| UFC 41: Onslaught | ||||
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The poster for UFC 41: Onslaught | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | February 28, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Boardwalk Hall | |||
| City | Atlantic City,New Jersey | |||
| Attendance | 11,707[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 41: Onslaught was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on February 28, 2003, at theBoardwalk Hall inAtlantic City,New Jersey. The event was broadcast live onpay-per-view in theUnited States, and later released onDVD.
UFC 41 featured two championship bouts, aHeavyweight Championship Bout betweenRicco Rodriguez andTim Sylvia, and aLightweight Championship Bout betweenB.J. Penn andCaol Uno. The event also marked the return ofTank Abbott to theUFC.Ken Shamrock served as the color commentator for this card.
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia | def. | Ricco Rodriguez (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:09 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Tank Abbott | Submission (toe hold) | 1 | 0:46 | |
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn | vs. | Caol Uno | Draw (split) (48–46, 47–48, 48–48) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Matt Lindland | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Vladimir Matyushenko | def. | Pedro Rizzo | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Din Thomas | def. | Matt Serra | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Heavyweight | Gan McGee | def. | Alexandre Dantas | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:49 | |
| Lightweight | Yves Edwards | def. | Rich Clementi | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 4:07 | |
| Semifinals | Finals (UFC 41) | ||||||||
| B.J. Penn | DU | ||||||||
| Matt Serra | 3 | ||||||||
| B.J. Penn | DS1 | ||||||||
| Caol Uno | 15:00 | ||||||||
| Caol Uno | DU | ||||||||
| Din Thomas | 3 | ||||||||
1 In UFC 41,B.J. Penn andCaol Uno had a split draw. (48-46, 47-48, 48-48). There was no champion.
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titledUFC Encyclopedia.[2]