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UFC 64: Unstoppable
Details
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date October 14, 2006
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 10,173 (8,913 paid) [1]
Total Gate $1,790,490 [2]
Buyrate 300,000 [3]
Total Purse $209,000 (disclosed only)
Event chronology
UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn UFC 64: Unstoppable UFC 65: Bad Intentions

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The card centered on a UFC Middleweight Championship defense by Rich Franklin against highly-touted Anderson Silva, Franklin's first defense in 7 months. Rich Jay Franklin II (born October 5, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a mixed martial arts (MMA fighter and former Ultimate Fighting Anderson "The Spider" Silva (born April 14 1975 is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and mixed martial artist. This card also featured a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between The Ultimate Fighter alumnus Kenny Florian and longtime UFC veteran Sean Sherk. The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter (later designated The Ultimate Fighter 1) premiered on January 18, 2005. Kenny " Ken Flo" Florian (born May 26 1976 in Westwood Massachusetts) is an American mixed martial artist with a background Sean Sherk (born August 5, 1973) is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC It was the first Lightweight Championship bout since UFC 41 in 2003, when B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw. UFC 41 Onslaught was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 28, 2003, at the Boardwalk Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan.

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Results

Preliminary card

Pellegrino defeated Assuncoa via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:04 of round one. Cleuder F "Junior" Assuncao (born June 24, 1981 in Recife, Brazil) is a Mixed martial arts fighter This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Guida defeated James via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:42 of round two. The fight, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
Okami defeated The Ultimate Fighter 3 alumnus Starnes via TKO (strikes) at 1:40 of round three. Kalib Axel Starnes (born January 6, 1975) is a Canadian professional Mixed martial artist. The Ultimate Fighter 3 was the third season of the Mixed martial arts Reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast. Okami gave Starnes his first loss of his career.

Main card

Fisher defeated Lauzon, brother of Joe Lauzon, via TKO (strikes) at 4:38 of round one. Dan "The Upgrade" Lauzon (born March 30, 1988) is a mixed martial artist from East Bridgewater Massachusetts, United States Joe Lauzon Jr (born May 22, 1984 is a professional Mixed martial arts fighter from Brockton Massachusetts. Lauzon came in as a late replacement, having only two weeks to prepare. Dan Lauzon was the youngest fighter ever to fight in the UFC.
Marrero defeated Kongo via split decision after three rounds. Cheick "Unstoppable" Kongo (born May 17, 1975 in Paris, France) is a professional French heavyweight The wrestler (Marrero) frustrated Kongo by constantly taking him down, disabling his striking. He dominated top control in each round and took Kongo out of his gameplan. This loss brought to light Kongo's weak ground game, and derailed his potential track towards the title. The judges scored the bout 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
Fitch defeated Hironaka via unanimous decision after three rounds. is a Japanese Mixed martial artist. He competes in the Welterweight division The judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27, 30-25.
Sherk, in his first match at lightweight, defeated Florian via unanimous decision to win the vacated Lightweight championship after five rounds. Kenny " Ken Flo" Florian (born May 26 1976 in Westwood Massachusetts) is an American mixed martial artist with a background
Sherk supposedly went into the fight injured, and sought only to take Florian down, refusing to engage on the feet, eliciting many boos throughout the fight for his inactivity. The boos let up for some time after Florian landed an elbow off his back that caused Sherk to pour fountains of blood in what many people believe was close to being stopped. Ultimately it worked in Sherk's favor, as he was bleeding directly into Florian's eyes, impairing his eyesight and leading to the referee taking a time out to clean Florian's eyes. [1]
The judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-46, and 50-45. (The 50-45 score was erroneously announced as 50-48. )[4] Sherk is only the second lightweight champion in UFC history and first to hold the title since 2002.
Silva defeated Franklin via TKO due to Knees at 2:59 of round one to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion. Anderson "The Spider" Silva (born April 14 1975 is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and mixed martial artist. After clinching up, Silva was able to deliver several hard knee strikes after securing Franklin in a muay thai clinch. Muay Thai ( IPA: /muɑɪtʰɑɪ/ muāitʰāi มวยไทย lit A few more strikes from Silva sent Franklin to the canvas, at which point referee John McCarthy stopped the fight. "Big" John Michael McCarthy, (born 17 December 1962 the 'Octagon's ninth side' is the former head Referee for the Ultimate Fighting [1]

Fighter Payouts

The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 64 was $209,000. [5] Individual payouts are listed below, note that numbers only include figures the UFC disclosed to the state athletic commission, and does not include PPV buyrate bonuses, sponsorship fees, or any other bonuses. [6]

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ a b Sloan, Mike. "“Ace” is Up: Silva Takes UFC Belt in Full House", Sherdog. com, 2006-10-15. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Retrieved on 2006-10-23. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC -  

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