UFC 49

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UFC 49: Unfinished Business
Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	August 21, 2004
Venue	MGM Grand Arena
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	12,100 (paid 8,597) [1]
Total Gate	$1,293,035
Event chronology
UFC 48: Payback	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	UFC 50: The War of '04

UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD. It featured the anticipated rubber match between concurrent Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

• Lightweight Bout: Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thomson

Edwards wins by knockout (head kick) at 4:32 of round one.

• Welterweight Bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Nick Diaz

Parisyan wins by split decision. Judges score the bout 28-29, 29-28 and 30-27.

• Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle vs. Ronald Jhun

Lytle wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:17 of round two

[edit] Main Card

• Heavyweight Bout: Justin Eilers vs. Mike Kyle

Eilers wins by knockout (punches) at 1:14 of round one.

• Middleweight Bout: Matt Lindland vs. David Terrell

David Terrell wins by knockout at :24 in round one.

• Light Heavyweight Bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White

Liddell wins by knockout (punches) at 4:05 of round one.

• Middleweight Bout: Joe Riggs vs. Joe Doerksen

Riggs wins by submission from strikes at 3:39 of round two.

• Light Heavyweight Championship Bout: Champion Vitor Belfort vs. Randy Couture

Couture wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at the end of round three. Couture becomes the UFC Light Heavyweight champion for the second time.

[edit] Miscellanea

• The total fighter payroll for UFC 49 was $535,000.[2]

[edit] Sources

• UFC 49: Unfinished Business Results on Sherdog.com
• "Ultimate Fighting Championship Cards" on Wrestling Information Archives
• UFC 49 Fighter Salaries
• NSAC Results for UFC 49