UFC 47: It's On!

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1 Background
2 Fight Card
3 Pre-Event Notes
4 Results
5 UFC Event Chronology
6 External Links

Background

UFC 47: It's On! was an 8-bout fight card that was held on April 2, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The card aired live on pay-per-view and was headlined by a light heavyweight grudge match between former champion, Tito Ortiz and former title challenger, Chuck Liddell.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Genki Sudo vs. Mike Brown
Heavyweight Bout: Jonathan Wiezorek vs. Wade Shipp
Heavyweight Bout: Mike Kyle vs. Wes Sims

Main Card

Welterweight Bout: Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler
Heavyweight Bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Wesley "Cabbage" Correira
Lightweight Bout: Yves Edwards vs. Hermes Franca
Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle vs. Tiki Ghosn
Light Heavyweight Bout: Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell

Pre-Event Notes

The Tito Ortiz/Chuck Liddell fight is a much awaited and anticipated grudge match that stemmed from what Liddell believed to be Ortiz ducking him while he was champion. Ortiz refutes this saying that he and Liddell had a pact never to fight each other as they were friends.

Liddell had been the established number one contender since before Tito fought Ken Shamrock at UFC 40, but gave up his shot in order to make way for Shamrock to return. After Ortiz defeated Shamrock, Liddell was to get the next shot but Ortiz did not defend his belt and an interim title was set up with Liddell and Randy Couture contesting it. Couture defeated Liddell putting the Ortiz match on the backburner but after Couture defeated Ortiz this bout was set up to create the definitive No.1 contender.

Andrei Arlovski was to face Tim Sylvia but trace amounts of an illegal substance (stanzonol) were still present in Sylvia after he tested postive following his UFC 44 title victory over Gan McGee and he was forced out of the bout a day before the event.

Wes Sims stepped in on short notice to face Mike Kyle who was left without an opponent after Cabbage stepped in to face Arlovski.

Results

Preliminary Card

Lightweight Bout: Genki Sudo defs. Mike Brown via submission (triangle choke) at 3:31 of round 1.
Heavyweight Bout: Jonathan Wiezorek defs. Wade Shipp via TKO at 4:39 of round 1.
Heavyweight Bout: Mike Kyle defs. Wes Sims via KO at 4:59 of round 1.

Main Card

Welterweight Bout: Nick Diaz defs. Robbie Lawler via KO (punch) at 2:31 of round 2.
Heavyweight Bout: Andrei Arlovski defs. Wesley "Cabbage" Correira via TKO (strikes) at 1:15 of round 2.
Lightweight Bout: Yves Edwards defs. Hermes Franca via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle defs. Tiki Ghosn via submission (bulldog choke) at 1:55 of round 2.
Light Heavyweight Bout: Chuck Liddell defs. Tito Ortiz via TKO (punches) at :38 of round 2.

After a tentative first round turned in by both fighters, Liddell turned it on in the second as he unleashed a hellacious combination of punches against Ortiz while he was against the fence that knocked him down and then out.