| UFC 48: Payback | ||||
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The poster for UFC 48: Payback
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 19, 2004 | |||
| Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center | |||
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Attendance | 10,000 (Paid: 6,528)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $901,655[1] | |||
| Buyrate | 110,000[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 48: Payback was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 19, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Events CenterinLas Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and was later released on DVD.
The featured contestants of the evening were Ken Shamrock and Kimo Leopoldo, who had met once before in 1996 in a UFC title fight at UFC 8, with Shamrock reigning victorious. The event was very successful, as it drew more pay per view buys than the highly anticipated match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz one event earlier at UFC 47.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Ken Shamrock | def. | Kimo Leopoldo | KO (knee) | 1 | 1:26 | |
| Welterweight | Frank Trigg | def. | Dennis Hallman | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:15 | |
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Tim Sylvia | Technical Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:50 | [a] |
| Welterweight | Matt Hughes | def. | Renato Verissimo | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Evan Tanner | def. | Phil Baroni | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Matt Serra | def. | Ivan Menjivar | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Trevor Prangley | def. | Curtis Stout | Submission (neck crank) | 2 | 1:05 | |
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre | def. | Jay Hieron | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:42 | [b] |
The total fighter payroll for UFC 48 was $586,000.[3]
