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UFC 49

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2004

Summary

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2004

Field	Value
name	UFC 49: Unfinished Business
image	UFC49.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	August 21, 2004
venue	MGM Grand Arena
city	Las Vegas, Nevada
attendance	12,100 (paid 8,597)
gate	$1,293,035
buyrate	80,000
purse	$535,000{{cite web	url=http://www.ivansblog.com/2004/10/mixed-martial-arts-full-breakdown-of.html	title=Full Breakdown of Fighter Salaries for UFC 46, UFC 47, UFC 48, and UFC 49
publisher	Ivan's Blog	work=MMAWeekly.com	date=2004-10-17	access-date=2012-10-21	last=Trembow	first=Ivan}}
previousevent	UFC 48: Payback
followingevent	UFC 50: The War of '04

UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.

History

It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.

This event featured the last UFC fight in the lightweight division until UFC 58 on March 4, 2006.

Results

| Light Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Vitor Belfort (c) | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. | Middleweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Joe Doerksen | TKO (submission to elbows) | 2 | 3:39 | | Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | def. | Vernon White | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:05 | | Middleweight | David Terrell | def. | Matt Lindland | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:24 | | Heavyweight | Justin Eilers | def. | Mike Kyle | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:14 | | Welterweight | Chris Lytle | def. | Ronald Jhun | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:17 | | Welterweight | Karo Parisyan | def. | Nick Diaz | Decision (split) (29–28, 30–27, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | | Lightweight | Yves Edwards | def. | Josh Thomson | KO (flying head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:32 |

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.

Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White
Knockout of the Night: David Terrell
Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle

References

"UFC 49: Unfinished Business". Tapology.com.
"UFC 46 - Supernatural". Sherdog.com.
Gerbasi, Thomas. (2011-10-17). "UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship". DK.

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