UFC 74 Respect

Date
Sat 25th August 2007 (UTC)
Sat 25th August 2007 (Local)

Timestamp
2007-08-25T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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UFC

Season
2007

Round
12

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UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 25, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Background
The main event was a UFC Heavyweight Championship bout which featured champion Randy Couture defending his title against Gabriel Gonzaga, who knocked out Mirko Filipović at UFC 70 to become the number one contender.

Former UFC and TKO Major League MMA welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, in his first fight since losing his title to Matt Serra at UFC 69, was matched up against The Ultimate Fighter's Josh Koscheck.

The card also featured former heavyweight champion Frank Mir against K-1 veteran Antoni Hardonk; The Ultimate Fighter 3's winner Kendall Grove; the UFC debut of PRIDE veteran Marcus Aurélio; The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner Joe Stevenson; and former light heavyweight challenger Renato Sobral.

Despite winning his bout, Sobral was fined $25,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because he did not immediately follow referee's directions for releasing his chokehold after David Heath tapped. Due to the controversial manner in which the bout was stopped, Sobral was subsequently released from his UFC contract. Future UFC Heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has said in an interview with ESPN that he wanted to fight in the UFC but Dana White wouldn't take his calls. He then said that he went to this event and after the show was over he jumped the barricade, avoided security, and introduced himself to White.

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Result List

01	Gabriel Gonzaga	LOSS
01	Randy Couture	WIN

02	Georges St-Pierre	WIN
02	Josh Koscheck	LOSS

03	Roger Huerta	WIN
03	Alberto Crane	LOSS

04	Joe Stevenson	WIN
04	Kurt Pellegrino	LOSS

05	Patrick Cote	WIN
05	Kendall Grove	LOSS

06	David Heath	LOSS
06	Renato Sobral	WIN

07	Frank Mir	WIN
07	Antoni Hardonk	LOSS

Result Description
Main card (PPV)
Heavyweight Randy Couture (c) def. Gabriel Gonzaga TKO (punches) 3 1:37
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre def. Josh Koscheck Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) 3 5:00
Lightweight Roger Huerta def. Alberto Crane TKO (punches) 3 1:50
Lightweight Joe Stevenson def. Kurt Pellegrino Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) 3 5:00
Middleweight Patrick Côté def. Kendall Grove KO (punches) 1 4:45

Preliminary card
Light Heavyweight Renato Sobral def. David Heath Technical submission (anaconda choke) 2 3:30
Heavyweight Frank Mir def. Antoni Hardonk Submission (kimura) 1 1:17
Middleweight Thales Leites def. Ryan Jensen Submission (armbar) 1 3:47
Lightweight Clay Guida def. Marcus Aurélio Decision (split) (30–27, 28–29, 30–27) 3 5:00

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