UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

 on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena

MGM Grand Arena

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 in Paradise, Nevada

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. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view

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 in the United States

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, and later released on DVD

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.

History

It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort

Vitor Belfort

Vítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...

 and Randy Couture

Randy Couture

Randy Duane Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46

UFC 46

UFC 46: Supernatural was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.-History:Headlining the card was a...

.

The total fighter payroll for UFC 49 was $535,000.

This event featured the last UFC fight in the lightweight division until UFC 58

UFC 58

UFC 58: USA vs Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States....

 on March 4, 2006.

Preliminary card

• Lightweight bout:   Yves Edwards
  Yves Edwards
  |-| Win| align="center" | 41-17-1| Rafaello Oliveira| TKO | UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson| | align="center" | 2| align="center" | 2:44| Washington, D.C||-| Loss| align="center" | 40-17-1| Sam Stout| KO...
  
   vs.   Josh Thomson
  Josh Thomson
  Joshua Joseph Thomson is an American mixed martial arts fighter training with American Kickboxing Academy. He has fought in Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships and America's UFC, as well as Strikeforce and the World Fighting Alliance. Thomson is a former Strikeforce World Lightweight Champion...
  
  

Edwards wins by knockout (head kick) at 4:31 of round one.

• Welterweight bout:   Karo Parisyan
  Karo Parisyan
  Karapet Parisyan is an Armenian-American mixed martial artist. From his days as a UFC mainstay Karo holds notable wins over Ryo Chonan, Shonie Carter, Drew Fickett, Matt Serra, Nick Thompson, Chris Lytle, Nick Diaz and Antonio McKee.- Early life:...
  
   vs.   Nick Diaz
  Nick Díaz
  Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...
  
  

Parisyan wins by split decision. Judges score the bout 28–29, 29–28 and 30–27.

• Welterweight bout:   Chris Lytle
  Chris Lytle
  Chris Scott Lytle is a retired American mixed martial artist, boxer and a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Lytle was prominently featured as a welterweight on The Ultimate Fighter 4: The Comeback. In Chris's MMA and boxing career he was never knocked out or submitted, though he did...
  
   vs.   Ronald Jhun

Lytle wins by submission (guillotine choke

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) at 1:17 of round two

Main card

• Heavyweight bout:   Justin Eilers
  Justin Eilers
  Justin Mark Eilers was an American professional mixed martial artist, formerly with the UFC and WEC. Eilers trained with Miletich Fighting Systems in Bettendorf, Iowa.-Biography:...
  
   vs.   Mike Kyle
  Mike Kyle
  Mike Kyle is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a light heavyweight and heavyweight. He fights primarily for Strikeforce and King of the Cage. He is the King of the Cage Light Heavyweight champion...
  
  

Eilers wins by knockout (punches) at 1:14 of round one.

• Middleweight bout:   David Terrell
  David Terrell (fighter)
  David Michael Terrell is a retired American mixed martial artist from Santa Rosa, California. A black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Cesar Gracie, no one has scored a point against Terrell in a grappling match...
  
   vs.   Matt Lindland
  Matt Lindland
  Matthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....
  
  

David Terrell wins by knockout at :24 in round one.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Chuck Liddell
  Chuck Liddell
  Charles David "Chuck" Liddell is a retired American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion. Liddell has an extensive striking background in Kempo, Koei-Kan karate and kickboxing, as well as a grappling background in collegiate wrestling.As of his...
  
   vs.   Vernon White
  Vernon White
  Vernon Verdell White is a professional mixed martial arts fighter who has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship , Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, King of the Cage, Pancrase, and the International Fight League . He lives in California, and belongs to the fighting team The Lion's...
  
  

Liddell wins by knockout (punch) at 4:05 of round one.

• Middleweight bout:   Joe Riggs
  Joe Riggs
  Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed at weights ranging from Heavyweight down to Welterweight. Currently, Riggs fights as a Middleweight.-Background:...
  
   vs.   Joe Doerksen
  Joe Doerksen
  Joseph Daniel Doerksen is a Canadian mixed martial artist from New Bothwell, Manitoba. He is a former middleweight contender of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and a veteran of the International Fight League...
  
  

Riggs wins by submission (strikes) at 3:39 of round two.

• Light Heavyweight Championship bout:   Vitor Belfort
  Vitor Belfort
  Vítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...
  
   (c) vs.   Randy Couture
  Randy Couture
  Randy Duane Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist, Greco-Roman wrestler, actor, a three-time former heavyweight champion, two-time former light-heavyweight champion, former interim light heavyweight champion and UFC 13 tournament winner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Couture wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at the end of round three. Couture becomes the UFC Light Heavyweight champion for the second time.

Fighter Payroll

Randy Couture: $225,000 ($150,000 for fighting; $75,000 win bonus)

Chuck Liddell: $120,000 ($60,000 for fighting; $60,000 win bonus)

Vitor Belfort: $100,000 ($100,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $40,000)

Matt Lindland: $20,000 ($20,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $20,000)

Yves Edwards: $14,000 ($7,000 for fighting; $7,000 win bonus)

David Terrell: $8,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $5,000 win bonus)

Josh Thomson: $6,000 ($6,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $6,000)

Nick Diaz: $6,000 ($6,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $5,000)

Justin Eilers: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)

Chris Lytle: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)

Karo Parisyan: $6,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $3,000 win bonus)

Joe Riggs: $5,000 ($3,000 for fighting; $2,000 win bonus)

Mike Kyle: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)

Vernon White: $4,000 ($4,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $4,000)

Ronald Jhun: $3,000 ($3,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $3,000)

Joe Doerksen: $2,000 ($2,000 for fighting; win bonus would have been $2,000)

Sources

• UFC 49: Unfinished Business Results on Sherdog.com
• "Ultimate Fighting Championship Cards" on Wrestling Information Archives
• UFC 49 Fighter Salaries
• NSAC Results for UFC 49