UFC 48

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UFC 48: Payback
UFC 48 Payback Poster.jpg
The poster for UFC 48: Payback
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateJune 19, 2004
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance10,000 (Paid: 6,528) [1]
Total gate$901,655 [1]
Buyrate110,000 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 47: It's On! UFC 48: Payback UFC 49: Unfinished Business

UFC 48: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 19, 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 was later released on DVD.

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History

The featured contestants of the evening were Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, who had met once before in 1996 in a UFC title fight at UFC 8 , with Shamrock reigning victorious. The event was very successful, as it drew more pay per view buys than the highly anticipated match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz one event earlier at UFC 47.

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Ken Shamrock def. Kimo Leopoldo KO (knee)11:26
Welterweight Frank Trigg def. Dennis Hallman TKO (punches)14:15
Heavyweight Frank Mir def. Tim Sylvia Technical Submission (armbar)10:50 [a]
Welterweight Matt Hughes def. Renato Verissimo Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27)35:00
Middleweight Evan Tanner def. Phil Baroni Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)35:00
Preliminary card
Lightweight Matt Serra def. Ivan Menjivar Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)35:00
Middleweight Trevor Prangley def.Curtis StoutSubmission (neck crank)21:05
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre def. Jay Hieron TKO (punches)11:42 [b]
  1. For the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  2. Hieron was a late replacement for Jason "Mayhem" Miller, who had withdrawn from the card due to ongoing legal problems.

Fighter Payout

The total fighter payroll for UFC 48 was $586,000. [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 48: Payback". Tapology.com. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  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. 208. ISBN   978-0756683610.