UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
| UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 2, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Broomfield Event Center | |||
| City | Broomfield, Colorado | |||
| Attendance | 6,742[1] | |||
| Total gate | $753,429[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon[3] 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[4] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8] 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.
Results
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Kenny Florian | def | Joe Lauzon | TKO (punches & elbows) | 2 | 3:28 | |
| Lightweight | Gray Maynard | def | Frankie Edgar | unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Thiago Alves | def | Karo Parisyan | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 0:34 | |
| Light heavyweight | Matt Hamill | def | Tim Boetsch | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 1:25 | |
| Lightweight | Nate Diaz | def | Kurt Pellegrino | submission (flying triangle choke) | 2 | 3:06 | |
| Light heavyweight | James Irvin | def | Houston Alexander | KO (superman punch) | 1 | 0:08 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Josh Neer | def | Din Thomas | unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Marcus Aurelio | def | Ryan Roberts | submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:16 | |
| Lightweight | Manny Gamburyan | def | Jeff Cox | submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:41 | |
| Lightweight | Clay Guida | def | Samy Schiavo | TKO (strikes) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Welterweight | George Sotiropoulos | def | Roman Mitichyan | TKO (strikes) | 2 | 2:24 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Johnson | def | Tom Speer | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:51 | [a] |
- ^ This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.
Bonus awards
At the end of this event, $20,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[9]
- Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
- Knockout of the Night: James Irvin
- Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz
References
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-kenflo040308&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=ki-kenflo040308&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.FightCard&eid=1072
- ^ a b "UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon". UFC.com. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "UFC Back to Colorado, Adds Parisyan vs. Alves". MMA Weekly. January 19, 2008. 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. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ Savage, Greg (March 17, 2008). "Injury Knocks Fisher Out of Aurelio Bout". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/4071/florian-lauzon-irvin-and-diaz-earn-ufn13-fight-night-bonuses.mma
