UFC 49
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2004
UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.
01History
It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.
This event featured the last UFC fight in the lightweight division until UFC 58 on March 4, 2006.
02Results
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Vitor Belfort (c) | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Joe Doerksen | TKO (submission to elbows) | 2 | 3:39 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | def. | Vernon White | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:05 | |
| Middleweight | David Terrell | def. | Matt Lindland | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:24 | |
| Heavyweight | Justin Eilers | def. | Mike Kyle | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:14 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Welterweight | Chris Lytle | def. | Ronald Jhun | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:17 | |
| Welterweight | Karo Parisyan | def. | Nick Diaz | Decision (split) (29-28, 30-27, 28-29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Yves Edwards | def. | Josh Thomson | KO (flying head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:32 | |
03Encyclopedia awards
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.
- Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White
- Knockout of the Night: David Terrell
- Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle
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