UFC 48: Payback

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

Background

UFC 48: Payback was an 8-bout fight card that was held on June 19, 2004 at the Mandalay Bay Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The card aired live on pay-per-view and was headlined by a heavyweight bout between UFC Hall of Famer, Ken Shamrock and UFC legend, Kimo Leopoldo.

A bout for the vacant heavyweight championship between former champion, Tim Sylvia and Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt, Frank Mir served as a co-main event.

Fight Card

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Bout: Trevor Prangley vs. Curtis Stout
Lightweight Bout: Matt Serra vs. Ivan Menjivar
Welterweight Bout: Georges St. Pierre vs. Jay Hieron

Main Card

Middleweight Bout: Phil Baroni vs. Evan Tanner
Welterweight Bout: Frank Trigg vs. Dennis Hallman
Welterweight Bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renato Verissimo
Heavyweight Championship Bout: Tim Sylvia vs. Frank Mir
Heavyweight Bout: Ken Shamrock vs. Kimo Leopoldo

Pre-Event Notes

Shamrock and Kimo will meet in a rematch from their UFC 8 clash back in 1996.

Tim Sylvia and Frank Mir will fight for the vacant heavyweight championship that was vacated after Sylvia tested positive for Stanzonol after his title defense against Gan McGee at UFC 44.

Phil Baroni and Evan Tanner meet for a second time after their first fight was controversially stopped at UFC 45. A miscommunication between referee Larry Landless and Baroni saw the fight prematurely stopped. Landless later issued an apology to Baroni.

"Lightning" Lee Murray was to face Curtis Stout on the show's undercard but travel issues kept him out. He was replaced by South African, Trevor Prangley.

GSP was meant to face Jason "Mayhem" Miller on the card but legal issues kept Mayhem out of the cage and he was replaced by newcomer, Jay Hieron.

Results

Preliminary Card

Middleweight Bout: Trevor Prangley defs. Curtis Stout via submission (neck crank) at 1:05 of round 2.
Lightweight Bout: Matt Serra defs. Ivan Menjivar via unanimous decision (30-27 x3).
Welterweight Bout: Georges St. Pierre defs. Jay Hieron via TKO (punches) at 1:42 of round 1.

Main Card

Middleweight Bout: Evan Tanner defs. Phil Baroni via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
Welterweight Bout: Frank Trigg defs. Dennis Hallman via TKO (punches) at 4:15 of round 1.
Welterweight Bout: Matt Hughes defs. Renato Verissimo via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).
Heavyweight Championship Bout: Frank Mir defs. Tim Sylvia via technical submission (armbar) at :50 of round 1.

Sylvia unwisely countered a Mir body kick with a takedown and then tried to lay down some ground and pound. Mir immediately capitalized by trapping the arm, swinging off the cage and locking it tight. Sylvia tried to slam out of it but the hold was too much and the arm visibly snapped at the forearm. Referee Herb Dean correctly stopped the bout giving Mir the heavyweight belt.

Heavyweight Bout: Ken Shamrock defs. Kimo Leopoldo via KO (knee) at 1:26 of round 1.

Kimo rushed Shamrock into the fence to start the bout. Once the fight moved off the fence Shamrock landed a nice clean knee to Kimo's jaw that put him down and out.