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UFC 72

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2007

Field	Value
name	UFC 72: Victory
image	UFC72.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date
venue	The Odyssey
city	Belfast, Northern Ireland
attendance	8,000
gate	£700,000 (approx. $1.2 million)
buyrate	200,000
previousevent	UFC Fight Night: Stout vs Fisher
followingevent	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Pulver vs. Team Penn Finale

UFC 72: Victory was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event took place Saturday, June 16, 2007 at The Odyssey in Belfast, Northern Ireland.{{cite web |access-date = 10 May 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070507071031/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.fightCard&eid=592 |archive-date = 7 May 2007

Background

UFC 72 continued the UFC's expansion into Europe, as it was the third event to take place in Europe and the United Kingdom after UFC 38 in 2002 (Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom) and UFC 70 in April 2007 (MEN Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom). The card aired on pay-per-view in North America and via Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Martin Kampmann was scheduled to fight Rich Franklin, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. Yushin Okami replaced Kampmann in the main event.{{cite news |access-date = 9 May 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070512002727/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=5765 |archive-date = 12 May 2007

Jake O'Brien was scheduled to fight Tom Murphy, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. There was no replacement for O'Brien, and Murphy did not fight on the UFC 72 card.{{cite web

Results

|Middleweight |Rich Franklin |def. |Yushin Okami |Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Light Heavyweight |Forrest Griffin |def. |Hector Ramirez |Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight |Jason MacDonald |def. |Rory Singer |TKO (punches and elbows) |2 |3:18 | |Lightweight |Tyson Griffin |def. |Clay Guida |Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) |3 |5:00 | |Middleweight |Ed Herman |def. |Scott Smith |Submission (rear-naked choke) |2 |2:25 | |Heavyweight |Eddie Sanchez |def. |Colin Robinson |TKO (punches) |2 |0:32 | |Welterweight |Dustin Hazelett |def. |Steven Lynch |Submission (anaconda choke) |1 |2:50 |In the official decision, the choke was mistakenly called a D'Arce choke | |Welterweight |Marcus Davis |def. |Jason Tan |KO (punch) |1 |1:15 |

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: Tyson Griffin vs. Clay Guida
Knockout of the Night: Marcus Davis
Submission of the Night: Ed Herman

References

(17 June 2007). "Belfast gets a pounding". Belfast Telegraph.
"Pay-per-view".
(19 April 2007). "ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER FIGHT IN BELFAST.". UFC.com.
(10 June 2007). "Tom Murphy Opponent-less for UFC 72". UFC Junkie.
"UFC 72 Fight Awards {{!}} UFCDaily.com".

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