The year 2005 was the 13th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2005 the UFC held 10 events beginning with, UFC 51: Super Saturday. The reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter and the first UFC Ultimate Fight Night both premiered on Spike TV. The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale was the first live UFC broadcast on non-pay-per-view television.
2005 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | Feb 5, 2005 | |||
Last date | Nov 19, 2005 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 10 | |||
UFC | 6 | |||
UFC Fight Night | 2 | |||
TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 80 | |||
Title fights | 9 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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Title fights in 2005 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | def. | Tim Sylvia | Submission (Achilles Lock) | 1 | 0:47 | UFC 51: Super Saturday | [a] |
Middleweight | Evan Tanner | def. | David Terrell | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:35 | UFC 51: Super Saturday | [b] |
Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | def. | Randy Couture (c) | KO (Punches) | 1 | 2:06 | UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell | [c] |
Welterweight | Matt Hughes (c) | def. | Frank Trigg | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 1 | 4:05 | UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell | [d] |
Middleweight | Rich Franklin | def. | Evan Tanner (c) | TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | 4 | 3:25 | UFC 53: Heavy Hitters | [e] |
Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski (ic) | def. | Justin Eilers | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:10 | UFC 53: Heavy Hitters | [f] |
Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell (c) | def. | Jeremy Horn | TKO (Punches) | 4 | 2:46 | UFC 54: Boiling Point | [g] |
Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski (c) | def. | Paul Buentello | KO (Punch) | 1 | 0:15 | UFC 55: Fury | [h] |
Middleweight | Rich Franklin (c) | def. | Nate Quarry | KO (Punch) | 1 | 2:34 | UFC 56: Full Force | [i] |
Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
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TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell | Apr 9, 2005 | Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | Stephan Bonnar |
Middleweight | Diego Sanchez | Kenny Florian | ||
TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin | Nov 5, 2005 | Heavyweight | Rashad Evans | Brad Imes |
Welterweight | Joe Stevenson | Luke Cummo |
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2005:
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UFC Ultimate Fight Night | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | August 6, 2005 | |||
Venue | Cox Pavilion | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Ultimate Fight Night (also known as UFC Fight Night 1)[5] was an event held on August 6, 2005 at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event, aired on Spike, was the first UFC Fight Night event.
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def | Ivan Salaverry | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Chris Leben | def | Patrick Côté | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Light Heavyweight | Stephan Bonnar | def | Sam Hoger | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Nate Quarry | def | Pete Sell | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:42 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def | Pete Spratt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:53 | |
Middleweight | Mike Swick | def | Gideon Ray | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:22 | |
Welterweight | Kenny Florian | def | Alex Karalexis | TKO (cut) | 2 | 3:52 | |
Welterweight | Drew Fickett | def | Josh Neer | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:35 |