UFC 74
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| UFC 74: Respect | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 25, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City |  Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
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| Attendance | 11,118 (9,622 paid)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $3,307,000[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 520,000[2] | |||
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UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event took place on August 25, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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[edit] Background
The main event was a UFC heavyweight championship bout which featured UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture defending his title against Gabriel Gonzaga, who knocked out Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović at UFC 70 to become the number one contender.
Former UFC and TKO welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, in his first fight since losing his title to Matt Serra at UFC 69, was matched up against The Ultimate Fighter's Josh Koscheck.
The card also featured former heavyweight champion Frank Mir against K-1 veteran Antoni Hardonk; The Ultimate Fighter 3's winner Kendall Grove; the UFC debut of PRIDE veteran Marcus Aurelio; The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson; and former light heavyweight challenger Renato Sobral.
[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
Marcus Aurelio vs. 
Clay Guida
- Guida defeated Aurelio via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 30–27).
- Middleweight bout: Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen
- Leites defeated Jensen via submission (armbar) at 3:47 of round 1. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Couture vs. Gonzaga fight.
- Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs.
Antoni Hardonk
- Mir defeated Hardonk via submission (kimura) at 1:17 of round 1.
- Light heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. David Heath
- Sobral defeated Heath via submission (anaconda choke) at 3:30 of round 2. Sobral was fined $25,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because he did not immediately follow referee's directions for releasing his chokehold after Heath tapped.[3] Due to the controversial manner in which the bout was stopped, Sobral was subsequently released from his UFC contract.[4]
[edit] Main card
- Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs.
Patrick Côté
- Côté defeated Grove via KO (punches) at 4:45 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
- Stevenson defeated Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
- Lightweight bout: Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane
- Huerta defeated Crane via TKO (punches) at 1:50 of round 3.
- Welterweight bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
- St-Pierre defeated Koscheck via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Randy Couture (c) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
- Couture defeated Gonzaga via TKO (punches) at 1:37 of round 3 to retain the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
[edit] Bonus awards
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Fighters were awarded $40,000 bonuses.
- Fight of the Night: Randy Couture vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
- Submission of the Night: Thales Leites
- Knockout of the Night: Patrick Côté
[edit] Purses
- Randy Couture: $250,000[5]
- Gabriel Gonzaga: $45,000
- Georges St-Pierre: $140,000 (includes $70,000 win bonus)
- Josh Koscheck: $10,000
- Roger Huerta: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
- Alberto Crane: $4,000
- Joe Stevenson: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
- Kurt Pellegrino: $8,000
- Patrick Coté: $24,000 (includes $12,000 win bonus)
- Kendall Grove: $12,000
- Renato Sobral: $25,000 ($25,000 win bonus withheld by NSAC)[6]
- David Heath: $6,000
- Frank Mir: $66,000 (includes $30,000 win bonus)
- Antoni Hardonk: $8,000
- Thales Leites: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus)
- Ryan Jensen: $4,000
- Clay Guida: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
- Marcus Aurelio: $30,000
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ a b Haney, Jeff (August 27, 2007). "Russian champion may be next on Couture's fight card". Las Vegas Sun. http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sports/2007/aug/27/566657200.html. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
- ^ http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/
- ^ Ken, Pishna (2007-09-24). "RENATO "BABALU" SOBRAL FINED $25,000". MMAWeekly.com. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=4767. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ Gross, Josh (2007-08-30). "Babaloose: UFC Cuts Controversial Fighter". Sherdog. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=8797. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ Trembow, Ivan (August 27, 2007). "UFC 74 Fighter Salary Breakdown" (Reprint). MMA Weekly. http://www.ivansblog.com/2007/07/mixed-martial-arts-fighter-salary.html. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
- ^ Iole, Kevin (August 28, 2007). "There should be no room for Babalu's antics". Yahoo! Sports. http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-babalu082807. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
