UFC 75
| UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion | ||
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| Details | ||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
| Date | September 8 2007 | |
| Venue | The O2 | |
| City | London, England | |
| Attendance | 16,235[1] | |
| Total Gate | $2.7 million[1] | |
| Event chronology | ||
| UFC 74: Respect | UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion | UFC 76: Knockout |
UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event was held September 8, 2007 at The O2 in London, England.[2] The event was on Setanta Sports 1 in the United Kingdom, TV4 Sport in Sweden,[3] PPV1 in Ireland, and offered on tape delay on Spike TV for North American audiences.[4] On September 11, Spike TV officials announced that UFC 75 had achieved the highest recorded ratings for any mixed martial arts broadcast in North America, drawing a total of 4.7 million viewers and beating out the previous record held by the UFC's Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter.[5]
The main event was a title unification match between UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson and PRIDE Fighting Championships' 83 kg and 93 kg champion, Dan Henderson. British light heavyweight Michael Bisping, who won The Ultimate Fighter 3 contest in 2006, fought Team Punishment's Matt Hamill, who rivaled with Bisping during the taping of The Ultimate Fighter 3. Also scheduled was a heavyweight bout between PRIDE and K-1 veteran Mirko Filipović and French Muay Thai kickboxer Cheick Kongo.
The event was the fourth event held by the UFC in Europe, following UFC 38 in London, England, UFC
70 in Manchester, England, and UFC 72 in
The title bout was a unification fight as originally speculated. UFC president Dana White had remarked on July 2, 2007, regarding the question of the Quinton Jackson-Dan Henderson fight being a unification bout:
"No. What we’re doing with that thing is we’re respecting both (the UFC and PRIDE) titles. The UFC title is the UFC champion and we’re respecting Dan as the PRIDE champion. Quinton will walk out with his belt if Dan wins and vice versa."[6]
He had since changed that stance, and on July 10, 2007 stated:
"It will absolutely be a unification bout. We have to respect Henderson's titles. He knocked out Wanderlei Silva and had the 185-pound championship. When he fights "Rampage", they both have belts. Why should Dan Henderson get the UFC title if "Rampage" can't get the PRIDE titles? It makes one of them the undisputed guy."[7]
Results
Main card
Light heavyweight unification bout: 
Quinton Jackson vs.
Dan Henderson
Jackson wins a unanimous decision after five rounds to become the unified light heavyweight champion. The judges scored the bout 48-47, 49-46, 49-46 in favor of Jackson.[8]
Light heavyweight bout: 
Michael Bisping vs.
Matt Hamill
Bisping wins via split decision after three rounds. Two judges scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Bisping while one judge scored it 30-27 in favor of Hamill.[9] This result was highly controversial as most media outlets had scored the bout 30-27 in favor of Hamill. After the fight Dana White also expressed surprise at the outcome and stated he had scored Hamill as the winner as well.[10]
Heavyweight bout: 
Cheick
Kongo vs. 
Mirko Filipović
Kongo wins via unanimous decision after three rounds. All three judges scored the bout 29-28 in favor of Kongo.[11]
Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs.
Paul Taylor
Davis wins via armbar at 4:14 of the first round.[12]
Light heavyweight bout: Houston Alexander vs. 
Alessio Sakara
Alexander wins via TKO due to strikes at 1:01 of the first round.[13]
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: 
Gleison Tibau vs. Terry Etim
Tibau wins via unanimous decision after three rounds.[14]
Light heavyweight bout: Thiago
Silva vs. 
Tomasz
Drwal
Silva wins via TKO due to strikes at 4:23 of the second round.[15]
Lightweight bout: 
Dennis
Siver vs. 
Naoyuki
Kotani
Siver wins via knockout at 2:04 of the second round.[16]
Welterweight bout: Jess
Liaudin vs. Anthony Torres
Liaudin wins via TKO due to strikes at 4:10 of the first round.[17]
UFC 75 Bonuses
At each UFC event, $40,000 is awarded to each of the fighters who receive one of these three awards.
Fight of the Night
Submission of the Night
Knock Out of the Night
References
- ^ a b Iole, Kevin (September 9, 2007). Questionable verdict. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ CNN staff (July 17, 2007). UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion on Spike TV!. CNN. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Johansson, Mikael (September 03, 2007). Ultimate fighting är större än boxning (Swedish). TV4. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ Sievert, Steve (July 16, 2007). Spike TV to broadcast UFC 75 for free. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Umstead, R. Thomas (September 11, 2007). Spike, UFC Set MMA Ratings Record. Variety. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ Arias, Carlos (July 2, 2007). UFC president Dana White: Meet the Press. Orange County Register. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
- ^ Hockensmith, Ryan (July 10, 2007). White not worried about the competition. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-07-10.
- ^ Pugmire, Lance (June 21, 2007). UFC announces super bowl series bouts. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Stupp, Dann (July 30, 2007). Five fighters looking for big things with victory. Dayton Daily News. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Mohapatra, Pramit (September 9, 2007). The Hamill-Bisping fallout and trust. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
- ^ Emanuel, Jr., Bob (July 16, 2007). Unified title on the way. The Miami Herald. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (July 26, 2007). Alexander-Sakara and Two Welterweight Wars inked for UFC 75. UFC. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
- ^ Hunt, Loretta (July 23, 2003). PM Update - July 23. The Fight Network. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Venga, Gleidson (August 3, 2007). Brazilian Notebook. Sherdog. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Leidecker, Tim (August 2, 2007). Another loss in Filipović's career could be the end. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
- ^ Bolduc, Justin (July 24, 2007). Siver, Kotani Added to UFC 75. Nokaut. Retrieved on 2007-07-14.
- ^ Whitehead, Lee (August 3, 2007). New Opponent for Jess Liaudin at UFC 75. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-08-05.
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