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UFC 60

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006. The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.

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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
The poster for UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateMay 27, 2006
VenueStaples Center
CityLos Angeles, California
Attendance14,802 (10,347 paid)
Total gate$2,900,090
Buyrate620,0001
Event chronology
UFC 59: Reality Check UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale

UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006.23 The event took place at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.

Background

Headlining the card was a non-title catchweight (175 lb) match between then-current UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes, and UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie, the winner of UFC 1, UFC 2 and UFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in the UFC and in the United States since UFC 5.

The event drew 620,000 buys, becoming the best-selling pay-per-view in UFC history up to that point, and the first to break the $20 million mark in gross PPV sales.4

Results

Main Card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Catchweight (175 lb) Matt Hughes def. Royce Gracie TKO (punches) 1 4:39
Light Heavyweight Dean Lister def. Alessio Sakara Submission (triangle choke) 1 2:20
Welterweight Diego Sanchez def. John Alessio Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Heavyweight Brandon Vera def. Assuério Silva Submission (guillotine choke) 1 2:39
Middleweight Mike Swick def. Joe Riggs Submission (guillotine choke) 1 2:19
Preliminary Card
Middleweight Jeremy Horn def. Chael Sonnen Submission (armbar) 2 1:17 a
Lightweight Spencer Fisher def. Matt Wiman KO (flying knee) 2 1:43 b
Heavyweight Gabriel Gonzaga def. Fabiano Scherner TKO (punches) 2 0:24
Lightweight Melvin Guillard def. Rick Davis KO (punch) 1 1:37
  1. Sonnen was a late replacement for Evan Tanner, who reportedly withdrew due to personal issues.
  2. Wiman replaced Leonard Garcia, who broke his leg in training.5

Reported Payout

Royce Gracie: $400,000

Matt Hughes: $110,000

Jeremy Horn: $70,000

Brandon Vera: $32,000

Diego Sanchez: $24,000

Mike Swick: $14,000

Spencer Fisher: $14,000

Joe Riggs: $12,000

Gabriel Gonzaga: $10,000

Melvin Guillard: $10,000

Alessio Sakara: $10,000

Dean Lister: $10,000

Assuerio Silva: $8,000

Chael Sonnen: $5,000

Fabiano Scherner: $3,000

Matt Wiman: $3,000

John Alessio: $3,000

Rick Davis: $2,000

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $740,000

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.6

  • Fight of the Night: Spencer Fisher vs. Matt Wiman
  • Knockout of the Night: Melvin Guillard
  • Submission of the Night: Mike Swick
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Trembow, Ivan (2006-09-06). "UFC 61 Surpasses $30 Million in Pay-Per-View Sales, Plus Final PPV Buyrate for UFC 60". ivansblog.com. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. "UFC 60 - Hughes vs. Gracie". sherdog.com. 2006-05-27. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. Dacanay, Bruno (27 May 2022). "Looking Back at The History of UFC's Memorial Day Weekend". Overtime Heroics.
  4. Trembow, Ivan (2006-09-06). "UFC 61 SURPASSES $30 MILLION IN PPV SALES". mmaweekly.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  5. "SPENCER FISHER'S NEW OPPONENT NAMED FOR UFC 60". MMA Weekly. 2006-05-17. Retrieved 2009-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. Gerbasi, Thomas (2011-10-17). UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. New York: DK. p. 232. ISBN 978-0756683610.
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