UFC 76
{{short description|UFC mixed martial arts event in 2007}}
{{Infobox MMA event
|name=UFC 76: Knockout
|image=Ufc76.jpg
|promotion=Ultimate Fighting Championship
|date=September 22, 2007
|venue=Honda Center
|city=Anaheim, California
|attendance= 13,770 (11,817 paid)
|gate= $1,985,000
|buyrate= 475,000http://mmapayout.com/blue-book/pay-per-view/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
|previousevent=UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian
|followingevent=UFC 77: Hostile Territory
}}
UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 22, 2007, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Although the event was advertised with the subtitle Knockout, the entire card produced no knockouts whatsoever.
Background
The main event was anticipated to be Chuck Liddell versus Wanderlei Silva, a match between the two former champions of the UFC and PRIDE, respectively; however, the main event featured a fight between former Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell and The Ultimate Fighter 2 alum Keith Jardine, with both fighters returning from knockout losses at UFC 71.
Also appearing on the card was 2005 Pride Middleweight Grand Prix Champion and future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua, who made his Octagon debut against TUF 1 winner Forrest Griffin.
Welterweight Diego Sanchez returned after his decision loss at UFC 69 to Josh Koscheck when he faced Jon Fitch, a training partner of Koscheck and a former Purdue University wrestler who was in the midst of a thirteen-fight win streak.
A scheduled bout between the light heavyweights Jason Lambert and Wilson Gouveia was removed from the card after Gouveia suffered a severely broken nose during training. A replacement for Gouveia was not found.{{cite news| last = Savage| first = Greg| url = http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=8949| date = September 10, 2006| access-date = September 10, 2007| work = Sherdog.com| title = UFC 76 Loses Fight After Gouveia Injury}}
With the card left with only eight bouts instead of nine, the UFC scheduled a fight between Rich Clementi and Anthony Johnson to fill out the remainder of the card.{{cite web |url= http://ufcmania.com/2007/09/14/ufc-76-rich-clementi-vs-anthony-johnson/|title= UFC 76: Rich Clementi vs. Anthony Johnson|access-date=September 14, 2007 |work= UFCMania.com}}
None of the preliminary bouts made it to the PPV due to the length of all the main card bouts.
Results
{{MMAevent}}
{{MMAevent card|Main card (PPV)}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Light Heavyweight
|def.
|Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Light Heavyweight
|def.
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|3
|4:45
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Welterweight
|def.
|Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Light Heavyweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
|3
|5:00
|Nakamura testing positive for marijuana after the fight.{{cite web|url=http://www.nokaut.com/?id=12&solo_news=1101&lang=e&cur=eur|title=Nakamura Tests Positive for Marijuana|date=September 27, 2007|access-date=September 27, 2007|website=Nokaut|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130025212/http://www.nokaut.com/?id=12&solo_news=1101&lang=e&cur=eur|archive-date=January 30, 2013}}
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent card|Preliminary card|header=no}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Catchweight (177 lbs)
|def.
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|2
|3:05
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Diego Saraiva
|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Heavyweight
|def.
|Scott Junk
|Submission (heel hook)
|1
|3:19
|
}}
{{MMAevent bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28)
|3
|5:00
|
}}
{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.{{cite web | url=http://mmafrenzy.com/2007/09/25/ufc-76-salaries-and-bonuses/ | title=MMA Archives }}
- Fight of the Night: Tyson Griffin vs. Thiago Tavares
- Knockout of the Night: No bonus awarded.
- Submission of the Night: Forrest Griffin
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080923233017/http://76.ufc.com/ UFC 76 Event site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070824062123/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.fightCard&eid=822 UFC 76 card]
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