| UFC 72: Victory | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 72: Victory | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 16, 2007 (2007-6-16) | |||
| Venue | The Odyssey | |||
| City | Belfast,Northern Ireland | |||
| Attendance | 8,000 | |||
| Total gate | £700,000 (approx. $1.2 million)[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 200,000[2] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 72: Victory was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship. The event took place Saturday, June 16, 2007 atThe Odyssey inBelfast,Northern Ireland.[3]
UFC 72 continued theUFC's expansion into Europe, as it was the third event to take place in Europe and the United Kingdom afterUFC 38 in 2002 (Royal Albert Hall in London, United Kingdom) andUFC 70 in April 2007 (MEN Arena inManchester, United Kingdom). The card aired on pay-per-view in North America and viaSetanta Sports in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[4]
Martin Kampmann was scheduled to fightRich Franklin, but was forced to withdraw due to injury.Yushin Okami replaced Kampmann in the main event.[5]
Jake O'Brien was scheduled to fightTom Murphy, but was forced to withdraw due to injury.[6] There was no replacement for O'Brien, and Murphy did not fight on theUFC 72 card.[7]
| Main card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Rich Franklin | def. | Yushin Okami | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | def. | Hector Ramirez | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Jason MacDonald | def. | Rory Singer | TKO (punches and elbows) | 2 | 3:18 | |
| Lightweight | Tyson Griffin | def. | Clay Guida | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Ed Herman | def. | Scott Smith | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:25 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Eddie Sanchez | def. | Colin Robinson | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:32 | |
| Welterweight | Dustin Hazelett | def. | Steven Lynch | Submission (anaconda choke) | 1 | 2:50 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Marcus Davis | def. | Jason Tan | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:15 | |
The bonuses for this event were $40,000 each.:[8]
