| UFC 76: Knockout | ||
|---|---|---|
| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | September 22, 2007 | |
| Venue | Honda Center | |
| City | Anaheim, California | |
| Attendance | 13,770 (11,817 paid) | |
| Total Gate | $1,985,000 | |
| Buyrate | 475,000 | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion | UFC 76: Knockout | UFC 77: Hostile Territory |
UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is a US -based Mixed martial arts (MMA organization currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Honda Center, previously known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim and colloquially called the The Pond, is an indoor arena in Anaheim California California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. UFC 75 Champion vs Champion was a mixed martial arts (MMA event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC. UFC 77 Hostile Territory was a Mixed martial arts Event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC 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 The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Honda Center, previously known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim and colloquially called the The Pond, is an indoor arena in Anaheim California California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Though the event was subtitled Knockout, the entire card ironically produced no knockouts.
The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell vs. Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell (born December 17 1969 also known as " The Iceman " is an American Mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Wanderlei Silva, a long-awaited match between the two popular former champions of the UFC and PRIDE, respectively; however, the main event featured a fight between former UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71. Wanderlei Cesar da Silva ( pronounced vahn-der-LAY) (born July 3, 1976 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Brazilian Mixed PRIDE Fighting Championships ( PRIDE or PRIDE FC for short was a Mixed martial arts organization based in Japan. The light heavyweight division in Mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb (84 and 93 kg) Charles David 'Chuck' Liddell (born December 17 1969 also known as " The Iceman " is an American Mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the Mixed martial arts Reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. Keith Hector Jardine (born October 31, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA, currently fighting at light heavyweight for UFC 71 Liddell vs Jackson was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Also appearing on the card was PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, who made his Octagon debut against The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner Forrest Griffin. Below is a list of PRIDE Fighting Championships' champions and title defenses Mauricio Milani "Shogun" Rua (born November 25, 1981 in Curitiba, Brazil) is a Mixed martial arts fighter and the winner The debut season of The Ultimate Fighter (later designated The Ultimate Fighter 1) premiered on January 18, 2005. Forrest Griffin (born July 1, 1979 in Columbus Ohio) is an American Mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting 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. The welterweight division in Mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes The UFC 's welterweight division which groups competitors Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez (born December 31, 1981 in Albuquerque New Mexico) is a Mexican American mixed martial artist (MMA UFC 69 Shootout was a Mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday April 7, 2007 at the Josh D "Kos" Koscheck (born November 30, 1977) is an American Mixed martial arts fighter from Fresno California, a former Jonathan Parker Fitch (born February 24, 1978 in Fort Wayne Indiana) is an American professional Mixed martial arts fighter
A scheduled bout between light heavyweights Jason Lambert and Wilson Gouveia was removed from the card after Gouveia suffered a severely broken nose during training. Jason L Lambert (born September 23, 1977) is a mixed martial artist from Victorville California, currently fighting in the light heavyweight Wilson Gouveia ( October 3, 1978) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. A replacement for Gouveia was not found. [1] The card left with eight bouts instead of nine, the UFC scheduled a fight between Rich Clementi and Anthony Johnson to fill out the remainder of the card. Richard Thomas "No Love" Clementi (born March 31, 1976) is an American mixed martial arts fighter Anthony Johnson (born March 6, 1984 in Dublin Georgia) is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights in the UFC. [2]
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( as reported by the CSAC )** Does not include any side bonuses or bonuses for submission and fight of the night honors. Only the show and win money that CSAC reports **
Chuck Liddell $500,000
Mauricio Rua $150,000
Lyoto Machida $50,000
Forrest Griffin $44,000
Jon Fitch $44,000
Tyson Griffin $24,000
Rich Clementi $24,000
Diego Sanchez $22,000
Kazuhiro Nakamura $20,000
Matt Wiman $16,000
Keith Jardine $14,000
Christian Wellisch $14,000
Thiago Tavares $9,000
Jeremy Stephens $6,000
Anthony Johnson $5,000
Michihiro Omigawa $5,000
Scott Junk $4,000
Diego Saravia $3,000
Total $954,000
At each UFC event, $40,000 is awarded to each of the fighters who receive one of these three awards.