UFC 86
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008
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.
01Background
The 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.
A welterweight bout between Steve Bruno and Chris Wilson was originally scheduled to take place at this event. However, the fight would be postponed and instead took place at UFC 87 on August 9, 2008.
02Results
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
03Bonus awards
The following fighters received $60,000 bonuses.
- Fight of the Night: Quinton Jackson vs. Forrest Griffin
- Knockout of the Night: Melvin Guillard
- Submission of the Night: Cole Miller
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