UFC 64: Unstoppable | ||||
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Information | ||||
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 [1] | |||
Buyrate | 300,000 [2] | |||
Total purse | $209,000 (disclosed only) [3] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 64: Unstoppable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, October 14, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.
The card centered on a UFC Middleweight Championship defense by Rich Franklin against the highly touted Anderson Silva.
The card also featured a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between The Ultimate Fighter alumnus Kenny Florian and longtime UFC veteran Sean Sherk. It was the first Lightweight Championship bout since UFC 41 in 2003, when B.J. Penn and Caol Uno fought to a draw.
A planned match between Keith Jardine and Mike Nickels was cancelled a day before the event when Nickels reaggravated a previous back injury sustained during training. A replacement could not be found on short notice. [4]
Clay Guida made his UFC debut at this event.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Anderson Silva | def. | Rich Franklin (c) | KO (knee) | 1 | 2:59 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Lightweight | Sean Sherk | def. | Kenny Florian | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Welterweight | Jon Fitch | def. | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Decision (unanimous) (30–25, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Heavyweight | Carmelo Marrero | def. | Cheick Kongo | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Spencer Fisher | def. | Dan Lauzon | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:38 | |
Preliminary Card | |||||||
Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Kalib Starnes | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:40 | |
Lightweight | Clay Guida | def. | Justin James | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:42 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Lightweight | Kurt Pellegrino | def. | Júnior Assunção | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:04 |
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