| UFC 80: Rapid Fire | ||||
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The poster for UFC 80: Rapid Fire
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | 19 January 2008 | |||
| Venue | Metro Radio Arena | |||
| City | Newcastle, United Kingdom | |||
| Attendance | 8,412 | |||
| Total gate | $1,250,000 | |||
| Buyrate | 225,000 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 80: Rapid Fire was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on 19 January 2008 at the Metro Radio ArenainNewcastle, United Kingdom.[1]
The main event was originally scheduled as an interim lightweight championship fight; however, then-lightweight champion Sean Sherk was stripped of his title after the California State Athletic Commission upheld his suspension for testing positive for the anabolic steroid Nandrolone. With the lightweight championship vacated, the Penn vs. Stevenson bout was altered to be for the undisputed lightweight championship.[2]
| Main card (PPV) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Joe Stevenson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:02 | [a] |
| Heavyweight | Fabrício Werdum | def. | Gabriel Gonzaga | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:34 | |
| Welterweight | Marcus Davis | def. | Jess Liaudin | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:04 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Wilson Gouveia | def. | Jason Lambert | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:37 |
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| Middleweight | Jorge Rivera | def. | Kendall Grove | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:20 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Lightweight | Sam Stout | def. | Per Eklund | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Alessio Sakara | def. | James Lee | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:30 | [b] |
| Welterweight | Paul Kelly | def. | Paul Taylor | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | [c] |
| Heavyweight | Antoni Hardonk | def. | Colin Robinson | TKO (leg kicks) | 1 | 0:17 | [d] |
At the end of the event, $35,000 was awarded to each fighter who received one of these three awards.[3]
