UFC 49
| UFC 49: Unfinished Business | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 21, 2004 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Arena | |||
| City |  Paradise, Nevada, USA | |||
| Attendance | 12,100 (paid 8,597)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,293,035[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 80,000[1] | |||
| Total purse | $535,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.
History
It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.[3]
This event featured the last UFC fight in the lightweight division until UFC 58 on March 4, 2006.
Results
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
Yves Edwards vs. 
Josh Thomson
- Edwards wins by knockout (head kick) at 4:31 of round one.
- Welterweight bout:
Karo Parisyan vs. Nick Diaz
- Parisyan wins by split decision. Judges score the bout 28–29, 29–28 and 30–27.
- Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Ronald Jhun
- Lytle wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:17 of round two
Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Justin Eilers vs. Mike Kyle
- Eilers wins by knockout (punches) at 1:14 of round one.
- Middleweight bout: David Terrell vs. Matt Lindland
- David Terrell wins by knockout at 0:24 in round one.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White
- Liddell wins by knockout (punch) at 4:05 of round one.
- Middleweight bout: Joe Riggs vs.
Joe Doerksen
- Riggs wins by submission (strikes) at 3:39 of round two.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout:
Vitor Belfort (c) vs. Randy Couture
- Couture wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at the end of round three. Couture becomes the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion for the second time.
Fighter Payroll
The total fighter payroll for UFC 49 was $535,000.[2]
- Randy Couture: $225,000 ($150,000 for fighting; $75,000 win bonus)
- Randy Couture: $225,000 ($150,000 for fighting; $75,000 win bonus)
- Chuck Liddell: $120,000 ($60,000 for fighting; $60,000 win bonus)
- Vitor Belfort: $100,000 ($100,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $40,000)
- Vitor Belfort: $100,000 ($100,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $40,000)
- Matt Lindland: $20,000 ($20,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $20,000)
- Yves Edwards: $14,000 ($7,000 for fighting; $7,000 win bonus)
- David Terrell: $8,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
- Josh Thomson: $6,000 ($6,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $6,000)
- Nick Diaz: $6,000 ($6,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $5,000)
- Justin Eilers: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
- Chris Lytle: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
- Karo Parisyan: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)
- Joe Riggs: $5,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
- Mike Kyle: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)
- Vernon White: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)
- Ronald Jhun: $3,000 ($3,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $3,000)
- Joe Doerksen: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
See also
References
- ^ a b c "UFC 49: Unfinished Business". Tapology.com. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ a b Trembow, Ivan (2004-10-17). "Full Breakdown of Fighter Salaries for UFC 46, UFC 47, UFC 48, and UFC 49". MMAWeekly.com. Ivan's Blog. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ "UFC 46 - Supernatural". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
