2005 in UFC

2005 in UFC
Information
First date	Feb 5, 2005
Last date	Nov 19, 2005
Events
Total events	10
UFC	6
UFC Fight Night	2
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	80
Title fights	9
Chronology
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The year 2005 is the 13th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2005 the UFC held 10 events beginning with, UFC 51: Super Saturday. The reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter and the UFC Ultimate Fight Night both premiered on Spike TV. The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale was the first ever live UFC broadcast on non-pay-per-view television.

Title fights

Title fights in 2005
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	def.	Tim Sylvia	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	0:47	UFC 51: Super Saturday	[lower-alpha 1]
Middleweight	Evan Tanner	def.	David Terrell	TKO (Punches)	1	4:35	UFC 51: Super Saturday	[lower-alpha 2]
Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell	def.	Randy Couture (c)	KO (Punches)	1	2:06	UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell	[lower-alpha 3]
Welterweight	Matt Hughes (c)	def.	Frank Trigg	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:05	UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell	[lower-alpha 4]
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski (ic)	def.	Justin Eilers	TKO (Punches)	1	4:10	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	[lower-alpha 5]
Middleweight	Rich Franklin	def.	Evan Tanner (c)	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	4	3:25	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	[lower-alpha 6]
Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell (c)	def.	Jeremy Horn	TKO (Retirement)	4	2:46	UFC 54: Boiling Point	[lower-alpha 7]
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski (ic)	def.	Paul Buentello	KO (Punch)	1	0:15	UFC 55: Fury	[lower-alpha 8]
Middleweight	Rich Franklin (c)	def.	Nate Quarry	KO (Punch)	1	2:34	UFC 56: Full Force	[lower-alpha 9]

1. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Arlovski becomes the Interim Heavyweight champion. The title is an interim championship due to the UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir, being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and not able to defend the title against No. 1 contender, Andrei Arlovski.
2. For the UFC Middleweight Championship. Tanner becomes the UFC Middleweight champion filling the vacant title, and the first Middleweight champion since 2002.
3. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
4. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
5. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship. It was realized that Eilers had injured his knee in the bout, prompting the referee to stop the fight as Eilers could not defend himself.^[1]
6. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
7. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. At that time, Horn informed the referee that he could no longer see properly, and the official called the bout.
8. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship. The UFC decided this match would be for the undisputed UFC Heavyweight title, as former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir, who had been badly injured in a motorcycle accident, was still unable to compete.
9. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.

The Ultimate Fighter

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell	Apr 9, 2005	Light Heavyweight	Forrest Griffin	Stephan Bonnar
		Middleweight	Diego Sanchez	Kenny Florian
TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin	Nov 5, 2005	Heavyweight	Rashad Evans	Brad Imes
		Welterweight	Joe Stevenson	Luke Cummo

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2005:

Alessio Sakara Alex Karalexis Alex Schoenauer Ansar Chalangov Bill Mahood Bobby Southworth Brad Imes Branden Lee Hinkle Brandon Vera Brian Gassaway Brock Larson Chael Sonnen Charles McCarthy Chris Leben Chris Sanford Diego Sanchez Drew Fickett Fabiano Scherner Forrest Griffin Gabriel Gonzaga

Gideon Ray James Irvin Jason Miller Jason Thacker Jeff Newton Joe Stevenson John Marsh Jon Fitch Jonathan Goulet Josh Burkman Josh Koscheck Josh Neer Josh Rafferty Keigo Kunihara Keith Jardine Keith Wisniewski Kenny Florian Kerry Schall Kevin Jordan Kit Cope

Lodune Sincaid Luke Cummo Marcio Cruz Marcus Davis Melvin Guillard Mike Swick Nate Marquardt Nate Quarry Nick Thompson Paul Buentello Pete Sell Rashad Evans Ron Faircloth Sam Hoger Sam Morgan Sean Gannon Spencer Fisher Stephan Bonnar Terry Martin Thiago Alves

Events List

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events

References

1. Josh Gross (June 6, 2005). "UFC 53 Injury Update: Eilers and Tanner". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
2. "UFC 55: Cop To It". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved Oct 19, 2010.
3. "UFC 53: Heavy Hitters". tapology.com. Retrieved Oct 19, 2010.
4. "UFC 51: Super Saturday". tapology.com. Retrieved Oct 19, 2010.