UFC 79
| UFC 79: Nemesis | ||||
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| File:UFC79.png The poster for UFC 79: Nemesis | ||||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | December 29, 2007 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 11,075 | |||
| Total gate | $4,994,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 79: Nemesis was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on December 29, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]
The main events featured the long anticipated fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva,[2] as well as the highly anticipated rubber match between former UFC Welterweight Champions Georges St. Pierre and Matt Hughes.[3] Additionally, PRIDE light heavyweight sensation Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou made his UFC debut against undefeated Lyoto Machida.[4]
The main event was originally to pit The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Serra and Matt Hughes for Serra's UFC welterweight championship, which Serra won at UFC 69: Shootout on April 7, 2007 in an upset victory over Georges St. Pierre.[1] Serra, however, withdrew from the fight due to a back injury[5] and was replaced by St. Pierre.
Results
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight bout: 
James Irvin vs. 
Luis Cane
Irvin defeats Cane via disqualification (illegal knee) at 1:51 of round one. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Welterweight bout: Roan Carneiro vs. 
Tony DeSouza
Carneiro defeats DeSouza via TKO (strikes) at 3:30 of round two. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Middleweight bout: Dean Lister vs. 
Jordan Radev
Lister defeats Radev via unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 30-27 for Lister. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Lightweight bout: 
Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans
Bocek defeats Evans via unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 29-28 for Bocek. This bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Lightweight bout:
Manvel Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
Gamburyan defeats Mohr via submission (achillies lock) at 1:31 of round one. This bout was aired at the end of the broadcast.
Main Card
Lightweight bout: Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
Clementi defeats Guillard via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:40 of round one.
Light heavyweight bout : Lyoto Machida vs. 
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Machida defeats Sokoudjou via submission (arm triangle) at 4:20 of round two.
Heavyweight bout: Eddie Sanchez vs. 
Soa Palelei
Sanchez defeats Palelei via TKO (strikes) at 3:42 of round three.
Light heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
Liddell defeats Silva via unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 29-28, 30-27, and 30-27 for Liddell.
Interim welterweight championship bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Hughes
St. Pierre defeats Hughes via submission (armbar) at 4:52 of round two to become the Interim UFC Welterweight Champion. Georges St. Pierre thanked the UFC for the interim belt but took it off stating that "the real champion is Matt Serra and until I get my belt back I am not going to consider myself champion".
UFC 79 Bonuses
At the end of this event, $50,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[6]
Fight of the Night
Wanderlei Silva vs 
Chuck Liddell
Submission of the Night
Knockout of the Night
References
- ^ a b "UFC 79: Nemesis features Serra vs Hughes on December 29th". UFC.com. October 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Finally, Two Legends Meet". ufc.com. October 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "BREAKING NEWS: Matt Fighting Georges St. Pierre at UFC 79!". ufc.com. November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (November 15, 2007). "UFC Inks Sokoudjou; "The African Assassin" to Debut vs Machida at UFC 79". ufc.com. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Serra Injured, Withdraws From UFC 79 Card". ufc.com. November 22, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Stupp, Dan (December 30, 2007). "UFC Issues $200,000 in UFC 79 Bonuses". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
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