UFC 46: Supernatural | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | January 31, 2004 | |||
Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
Attendance | 10,700 [1] | |||
Total gate | $1,377,000 [1] | |||
Buyrate | 80,000 [1] | |||
Total purse | $540,500 [2] | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 46: Supernatural was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.
Headlining the card was a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between Randy Couture and Vitor Belfort. The evening marked the UFC debut of future welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
Main Card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Vitor Belfort | def. | Randy Couture (c) | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 1 | 0:54 | [a] |
Welterweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Matt Hughes (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:37 | [b] |
Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Wes Sims | KO (knee and punches) | 2 | 4:21 | |
Catchweight (175 lb) | Renato Verissimo | def. | Carlos Newton | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Middleweight | Lee Murray | def. | Jorge Rivera | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 1:45 | |
Preliminary card | |||||||
Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | def. | Karo Parisyan | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Josh Thomson | def. | Hermes França | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
Lightweight | Matt Serra | def. | Jeff Curran | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 |
The total fighter payroll for UFC 46 was $540,500. [2]