UFC 60

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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
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The poster for UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 27, 2006
Venue Staples Center
City Los Angeles, California
Attendance14,802 (10,347 paid)
Total gate$2,900,090
Buyrate620,000 [1]
Event chronology
UFC 59: Reality Check UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. [2] [3] The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.

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Background

Headlining the card was a non-title catchweight (175 lb) match between then-current UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, and UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, the winner of UFC 1 , UFC 2 and UFC 4 . This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5 .

The event drew 620,000 buys, becoming the best-selling pay-per-view in UFC history up to that point, and the first to break the $20 million mark in gross PPV sales. [4]

Results

Main Card
Weight classMethodRoundTimeNotes
Catchweight (175 lb) Matt Hughes def. Royce Gracie TKO (punches)14:39
Light Heavyweight Dean Lister def. Alessio Sakara Submission (triangle choke)12:20
Welterweight Diego Sanchez def. John Alessio Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)35:00
Heavyweight Brandon Vera def. Assuerio Silva Submission (guillotine choke)12:39
Middleweight Mike Swick def. Joe Riggs Submission (guillotine choke)12:19
Preliminary Card
Middleweight Jeremy Horn def. Chael Sonnen Submission (armbar)21:17 [lower-alpha 1]
Lightweight Spencer Fisher def. Matt Wiman KO (flying knee)21:43 [lower-alpha 2]
Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga def. Fabiano Scherner TKO (punches)20:24
Lightweight Melvin Guillard def.Rick DavisKO (punch)11:37
  1. ↑ Sonnen was a late replacement for Evan Tanner, who reportedly withdrew due to personal issues.
  2. ↑ Wiman replaced Leonard Garcia, who broke his leg in training. [5]

Reported Payout

Royce Gracie: $400,000

Matt Hughes: $110,000

Jeremy Horn: $70,000

Brandon Vera: $32,000

Diego Sanchez: $24,000

Mike Swick: $14,000

Spencer Fisher: $14,000

Joe Riggs: $12,000

Gabriel Gonzaga: $10,000

Melvin Guillard: $10,000

Alessio Sakara: $10,000

Dean Lister: $10,000

Assuerio Silva: $8,000

Chael Sonnen: $5,000

Fabiano Scherner: $3,000

Matt Wiman: $3,000

John Alessio: $3,000

Rick Davis: $2,000

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $740,000

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References

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  3. ↑ Dacanay, Bruno (27 May 2022). "Looking Back at The History of UFC's Memorial Day Weekend". Overtime Heroics.
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