| UFC 44: Undisputed | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 44: Undisputed | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 26, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,400 | |||
| Total gate | $127,985 | |||
| Buyrate | 94,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 44: Undisputed was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on September 26, 2003, at theMandalay Bay Events Center in theLas Vegas suburb ofParadise, Nevada. The event was broadcast live onpay-per-view in theUnited States, and later released onDVD.
Headlining the card was aLight Heavyweight Championship unification bout betweenTito Ortiz andRandy Couture. The total fighter payroll for the event was $467,500.[1] The ring interviewer wasEddie Bravo. UFC 44 marked the first UFC appearance of future Welterweight Strikeforce ChampionNick Diaz.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Randy Couture (ic) | def. | Tito Ortiz (c) | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia (c) | def. | Gan McGee | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:54 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski | def. | Vladimir Matyushenko | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:59 | |
| Middleweight | Jorge Rivera | def. | David Loiseau | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Rich Franklin | def. | Edwin Dewees | TKO (punches and knees) | 1 | 3:35 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Welterweight | Karo Parisyan | def. | Dave Strasser | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 3:52 | |
| Lightweight | Josh Thomson | def. | Gerald Strebendt | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:45 | |
| Welterweight | Nick Diaz | def. | Jeremy Jackson | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 2:04 | |
| Lightweight | Hermes França | def. | Caol Uno | KO (punch) | 2 | 2:46 | |
