UFC Ultimate Fight Night
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 6, 2005 | |||
| Venue | Cox Pavilion | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Estimated viewers | 2,000,000 | |||
| Total purse | $136,000 | |||
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UFC Ultimate Fight Night (also known as UFC Fight Night 1) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2005. The event took place at University of Nevada's Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada.
Background
It was the second-ever UFC event on free television,[1] with the telecast drawing over two million viewers for a 1.5 overall rating in the United States.[2][3]
With his victory at the event, Nate Quarry became the first The Ultimate Fighter participant to earn a title shot in the organization. He fought for the UFC Middleweight Championship against Rich Franklin at UFC 56.[4]
Nate Marquardt tested positive for nandrolone at the post-fight drug test following his win over Ivan Salaverry.[5]
Results
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | Ivan Salaverry | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Middleweight | Chris Leben | def. | Patrick Cote | Decision (split) (29–28, 30–27, 27–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Stephan Bonnar | def. | Sam Hoger | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Nate Quarry | def. | Pete Sell | TKO (punch) | 1 | 0:42 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def. | Pete Spratt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:53 | |
| Middleweight | Mike Swick | def. | Gideon Ray | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:22 | |
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| Welterweight | Kenny Florian | def. | Alex Karalexis | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 2:52 | |
| Welterweight | Drew Fickett | def. | Josh Neer | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:35 | |
Reported payout
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the respective Athletic Commission. Individual payouts are listed below. The numbers only include figures that the UFC disclosed to the state athletic commission; fight bonuses, sponsorship fees, and other unofficial bonuses were not disclosed. The total fighter payroll for UFC Ultimate Fight Night was $136,000. [6]
- Stephan Bonnar: $24,000 ($12,000 for fighting; $12,000 win bonus)
- Nathan Marquardt: $20,000 ($10,000 for fighting; $10,000 win bonus)
- Kenny Florian: $12,000 ($6,000 for fighting; $6,000 win bonus)
- Chris Leben: $10,000 ($5,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
- Nate Quarry: $10,000 ($5,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
- Josh Koscheck: $10,000 ($5,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
- Mike Swick: $10,000 ($5,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)
- Ivan Salaverry: $8,000 ($8,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $8,000)
- Patrick Cote: $5,000 ($5,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $5,000)
- Sam Hoger: $5,000 ($5,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $5,000)
- Alex Karalexis: $5,000 ($5,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $5,000)
- Pete Sell: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)
- Pete Spratt: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $3,000)
- Drew Fickett: $4,000 ($2,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)
- Gideon Ray: $3,000 ($3,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $3,000)
- Josh Neer: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)
