UFC 79
| UFC 79: Nemesis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Las Vegas, Nevada | ||||
| Attendance | 11,075 (10,968 paid) | |||
| Total gate | $4,994,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 650,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
UFC 79: Nemesis was a
Background
The main events featured the fight between
UFC Welterweight Champions Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes for the interim Welterweight championship.[4]
Additionally,
The main event was originally scheduled to have Welterweight Championship, with the winner facing Serra afterwards.
Results
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | def. | Matt Hughes | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:54 | [a] |
| Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | def. | Wanderlei Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Eddie Sanchez | def. | Soa Palelei | TKO (punches) | 3 | 3:24 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Lyoto Machida | def. | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
|
Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 4:20 | |
| Lightweight | Rich Clementi | def. | Melvin Guillard | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:40 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | James Irvin | def. | Luiz Cane
|
Disqualification (illegal knee) | 1 | 1:51 | |
| Lightweight | Manvel Gamburyan
|
def. | Nate Mohr | Submission (ankle lock) | 1 | 1:31 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Dean Lister | def. | Jordan Radev | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Roan Carneiro | def. | Tony DeSouza | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:33 | |
| Lightweight | Mark Bocek | def. | Doug Evans | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
- UFC Welterweight Championship.
- ^ This bout was aired on the broadcast following the St-Pierre vs Hughes bout.
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[7]
- Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
- Knockout of the Night: Eddie Sanchez
- Submission of the Night: Georges St-Pierre
See also
References
- ^ "Pay-per-view : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". Archived from the original on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ a b "UFC 79: Nemesis features Serra vs Hughes on December 29th". UFC.com. October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "Finally, Two Legends Meet". ufc.com. October 24, 2007. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
- ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Matt Fighting Georges St-Pierre at UFC 79!". ufc.com. November 24, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-11-26. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
- ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (November 15, 2007). "UFC Inks Sokoudjou; "The African Assassin" to Debut vs Machida at UFC 79". ufc.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
- ^ "Serra Injured, Withdraws From UFC 79 Card". ufc.com. November 22, 2007. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ^ Stupp, Dan (December 30, 2007). "UFC Issues $200,000 in UFC 79 Bonuses". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
