UFC Fight Night 13

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UFC Fight Night 13
Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 2, 2008
Venue	Broomfield Event Center
City	Broomfield, Colorado
Attendance	6,742 [1]
Total Gate	$753,429 [2]
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night 12	UFC Fight Night 13

UFC Fight Night 13 was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008^[1] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.^[1] The event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on Spike. Fight Night 13 was the first UFC event to be held in Colorado since The Ultimate Ultimate was held in Denver on December 16, 1995.^[2] Instead of scheduling a two-hour program usually set for UFC Fight Night cards, Fight Night 13 was a three-hour broadcast, a change due to a letter-writing campaign by MMA fans to Spike.^[3]

Stephan Bonnar was originally slated to take on Matt Hamill, but was forced to withdraw when he suffered a complete tear of his left collateral knee ligament during training.^[4] He was replaced by Tim Boetsch, who took the fight on only ten days notice. Likewise, a planned bout between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Marcus Aurelio was canceled due to a shoulder injury Fisher suffered during training.^[5] On March 20, 2008, the UFC website announced that newcomer Ryan Roberts was to make his octagon debut on short notice to face Marcus Aurelio as a replacement for the injured Spencer Fisher.

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

• Welterweight bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Tommy Speer

Johnson wins by KO (punch) at 0:51 of round 1. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.

• Welterweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Roman Mitichyan

Sotiropoulos wins by TKO (strikes) at 2:24 of round 2. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

• Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Samy Schiavo

Guida wins by TKO (strikes) at 4:15 of round 1. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

• Lightweight bout: Manvel Gamburyan vs. Jeff Cox

Gamburyan wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:21 of round1. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

• Lightweight bout Marcus Aurelio vs. Ryan Roberts

Aurelio wins by submission (armbar) at 0:16 of round 1. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

• Lightweight bout: Josh Neer vs. Din Thomas

Neer wins by unanimous decision. All 3 judges scored the bout 30-27. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

[edit] Main Card

• Light heavyweight bout: Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin

Irvin defeats Alexander by TKO (punches) at 0:08 of round 1. Irvin ties the record for the UFC's fastest knockout.

• Lightweight bout: Nathan Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Diaz defeats Pellegrino by submission (triangle choke) at 3:06 of round 2.

• Light heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill vs. Tim Boetsch

Hamill defeats Tim Boetsch by TKO (strikes) at 1:25 of round 2.

• Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Thiago Alves

Alves defeats Parisyan by TKO (strikes) at 0:34 of round 2.

• Lightweight bout: Frank Edgar vs. Gray Maynard

Maynard wins by unanimous decision. All 3 judges scored the bout 30-27.

• Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon

Florian defeats Lauzon by TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 2.

[edit] Bonus awards

At the end of this event, $20,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.

• Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon

• Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz

• Knockout of the Night: James Irvin

[edit] References