UFC 90




UFC mixed martial arts event in 2008



































UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté

UFC90.jpg
The poster for UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté.

Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date October 25, 2008
Venue Allstate Arena
City
Rosemont, Illinois
Attendance 15,359
Total gate $2,850,000
Buyrate 300,000[1]
Event chronology







UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
 UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté
UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar


UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté was a mixed martial arts (MMA) pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on October 25, 2008 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Bonus awards


  • 4 References


  • 5 See also


  • 6 External links





Background


The main event featured UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs. number #1 contender Patrick Côté. Silva's original opponent was rumored to be Yushin Okami, but the fight was cancelled after Okami suffered a hand injury.


A scheduled bout between Thales Leites and Goran Reljic was scratched from the card due to an injury suffered by Reljic. Drew McFedries was chosen as Reljic's replacement.[3]


Diego Sanchez suffered an injury while preparing for his bout against Thiago Alves and was forced to pull out. Josh Koscheck stepped in to fight instead.[4]


Melvin Guillard was slated to fight Spencer Fisher, but was replaced by Shannon Gugerty.


Ricardo Almeida was replaced by Dan Miller due to an injury.


Marcus Aurélio replaced injured Gleison Tibau.


Future UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos made his UFC debut at this event.



Results




















































































































Main card (PPV)
Weight class


Method
 Round
 Time
 Notes
Middleweight
Anderson Silva (c)
 def.
Patrick Côté
 TKO (knee injury)
 3
 0:39
 [a]
Welterweight
Thiago Alves
 def.
Josh Koscheck
 Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27)
 3
 5:00
Lightweight
Gray Maynard
 def.
Rich Clementi
 Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
 3
 5:00
Heavyweight
Junior dos Santos
 def.
Fabrício Werdum
 KO (punches)
 1
 1:20
Lightweight
Sean Sherk
 def.
Tyson Griffin
 Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
 3
 5:00

Preliminary card
Middleweight
Thales Leites
 def.
Drew McFedries
 Submission (rear-naked choke)
 1
 1:18
Lightweight
Spencer Fisher
 def.
Shannon Gugerty
 Submission (triangle choke)
 3
 3:56
Middleweight
Dan Miller
 def.
Matt Horwich
 Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
 3
 5:00
Lightweight
Hermes França
 def.
Marcus Aurélio
 Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)
 3
 5:00
Welterweight
Pete Sell
 def.
Josh Burkman
 Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)
 3
 5:00




  1. ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.






Bonus awards


All fighters were awarded an extra $65,000.[5]



  • Fight of the Night: Sean Sherk vs. Tyson Griffin

  • Knockout of the Night: Junior dos Santos

  • Submission of the Night: Spencer Fisher



References





  1. ^ "Anderson Silva vs. Cote Tanks on PPV". MMAPayout.com. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2012-08-30..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Alves-Sanchez moving to UFC 90 in Chicago – MMA – Yahoo! Sports


  3. ^ Leites/Reljic bout cancelled | MMAweekly.com


  4. ^ Sherdog


  5. ^ mmafc (2010-01-19). "UFC 90 Weigh-in Results, Salaries, Bonuses, and Medical Suspensions". mmafullcontact.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.




See also




  • Ultimate Fighting Championship

  • List of UFC champions

  • List of UFC events

  • 2008 in UFC



External links



  • UFC 90 Event Site

  • UFC 90 Fight Card









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