| 2006 in UFC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 16, 2006 | |||
| Last date | December 30, 2006 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 18 | |||
| UFC | 10 | |||
| UFC Fight Night | 6 | |||
| TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 158 | |||
| Title fights | 11 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2006 was the 14th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2006 the UFC held 18 events beginning with, UFC Fight Night 3.
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2006:
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| Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
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| TUF 3: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock | Jun 24, 2006 | Middleweight | Kendall Grove | Ed Herman |
| Light Heavyweight | Michael Bisping | Josh Haynes | ||
| TUF 4: The Comeback | Nov 11, 2006 | Middleweight | Travis Lutter | Patrick Côté |
| Welterweight | Matt Serra | Chris Lytle |
| Title fights in 2006 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell (c) | def. | Randy Couture | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:28 | UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Rich Franklin (c) | def. | David Loiseau | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 58: USA vs. Canada | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia | def. | Andrei Arlovski (c) | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:43 | UFC 59: Reality Check | [c] |
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia (c) | def. | Andrei Arlovski | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 61: Bitter Rivals | [d] |
| Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell (c) | def. | Renato Sobral | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:35 | UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral | [e] |
| Welterweight | Matt Hughes (c) | def. | B.J. Penn | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 3:53 | UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn | [f] |
| Lightweight | Sean Sherk | def. | Kenny Florian | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 64: Unstoppable | [g] |
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva | def. | Rich Franklin (c) | KO (Knee) | 1 | 2:59 | UFC 64: Unstoppable | [h] |
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia (c) | def. | Jeff Monson | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 65: Bad Intentions | [i] |
| Welterweight | Georges St. Pierre | def. | Matt Hughes (c) | TKO (Head Kick and Punches) | 2 | 1:25 | UFC 65: Bad Intentions | [j] |
| Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell (c) | def. | Tito Ortiz | TKO (Punches) | 3 | 3:59 | UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz | [k] |
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Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competed as a lightweight in several MMA promotions, most notably the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter season six.
Ultimate Fight Night 5 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 28, 2006. The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada.
UFC 65: Bad Intentions was a mixed martial arts competition held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 18, 2006, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California – the UFC's first show at this venue. It was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada, and was later released on DVD.
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