UFC 76

UFC 76: Knockout
The poster for UFC 76: Knockout
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateSeptember 22, 2007
VenueHonda Center
CityAnaheim, California
Attendance13,770 (11,817 paid)
Total gate$1,985,000
Buyrate475,000[1]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian UFC 76: Knockout UFC 77: Hostile Territory

UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 22, 2007, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Although the event was advertised with the subtitle Knockout, the entire card produced no knockouts whatsoever.

Background

The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell versus Wanderlei Silva, a match between the two former champions of the UFC and PRIDE, respectively; however, the main event featured a fight between former Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71.

Also appearing on the card was 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion and future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua, who made his Octagon debut against TUF 1 winner Forrest Griffin.

Welterweight Diego Sanchez returned after his decision loss at UFC 69 to Josh Koscheck when he faced Jon Fitch, a training partner of Koscheck and a former Purdue University wrestler who was in the midst of a thirteen-fight win streak.

A scheduled bout between the light heavyweights Jason Lambert and Wilson Gouveia was removed from the card after Gouveia suffered a severely broken nose during training. A replacement for Gouveia was not found.[2]

With the card left with only eight bouts instead of nine, the UFC scheduled a fight between Rich Clementi and Anthony Johnson to fill out the remainder of the card.[3]

None of the preliminary bouts made it to the PPV due to the length of all the main card bouts.

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Light Heavyweight Keith Jardine def. Chuck Liddell Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin def. Maurício Rua Submission (rear-naked choke) 3 4:45
Welterweight Jon Fitch def. Diego Sanchez Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28) 3 5:00
Light Heavyweight Lyoto Machida def. Kazuhiro Nakamura Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00 [a]
Lightweight Tyson Griffin def. Thiago Tavares Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Preliminary card
Catchweight (177 lbs) Rich Clementi def. Anthony Johnson Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 3:05
Lightweight Jeremy Stephens def. Diego Saraiva Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Christian Wellisch def. Scott Junk Submission (heel hook) 1 3:19
Lightweight Matt Wiman def. Michihiro Omigawa Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
  1. ^ Nakamura testing positive for marijuana after the fight.[4]

Bonus awards

$40,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards:

See also

References

  1. ^ http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/ [dead link‍]
  2. ^ Savage, Greg (September 10, 2006). "UFC 76 Loses Fight After Gouveia Injury". Sherdog.com. Retrieved September 10, 2007.
  3. ^ "UFC 76: Rich Clementi vs. Anthony Johnson". UFCMania.com. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  4. ^ "Nakamura Tests Positive for Marijuana". Nokaut. September 27, 2007. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2007.
  5. ^ "MMA Archives".
  6. ^ "MMA Archives".