UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin
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Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateJuly 5, 2008
VenueMandalay Bay Events Center
CityLas Vegas, Nevada
Attendance10,990 (9,630 paid)
Total gate$3,350,730
Buyrate540,000
Event chronology
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin

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.

Background

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.[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

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 [lower-alpha 1]
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

Bonus awards

At the end of the night, the UFC awarded $60,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[4]

See also

References

  1. "UFC 86 Official Fight Card". Ultimate Fighting Championship. 2008-04-05. Archived from the original on 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  2. "Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno UFC 86 fight booked". mmamania.com. May 2, 2008.
  3. "Chris Wilson vs. Steve Bruno Moved To UFC 87". mmafrenzy.com. May 27, 2008.
  4. "UFC 86 bonuses for 'Jackson vs Griffin' PPV fights". MMAmania. 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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