UFC 79

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UFC 79: Nemesis
Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance11,075 (10,968 paid)
Total gate$4,994,000
Buyrate650,000[1]
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Finale
UFC 79: Nemesis UFC 80: Rapid Fire

UFC 79: Nemesis was a

Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2]

Background

The main events featured the fight between

Additionally,

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou made his UFC debut against undefeated Lyoto Machida.[5]

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 Verbal 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
  1. UFC Welterweight Championship
    .
  2. ^ This bout was aired on the broadcast following the St-Pierre vs Hughes bout.

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pay-per-view : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA". Archived from the original on 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Finally, Two Legends Meet". ufc.com. October 24, 2007. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Serra Injured, Withdraws From UFC 79 Card". ufc.com. November 22, 2007. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
  7. ^ Stupp, Dan (December 30, 2007). "UFC Issues $200,000 in UFC 79 Bonuses". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2007-12-30.

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