UFC 49

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title: "UFC 49" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ultimate-fighting-championship-flagship-events", "2004-in-mixed-martial-arts", "2004-in-sports-in-nevada", "ultimate-fighting-championship-events-at-mgm-grand-garden-arena", "august-2004-sports-events-in-the-united-states"] description: "UFC mixed martial arts event in 2004" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_49" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary UFC mixed martial arts event in 2004 ::

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Field	Value
name	UFC 49: Unfinished Business
image	UFC49.jpg
promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
date	August 21, 2004
venue	MGM Grand Arena
city	Las Vegas, Nevada
attendance	12,100 (paid 8,597)
gate	$1,293,035
buyrate	80,000
purse	$535,000{{cite web
publisher	Ivan's Blog
previousevent	UFC 48: Payback
followingevent	UFC 50: The War of '04
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| name = UFC 49: Unfinished Business | image =UFC49.jpg | promotion = Ultimate Fighting Championship | date = August 21, 2004 | venue = MGM Grand Arena | city = Las Vegas, Nevada | attendance = 12,100 (paid 8,597) | gate = $1,293,035 | buyrate = 80,000 | purse = $535,000{{cite web|url=http://www.ivansblog.com/2004/10/mixed-martial-arts-full-breakdown-of.html|title=Full Breakdown of Fighter Salaries for UFC 46, UFC 47, UFC 48, and UFC 49 |publisher=Ivan's Blog|work=MMAWeekly.com|date=2004-10-17|access-date=2012-10-21|last=Trembow|first=Ivan}} | previousevent = UFC 48: Payback | followingevent = UFC 50: The War of '04

UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.

History

It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.

This event featured the last UFC fight in the lightweight division until UFC 58 on March 4, 2006.

Results

| Light Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Vitor Belfort (c) | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 3 | 5:00 | For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. | Middleweight | Joe Riggs | def. | Joe Doerksen | TKO (submission to elbows) | 2 | 3:39 | | Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | def. | Vernon White | KO (punch) | 1 | 4:05 | | Middleweight | David Terrell | def. | Matt Lindland | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:24 | | Heavyweight | Justin Eilers | def. | Mike Kyle | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:14 | | Welterweight | Chris Lytle | def. | Ronald Jhun | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 1:17 | | Welterweight | Karo Parisyan | def. | Nick Diaz | Decision (split) (29–28, 30–27, 28–29) | 3 | 5:00 | | Lightweight | Yves Edwards | def. | Josh Thomson | KO (flying head kick and punches) | 1 | 4:32 |

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled UFC Encyclopedia.

• Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White
• Knockout of the Night: David Terrell
• Submission of the Night: Chris Lytle

References

References

1. "UFC 49: Unfinished Business". Tapology.com.
2. "UFC 46 - Supernatural". Sherdog.com.
3. Gerbasi, Thomas. (2011-10-17). "UFC Encyclopedia - The Definitive Guide to the Ultimate Fighting Championship". DK.

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