| UFC 50: The War of '04 | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 50: The War of '04 | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 22, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Trump Plaza | |||
| City | Atlantic City,New Jersey | |||
| Attendance | 9,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 40,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 50: The War of '04 was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on October 22, 2004, at theTrump Plaza inAtlantic City, New Jersey. The event was broadcast live onpay-per-view in theUnited States, and later released onDVD.
Headlining the card wereTito Ortiz andPatrick Côté. Côté was a late replacement forLion's Den fighterGuy Mezger, who pulled out of the event after being taken to the hospital due tostroke-like symptoms.[1] Patrick Côté was moved from the undercard to the main event.
The event included another episode of "On The Mat", teaching theKimura. This event was also featured on the first season ofThe Ultimate Fighter.
This event became notable due to the announcement of the reality-based seriesThe Ultimate Fighter byDana White, which premiered in January the following year.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Tito Ortiz | def. | Patrick Côté | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Rich Franklin | def. | Jorge Rivera | Submission (armbar) | 3 | 4:28 | |
| Welterweight | Matt Hughes | def. | Georges St-Pierre | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:59 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Frank Trigg | def. | Renato Verissimo | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 2:11 | |
| Middleweight | Evan Tanner | def. | Robbie Lawler | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 2:22 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Ivan Salaverry | def. | Tony Fryklund | Submission (body triangle) | 1 | 1:36 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Travis Lutter | def. | Marvin Eastman | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:43 | [b] |
