UFC 79

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UFC 79: Nemesis
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date December 29, 2007
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 11,075
Total Gate $4,994,000
Buyrate 600,000-675,000
Event chronology
UFC 78: Validation UFC 79: Nemesis UFC 80: Rapid Fire

UFC 79: Nemesis was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on December 29, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

The main events featured the long anticipated fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva,[2] as well as the highly anticipated rubber match between former UFC Welterweight Champions Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes.[3] Additionally, PRIDE light heavyweight sensation Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou made his UFC debut against undefeated Lyoto Machida.[4]

The main event was originally to pit The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Serra and Matt Hughes for Serra's UFC welterweight championship, which Serra won at UFC 69: Shootout on April 7, 2007 in an upset victory over Georges St. Pierre.[1] Serra, however, withdrew from the fight due to a back injury[5] and was replaced by St. Pierre.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

Irvin defeats Cane via disqualification (illegal knee) at 1:51 of round one. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Carneiro defeats DeSouza via TKO (strikes) at 3:30 of round two. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Lister defeats Radev via unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 30-27 for Lister. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Bocek defeats Evans via unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 29-28 for Bocek. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Gamburyan defeats Mohr via submission (achillies lock) at 1:31 of round one. This bout was aired at the end of the broadcast.

[edit] Main Card

Clementi defeats Guillard via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:40 of round one.
Machida defeats Sokoudjou via submission (arm triangle) at 4:20 of round two.
Sanchez defeats Palelei via TKO (strikes) at 3:24 of round three.
Liddell defeats Silva via unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27 for Liddell.
St. Pierre defeats Hughes via submission (armbar) at 4:52 of round two to become the Interim UFC Welterweight Champion. Georges St. Pierre thanked the UFC for the interim belt but took it off stating that "the real champion is Matt Serra and until I get my belt back I am not going to consider myself champion".

[edit] Fighter Payouts

The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 79 was $1,199,000. [6] The individual payouts are listed below. Purse amounts were provided by UFCdaily.com, and includes the payment amounts for show and win. The figures do not include sponsor payments, fees, taxes, or special award bonuses

Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes

  • St. Pierre - $160,000
  • Hughes - $100,000

Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva

  • Liddell - $500,000
  • Silva - $150,000

Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei

  • Sanchez - $46,000
  • Palelei - $5,000

Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

  • Machida - $60,000
  • Sokoudjou - $40,000

Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard

  • Clementi - $28,000
  • Guillard - $10,000

James Irvin def. Luis Cane

  • Irvin - $16,000
  • Cane - $5,000

Manny Gamburyan def. Nate Mohr

  • Gamburyan - $20,000
  • Mohr - $6,000

Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev

  • Lister - $22,000
  • Radev - $5,000

Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza

  • Carneiro - $10,000
  • DeSouza - $7,000

Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans

  • Bocek - $6,000
  • Evans - $3,000

[edit] Bonus awards

At the end of this event, $50,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b UFC 79: Nemesis features Serra vs Hughes on December 29th. UFC.com (October 17, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
  2. ^ Finally, Two Legends Meet. ufc.com (October 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
  3. ^ BREAKING NEWS: Matt Fighting Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79!. ufc.com (November 24, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
  4. ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (November 15, 2007). UFC Inks Sokoudjou; “The African Assassin” to Debut vs Machida at UFC 79. ufc.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  5. ^ Serra Injured, Withdraws From UFC 79 Card. ufc.com (November 22, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-22.
  6. ^ "FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN FOR UFC 79", ufcdaily.com, 2008-01-01. Retrieved on 2008-01-21]]. 
  7. ^ Stupp, Dan (December 30, 2007). UFC Issues $200,000 in UFC 79 Bonuses. mmajunkie.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.

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