| UFC 55: Fury | ||||
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The poster for UFC 55: Fury
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 7, 2005 | |||
| Venue | Mohegan Sun Arena | |||
| City | Uncasville, Connecticut | |||
| Attendance | 8,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 125,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 55: Fury was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 7, 2005 at the Mohegan Sun ArenainUncasville, Connecticut. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD. This would be the last UFC to air live on a Friday until UFC 141, which aired on December 30, 2011.
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Andrei Arlovski (c) | def. | Paul Buentello | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:15 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Branden Lee Hinkle | def. | Sean Gannon | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:14 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | def. | Elvis Sinosic | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:22 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Renato Sobral | def. | Chael Sonnen | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 1:20 | |
| Welterweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Chris Lytle | TKO (cut) | 2 | 2:00 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Middleweight | Jorge Rivera | def. | Dennis Hallman | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Heavyweight | Marcio Cruz | def. | Keigo Kunihara | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:02 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Alessio Sakara | vs. | Ron Faircloth | No Contest (groin kick) | 2 | 0:10 | [c] |
