UFC 59

Results

|Heavyweight |Tim Sylvia |def. |Andrei Arlovski (c) |TKO (punches) |1 |2:43 | For the UFC Heavyweight Championship. |Welterweight |Sean Sherk |def. |Nick Diaz |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Tito Ortiz |def. |Forrest Griffin |Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 29–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight |Evan Tanner |def. |Justin Levens |Submission (triangle choke) |1 |3:14 | Levens replaced Jeremy Horn, who dropped out due to a back injury sustained during training. |Heavyweight |Jeff Monson |def. |Marcio Cruz |Decision (split) (30–27, 29–28, 28–29) |3 |5:00 | |Welterweight |Karo Parisyan |def. |Nick Thompson |TKO (punches) |1 |4:44 | |Middleweight |David Terrell |def. |Scott Smith |Submission (rear-naked choke) |1 |3:08 | The referee called for a break in the action in which Smith stopped fighting and Terrell did not, allowing Terrell to secure a takedown and sink a rear naked choke. In the following weeks Smith filled an appeal with the CSAC to change the result to a "No Contest"http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid1930, but all his efforts were in vain. This was a preliminary fight that was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast. |Light Heavyweight |Jason Lambert |def. |Terry Martin |TKO (punches) |2 |2:37 | This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast. |Welterweight |Thiago Alves |def. |Derrick Noble |TKO (punches) |1 |2:54 | This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.

Bonus Awards

The following fighters received bonuses.

• Fight of the Night: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin

Encyclopedia awards

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

• Knockout of the Night: Tim Sylvia
• Submission of the Night: Evan Tanner

Reported Payout

• Tito Ortiz: $200,000
• Andrei Arlovski: $90,000
• Tim Sylvia: $90,000
• Evan Tanner: $40,000
• Karo Parisyan: $16,000
• Sean Sherk: $16,000
• Forrest Griffin: $16,000
• David Terrell: $12,000
• Nick Diaz: $10,000
• Jeff Monson: $10,000
• Jason Lambert: $8,000
• Thiago Alves: $8,000
• Justin Levens: $5,000
• Nick Thompson: $5,000
• Marcio Cruz: $5,000
• Derrick Noble: $3,000
• Scott Smith: $3,000
• Terry Martin: $2,000
• Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $539,000

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