UFC 51

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UFC 51: Super Saturday

Details
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	February 5, 2005
Venue	Mandalay Bay Arena
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	9,268 paid [1]
Total Gate	$1,493,000
Event chronology
UFC 50: The War of '04	UFC 51: Super Saturday	UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2

UFC 51: Super Saturday was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 5, 2005, (Super Bowl weekend) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcasted live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada, and later released on DVD. The event was to be held in Japan, but Dana White moved it back to Las Vegas. Headlining the card were fan favorites Tito Ortiz and Vitor Belfort. The total fighter payroll for UFC 51 was $456,000.[2]

[edit] Results

[edit] Preliminary Card

[edit] Welterweight Bout: Nick Diaz vs. Drew Fickett

Diaz defeats Fickett by technical knockout (strikes) at 4:40 of round one.

[edit] Welterweight Bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Chris Lytle

Parisyan defeats Lytle by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30-27 for Parisyan.

[edit] Middleweight Bout: David Loiseau vs. Gideon Ray

Loiseau defeats Ray by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at the end of round one.

[edit] Heavyweight Bout: Mike Kyle vs. James Irvin

Kyle defeats Irvin by knockout (punches) at 1:55 of round one.

[edit] Main Card

[edit] Heavyweight Bout: Paul Buentello vs. Justin Eilers

Buentello defeats Eilers by knockout (punches) at 3:34 of round one.

[edit] Middleweight Championship Bout: David Terrell vs. Evan Tanner

For the vacant UFC Middleweight Championship belt

Evan Tanner defeats David Terrell by technical knockout (strikes) at 4:35 of round one. Tanner becomes the UFC Middleweight champion, and the first Middleweight champion since 2002. (See: List of UFC champions.)

[edit] Interim Heavyweight Championship Bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia

For the Interim Heavyweight Championship belt

Andrei Arlovski defeats Tim Sylvia by submission (achilles lock) at :47 of round one. Arlovski becomes the Interim Heavyweight champion. The title is an interim championship due to current UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and could not defend the title against number 1 contender, Andrei Arlovski.