UFC 54: Boiling Point was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

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 event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

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 on August 20, 2005, at the MGM Grand Arena

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 in Las Vegas

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, 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

Headlining the card were 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...

, the Light Heavyweight champion, and Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Graham Horn is an American mixed martial artist. He is one of the most experienced fighters in the sport with a professional record of 88–21–5...

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Preliminary card

• Light Heavyweight bout:   James Irvin
  James Irvin (fighter)
  James Lee Irvin is an American mixed martial artist who has competed as a Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, and currently as a Heavyweight. He is a former World Extreme Cagefighting heavyweight champion...
  
   vs.   Terry Martin
  Terry Martin (fighter)
  Terry Martin is an American mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois.Martin made his professional boxing debut on April 12, 2008, and defeated Ricardo Upchurch by knockout in 40 seconds. Martin won his next three bouts via knockout or technical knockout.- Early life :Martin grew up on the west...
  
  

Irvin wins by knockout from a flying knee at :09 of round two. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

• Middleweight bout:   Trevor Prangley
  Trevor Prangley
  Trevor Prangley is a South African mixed martial artist who currently fights for Strikeforce. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions...
  
   vs.   Travis Lutter
  Travis Lutter
  Travis S. Lutter is an American mixed martial artist who won the The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. His UFC record, not including his exhibition wins on The Ultimate Fighter 4, is 2–4...
  
  

Prangley wins by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 29–27, 29–26, and 29–27. This bout was preliminary, and was not aired on the broadcast.

• Middleweight bout:   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....
  
   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...
  
  

Lindland wins by unanimous decision. The judges scored the bout 30–27, 29–28, and 30–27. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

Main card

• Welterweight bout:   Georges St-Pierre
  Georges St. Pierre
  Georges St-Pierre , often referred to as GSP, is a Canadian mixed martial artist and the current Welterweight Champion of the UFC. St-Pierre is ranked as the No. 1 Welterweight in the world according to Sherdog, MMAWeekly and numerous other publications. St-Pierre is ranked the No. 2 pound for...
  
   vs.   Frank Trigg
  Frank Trigg
  Dewey Franklin Trigg III is an American mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler and co-host of MMAWeekly radio show and TAGG radio show...
  
  

St. Pierre wins by submission (rear naked choke

Rear naked choke

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) at 4:07 of round one.

• Welterweight bout:   Diego Sanchez
  Diego Sánchez
  Diego J. Sanchez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent, with a background in wrestling and Gaidojutsu, system of submission wrestling developed by his longtime trainer Greg Jackson...
  
   vs   Brian Gassaway

Sanchez wins by submission (strikes) at 1:56 of round two.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   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...
  
   vs.   Mike van Arsdale
  Mike van Arsdale
  Mike van Arsdale is an American mixed martial artist who has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Couture wins by submission (anaconda choke) at :52 of round three.

• Heavyweight bout:   Tim Sylvia
  Tim Sylvia
  Timothy Deane Sylvia is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter, professional wrestler, and former Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion. He trains as a member of the Miletich Fighting Systems camp and is part of their MFSE group...
  
   vs.   Tra Telligman
  Tra Telligman
  Tracy Telligman is a retired American mixed martial artist and boxer who has fought in Japan, Russia and the USA...
  
  

Sylvia wins by knockout (head kick) at 4:59 of round one.

• Light Heavyweight Championship 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...
  
   (c) vs.   Jeremy Horn
  Jeremy Horn
  Jeremy Graham Horn is an American mixed martial artist. He is one of the most experienced fighters in the sport with a professional record of 88–21–5...
  
  

Liddell, successfully defends his title and wins by TKO (Punches) at 2:46 of round four. At that time, Horn informed the referee that he could no longer see properly, and the official called the bout.

Fighter Payouts

Randy Couture: $225,000 ($150,000 to fight, $75,000 to win)

Chuck Liddell: $160,000 ($80,000 to fight; $80,000 to win)

Tim Sylvia: $80,000 ($40,000 to fight; $40,000 win)

Matt Lindland: $30,000 ($15,000 to fight; $15,000 to win)

Georges St-Pierre: $28,000 ($13,000 to fight; $15,000 to win)

Jeremy Horn: $25,000

Diego Sanchez: $24,000 ($12,000 to fight; $12,000 to win)

Mike Van Arsdale: $15,000

Frank Trigg: $14,000

Tra Telligman: $9,000

James Irvin: $6,000 ($3,000 to fight, $3,000 to win)

Trevor Prangley: $6,000 ($3,000 to fight, $3,000 to win)

Joe Doerksen: $5,000

Travis Lutter: $4,000

Brian Gassaway: $2,000

Terry Martin: $2,000

Total Fighter Payouts: $635,000

Sources

• UFC 54: Boiling Point Results on Sherdog.com
• "Ultimate Fighting Championship Cards" on Wrestling Information Archives
• UFC 54 Fighter Salaries