UFC 48

Infobox MMA event
name = UFC 48: Payback


promotion = Ultimate Fighting Championship
date = June 19, 2004
venue = Mandalay Bay Arena
city = Las Vegas, Nevada
attendance = 10,000 (Paid 6,528) [http://boxing.nv.gov/MMAgates.htm]
gate = $901,655
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"UFC 48: Payback" was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 19, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on DVD.

History

The featured contestants of the evening were Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, who had met once before in 1996 at "UFC 8", with Shamrock reigning victorious.

The total fighter payroll for UFC 48 was $586,000. [ [http://www.ivansblog.com/2004/10/mixed-martial-arts-full-breakdown-of.html] ]

Results

Preliminary Card

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|Canada Georges St.-Pierre vs. flagicon|USA Jay Hieron:St.-Pierre wins by technical knockout (punches) at 1:42 of round one. Hieron was a late replacement for Jason "Mayhem" Miller, who had withdrawn from the card due to ongoing legal problems. [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=1139&pid=337]

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|South Africa Trevor Prangley vs. flagicon|USA Curtis Stout:Prangley wins by submission (neck crank) at 1:05 of round two.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|USA Matt Serra vs. flagicon|CAN Ivan Menjivar:Serra wins by unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 30-27.

Main Card

*Middleweight bout: flagicon|USA Phil Baroni vs. flagicon|USA Evan Tanner:Tanner wins by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Matt Hughes vs. flagicon|Brazil Renato Verissimo:Hughes wins by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27.

*Heavyweight Championship bout: flagicon|USA Tim Sylvia vs. flagicon|USA Frank Mir:Mir wins by technical submission (armbar) at :50 of round one. Referee Herb Dean called a stop to the bout when he noticed a break in Sylvia's arm which appeared to Sylvia and the audience as an early stoppage; it was later revealed that Sylvia had indeed suffered multiple fractures to his right forearm. [http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=1767] Mir becomes the UFC Heavyweight Champion. This bout was for the vacant title.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|USA Frank Trigg vs. flagicon|USA Dennis Hallman:Trigg wins by technical knockout (punches) at 4:15 of round one.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|USA Ken Shamrock vs. flagicon|USA Kimo Leopoldo:Shamrock wins by knockout (knee strike to the head) at 1:26 of round one.

Fighter Payouts

Ken Shamrock: $170,000 ($120,000 to fight; $50,000 to win)

Matt Hughes: $110,000 ($55,000 to fight; $55,000 to win)

Frank Mir: $90,000 ($60,000 to fight; $30,000 to win)

Kimo: $55,000

Tim Sylvia: $40,000

Evan Tanner: $30,000 ($15,000 to fight; $15,000 to win)

Phil Baroni: $20,000

Frank Trigg: $20,000 ($10,000 to fight; $10,000 to win)

Matt Serra: $16,000 ($8,000 to fight; $8,000 to win)

Renato Verissimo: $10,000

Georges St.-Pierre: $8,000 ($4,000 to fight; $4,000 to win)

Trevor Prangley: $5,000 ($2,500 to fight; $2,500 to win)

Dennis Hallman: $4,000

Curtis Stout: $3,000

Jay Hieron: $3,000

Ivan Menjivar: $2,000

Total Fighter Payroll: $586,000

ources

* [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&eventid=2203 UFC 48: Payback Results on Sherdog.com]
* [http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/ufccards.htm "Ultimate Fighting Championship Cards"] on Wrestling Information Archives
* [http://www.ivansblog.com/2004/10/mixed-martial-arts-full-breakdown-of.html UFC 48 Fighter Salaries]
* [http://boxing.nv.gov/2004Results/06-19-04%20UFC.pdf NSAC results for UFC 48]