UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon[2] (also known as UFC Fight Night 13) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008,[3] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado, United States.[3]
| 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[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on Spike. 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]
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]
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.[6] He was replaced by Tim Boetsch, who took the fight on only ten days notice.
A planned bout between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Marcus Aurélio was cancelled due to a shoulder injury Fisher suffered during training.[7] 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.
This event also marked the first bout of a series of fights between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.
Results
edit| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Kenny Florian | def. | Joe Lauzon | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:28 | |
| Lightweight | Gray Maynard | def. | Frankie Edgar | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Thiago Alves | def. | Karo Parisyan | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:34 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Matt Hamill | def. | Tim Boetsch | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:25 | |
| Lightweight | Nate Diaz | def. | Kurt Pellegrino | Submission (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 | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Marcus Aurelio | def. | Ryan Roberts | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:16 | |
| Lightweight | Manvel Gamburyan | def. | Jeff Cox | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:41 | |
| Lightweight | Clay Guida | def. | Samy Schiavo | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Welterweight | George Sotiropoulos | def. | Roman Mitichyan | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:24 | |
| Welterweight | Anthony Johnson | def. | Tom Speer | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:51 | [a] |
- ^ This preliminary bout aired on the broadcast following the Alves vs Parisyan bout.
Bonus awards
editAt the end of this event, $20,000 was awarded to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[8]
- Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
- Knockout of the Night: James Irvin
- Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Can Florian finish his quest for a title?". 3 April 2008.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Archived from the original on 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ a b "UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon". UFC.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- ^ "UFC Back to Colorado, Adds Parisyan vs. Alves". MMA Weekly. January 19, 2008. Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Florian, Lauzon, Irvin and Diaz earn UFN13 "fight night" bonuses". MMA Junkie. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02.