| UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | July 5, 2008 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,990 (9,630 paid) | |||
| Total gate | $3,350,730 | |||
| Buyrate | 540,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin was amixed martial arts (MMA)pay-per-view event held by theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 5, 2008, at theMandalay Bay Events Center inLas Vegas,Nevada.
The main event was betweenQuinton "Rampage" Jackson andForrest Griffin, coaches onThe Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest, and was for Jackson'sUFC Light Heavyweight Championship.[1]
A welterweight bout betweenSteve Bruno andChris Wilson was originally scheduled to take place at this event.[2] However, the fight would be postponed and instead took place atUFC 87 on August 9, 2008.[3]
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | def. | Quinton Jackson (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Patrick Côté | def. | Ricardo Almeida | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Joe Stevenson | def. | Gleison Tibau | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 2:57 | |
| Welterweight | Josh Koscheck | def. | Chris Lytle | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Tyson Griffin | def. | Marcus Aurélio | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Gabriel Gonzaga | def. | Justin McCully | Submission (Americana) | 1 | 1:57 | |
| Lightweight | Melvin Guillard | def. | Dennis Siver | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:36 | |
| Lightweight | Cole Miller | def. | Jorge Gurgel | Submission (triangle choke) | 3 | 4:48 | |
| Lightweight | Justin Buchholz | def. | Corey Hill | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:57 | |
At the end of the night, the UFC awarded $60,000 to each of the fighters who received one of these three awards.[4]
