UFC 58
| UFC 58: USA vs. Canada | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 4, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 9,569 (8,183 paid)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,758,450 | |||
| Buyrate | 300,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 58: USA vs. Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
Background
In keeping with the theme of the card, most of the fights featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter.
Five of the seven Canadian fighters featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St-Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion.
The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450.[3] The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 58 was $207,000.[4]
The final scorecard for USA vs. Canada was United States 5, Canada 3.
This event also featured the return of the lightweight division to the UFC, which had been suspended since UFC 49
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Rich Franklin (c) | def. | David Loiseau | Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–43, 50–42) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Mike Swick | def. | Steve Vigneault | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:09 | |
| Welterweight | Georges St. Pierre | def. | B.J. Penn | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | Joe Doerksen | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Mark Hominick | def. | Yves Edwards | Submission (triangle armbar) | 2 | 1:52 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Sam Stout | def. | Spencer Fisher | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jason Lambert | def. | Rob MacDonald | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:54 | |
| Heavyweight | Tom Murphy | def. | Icho Larenas | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:59 | [lower-alpha 3] |
- ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship
- ↑ Fisher was a late replacement for Kenny Florian, who got injured during training for this fight. This was the UFC's first lightweight match since the division was suspended in 2004.
- ↑ Larenas was a late substitute for Kristof Midoux.
See also
References
Sources
- Mixed martial arts show results, Mandalay Bay, March 4, 2006 (PDF), Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved March 20, 2006
- "Franklin Dominates Loiseau; 'Rush' Beats Penn at UFC 58" by Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.tv, March 5, 2006, retrieved March 5, 2006
- UFC PPV Buys Explode in 2006
- UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 58)
