UFC 47

UFC 47: It's On!
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 2, 2004
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Attendance	11,437
Total gate	$1,444,020[2]
Buyrate	105,000[3]
Event chronology
UFC 46: Supernatural UFC 47: It's On! UFC 48: Payback

UFC 47: It's On! was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view, and later released on DVD.

History

Headlining the card was the long awaited match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.

The title "It's On!" refers to Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz' long running negotiations leading up to the fight. Fans had been awaiting the fight for more than a year, and while both fighters had their own story as to why it took so long, the fight finally took place in 2004. Ortiz claims that as friends and former training partners, he and Liddell had made a pact never to fight. Liddell claims there was no such pact, that he would fight anyone anytime, and accused Ortiz of ducking the fight.

A matchup between Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski for the then-vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship was scheduled for this event, but Sylvia was pulled due to a reoccurence of positive drug samples just a day before the event. Arlovski was re-booked on short notice in a non-title fight against Wesley Correira, who was pulled from a scheduled main card fight with Mike Kyle to replace Sylvia. Wes Sims would step in on a day's notice to face Mike Kyle at this event as well. The Sylvia/Arlovski matchup would finally be re-booked for the Interim Heavyweight Championship at UFC 51 in February 2005, with Arlovski winning via submission.

The event is remembered today as one of the UFC's most exciting cards – with only one fight going the distance. The total fighter payroll for UFC 47 was $333,000.

Results

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout: Genki Sudo vs Mike Brown

Sudo wins by submission (triangle choke/armbar) at 3:31 of the first round.

• Heavyweight bout: Jonathan Wiezorek vs Wade Shipp

Wiezorek wins by TKO at 4:39 of the first round.

Main card

• Heavyweight bout: Wes Sims vs Mike Kyle

Kyle wins by KO at 4:59 of the first round.

• Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs Robbie Lawler

Diaz wins by ref stoppage (KO) at 1:29 in the second round.

• Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs Wesley Correira

Arlovski wins by ref stoppage (TKO) at 1:15 in the 2nd round.

• Lightweight bout: Yves Edwards vs Hermes Franca

Edwards wins by split decision. Judges scored the bout 29–28, 28–29, and 29–28.

• Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs Tiki Ghosn

Lytle wins by bulldog choke at 1:55 in the second round.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs Chuck Liddell

Liddell wins by KO (punches) at :38 of the second round.

Fighter Payroll

Tito Ortiz: $125,000 ($125,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $50,000)
Chuck Liddell: $100,000 ($50,000 for fighting; $50,000 win bonus)
Andrei Arlovski: $23,000 ($15,000 for fighting; $8,000 win bonus)
Genki Sudo: $16,000 ($8,000 for fighting; $8,000 win bonus)
Wes "Cabbage" Correira: $12,000 ($12,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $12,000)
Yves Edwards: $12,000 ($6,000 for fighting; $6,000 win bonus)
Robbie Lawler: $8,000 ($8,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $8,000)
Hermes Franca: $6,000 ($6,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $6,000)
Nick Diaz: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
Mike Kyle: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
Wes Sims: $5,000 ($5,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $5,000)
Chris Lytle: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
Jonathan Wiezorek: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
Mike Brown: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
Tiki Ghosn: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
Wade Shipp: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)

External links

• Sherdog.com event results
• UFC 47 Fighter Salaries