UFC 80

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UFC 80: Rapid Fire
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date January 19, 2008
Venue Metro Radio Arena
City Newcastle, England
Attendance 8,412
Total Gate $1,250,000
Buyrate 225,000
Event chronology
UFC 79: Nemesis UFC 80: Rapid Fire UFC 81: Breaking Point

UFC 80: Rapid Fire was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on January 19, 2008 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England.[1]

The main event was originally scheduled for an interim lightweight championship; however, then-lightweight champion Sean Sherk was stripped of his title after the California State Athletic Commission upheld his suspension for testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. With the lightweight championship vacated, the Penn-Stevenson bout was altered to be for the undisputed championship.[2]

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[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

Kelly defeats Taylor via unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27.
Hardonk defeats Robinson via TKO (strikes) at 0:17 of round one.
Sakara defeats Lee via TKO (strikes) at 1:30 of round one.
Stout defeats Eklund via unanimous decision. This was the only match not to air on the Pay Per View.

[edit] Main Card

Rivera defeats Grove via TKO (strikes) at 1:20 of round one.
Gouveia defeats Lambert via KO (punch) at 0:37 of round two.
Davis defeats Liaudin via KO (punch) at 1:04 of round one.
Werdum defeats Gonzaga via TKO (strikes) at 4:34 of round two.
Penn defeats Stevenson via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:02 of round two to become the UFC Lightweight Champion. With this win, Penn becomes only the second person to win championships in two UFC divisions.[3]

[edit] Bonus awards

At the end of this event, $35,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ UFC 80: Rapid Fire. UFC.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-20.
  2. ^ Template:Cite. For his win over Gabriel Gonzaga, Fabricio Werdum will receive a title shot from whoever wins the Interem Heavyweight title between Tim Silvia and Antonion Nogueira news
  3. ^ Wilkins, Matt (January 19, 2008). UFC 80 Review & Exclusive Photo Gallery. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
  4. ^ - DANA WHITE CONFIRMS PENN VS. SHERK AND MORE". mmaweekly.com (January 23, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-23.

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