UFC 70

Infobox MMA event
name = UFC 70: Nations Collide


promotion = Ultimate Fighting Championship
date = April 21, 2007
venue = Manchester Evening News Arena
city = Manchester, England
attendance = 15,114 (12,708 paid) [http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7335]
gate = $2,628,472 (£1.3 million GBP)cite news| url=http://www.manchester.com/Sports_News/UFC_draws_capacity_crowd_in_Manchester-18125466.html | title=UFC draws capacity crowd in Manchester | date=2007-04-22 | accessdate = 2007-04-22| work=Virtual Manchester]
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"UFC 70" was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester. The first UFC event in the UK was "" on July 13, 2002. "UFC 70" was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the first since "UFC 38". The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports. [cite news
first = Lee
last = Whitehead
work = MMAWeekly.com
url = http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3558
title= LONDON CALLING: UFC & CAGE RAGE LOCK HORNS
date = 2007-03-08
accessdate = 2007-03-09]

The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating, and at its highest point, "UFC 70" drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event. [cite news
first = Bryan
last = Alvarez
work = F4WOnline.com
url = http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/3493/105/
title= UFC 70 rating
date = 2007-04-24
accessdate = 2007-04-24]

Background

PRIDE FC Open-Weight Grand Prix champion, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, fought heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event to determine the top contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship held by Randy Couture. cite news
author = Mass Republican
url =http://www.masslive.com/sports/republican/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/117150360445540.xml&coll=1
title=Fighter faces Ultimate Challenge
date = 2007-02-15
accessdate = 2007-02-15]

The card also featured Michael Bisping fighting in England for the UFC for the first time against UFC veteran Elvis Sinosic and Andrei Arlovski taking on prize fighter and training partner of Mirko Filipović, Fabricio Werdum who was making his UFC debut.

Reports have indicated that the UFC was targeting this event for its debut on HBO, but negotiations with HBO were not completed in time for UFC 70. As a result, the card instead aired on Spike TV in North America at 9 PM EDT on a 6-hour tape delay. [cite news
first = Ivan
last = Trembow
work = MMAWeekly.com
url = http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=3591
title= UFC 70 WILL AIR ON SPIKE TV WITH TAPE DELAY
date = 2007-03-13
accessdate = 2007-03-13]

Results

Preliminary card

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|GBR Paul Taylor vs. flagicon|Brazil Edilberto "Crocota" de Oliveira:Taylor wins by technical knockout from strikes at :37 of round three. This preliminary bout was not aired on either broadcast.

*Welterweight bout: flagicon|France Jess Liaudin vs. flagicon|Germany Dennis Siver:Liaudin wins by submission (armbar) at 1:21 of round one. This preliminary bout was aired on the pay-per-view, but not aired on the Spike TV broadcast.

*Light Heavyweight bout: flagicon|Italy Alessio Sakara vs. flagicon|Canada Victor Valimaki:Sakara wins by technical knockout from strikes at 1:44 of round one. This preliminary bout was not aired on either broadcast.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|Brazil Junior Assuncao vs. flagicon|GBR David Lee:Assuncao wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:55 of round two. This preliminary bout was not aired on either broadcast.

*Lightweight bout: flagicon|GBR Terry Etim vs. flagicon|USA Matt Grice:Etim wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:38 of round one. This preliminary bout was aired on the Spike TV broadcast after the Kongo-Silva fight, but was not shown on the pay-per-view broadcast.

Main card

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|France Cheick Kongo vs. flagicon|Brazil Assuerio Silva:Kongo wins by majority decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 29-28, and 28-28.

*Light Heavyweight bout: flagicon|Brazil Lyoto Machida vs. flagicon|USA David Heath:Machida wins by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-26, and 30-27. This match was shown on the pay-per-view but was not shown on the Spike TV broadcast.

:Forrest Griffin was originally scheduled to fight Machida, but he became ill with a staph infection and could not compete on the card. [cite news
first = Thomas
last = Gerbasi
work = UFC.com
url = http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=4848
title= David Heath to Replace Griffin against Machida at UFC 70
date = 2007-03-15
accessdate = 2007-03-15]

*Light Heavyweight bout: flagicon|GBR Michael Bisping vs. flagicon|Australia Elvis Sinosic:Bisping wins by technical knockout from strikes at 1:40 of round two.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|Belarus Andrei Arlovski vs. flagicon|Brazil Fabricio Werdum:Arlovski wins by unanimous judges' decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27.

*Heavyweight bout: flagicon|Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga vs. flagicon|Croatia Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović:Gonzaga wins by KO (right high kick to the head) at 4:51 of round one.

Purses

The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 70 was $843,000. [cite news
first=Kris
last=
url=http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/04/28/ufc-70-fighter-payouts/
title=FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN FOR UFC 70
date=2008-01-01
accessdate=2008-01-21]
work=ufcdaily.com]

The individual payouts are listed below. Purse amounts includes the payment amounts for show and win, but do not include sponsor payments, fees, taxes, or special award bonuses [http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/04/28/ufc-70-fighter-payouts/]

*Gabriel Gonzaga ($60,000) def. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic ($350,000)
*Andrei Arlovski ($160,000) def. Fabricio Werdum ($80,000)
*Michael Bisping ($24,000) def. Elvis Sinosic ($8,000)
*Lyoto Machida ($40,000) def. David Heath ($6,000)
*Cheick Kongo ($40,000) def. Assuerio Silva ($8,000)
*Terry Etim ($12,000) def. Matt Grice ($3,000)
*Junior Assuncao ($6,000) def. David Lee ($2,000)
*Alessio Sakara ($20,000) def. Victor Valimaki ($3,000)
*Jess Liaudin ($6,000) def. Dennis Siver ($3,000)
*Paul Taylor ($8,000) def. Edilberto Crocota ($4,000)

Bonus awards

After every UFC event, bonuses are given to fighters who perform well.

The bonuses for this event were $30,000 each. [cite news
first=Kris
last=
url=http://www.ufcdaily.com/2007/04/28/ufc-70-fighter-payouts/
title=FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN FOR UFC 70
date=2008-01-01
accessdate=2008-01-21]
work=ufcdaily.com]

*Fight of the Night: flagicon|GBR Michael Bisping vs. flagicon|Australia Elvis Sinosic

*Submission of the Night: flagicon|GBR Terry Etim

*Knockout of the Night: flagicon|Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga

References

External links

* [http://www.ufc.com Official UFC website]
* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=472 Official UFC 70 fight card]
* [http://70.ufc.com Official UFC 70 website]
* [http://kakutougi.info/content/view/344/2/ UFC 70: Minute By Minute Review]