UFC 46

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UFC 46: Supernatural
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The poster for UFC 46: Supernatural
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJanuary 31, 2004
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance10,700 [1]
Total gate$1,377,000 [1]
Buyrate80,000 [1]
Total purse$540,500 [2]
Event chronology
UFC 45: Revolution UFC 46: Supernatural UFC 47: It's On!

UFC 46: Supernatural was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.

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History

Headlining the card was a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort. The evening marked the UFC debut of future welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Light Heavyweight Vitor Belfort def. Randy Couture (c)TKO (doctor stoppage)10:54 [a]
Welterweight B.J. Penn def. Matt Hughes (c)Submission (rear-naked choke)14:37 [b]
Heavyweight Frank Mir def. Wes Sims KO (knee and punches)24:21
Catchweight (175 lb) Renato Verissimo def. Carlos Newton Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Middleweight Lee Murray def. Jorge Rivera Submission (triangle armbar)11:45
Preliminary card
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre def. Karo Parisyan Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Lightweight Josh Thomson def. Hermes França Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Lightweight Matt Serra def. Jeff Curran Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
  1. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  2. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.

Fighter Payouts

The total fighter payroll for UFC 46 was $540,500. [2]

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia . [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "UFC 46: Supernatural". Tapology.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  2. 1 2 Trembow, Ivan (2004-10-17). "Full Breakdown of Fighter Salaries for UFC 46, UFC 47, UFC 48, and UFC 49". MMAWeekly.com. Ivan's Blog. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  3. Gerbasi, Thomas (2011-10-17). UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. New York: DK. p. 206. ISBN   978-0756683610.