Ken Shamrock UFC Fight Night 6.5/Ortiz as opposed to Shamrock 3 - The Final ChapterOctober 10, 2006 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and also Casino, Hollywood Florida5.7 Million Viewers On Spike TVIf there exists a individual UFC round which can be credited together with qualifing for the advertising about Fox it's this one. The awesome quantities Ortiz vs. Shamrock drawn caught the actual awareness of each and every television accounting with America. They possessed set your UFC PPV record having 775,000 tends to buy with UFC 61 although nobody likely this rematch to be able to be that big. Shamrock along with Ortiz possessed fought 2 times before, at UFC 40 and UFC 61. Both spats had been one-sided blowouts nevertheless once a fast stoppage at UFC 61 Shamrock complained more than enough plus possessed more than enough supporter service to acquire the UFC to supply him or her a single previous shot at Tito. The fight had been quite as awful as being the initial two, although Shamrock and Tito proved in which combat supporters love to discover fighters they will cherish throw down, regardless of the way weak this battle may perhaps be to be a sporting proposition.
vs. Matt Hughes UFC 60 May 27, 2006 Staples Center, Hollywood, California 620,000 PPV BuysThis deal with was your classic bit involving fight booking by means of Joe Silva plus Dana White. It was an appropriate follow approximately this Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock feud plus carried on your theme of re-exposing followers belonging to the 1990s UFC with all the modern, post-The Ultimate Fighter promotion. Taking place in Hollywood, the item functioned for a returning available bash to the Zuffa UFC as being a catch the attention of with regard to a great deal of video clip in addition to tv set personalities. The fight once more was a bust, nonetheless Hughes' operation made it simpler for make him or her a super star in addition to Royce Gracie acquired an excellent push out of Zuffa.
Chuck Liddell vs. December 29, 2007 Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada 750,000+ PPV buysI've acquired that will observe perfect at the start that this kind of attack appeared to be "only" the particular co-main event with UFC 79. George St. Pierre's interim title welterweight 7steps fight with
UFC 114 May 29, the year 2010 MGM Grand Garden Arena 1,050,000 PPV BuysAn utter huge of a bout, this feud ender was designed to occur at UFC 108 in Memphis about January 2, 2010. Instead of preventing within his / her house town in order to limitation off his learning tenure to the 10th and also maximum rated season with The Ultimate Fighter, Rampage elected in order to celebrity inside A-Team movie. That selection concluded in lots of play using UFC chief executive Dana White and also a virtually couple of months delay around rising Rampage vs. Rashad. Any concerns that this wait would likely get rid of affinity for the fight had been decide to put for you to rest by the actual major occasion PPV quantities this specific deal with posted. This is usually simply the second largest ever non-title fight with UFC background after Tito compared to Ken 3 or more nonetheless in case Lesnar vs. Overeem life as much as its potential, expect this kind of fight to be able to slip in order to 3rd place.
James ToneyUFC 118August 28, 2010TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts570,000 PPV buysThis has been another co-headliner, under Frankie Edgar's rematch along with . But it absolutely was furthermore among the list of almost all intensely hyped times with UFC history. Toney, your previous champion boxer at both cruiser- along with heavyweight, used many years loudly a waste of money chatting MMA and also the UFC and stalking Dana White for getting his chance. Well they bought that plus young man have that followers acquire it. Couture made small do the job connected with Toney inside the competition using a first round submission. Even worse, case manner underperformed expectations. The challenge seemed to be boxing devotees understood this Toney appeared to be old and likely to enter the actual struggle outside of shape. Not just that, nevertheless possibly that the majority of retrograde boxing columnist believed by simply 2010 and beyond than a boxer without struggling or grappling skills had very little for you to no probability while in the Octagon.
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