UFC 58
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2006
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UFC 58: USA vs. Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.
| UFC 58: USA vs. Canada | ||||
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The poster for UFC 58: USA vs. Canada | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | March 4, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 9,569 (8,183 paid)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $1,758,450 | |||
| Buyrate | 300,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
In keeping with the theme of the card, most of the fights featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter.
Five of the seven Canadian fighters featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St-Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion.
The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450.[3] The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 58 was $207,000.[4]
The final scorecard for United States vs. Canada was United States 5, Canada 3.
This event also featured the return of the lightweight division to the UFC, which had been suspended since UFC 49
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Rich Franklin (c) | def. | David Loiseau | Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–42, 50–42) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Mike Swick | def. | Steve Vigneault | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:09 | |
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | def. | B.J. Penn | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Nate Marquardt | def. | Joe Doerksen | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Mark Hominick | def. | Yves Edwards | Submission (triangle armbar) | 2 | 1:52 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Sam Stout | def. | Spencer Fisher | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jason Lambert | def. | Rob MacDonald | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 1:54 | |
| Heavyweight | Tom Murphy | def. | Icho Larenas | TKO (punches) | 3 | 1:59 | [c] |
- For the UFC Middleweight Championship
- Fisher was a late replacement for Kenny Florian, who was injured while training for this fight. This was the UFC's first lightweight match since the division was suspended in 2004.
- Larenas was a late substitute for Kristof Midoux.
Reported payout
Georges St. Pierre: $48,000
Rich Franklin: $32,000
Nathan Marquardt: $30,000
BJ Penn: $25,000
Tom Murphy: $10,000
Mike Swick: $10,000
David Loiseau: $9,000
Spencer Fisher: $8,000
Yves Edwards: $8,000
Rob Macdonald: $5,000
Joe Doerksen: $5,000
Jason Lambert: $4,000
Mark Hominick: $4,000
Sam Stout: $4,000
Icho Larenas: $3,000
Steve Vigneault: $2,000
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $207,000
Encyclopedia awards
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.[5]
- Fight of the Night: Rich Franklin vs. David Loiseau and Georges St-Pierre vs. B.J. Penn
- Knockout of the Night: Tom Murphy
- Submission of the Night: Mark Hominick