UFC 74

UFC 74: Respect
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date August 25, 2007
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 11,118 (9,622 paid)[1]
Total gate $3,307,000[1]
Buyrate 520,000[2]
Event chronology

UFC 73: Stacked UFC 74: Respect UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion

UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 25, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background

The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout which featured champion Randy Couture defending his title against Gabriel Gonzaga, who knocked out Mirko Filipović at UFC 70 to become the number one contender.

Former UFC and TKO Major League MMA welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, in his first fight since losing his title to Matt Serra at UFC 69, was matched up against The Ultimate Fighter's Josh Koscheck.

The card also featured former heavyweight champion Frank Mir against K-1 veteran Antoni Hardonk; The Ultimate Fighter 3's winner Kendall Grove; the UFC debut of PRIDE veteran Marcus Aurélio; The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson; and former light heavyweight challenger Renato Sobral.

Despite winning his bout, Sobral was fined $25,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because he did not immediately follow referee's directions for releasing his chokehold after Heath tapped.[3] Due to the controversial manner in which the bout was stopped, Sobral was subsequently released from his UFC contract.[4]

Results

Main card (PPV)
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Heavyweight Randy Couture (c) def. Gabriel Gonzaga TKO (punches) 3 1:37 [lower-alpha 1]
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre def. Josh Koscheck Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) 3 5:00
Lightweight Roger Huerta def. Alberto Crane TKO (punches) 3 1:50
Lightweight Joe Stevenson def. Kurt Pellegrino Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Patrick Côté def. Kendall Grove TKO (punches) 1 4:45
Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight Renato Sobral def. David Heath Technical Submission (anaconda choke) 2 3:30
Heavyweight Frank Mir def. Antoni Hardonk Submission (kimura) 1 1:17
Middleweight Thales Leites def. Ryan Jensen Submission (armbar) 1 3:47 [lower-alpha 2]
Lightweight Clay Guida def. Marcus Aurélio Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27) 3 5:00
  1. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  2. ↑ This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Couture vs. Gonzaga fight.

Bonus awards

Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.

Purses

External links

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Haney, Jeff (August 27, 2007). "Russian champion may be next on Couture's fight card". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  2. ↑ http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/
  3. ↑ Ken, Pishna (2007-09-24). "RENATO "BABALU" SOBRAL FINED $25,000". MMAWeekly.com. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
  4. ↑ Gross, Josh (2007-08-30). "Babaloose: UFC Cuts Controversial Fighter". Sherdog. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  5. ↑ Trembow, Ivan (August 27, 2007). "UFC 74 Fighter Salary Breakdown" (Reprint). MMA Weekly. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  6. ↑ Iole, Kevin (August 28, 2007). "There should be no room for Babalu's antics". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
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