UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 2, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Broomfield Event Center | |||
| City |  Broomfield, Colorado, USA |
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| Attendance | 6,742 [1] | |||
| Total gate | $753,429 [2] | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon[1] referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 13 was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008[2] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.[2] The event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on Spike. Fight Night 13 was the first UFC event to be held in Colorado since The Ultimate Ultimate was held in Denver on December 16, 1995.[3] Instead of scheduling a two-hour program usually set for UFC Fight Night cards, the event was a three-hour broadcast, a change due to a petition from Sherdog Forums and a letter-writing campaign by MMA fans to Spike.[4]
Stephan Bonnar was originally slated to take on Matt Hamill, but was forced to withdraw when he suffered a complete tear of his left collateral knee ligament during training.[5] He was replaced by Tim Boetsch, who took the fight on only ten days notice. Likewise, a planned bout between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Marcus Aurélio was cancelled due to a shoulder injury Fisher suffered during training.[6] On March 20, 2008, the UFC website announced that newcomer Ryan Roberts was to make his octagon debut on short notice to face Marcus Aurélio as a replacement for the injured Spencer Fisher. In addition, this event marked the first bout of a series of fights between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout:
Anthony Johnson vs. Tommy Speer
- Johnson defeated Speer via KO (punch) at 0:51 of round 1. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.
- Welterweight bout:
George Sotiropoulos vs. 
Roman Mitichyan
- Sotiropoulos defeated Mitichyan via TKO (strikes) at 2:24 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs.
Samy Schiavo
- Guida defeated Schiavo via TKO (strikes) at 4:15 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Manvel Gamburyan vs. Jeff Cox
- Gamburyan defeated Cox via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:41 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout
Marcus Aurélio vs. Ryan Roberts
- Aurelio defeated Roberts via submission (armbar) at 0:16 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Josh Neer vs. Din Thomas
- Neer defeated Thomas via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
[edit] Main card
- Light heavyweight bout: Houston Alexander vs. James Irvin
- Irvin defeated Alexander via KO (Superman punch) at 0:08 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Kurt Pellegrino
- Diaz defeated Pellegrino via submission (triangle choke) at 3:06 of round 2.
- Light heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill vs. Tim Boetsch
- Hamill defeated Boetsch via TKO (strikes) at 1:25 of round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Thiago Alves
- Alves defeated Parisyan via TKO (strikes) at 0:34 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Frankie Edgar vs. Gray Maynard
- Maynard defeated Edgar via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
- Florian defeated Lauzon via TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 2.
[edit] Bonus awards
At the end of this event, $20,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[7]
- Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
- Knockout of the Night: James Irvin
- Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1072
- ^ a b "UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon". UFC.com. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.FightCard&eid=1072. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "UFC Back to Colorado, Adds Parisyan vs. Alves". MMA Weekly. January 19, 2008. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5496&zoneid=13. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AmKVN9T.hQbKsixZIZABMbg9Eo14?slug=mmajunkie-Fight_Night_13_Three_Hour&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns Retrieved 2008-02-27
- ^ Stupp, Dann (February 14, 2008). "UFC Releases UFC Fight Night 13 Televised Card". MMA Junkie. http://mmajunkie.com/2008/02/14/ufc-releases-ufc-fight-night-13-televised-card/. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ Savage, Greg (March 17, 2008). "Injury Knocks Fisher Out of Aurelio Bout". Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=11857. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/4071/florian-lauzon-irvin-and-diaz-earn-ufn13-fight-night-bonuses.mma
