UFC 64
| UFC 64: Unstoppable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||
| Attendance | 10,173 (8,913 paid)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,790,490[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 300,000[2] | |||
| Total purse | $209,000 (disclosed only)[3] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
UFC 64: Unstoppable was a
Mandalay Bay Events Center, on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada
.
Background
The card centered on a
UFC Middleweight Championship defense by Rich Franklin against the highly touted Anderson Silva
.
The card also featured a
fought to a draw.A planned match between Keith Jardine and Mike Nickels was cancelled a day before the event when Nickels reaggravated a previous back injury sustained during training. A replacement could not be found on short notice.[4]
Clay Guida made his UFC debut at this event.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva | def. | Rich Franklin (c) | KO (knee) | 1 | 2:59 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Sean Sherk | def. | Kenny Florian | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Jon Fitch | def. | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Carmelo Marrero | def. | Cheick Kongo | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Spencer Fisher | def. | Dan Lauzon | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:38 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Kalib Starnes | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:40 | |
| Lightweight | Clay Guida | def. | Justin James | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:42 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Kurt Pellegrino | def. | Júnior Assunção | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:04 | |
- ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship
- ^ For the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship
- ^ This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast.
Bonus awards
- Fight of the Night: Sean Sherk vs. Kenny Florian
- Knockout of the Night: Anderson Silva
- Submission of the Night: Clay Guida
See also
References
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- ^ "Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online : News". Wrestlingobeserver. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "Ivan's Blog- Ivan Trembow's Self-Important, Random Rants on Mixed Martial Arts, Video Games, Pro Wrestling, Television, Politics, Sports, and High-Quality Wool Socks". Ivansblog.com. 2006-10-17. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ "UFC, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) News, Results, Fighting". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
