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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | September 8 2007 | |||
| Venue | The O2 | |||
| City | London, England | |||
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UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The event was held Saturday, September 8, 2007 at The O2 in London, England. The event was on Setanta Sports 1 in the United Kingdom, TV4 Sport in Sweden, PPV1 in Ireland, and offered on tape delay on Spike TV for North American audiences.
The main event will be a title unification match between UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson and PRIDE Fighting Championships' 83 kg and 93 kg champion, Dan Henderson. British light heavyweight Michael Bisping, who won The Ultimate Fighter 3 contest in 2006, will fight Team Punishment's Matt Hamill, who rivaled with Bisping during the taping of The Ultimate Fighter 3. Also scheduled is a heavyweight bout between PRIDE and K-1 veteran Mirko Filipović and French Muay Thai kickboxer Cheick Kongo.
The event will be the fourth event held by the UFC in Europe, following UFC 38 in London, England, UFC 70 in Manchester, England, and UFC 72 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The title bout will be a unification fight as originally speculated. UFC president Dana White had remarked on July 2, 2007, regarding the question of the Quinton Jackson-Dan Henderson fight being a unification bout:
"No. What we’re doing with that thing is we’re respecting both (the UFC and PRIDE) titles. The UFC title is the UFC champion and we’re respecting Dan as the PRIDE champion. Quinton will walk out with his belt if Dan wins and vice versa."
He has since changed that stance, and on July 10, 2007 stated:
"It will absolutely be a unification bout. We have to respect Henderson's titles. He knocked out Wanderlei Silva and had the 185-pound championship. When he fights "Rampage", they both have belts. Why should Dan Henderson get the UFC title if "Rampage" can't get the PRIDE titles? It makes one of them the undisputed guy."
Results
Main card
- Light heavyweight unification bout:
Quinton Jackson defeated Dan Henderson via unanimous decision after five rounds to become the undisputed champion. - Light heavyweight bout:
Michael Bisping defeated Matt Hamill via split decision after three rounds. - Heavyweight bout:
Cheick Kongo defeated 
Mirko Filipović via unanimous decision after three rounds. - Welterweight bout: Marcus Davis defeated Paul Taylor via submission due to an armbar at 4:14 of the first round.
- Light heavyweight bout: Houston Alexander defeated
Alessio Sakara via TKO due to strikes at 1:01 of the first round.
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
Gleison Tibau defeated Terry Etim via unanimous decision after three rounds. - Light heavyweight bout: Thiago Silva defeated
Tomasz Drwal via TKO due to strikes at 4:23 of the second round. - Lightweight bout:
Dennis Siver defeated 
Naoyuki Kotani via knockout at 2:04 of the second round. - Welterweight bout: Jess Liaudin defeated Anthony Torres via TKO due to strikes at 4:10 of the first round.
See also
References
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Johansson, Mikael (September 03, 2007). "Ultimate fighting är större än boxning" (in Swedish). TV4 (Sweden). Retrieved 2007-09-03.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Sievert, Steve (July 16, 2007). "Spike TV to broadcast UFC 75 for free". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Arias, Carlos (July 2, 2007). "UFC president Dana White: Meet the Press". Orange County Register. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Hockensmith, Ryan (July 10, 2007). "White not worried about the competition". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
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{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Emanuel, Jr., Bob (July 16, 2007). "Unified title on the way". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Gerbasi, Thomas (July 26, 2007). "Alexander-Sakara and Two Welterweight Wars inked for UFC 75". UFC. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Hunt, Loretta (July 23, 2003). "PM Update - July 23". The Fight Network. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Venga, Gleidson (August 3, 2007). "Brazilian Notebook". Sherdog. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Leidecker, Tim (August 2, 2007). "Another loss in Filipović's career could be the end". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Bolduc, Justin (July 24, 2007). "Siver, Kotani Added to UFC 75". Nokaut. Retrieved 2007-07-14.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Whitehead, Lee (August 3, 2007). "New Opponent for Jess Liaudin at UFC 75". MMA Weekly. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
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