2007 in UFC

2007 in UFC
Information
First date	January 25, 2007
Last date	December 29, 2007
Events
Total events	19
UFC	13
UFC Fight Night	4
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	171
Title fights	9
Chronology
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The year 2007 was the 15th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2007 the UFC held 19 events beginning with, UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon.

2007 UFC.com awards

2007 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Quinton Jackson	Matt Serra defeats Georges St-Pierre 1 UFC 69	Forrest Griffin defeats Maurício Rua 1 UFC 76	Gabriel Gonzaga defeats Mirko Cro Cop 1 UFC 70	Roger Huerta defeats Clay Guida The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale
2	Anderson Silva	Forrest Griffin defeats Maurício Rua 1 UFC 76	Chris Lytle defeats Jason Gilliam UFC 73	Quinton Jackson defeats Chuck Liddell 2 UFC 71	Frankie Edgar defeats Tyson Griffin UFC 67
3	Kenny Florian	Gabriel Gonzaga defeats Mirko Cro Cop 1 UFC 70	Roger Huerta defeats Clay Guida The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale	Houston Alexander defeats Keith Jardine UFC 71	Chuck Liddell defeats Wanderlei Silva UFC 79
4	Randy Couture	Jake O'Brien defeats Heath Herring UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon	Marcus Davis defeats Paul Taylor UFC 75	Rashad Evans defeats Sean Salmon UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon	Jon Koppenhaver defeats Jared Rollins The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale
5	Georges St-Pierre	Houston Alexander defeats Keith Jardine UFC 71	Georges St-Pierre defeats Matt Serra 2 UFC 79	Matt Serra defeats Georges St-Pierre 1 UFC 69	Spencer Fisher defeats Sam Stout UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher
6	Forrest Griffin	Quinton Jackson defeats Chuck Liddell 2 UFC 71	Din Thomas defeats Jeremy Stephens UFC 71	Chris Leben defeats Terry Martin UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian	Nate Quarry defeats Pete Sell UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian
7	Jon Fitch	Keith Jardine defeats Chuck Liddell UFC 76	B.J. Penn defeats Jens Pulver The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale	Jon Koppenhaver defeats Jared Rollins The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale	Tyson Griffin defeats Thiago Tavares UFC 76
8	Roger Huerta	Cheick Kongo defeats Mirko Cro Cop UFC 75	Martin Kampmann defeats Drew McFedries UFC 68	Nate Quarry defeats Pete Sell UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian	Roger Huerta defeats Leonard Garcia UFC 69
9	Matt Serra	Randy Couture defeats Tim Sylvia UFC 68	Matt Arroyo defeats John Kolosci The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale	Anderson Silva defeats Rich Franklin UFC 77	Randy Couture defeats Tim Sylvia UFC 68
10	Kenny Florian (Tie) Marcus Davis (Tie)	Yushin Okami defeats Mike Swick at UFC 69 (Tie) Josh Koscheck defeats Diego Sanchez at UFC 69 (Tie)	Joe Stevenson defeats Melvin Guillard UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard	Houston Alexander defeats Alessio Sakara UFC 75	Matt Grice defeats Jason Black at UFC 77 (Tie) Tyson Griffin defeats Clay Guida at UFC 72 (Tie)
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Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2007:

• Akihiro Gono
• Alberto Crane
• Allen Berube
• Alvin Robinson
• Andy Wang
• Anthony Johnson
• Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
• Ben Saunders
• Billy Miles
• Brandon Melendez
• Brian Geraghty
• Chad Reiner
• Cole Miller
• Colin Robinson
• Dan Barrera
• Demian Maia
• Dennis Siver
• Dorian Price
• Doug Evans
• Edilberto de Oliveira
• Fabrício Werdum
• Floyd Sword
• Frankie Edgar
• George Sotiropoulos
• Gray Maynard
• Heath Herring
• Houston Alexander
• Jared Rollins
• Jason Black
• Jason Gilliam
• Jason Reinhardt
• Jason Tan
• Jeff Cox
• Jeremy Stephens
• Jess Liaudin
• Joe Veres
• John Halverson
• John Kolosci
• Jon Koppenhaver
• Jordan Radev
• Justin McCully
• Kazuhiro Nakamura
• Leonard Garcia
• Luiz Cane
• Luke Caudillo
• Lyoto Machida
• Mac Danzig
• Manny Gamburyan
• Marcus Aurélio
• Mark Bocek
• Matt Arroyo
• Matt Grice
• Maurício Rua
• Michihiro Omigawa
• Mirko Filipović
• Naoyuki Kotani
• Nate Diaz
• Nate Mohr
• Paul Georgieff
• Paul Taylor
• Quinton Jackson
• Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
• Rex Holman
• Richie Hightower
• Roan Carneiro
• Rob Emerson
• Roman Mitichyan
• Ryan Jensen
• Ryo Chonan
• Scott Junk
• Sean Salmon
• Soa Palelei
• Steven Lynch
• Tamdan McCrory
• Terry Etim
• Thiago Silva
• Thiago Tavares
• Tom Speer
• Tomasz Drwal
• Troy Mandaloniz

The Ultimate Fighter

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 5: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn	Jun 23, 2007	Lightweight	Nate Diaz	Manvel Gamburyan
TUF 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra	Dec 8, 2007	Welterweight	Mac Danzig	Tommy Speer

Title fights

Title fights in 2007
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Heavyweight	Randy Couture	def.	Tim Sylvia (c)	Unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 68: The Uprising	[a]
Welterweight	Matt Serra	def.	Georges St-Pierre (c)	TKO (punches)	1	3:25	UFC 69: Shootout	[b]
Light Heavyweight	Quinton Jackson	def.	Chuck Liddell (c)	TKO (punches)	1	1:53	UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson	[c]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva (c)	def.	Nate Marquardt	TKO (punches)	1	4:50	UFC 73: Stacked	[d]
Lightweight	Sean Sherk (c)	def.	Hermes Franca	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 73: Stacked	[e]
Heavyweight	Randy Couture (c)	def.	Gabriel Gonzaga	TKO (punches)	3	1:37	UFC 74: Respect	[f]
Light Heavyweight	Quinton Jackson (UFC Champion)	def.	Dan Henderson (Pride Champion)	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion	[g]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva (c)	def.	Rich Franklin	TKO (knees)	2	1:07	UFC 77: Hostile Territory	[h]
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	def.	Matt Hughes	Verbal submission (armbar)	2	4:54	UFC 79: Nemesis	[i]

1. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the UFC Welterweight Championship. Greatest upset in UFC history. Serra become first fighter in UFC history to win both Ultimate Fighter winner and champion.
3. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
4. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
5. For the UFC Lightweight Championship; Both fighters failed their drug tests.
6. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
7. To unify the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship and PRIDE Middleweight Championship.
8. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
9. For the UFC Interim Welterweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
102	UFC 79: Nemesis	Dec 29, 2007	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,075[6]
101	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Finale	Dec 8, 2007	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	—
100	UFC 78: Validation	Nov 17, 2007	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	14,071[7]
099	UFC 77: Hostile Territory	Oct 20, 2007	U.S. Bank Arena	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	16,054[8]
098	UFC 76: Knockout	Sep 22, 2007	Honda Center	Anaheim, California, U.S.	13,770[9]
097	UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian	Sep 19, 2007	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	—
096	UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion	Sep 8, 2007	The O2 arena	London, England, U.K.	16,235[10]
095	UFC 74: Respect	Aug 25, 2007	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,065
094	UFC 73: Stacked	Jul 7, 2007	ARCO Arena	Sacramento, California, U.S.	13,183[11]
093	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale	Jun 23, 2007	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	—
092	UFC 72: Victory	Jun 16, 2007	The Odyssey	Belfast, Northern Ireland	7,850[12]
091	UFC Fight Night: Stout vs. Fisher	Jun 12, 2007	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	—
090	UFC 71: Liddell vs. Jackson	May 26, 2007	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	14,728[13]
089	UFC 70: Nations Collide	Apr 21, 2007	Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester, England, U.K.	15,114[10]
088	UFC 69: Shootout	Apr 7, 2007	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas, U.S.	15,269
087	UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard	Apr 5, 2007	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,734
086	UFC 68: The Uprising	Mar 3, 2007	Nationwide Arena	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	19,079[14]
085	UFC 67: All or Nothing	Feb 3, 2007	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,787
084	UFC Fight Night: Evans vs. Salmon	Jan 25, 2007	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	5,287

UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard

UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 5, 2007
Venue	Palms Casino Resort
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	1,734
Event chronology
UFC 68: The Uprising UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard UFC 69: Shootout

UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard^[15] (also known as UFC Fight Night 9) was an event held on April 5, 2007, at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Joe Stevenson	def.	Melvin Guillard	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	0:27	[a]
Heavyweight	Justin McCully	def.	Antoni Hardonk	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Kenny Florian	def.	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	3:57
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight	Wilson Gouveia	def.	Seth Petruzelli	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	0:39
Welterweight	Drew Fickett	def.	Keita Nakamura	Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–27, 30–26)	3	5:00	[b]
Lightweight	Kurt Pellegrino	def.	Nate Mohr	Submission (ankle lock)	1	2:58	[c]
Welterweight	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	def.	Forrest Petz	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Roan Carneiro	def.	Rich Clementi	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Thiago Tavares	def.	Naoyuki Kotani	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

1. Guillard tested positive for cocaine in a post-fight test.
2. Nakamura was docked 1 point in round 2 due to 12-to-6 elbows.
3. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast after the McCully vs. Hardonk bout.

Bonus awards

• Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima
• Submission of the Night: Joe Stevenson and Kurt Pelligrino

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events

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