UFC 69
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 7, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Toyota Center | |||
| City |  Houston, Texas, USA |
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| Attendance | 15,269 (12,516 paid)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,817,200 [2] | |||
| Buyrate | 400,000[citation needed] | |||
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UFC 69: Shootout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.[1] UFC 69: Shootout was the first UFC event ever held in the state of Texas.
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[edit] Background
The card was headlined by heavy favorite Georges St-Pierre defending his welterweight title against The Ultimate Fighter 4 welterweight winner Matt Serra. [2]
The co-main event was a rematch held between top welterweight contenders Josh Koscheck and then-undefeated Diego Sanchez. Sanchez defeated Koscheck by split decision in the semi-finals of the original Ultimate Fighter 1 series in the middleweight division; as with all TUF bouts prior to the finals, this was an exhibition bout and is not on either fighter's record. [3]
UFC President Dana White announced the signing of former PRIDE FC heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira during the broadcast.
During UFC 69, light heavyweights Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans were in a brief ringside altercation. [4]
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout:
Luke Cummo vs. Josh Haynes
- Cummo defeated Haynes via KO (punch) at 2:45 of round 2. This preliminary bout was aired at the end of the pay-per-view broadcast following the Serra vs. St-Pierre fight.
- Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis vs. Pete Spratt
- Davis defeated Spratt via submission (ankle lock) at 2:57 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout:
Thales Leites vs. Pete Sell
- Leites defeated Sell via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Heavyweight bout: Heath Herring vs. Brad Imes
- Herring defeated Imes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
[edit] Main card
- Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Alan Belcher
- Grove defeated Belcher via technical submission (D'Arce choke) at 4:37 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Mike Swick vs.
Yushin Okami
- Okami defeated Swick via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
- Lightweight bout: Roger Huerta vs. Leonard Garcia
- Huerta defeated Garcia via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). Garcia was a short-notice replacement for Huerta's original scheduled opponent, Alvin Robinson.[5]
- Welterweight bout: Diego Sanchez vs. Josh Koscheck
- Koscheck defeated Sanchez via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Welterweight Championship bout:
Georges St-Pierre (c) vs. Matt Serra
- Serra defeated St-Pierre via TKO (punches) at 3:25 of round 1 to become the UFC Welterweight Champion.
[edit] References
- ^ toyotacentertix.com (2007-02-03). "UFC 69 Ticket announcement". http://www.toyotacentertix.com/events/event_515.php. Retrieved 2007-02-03.
- ^ UFC.com. "Upcoming Events: UFC 69: Shootout". http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=436.
- ^ kosmma.com (2007-01-27). "KOSCHECK vs. Diego Sanchez". http://www.kosmma.com/news.php?ax=v&n=10&id=10&nid=45. Retrieved 2007-02-01.[dead link]
- ^ "Tito Ortiz and Rashad Evans Scuffle at UFC 69". MMAJunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/2007/04/08/tito-ortiz-and-rashad-evans-scuffle-at-ufc-69/. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ Savage, Greg (2007-04-08). "Reign of Terror: Serra Stuns GSP". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles.asp?n_id=7212. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
[edit] External links
- Official UFC website
- Official UFC 69 website
- UFC 69 Fight Card
- Josh Koscheck Interview
- UFC 69 Review
