UFC 47
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| UFC 47: It's On! | ||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |
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| Date | April 2, 2004 | |
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |
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UFC 47: It's On! was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was was broadcast live on pay-per-view, and later released on DVD. Headlining the card was the long awaited Light Heavyweight Championship match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.
The title "It's On!" refers to Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz' long running negotiations leading up to the fight. Fans had been awaiting the fight for more than a year, and while both fighters had their own story as to why it took so long, the fight finally took place in 2004. Ortiz claims that as friends and former training partners, he and Liddell had made a pact never to fight. Liddell claims there was no such pact, that he would fight anyone anytime, and accused Ortiz of ducking the fight. After finding his range early in the second round, Liddell unleashed a barrage of punches and scored a TKO victory, becoming the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.
The event is remembered today as one of the UFC's most exciting cards - with only one fight going the distance, and five knock outs.
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Results
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Genki Sudo vs Mike Brown
- Sudo defeated Brown by submission at 3:31 seconds in the first round.
Heavyweight bout: Jonathon Weizorek vs Wade Shipp
- Weizorek defeated Shipp by tko at 4:39 in the first round.
Heavyweight bout: Mike Kyle vs Wes Sims
- Kyle defeated Sims by KO at 4:59 of the first round.
Main card
Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs Robbie Lawler
- Diaz defeated Lawler by ref stoppage (TKO) at 2:31 in the second round.
Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs Wesley Correira
- Arlovski defeated Correira by ref stoppage (TKO) at 1:15 in the 2nd round.
Lightweight bout: Yves Edwards vs Hermes Franca
- Edwards defeated Franca by split decision after 3 rounds.
Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs Tiki Ghosen
- Lytle defeated Ghosen by choke submission at at 1:55 in the second round.
Light Heavyweight Title bout: Chuck Liddell vs Tito Ortiz
- Liddell defeated Ortiz by TKO at :38 of the second round.
