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Name | UFC 64: Unstoppable |
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
Date | October 14, 2006 |
Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center |
City | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
Attendance | 10,173 (8,913 paid) |
Gate | $1,790,490 |
Buyrate | 300,000 |
Purse | $209,000 (disclosed only) |
Previousevent | Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter |
Followingevent | The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale |
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 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.
*Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Justin James :Guida wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:42 of round two. The fight, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
*Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Kalib Starnes :Okami wins by TKO (strikes) at 1:38 of round three. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
*Heavyweight bout: Carmelo Marrero vs. Cheick Kongo :Marrero wins by split decision after three rounds. The judges scored the bout 29–28, 28–29, 29–28.
*Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Kuniyoshi Hironaka :Fitch wins by unanimous decision after three rounds. The judges scored the bout 30–27, 30–27, 30–25.
*Lightweight Championship bout: Sean Sherk vs. Kenny Florian :Sherk wins by unanimous decision to win the vacated Lightweight championship after five rounds. The judges scored the bout 49–46, 49–46, and 50–45. Sherk becomes the second lightweight champion in UFC history and first to hold the title since 2002.
*Middleweight Championship bout: Rich Franklin (c) vs. Anderson Silva :Silva wins by TKO (strikes) at 2:59 of round one to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion.
*Anderson Silva: $50,000 (defeated Rich Franklin)
Category:UFC events Category:2006 in mixed martial arts Category:Mixed martial arts in the Las Vegas metropolitan area
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