UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 5, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
| UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 5, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,990 (9,630 paid) | |||
| Total gate | $3,350,730 | |||
| Buyrate | 540,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
editThe main event was between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin, coaches on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest, and was for Jackson's UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.[1]
A welterweight bout between Steve Bruno and Chris Wilson was originally scheduled to take place at this event.[2] However, the fight would be postponed and instead took place at UFC 87 on August 9, 2008.[3]
Results
edit| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | def. | Quinton Jackson (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Patrick Côté | def. | Ricardo Almeida | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Joe Stevenson | def. | Gleison Tibau | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 2:57 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def. | Chris Lytle | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Tyson Griffin | def. | Marcus Aurélio | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Gabriel Gonzaga | def. | Justin McCully | Submission (Americana) | 1 | 1:57 | |
| Lightweight | Melvin Guillard | def. | Dennis Siver | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Lightweight | Cole Miller | def. | Jorge Gurgel | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 4:48 | |
| Lightweight | Justin Buchholz | def. | Corey Hill | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:57 | |
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
Bonus awards
editAt the end of the night, the UFC awarded $60,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[4]
- Fight of the Night: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
- Knockout of the Night: Melvin Guillard
- Submission of the Night: Cole Miller
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "UFC 86 Official Fight Card". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 2008-04-05. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno UFC 86 fight booked". mmamania.com. May 2, 2008.
- ^ "Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno Moved To UFC 87". mmafrenzy.com. May 27, 2008.
- ^ "UFC 86 bonuses for 'Jackson vs Griffin' PPV fights". MMAmania. 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-10-02.