UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon^[2] (also known as UFC Fight Night 13) was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 2, 2008,^[3] at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado, United States.^[3]

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 2, 2008
Venue	Broomfield Event Center
City	Broomfield, Colorado
Attendance	6,742[1]
Total gate	$753,429[1]
Event chronology
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2

Background

The event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on Spike. 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 petition from Sherdog Forums and a letter-writing campaign by MMA fans to Spike.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6] He was replaced by Tim Boetsch, who took the fight on only ten days notice.

A planned bout between lightweights Spencer Fisher and Marcus Aurélio was cancelled due to a shoulder injury Fisher suffered during training.^[7] On March 20, 2008, the UFC website announced that newcomer Ryan Roberts was to make his octagon debut on short notice to face Marcus Aurélio as a replacement for the injured Spencer Fisher.

This event also marked the first bout of a series of fights between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.

Results

Main card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Kenny Florian	def.	Joe Lauzon	TKO (punches)	2	3:28
Lightweight	Gray Maynard	def.	Frankie Edgar	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Thiago Alves	def.	Karo Parisyan	TKO (punches)	2	0:34
Light Heavyweight	Matt Hamill	def.	Tim Boetsch	TKO (punches)	2	1:25
Lightweight	Nate Diaz	def.	Kurt Pellegrino	Submission (triangle choke)	2	3:06
Light Heavyweight	James Irvin	def.	Houston Alexander	KO (superman punch)	1	0:08
Preliminary card
Lightweight	Josh Neer	def.	Din Thomas	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Marcus Aurelio	def.	Ryan Roberts	Submission (armbar)	1	0:16
Lightweight	Manvel Gamburyan	def.	Jeff Cox	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:41
Lightweight	Clay Guida	def.	Samy Schiavo	TKO (punches)	1	4:15
Welterweight	George Sotiropoulos	def.	Roman Mitichyan	TKO (punches)	2	2:24
Welterweight	Anthony Johnson	def.	Tom Speer	KO (punch)	1	0:51	[a]

1. This preliminary bout aired on the broadcast following the Alves vs Parisyan bout.

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $20,000 bonuses.^[8]

• Fight of the Night: Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon
• Knockout of the Night: James Irvin
• Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2008 in UFC