2004 in UFC

The year 2004 was the 12th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2004 the UFC held 5 events beginning with, UFC 46: Supernatural.

2004 in UFC
Information
First date	Jan 31, 2004
Last date	Oct 22, 2004
Events
Total events	5
UFC	5
Fights
Total fights	39
Title fights	5
Chronology
2003 in UFC 2004 in UFC 2005 in UFC

Title fights

Title fights in 2004
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	B.J. Penn	def.	Matt Hughes (c)	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	4:39	UFC 46: Supernatural	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Vitor Belfort	def.	Randy Couture (c)	TKO (Cut)	1	0:49	UFC 46: Supernatural	[b]
Heavyweight	Frank Mir	def.	Tim Sylvia	Technical Submission (Armbar)	1	0:50	UFC 48: Payback	[c]
Light Heavyweight	Randy Couture	def.	Vitor Belfort (c)	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	3	5:00	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	[d]
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	def.	Georges St-Pierre	Submission (Armbar)	1	4:59	UFC 50: The War Of '04	[e]

1. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
2. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
3. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Referee Herb Dean called a stop to the bout when he noticed a break in Sylvia's arm which appeared to Sylvia and the audience as an early stoppage; it was later revealed that Sylvia had indeed suffered multiple fractures to his right forearm.^[1]
4. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Couture becomes the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion for the second time.
5. For the UFC Welterweight Championship. Hughes becomes the UFC Welterweight champion filling the vacant title. Hughes had previously lost the title to BJ Penn, but Penn had been stripped of the belt after signing with K-1.

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2004:

David Terrell Georges St-Pierre Ivan Menjivar Jay Hieron Jeff Curran Joe Doerksen

Joe Riggs Jonathan Wiezorek Justin Eilers Lee Murray Mike Brown Mike Kyle

Patrick Cote Renato Verissimo Ronald Jhun Travis Lutter Trevor Prangley Wade Shipp

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
055	UFC 50: The War Of '04	Oct 22, 2004	Boardwalk Hall	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	9,000[2]
054	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	Aug 21, 2004	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	12,100[3]
053	UFC 48: Payback	Jun 19, 2004	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,000[4]
052	UFC 47: It's On!	Apr 2, 2004	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,437[5]
051	UFC 46: Supernatural	Jan 31, 2004	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,700[6]

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events