UFC 58

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UFC 58: USA vs Canada

Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	March 4, 2006
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	9,569 (8,183 paid) [1]
Total Gate	$1,758,450
Buyrate	290,000-300,000 [2]
Event chronology
UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3	UFC 58: USA vs Canada	UFC 59: Reality Check

UFC 58: USA vs Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States. In keeping with the theme of the card, each fight featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter.

1 Results
- 1.1 Preliminary card
- 1.2 Main card
2 Miscellanea
3 References
4 See also
5 Sources

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary card

[edit] Heavyweight bout: Icho Larenas vs Tom Murphy

Murphy defeats Larenas via a TKO in the third round at 1:59. Larenas was a late substitute for Christophe Midoux. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.

[edit] Light heavyweight bout: Rob MacDonald vs Jason Lambert

Lambert defeats MacDonald via a submission with a kimura in the first round at 1:54 . This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.

[edit] Lightweight bout: Sam Stout vs Spencer Fisher

Stout defeats Fisher by split decision. Fisher was a late replacement for Kenny Florian, who injured during training for this fight. This was the UFC's first lightweight match since the division was suspended in 2004. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast, though it did later air on an episode of UFC Unleashed on Spike TV.

[edit] Main card

[edit] Lightweight bout: Mark Hominick vs Yves Edwards

Hominick defeats Edwards via submission with a triangle armbar in the second round at 1:52.

[edit] Middleweight bout: Joe Doerksen vs Nathan Marquardt

Marquardt defeats Doerksen in a unanimous decision.

[edit] Welterweight bout: Georges St. Pierre vs B.J. Penn

St. Pierre defeats Penn in a split decision.

[edit] Middleweight bout: Steve Vigneault vs Mike Swick

Swick defeats Vigneault via submission with a guillotine choke in the first round at 2:09.

[edit] Middleweight championship bout: Champion Rich Franklin vs David Loiseau

Franklin defeats Loiseau in an unanimous decision and retains the UFC middleweight title. Franklin broke his left hand during the second round, but continued to fight until the end of the bout. He ultimately won by unanimous decision, with judges scoring the bout 50-42, 50-42, and 50-43.

[edit] Miscellanea

The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450. [3]
The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 58 was $207,000. [4]
Five of the seven Canadian fighers featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St. Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion.