UFC 50
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| UFC 50: The War of '04 | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 22, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Trump Plaza | |||
| City |  Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
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| Attendance | 9,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 40,000 | |||
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UFC 50: The War of ' 04 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 22, 2004, at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.
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[edit] History
Headlining the card were Tito Ortiz and Patrick Côté. Côté was a late replacement for Lion's Den fighter Guy Mezger, who pulled out of the event after being taken to the hospital due to stroke-like symptoms. [1] Patrick Côté was moved from the undercard to the main event.
The event included another episode of "On The Mat", teaching the Kamura. This event was also featured on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Travis Lutter vs. Marvin Eastman
- Lutter wins by KO (Punch) at :31 of round two. Lutter was a replacement for Patrick Côté, who filled in for Guy Mezger in the main event.
- Middleweight bout:
Ivan Salaverry vs. Tony Fryklund
- Salaverry wins by submission (body triangle) at 1:36 of round one.
[edit] Main card
- Middleweight bout: Evan Tanner vs. Robbie Lawler
- Tanner wins by submission (triangle choke) at 2:22 of round one.
- Welterweight bout: Frank Trigg vs.
Renato Verissimo
- Trigg wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 2:11 of round two.
- Hughes wins by submission (armbar) at 4:59 of round one. Hughes becomes the UFC Welterweight champion filling the vacant title. Hughes had previously lost the title to BJ Penn, but Penn had been stripped of the belt after signing with K-1.
- Middleweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Jorge Rivera
- Franklin wins by submission (armbar) at 4:28 of round three.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs. Patrick Côté
- Ortiz wins by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 30–27, 30–26, 30–26.
