| UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | May 27, 2006 | |||
| Venue | Staples Center | |||
| City | Los Angeles,California | |||
| Attendance | 14,802 (10,347 paid) | |||
| Total gate | $2,900,090 | |||
| Buyrate | 620,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 60: Hughes vs. Gracie was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on May 27, 2006.[2][3] The event took place at theStaples Center, inLos Angeles, California and was broadcast live onpay-per-view in theUnited States andCanada.
Headlining the card was a non-titlecatchweight (175 lb) match between then-currentUFC Welterweight ChampionMatt Hughes, andUFC Hall of FamerRoyce Gracie, the winner ofUFC 1,UFC 2 andUFC 4. This was Gracie's first match in theUFC and in theUnited States sinceUFC 5.
The event drew 620,000 buys, becoming the best-sellingpay-per-view inUFC history up to that point, and the first to break the $20 million mark in gross PPV sales.[4]
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Catchweight (175 lb) | Matt Hughes | def. | Royce Gracie | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:39 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Dean Lister | def. | Alessio Sakara | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:20 | |
| Welterweight | Diego Sanchez | def. | John Alessio | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Brandon Vera | def. | Assuério Silva | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:39 | |
| Middleweight | Mike Swick | def. | Joe Riggs | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:19 | |
| Preliminary Card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jeremy Horn | def. | Chael Sonnen | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 1:17 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Spencer Fisher | def. | Matt Wiman | KO (flying knee) | 2 | 1:43 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Gabriel Gonzaga | def. | Fabiano Scherner | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:24 | |
| Lightweight | Melvin Guillard | def. | Rick Davis | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:37 | |
Royce Gracie: $400,000
Matt Hughes: $110,000
Jeremy Horn: $70,000
Brandon Vera: $32,000
Diego Sanchez: $24,000
Mike Swick: $14,000
Spencer Fisher: $14,000
Joe Riggs: $12,000
Gabriel Gonzaga: $10,000
Melvin Guillard: $10,000
Alessio Sakara: $10,000
Dean Lister: $10,000
Assuerio Silva: $8,000
Chael Sonnen: $5,000
Fabiano Scherner: $3,000
Matt Wiman: $3,000
John Alessio: $3,000
Rick Davis: $2,000
Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $740,000
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titledUFC Encyclopedia.[6]
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