UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon

The 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.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410160517/https://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news;_ylt=AmKVN9T.hQbKsixZIZABMbg9Eo14?slug=mmajunkie-Fight_Night_13_Three_Hour&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns |date=2008-04-10 |access-date=2023-04-06}}{{dl|date=April 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5496&zoneid=13|title=UFC Back to Colorado, Adds Parisyan vs. Alves|publisher=MMA Weekly|date=January 19, 2008|access-date=2008-03-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322080134/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=5496&zoneid=13|archive-date=March 22, 2008}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2008/02/14/ufc-releases-ufc-fight-night-13-televised-card/|title=UFC Releases UFC Fight Night 13 Televised Card|last=Stupp|first=Dann

|publisher=MMA Junkie|date=February 14, 2008|access-date=2008-03-18}} 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.{{cite web

|url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=11857|title=Injury Knocks Fisher Out of Aurelio Bout|last=Savage|first=Greg|publisher=Sherdog.com|date=March 17, 2008|access-date=2008-03-18}} 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.

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{{MMAevent card|Main card}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Kenny Florian

|def.

|Joe Lauzon

|TKO (punches)

|2

|3:28

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Gray Maynard

|def.

|Frankie Edgar

|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

|3

|5:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Welterweight

|Thiago Alves

|def.

|Karo Parisyan

|TKO (punches)

|2

|0:34

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Light Heavyweight

|Matt Hamill

|def.

|Tim Boetsch

|TKO (punches)

|2

|1:25

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Nate Diaz

|def.

|Kurt Pellegrino

|Submission (triangle choke)

|2

|3:06

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Light Heavyweight

|James Irvin

|def.

|Houston Alexander

|KO (superman punch)

|1

|0:08

|

}}

{{MMAevent card|Preliminary card|header=no}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Josh Neer

|def.

|Din Thomas

|Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

|3

|5:00

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Marcus Aurelio

|def.

|Ryan Roberts

|Submission (armbar)

|1

|0:16

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Manvel Gamburyan

|def.

|Jeff Cox

|Submission (guillotine choke)

|1

|1:41

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Lightweight

|Clay Guida

|def.

|Samy Schiavo

|TKO (punches)

|1

|4:15

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Welterweight

|George Sotiropoulos

|def.

|Roman Mitichyan

|TKO (punches)

|2

|2:24

|

}}

{{MMAevent bout

|Welterweight

|Anthony Johnson

|def.

|Tom Speer

|KO (punch)

|1

|0:51

|This preliminary bout aired on the broadcast following the Alves vs Parisyan bout.

}}

{{MMAevent end|notes=yes}}

The following fighters received $20,000 bonuses.{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/4071/florian-lauzon-irvin-and-diaz-earn-ufn13-fight-night-bonuses.mma |title=Florian, Lauzon, Irvin and Diaz earn UFN13 "fight night" bonuses | website=MMA Junkie |access-date=2008-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002015955/http://mmajunkie.com/news/4071/florian-lauzon-irvin-and-diaz-earn-ufn13-fight-night-bonuses.mma |archive-date=2008-10-02 }}

• Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
• Knockout of the Night: James Irvin
• Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz

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