UFC 65

UFC mixed martial arts event in 2006

UFC 65: Bad Intentions

The poster for UFC 65: Bad Intentions

Information

Promotion

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Date

November 18, 2006

Venue

ARCO Arena

City

Sacramento, California

Attendance

14,666 (12,362 paid)^[1]

Total gate

$2,138,020^[1]

Buyrate

500,000^[2]

Total purse

$457,000 (disclosed)

Event chronology

The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale

UFC 65: Bad Intentions

UFC Fight Night: Sanchez vs. Riggs

UFC 65: Bad Intentions was a mixed martial arts competition held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 18, 2006, at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California – the UFC's first show at this venue. It was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada, and was later released on DVD.

Background

The card featured the anticipated rematch between Matt Hughes and Georges St-Pierre for the UFC Welterweight Championship – a fight originally scheduled for UFC 63. UFC 65 also featured a heavyweight title bout between Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia and Jeff Monson.

This event marked one of the few occasions that a UFC card with two non-interim title fights featured the lower weight class' title fight as the card's main event. The UFC had stated afterwards that all cards with two title fights will always have the heavier weight class' title fight as the main event. UFC 169 on February 1, 2014, would later feature two non-interim title fights, with the lighter weight class as main event.^[3]

UFC 65's original slated main event was a championship superfight with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell defending his title against PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva, a matchup UFC President Dana White announced during UFC 61 on July 8, 2006. Since then, the matchup appeared to have been postponed or cancelled because Tito Ortiz had been guaranteed a title shot at UFC 66, which was too close to UFC 65, as White stated in several interviews.^[4]

The Hughes vs. St-Pierre main event was long awaited. It was first officially announced to happen at UFC 63 during the July 17, 2006 edition of The Hot List on ESPNEWS. The fight was announced before, without a date, at a press conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 7, 2006, and the matchup was alluded to—but not officially announced—during the pay-per-view broadcast of UFC 58.^[5]

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	def.	Matt Hughes (c)	TKO (head kick and punches)	2	1:25	^[a]
Heavyweight	Tim Sylvia (c)	def.	Jeff Monson	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	^[b]
Light Heavyweight	Drew McFedries	def.	Alessio Sakara	TKO (punches)	1	4:07	^[c]
Heavyweight	Brandon Vera	def.	Frank Mir	TKO (punches)	1	1:09
Lightweight	Joe Stevenson	def.	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:07
Preliminary Card
Welterweight	Nick Diaz	def.	Gleison Tibau	TKO (punches)	2	2:27
Heavyweight	Antoni Hardonk	def.	Sherman Pendergarst	KO (leg kick)	1	3:15	^[d]
Light Heavyweight	James Irvin	def.	Hector Ramirez	TKO (punch and elbows)	2	2:36	^[e]
Heavyweight	Jake O'Brien	def.	Josh Schockman	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship
^ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
^ McFedries was a late replacement for Wilson Gouveia.
^ Pendergarst was a late replacement for Brad Imes. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Hughes vs. St-Pierre fight.
^ This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Sakara vs. McFedries fight.

Bonus Awards

Fight of the Night: James Irvin vs. Hector Ramirez
Knockout of the Night: Georges St-Pierre
Submission of the Night: Joe Stevenson

References

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