20,000 ($10,000 + $10,000 win bonus) def. Jason Gilliam - $3,000
- Jorge Gurgel - $14,000 ($7,000 + $7,000 win bonus) def. Diego Saraiva - $3,000
- Frank Edgar - $10,000 ($5,000 + $5,000 win bonus) def. Mark Bocek - $3,000
Total disclosed payroll: $761,000
[edit] Bonus awards
At each UFC event, $40,000 is awarded to each of the fighters who receive one of these three awards.[citation needed]
- Fight of the Night: Diego Saraiva vs. Jorge Gurgel
- Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle
[edit] References
- ^ a b UFC 73: Official Purse, Attendance Figures. The Fight Network (July 9, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
- ^ a b Pishna, Ken. "UFC 73 SALARIES AND ATTENDANCE FIGURES", 2007-07-09. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
- ^ Upcoming Events; UFC 73: Stacked. UFC. Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
- ^ Bodog Beat News Ticker (2007-05-22). MMA News: Joslin Out, Fickett In to Fight Lytle at UFC 73. BodogBeat.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.
- ^ UFC 73: Gilliam Replaces Injured Fickett. Sherdog.com (June 29, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-06.
- ^ Iole, Kevin (2007-07-19). MMA needs to address steroids problem. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
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