UFC Fight Night 8
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| UFC Fight Night 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | January 25, 2007 | |
| Venue | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | |
| City | Hollywood, Florida | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC Fight Night 7 | UFC Fight Night 8 | UFC Fight Night 9 |
UFC Fight Night 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. It was broadcasted live in the United States and Canada on Spike TV.
This card featured the debut of Heath Herring, a PRIDE and HERO'S veteran, in the UFC. Originally scheduled for the main card was a bout between middleweight contestants Nathan Marquardt and Dean Lister; it is believed that Spike TV influenced the eventual decision to remove the bout from the main card.[1]
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Rich Clementi vs. Ross Pointon
- Clementi defeats Pointon by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:52 of round two. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Din Thomas
- Thomas defeats Guida by unanimous decision. The judges at ringside all scored the bout 29-28 for Thomas. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Middleweight bout: Ed Herman vs. Chris Price
- Herman defeats Price by submission (armbar) at 2:58 in round one. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast after the Herring vs. O'Brien bout.
- Welterweight bout: Josh Burkman vs. Chad Reiner
- Burkman defeats Reiner by unanimous decision. The judges at ringside scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, and 30-27 for Burkman. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Middleweight bout: Nathan Marquardt vs. Dean Lister
- Marquardt defeats Lister by unanimous decision. The judges at ringside scored the bout 30-27, 30-25, and 30-25 for Marquardt. With this victory, Marquardt has become the #1 contender to the UFC Middleweight Title. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast. This fight was originally billed as the main event for the event.
[edit] Main card
- Lightweight bout: Hermes Franca vs. Spencer Fisher
- Franca defeats Fisher by technical knockout due to strikes at 4:03 in round two.
- Heavyweight bout: Heath Herring vs. Jake O'Brien
- O'Brien defeats Herring by unanimous decision. The judges at ringside scored the bout 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27 for O'Brien.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon
- Evans defeats Salmon by knockout (head kick) at 1:06 in round two. Salmon was unconscious for several minutes after suffering the knockout blow, and was eventually carried on a stretcher to a hospital.[2] He was later released from the hospital and filed a report detailing the day leading up to the fight and the going into further detail.[3]
Official Paydays
Rashad Evans $24,000
Sean Salmon $3,000
Jake O’Brien $18,000
Heath Herring $6,000
Hermes Franca $24,000
Spencer Fisher $13,000
Nathan Marquardt $44,000
Dean Lister $11,000
Josh Burkman $14,000
Chad Reiner $3,000
Ed Herman $24,000
Chris Price $3,000
Din Thomas $24,000
Clay Guida $5,000
Rich Clementi $20,000
Ross Pointon $5,000
[edit] References
- ^ Exclusive interview with UFC middleweight Nathan Marquardt. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
- ^ Evans Punctuates UFC Fight Night with Classic KO. Sherdog. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
- ^ Sean Salmon’s Fight Night Diary: Post-Fight Thoughts. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
[edit] External links
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