UFC Fight Night 13
UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon[1] referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 13 was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008[2] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado.[2] The event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on Spike. Fight Night 13 was the first UFC event to be held in Colorado since The Ultimate Ultimate was held in Denver on December 16, 1995.[3] Instead of scheduling a two-hour program usually set for UFC Fight Night cards, the event was a three-hour broadcast, a change due to a letter-writing campaign by MMA fans to Spike.[4]
Stephan Bonnar was originally slated to take on Matt Hamill, but was forced to withdraw when he suffered a complete tear of his left collateral knee ligament during training.[5] He was replaced by Tim Boetsch, who took the fight on only ten days notice. Likewise, a planned bout between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Marcus Aurelio was cancelled due to a shoulder injury Fisher suffered during training.[6] On March 20, 2008, the UFC website announced that newcomer Ryan Roberts was to make his octagon debut on short notice to face Marcus Aurelio as a replacement for the injured Spencer Fisher.
Results
Preliminary card
* Welterweight bout: United States Anthony Johnson vs. United States Tommy Speer
Johnson wins by KO (punch) at 0:51 of round 1. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.
* Welterweight bout: Australia George Sotiropoulos vs. Armenia Roman Mitichyan
Sotiropoulos wins by TKO (strikes) at 2:24 of round 2. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast, though was later aired on an episode of UFC Unleashed.
* Lightweight bout: United States Clay Guida vs. France Samy Schiavo
Guida wins by TKO (strikes) at 4:15 of round 1. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast, though was later aired on an episode of UFC Unleashed.
* Lightweight bout: Armenia Manvel Gamburyan vs. United States Jeff Cox
Gamburyan wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:41 of round 1. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast, though was later aired on an episode of UFC Unleashed.
* Lightweight bout Brazil Marcus Aurelio vs. United States Ryan Roberts
Aurelio wins by submission (armbar) at 0:16 of round 1. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast, though was later aired on an episode of UFC Unleashed.
* Lightweight bout: United States Josh Neer vs. United States Din Thomas
Neer wins by unanimous decision. All 3 judges scored the bout 30-27.
Main card
* Light heavyweight bout: United States Houston Alexander vs. United States James Irvin
Irvin defeats Alexander by TKO (Superman punch) at 0:08 of round 1.
* Lightweight bout: United States Nathan Diaz vs. United States Kurt Pellegrino
Diaz defeats Pellegrino by submission (triangle choke) at 3:06 of round 2.
* Light heavyweight bout: United States Matt Hamill vs. United States Tim Boetsch
Hamill defeats Tim Boetsch by TKO (strikes) at 1:25 of round 2.
* Welterweight bout: Armenia Karo Parisyan vs. Brazil Thiago Alves
Alves defeats Parisyan by TKO (strikes) at 0:34 of round 2.
* Lightweight bout: United States Frank Edgar vs. United States Gray Maynard
Maynard wins by unanimous decision. All 3 judges scored the bout 30-27.
* Lightweight bout: United States Kenny Florian vs. United States Joe Lauzon
Florian defeats Lauzon by TKO (punches) at 3:28 of round 2.
- Fight of the Night: United States Kenny Florian vs. United States Joe Lauzon
- Submission of the Night: United States Nate Diaz
- Knockout of the Night: United States James Irvin
