UFC 60
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 27, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Staples Center | |||
| City | Los Angeles, California, USA | |||
| Attendance | 14,802 (10,347 paid) | |||
| Total gate | $2,900,090 | |||
| Buyrate | 620,000[1] | |||
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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006.[2] The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.
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Background [edit]
Headlining the card was a non-title catchweight (175 lb) match between then-current UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, and UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, the winner of UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5.
The event drew 620,000 buys, becoming the best-selling pay-per-view in UFC history, and the first to break the $20 million mark in gross PPV sales.[3]
Results [edit]
Preliminary card [edit]
- Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Rick Davis
- Guillard wins by KO (punch) at 1:37 of round one.
- Heavyweight bout: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Fabiano Scherner
- Gonzaga wins by TKO (punches) at 0:24 of round two.
- Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Matt Wiman
- Fisher wins by KO (flying knee) at 1:43 of round two. Wiman replaced Leonard Garcia, who broke his leg in training.[4]
- Middleweight bout: Jeremy Horn vs. Chael Sonnen
- Horn wins by submission (inverted armbar) at 1:13 of round two. Sonnen was a late replacement for Evan Tanner, who reportedly withdrew due to personal issues.
Main card [edit]
- Middleweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Joe Riggs
- Swick wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:19 of round one.
- Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Assuerio Silva
- Vera wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:39 in round one.
- Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. John Alessio
- Sanchez wins by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 30–27, 29–28 and 29–28.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Dean Lister vs. Alessio Sakara
- Lister wins by submission (Triangle Choke) at 2:20 of round one.
- Catchweight (175 lb) bout: Matt Hughes vs. Royce Gracie
- Hughes wins by TKO (punches) at 4:39 of round one.
References [edit]
- ^ Trembow, Ivan (2006-09-06). "UFC 61 Surpasses $30 Million in Pay-Per-View Sales, Plus Final PPV Buyrate for UFC 60". ivansblog.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ "UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie". sherdog.com. 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ Trembow, Ivan (2006-09-06). "UFC 61 SURPASSES $30 MILLION IN PPV SALES". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
- ^ "SPENCER FISHER'S NEW OPPONENT NAMED FOR UFC 60". MMA Weekly. 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
External links [edit]
- Official UFC 60 site
- Passing of the Guard: Hughes Dominates Gracie
- UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie Results from ufc.com
