| UFC 77: Hostile Territory | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 77: Hostile Territory | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 20, 2007 | |||
| Venue | U.S. Bank Arena | |||
| City | Cincinnati,Ohio | |||
| Attendance | 16,054 | |||
| Total gate | $2,540,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 325,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 77: Hostile Territory was amixed martial artsevent held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event took place on Saturday, October 20, 2007, at theU.S. Bank Arena inCincinnati,Ohio.
The main event featuredAnderson Silva defending hisMiddleweight Championship against Cincinnati native and former championRich Franklin in a rematch of their October 2006 meeting atUFC 64, which Silva won bytechnical knockout.[2] The name "Hostile Territory" came from the defense of Anderson Silva's UFCmiddleweight title against Cincinnati native Rich Franklin.[3]
The co-main event was aheavyweight match-up between former two-timeHeavyweight ChampionTim Sylvia and undefeatedBrandon Vera.[4]
Before the Vera vs. Sylvia fight, former amateurwrestler andWWE wrestlerBrock Lesnar announced he had signed with the UFC.[5]
The scores for theBlack vs.Grice match were initially announced as 29–28 for Black, 29–28 for Grice, and 28–28, and the bout was ruled a split draw. An announcement was then made in the arena that the scores had been miscalculated and Grice was awarded the victory.
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva (c) | def. | Rich Franklin | TKO (knees) | 2 | 1:07 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Tim Sylvia | def. | Brandon Vera | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Alvin Robinson | def. | Jorge Gurgel | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–27, 29–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Stephan Bonnar | def. | Eric Schafer | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:47 | |
| Middleweight | Alan Belcher | def. | Kalib Starnes | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2 | 1:39 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Yushin Okami | def. | Jason MacDonald | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Demian Maia | def. | Ryan Jensen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:40 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Josh Burkman | def. | Forrest Petz | Decision (split) (29–28, 29–28, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Matt Grice | def. | Jason Black | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $40,000 bonuses.[6]
