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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 highly-touted Anderson Silva, Franklin's first defense in 7 months. This 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.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Pellegrino defeated Assuncoa via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:04 of round one. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Guida defeated James via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:42 of round two. The fight, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
- Okami defeated The Ultimate Fighter 3 alumnus Starnes via TKO (strikes) at 1:40 of round three. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast. Okami gave Starnes his first loss of his career.
[edit] Main card
- Fisher defeated Lauzon, brother of Joe Lauzon, via TKO (strikes) at 4:38 of round one. Lauzon came in as a late replacement, having only two weeks to prepare. Dan Lauzon was the youngest fighter ever to fight in the UFC.
- Marrero defeated Kongo via split decision after three rounds. The wrestler (Marrero) frustrated Kongo by constantly taking him down, disabling his striking. He dominated top control in each round and took Kongo out of his gameplan. This loss brought to light Kongo's weak ground game, and derailed his potential track towards the title. The judges scored the bout 29-28, 28-29, 29-28.
- Fitch defeated Hironaka via unanimous decision after three rounds. The judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27, 30-25.
- Sherk, in his first match at lightweight, defeated Florian via unanimous decision to win the vacated Lightweight championship after five rounds.
- Sherk supposedly went into the fight injured, and sought only to take Florian down, refusing to engage on the feet, eliciting many boos throughout the fight for his inactivity. The boos let up for some time after Florian landed an elbow off his back that caused Sherk to pour fountains of blood in what many people believe was close to being stopped. Ultimately it worked in Sherk's favor, as he was bleeding directly into Florian's eyes, impairing his eyesight and leading to the referee taking a time out to clean Florian's eyes.[1]
- The judges scored the bout 49-46, 49-46, and 50-45. (The 50-45 score was erroneously announced as 50-48.)[4] Sherk is only the second lightweight champion in UFC history and first to hold the title since 2002.
- Silva defeated Franklin via TKO due to Knees at 2:59 of round one to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion. After clinching up, Silva was able to deliver several hard knee strikes after securing Franklin in a muay thai clinch. A few more strikes from Silva sent Franklin to the canvas, at which point referee John McCarthy stopped the fight.[1]
[edit] Fighter Payouts
The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 64 was $209,000. [5] Individual payouts are listed below, note that numbers only include figures the UFC disclosed to the state athletic commission, and does not include PPV buyrate bonuses, sponsorship fees, or any other bonuses. [6]
- Anderson Silva: $50,000 (defeated Rich Franklin)
- Sean Sherk: $22,000 (defeated Kenny Florian)
- Rich Franklin: $21,000 (lost to Anderson Silva)
- Kenny Florian: $8,000 (lost to Sean Sherk)
- Cheick Kongo: $20,000 (lost to Carmelo Marrero)
- Jon Fitch: $20,000 (defeated Kuniyoshi Hironaka)
- Spencer Fisher: $20,000 (defeated Dan Lauzon)
- Kuniyoshi Hironaka: $6,000 (lost to Jon Fitch)
- Carmelo Marrero: $6,000 (defeated Cheick Kongo)
- Dan Lauzon: $3,000 (lost to Spencer Fisher)
- Yushin Okami: $12,000 (defeated Kalib Starnes)
- Clay Guida: $6,000 (defeated Justin James)
- Kalib Starnes: $5,000 (lost to Yushin Okami)
- Kurt Pellegrino: $4,000 (defeated Junior Assuncao)
- Junior Assuncao: $3,000 (lost to Kurt Pellegrino)
- Justin James: $3,000 (lost to Clay Guida)
[edit] Miscellaneous
- 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 because of the short notice.[7]
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