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UFC 57

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2006

Field	Value
name	UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3
image	UFC57.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	February 4, 2006
venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center
city	Las Vegas, Nevada
attendance	11,000 (Paid: 10,301)
gate	$3,382,400
buyrate	400,000
previousevent	Ultimate Fight Night 3
followingevent	UFC 58: USA vs Canada

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.

Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy.

It was the UFC's largest grossing gate to date, $3.3 million, in addition to an estimate of over 400,000 pay-per-view buys. The disclosed fighter payroll for the event was $667,000.

Results

|Light Heavyweight |Chuck Liddell (c) |def. |Randy Couture |KO (punch) |2 |1:28 | For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Couture announced his retirement after the loss. |Heavyweight |Brandon Vera |def. |Justin Eilers |KO (head kick and knee) |1 |1:25 | |Heavyweight |Marcio Cruz |def. |Frank Mir |TKO (punches and elbows) |1 |4:10 | |Light Heavyweight |Renato Sobral |def. |Mike Van Arsdale |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |2:21 | |Welterweight |Joe Riggs |def. |Nick Diaz |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Alessio Sakara |def. |Elvis Sinosic |Decision (unanimous) (29–25, 29–26, 29–26) |3 |5:00 | Sakara got a point deduction for an illegal vertical elbow to the head of Elvis Sinosic. This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast. |Heavyweight |Paul Buentello |def. |Gilbert Aldana |TKO (punches) |2 |2:27 | |Heavyweight |Jeff Monson |def. |Branden Lee Hinkle |Technical Submission (north-south choke) |1 |4:35 | |Light Heavyweight |Keith Jardine |def. |Mike Whitehead |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.

Reported payout

Chuck Liddell: $250,000

Randy Couture: $225,000

Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $32,000

Frank Mir: $26,000

Paul Buentello: $22,000

Joe Riggs: $20,000

Mike Van Arsdale: $16,000

Keith Jardine: $10,000

Nick Diaz: $10,000

Alessio Sakara: $10,000

Brandon Vera: $10,000

Marcio Cruz: $8,000

Elvis Sinosic: $6,000

Jeff Monson: $6,000

Mike Whitehead: $5,000

Justin Eilers: $5,000

Branden Lee Hinkle: $4,000

Gilbert Aldana: $2,000

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $667,000

Encyclopedia awards

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

Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture
Knockout of the Night: Chuck Liddell
Submission of the Night: Jeff Monson

References

"Top MMA Gates".
"UFC Establishes New Mark for PPV Buys in 2009 : MMAPayout.com: The Business of MMA".
"Ivan's Blog--- Ivan Trembow's Self-Important, Random Rants on Mixed Martial Arts, Video Games, Pro Wrestling, Television, Politics, Sports, and High-Quality Wool Socks".
Gerbasi, Thomas. (2011-10-17). "UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship". DK.

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