UFC 48

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UFC 48: Payback

Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 19, 2004
Venue	Mandalay Bay Arena
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	6,528 paid [1]
Total Gate	$901,000
Event chronology
UFC 47: It's On!	UFC 48: Payback	UFC 49: Unfinished Business

UFC 48: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 19, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on DVD. The featured contestants of the evening were Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, who had met once before in 1996 at UFC 8, with Shamrock reigning victorious. The total fighter payroll for UFC 48 was $586,000.[2]

1 Results
- 1.1 Preliminary Card
- 1.2 Main Card
2 See also
3 Sources

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

[edit] Welterweight bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jay Hieron

St. Pierre defeats Hieron by technical knockout (punches) at 1:42 of round one. Hieron was a late replacement for Jason "Mayhem" Miller, who had withdrawn from the card due to ongoing legal problems. [3]

[edit] Middleweight bout: Trevor Prangley vs. Curtis Stout

Prangley defeats Stout by submission (neck crank) at 1:05 of round two.

[edit] Lightweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Ivan Menjivar

Serra defeats Menjivar by unanimous decision. All judges scored the bout 30-27.

[edit] Main Card

[edit] Middleweight bout: Phil Baroni vs. Evan Tanner

In the anticipated rematch, Evan Tanner defeats Phil Baroni by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28. In their previous encounter at UFC 45, referee Larry Landless had stopped the fight prematurely after a miscommunication.

[edit] Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renato Verissimo

Matt Hughes defeats B.J. Penn's training partner, Renato Verissimo, by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27. Verissimo had Hughes in trouble when he secured a Triangle Choke in the first round but Hughes managed to fight out.

[edit] Heavyweight Championship bout: Tim Sylvia vs. Frank Mir

For the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship belt

Frank Mir defeats former champion, Tim Sylvia, by technical submission (armbar) at :50 of round one. Referee Herb Dean called a stop to the bout when he noticed a break in Sylvia's arm which appeared to Sylvia and the audience as an early stoppage; it was later revealed that Sylvia had indeed suffered multiple fractures to his right forearm. [4] Mir becomes the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Sylvia had earlier relinquished his championship belt after testing positive for anabolic steroids after UFC 44.