| UFC 54: Boiling Point | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 54: Boiling Point | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | August 20, 2005 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Arena | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 13,520 (Paid: 11,634)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,336,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 150,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 54: Boiling Point was amixed martial arts event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship on August 20, 2005, at theMGM Grand Arena inLas Vegas,Nevada. The event was broadcast live onpay-per-view in theUnited States, and later released onDVD.
AUFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between reigning championChuck Liddell andJeremy Horn served as the event’s headliner.
| Main Card | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell (c) | def. | Jeremy Horn | TKO (punches) | 4 | 2:46 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia | def. | Tra Telligman | KO (head kick) | 1 | 4:59 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Mike Van Arsdale | Submission (anaconda choke) | 3 | 0:52 | |
| Welterweight | Diego Sanchez | def. | Brian Gassaway | TKO (submission to punches) | 2 | 1:56 | |
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | def. | Frank Trigg | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:09 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Matt Lindland | def. | Joe Doerksen | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Middleweight | Trevor Prangley | def. | Travis Lutter | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | James Irvin | def. | Terry Martin | KO (flying knee) | 2 | 0:09 | [c] |
The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titledUFC Encyclopedia.[2]
