UFC 58
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 4, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City |  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
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| Attendance | 9,569 (8,183 paid) [3] | |||
| Total gate | $1,758,450 | |||
| Buyrate | 300,000 [4] | |||
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UFC 58: USA vs Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
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[edit] History
In keeping with the theme of the card, each fight featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter.
Five of the seven Canadian fighters featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St-Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion.
The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450.[1] The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 58 was $207,000.[2]
The final scorecard for "USA VS Canada" was United States 5, 
Canada 3.
This event also featured the return of the lightweight division to the UFC, which had been suspended since UFC 49
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout:
Icho Larenas vs. 
Tom Murphy
- Murphy wins by TKO in the third round at 1:59. Larenas was a late substitute for Kristof Midoux. This was a preliminary fight that did air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rob MacDonald vs. Jason Lambert
- Lambert wins by submission with a kimura in the first round at 1:54. This was a preliminary fight that did air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Sam Stout
- Stout wins by split decision. Fisher was a late replacement for Kenny Florian, who got injured during training for this fight. This was the UFC's first lightweight match since the division was suspended in 2004. This was a preliminary fight that did air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
[edit] Main card
- Lightweight bout: Mark Hominick vs. Yves Edwards
- Hominick wins by submission with a triangle armbar in the second round at 1:52.
- Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs. Nathan Marquardt
- Marquardt wins by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30–27.
- Welterweight bout: B.J. Penn vs. Georges St-Pierre
- St-Pierre wins by split decision. The judges scored the bout 29–28, 28–29, and 29–28.
- Middleweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Steve Vigneault
- Swick wins by submission with a guillotine choke in the first round at 2:09.
- Middleweight Championship bout: Rich Franklin (c) vs. David Loiseau
- Franklin wins by unanimous decision and retains the UFC middleweight title. The judges scored the bout 50–42, 50–42, and 50–43.
[edit] Fighter Payouts
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Georges St-Pierre: $48,000
Rich Franklin: $32,000
Nathan Marquardt: $30,000
BJ Penn: $25,000
Tom Murphy: $10,000
Mike Swick: $10,000
David Loiseau: $9,000
Spencer Fisher: $8,000
Yves Edwards: $8,000
Rob Macdonald: $5,000
Joe Doerksen: $5,000
Jason Lambert: $4,000
Mark Hominick: $4,000
Sam Stout: $4,000
Icho Larenas: $3,000
Steve Vigneault: $2,000
Total Fighter Payouts: $207,000
[edit] References
[edit] Sources
- Mixed martial arts show results, Mandalay Bay, March 4, 2006 (PDF), Nevada State Athletic Commission, retrieved March 20, 2006
- "Franklin Dominates Loiseau; 'Rush' Beats Penn at UFC 58" by Thomas Gerbasi, UFC.tv, March 5, 2006, retrieved March 5, 2006
- UFC PPV Buys Explode in 2006
- UFC Fighter Salaries for 2006 (includes fighter salaries for UFC 58)
