UFC 58: USA vs Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12000 seat Indoor arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise Nevada, USA. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. UFC 57 Liddell vs Couture 3 was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. UFC 59 Reality Check was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 15, 2006 at Arrowhead Mixed martial arts (MMA is a full contact Combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques from a mixture of Martial arts traditions and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States. Mandalay Bay Events Center is a 12000 seat Indoor arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise Nevada, USA. The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6 Nevada ( is a state located in the western region of the United States of America. Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In keeping with the theme of the card, each fight featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter.
Results
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout:
Icho Larenas vs. Icho Larenas is a Mixed martial arts fighter Born in Québec City Larenas currently lives in (Quebec City and Buernos Aires City
Tom Murphy
Murphy defeats Larenas via a TKO in the third round at 1:59. Tom Murphy (born November 19, 1974) born in USA is a Mixed martial arts fighter Larenas was a late substitute for Christophe Midoux. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Light heavyweight bout:
Rob MacDonald vs. Robert Lawrence "Maximus" MacDonald (born September 5, 1978 is a Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter
Jason Lambert
- Lambert defeats MacDonald via a submission with a kimura in the first round at 1:54 . Jason L Lambert (born September 23, 1977) is a mixed martial artist from Victorville California, currently fighting in the light heavyweight This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Lightweight bout:
Sam Stout vs. Samuel "Hands of Stone" James Stout (born April 23, 1984) is a professional mixed martial artist from London Ontario, Canada
Spencer Fisher
- Stout defeats Fisher by split decision. Spencer William Fisher (born May 9, 1976) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter from Brevard North Carolina. Fisher was a late replacement for Kenny Florian, who got injured during training for this fight. Kenny " Ken Flo" Florian (born May 26 1976 in Westwood Massachusetts) is an American mixed martial artist with a background This was the UFC's first lightweight match since the division was suspended in 2004. The lightweight division in Mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes The UFC lightweight division which limits competitors "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast, though it did later air on an episode of UFC Unleashed on Spike TV.
Main card
- Lightweight bout:
Mark Hominick vs. Mark "The Machine" Hominick (born July 22, 1982) in ThamesfordOntario is a Canadian Mixed martial arts fighter and former
Yves Edwards
- Hominick defeats Edwards via submission with a triangle armbar in the second round at 1:52. Yves Ed'duvill Edwards (born September 30, 1976) is a Bahamian professional Mixed martial arts (MMA fighter
- Middleweight bout:
Joe Doerksen vs. Joseph Daniel Doerksen (born October 9, 1977) is a Canadian mixed martial artist (MMA from New Bothwell Manitoba.
Nathan Marquardt
- Marquardt defeats Doerksen in a unanimous decision. Nathan Joel Marquardt (born April 20,1979 in Lander Wyoming) is an American mixed martial artist.
- St. Pierre defeats Penn in a split decision. The winner of this match would become #1 contender for the Welterweight Title.
- Middleweight bout:
Steve Vigneault vs. Steve "Lion Heart" Vigneault born in Canada is a Mixed martial arts fighter
Mike Swick
- Swick defeats Vigneault via submission with a guillotine choke in the first round at 2:09. Mike “Quick” Swick (born June 19, 1979 in Houston Texas) is an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter
- Middleweight championship bout: Champion
Rich Franklin vs. Rich Jay Franklin II (born October 5, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a mixed martial arts (MMA fighter and former Ultimate Fighting
David Loiseau
- Franklin defeats Loiseau in a unanimous decision and retains the UFC middleweight title. David "The Crow" Loiseau (born December 17, 1979) is a Haitian Canadian Mixed martial arts fighter from Montreal Franklin broke his left hand during the second round, but continued to fight until the end of the bout. He ultimately won by unanimous decision, with judges scoring the bout 50-42, 50-42, and 50-43.
Fighter Payouts
Georges St. Pierre: $48,000
Rich Franklin: $32,000
Nathan Marquardt: $30,000
BJ Penn: $25,000
Tom Murphy: $10,000
Mike Swick: $10,000
David Loiseau: $9,000
Spencer Fisher: $8,000
Yves Edwards: $8,000
Rob Macdonald: $5,000
Joe Doerksen: $5,000
Jason Lambert: $4,000
Mark Hominick: $4,000
Sam Stout: $4,000
Icho Larenas: $3,000
Steve Vigneault: $2,000
Total Fighter Payouts: $207,000
Miscellanea
- The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450. [3]
- The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 58 was $207,000. [4]
- Five of the seven Canadian fighers featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St. Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion. TKO Major League MMA is a Canadian Mixed martial arts (MMA organisation the biggest MMA promotion in Canada
- The final scorecard for "USA VS Canada":
United States 5,
Canada 3
References
Sources
- Mixed martial arts show results, Mandalay Bay, 03-04-06 (PDF), Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved March 20, 2006
- "Franklin Dominates Loiseau; 'Rush' Beats Penn at UFC 58" by Thomas Gerbasi, UFC. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page tv, March 5, 2006, retrieved March 5, 2006
- UFC PPV Buys Explode in 2006
- UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 58)
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