''UFC 47: It’s On'' was a

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event held by the

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on April 2, 2004, at the

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. The event was broadcast live on

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, and later released on

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History

Headlining the card was the long-awaited match between Chuck Liddell and

Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (; born January 23, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist and politician. He is currently signed to the Combate Americas promotion. Ortiz is best known for his stints with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF ...

. The title "It's On!" refers to Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz's long-running negotiations leading up to the fight. Fans had been awaiting the fight for more than a year, and while both fighters had their own stories as to why it took so long, the fight finally took place in 2004. Ortiz claims that as friends and former training partners, he and Liddell had made a pact never to fight. Liddell claims there was no such pact, that he would fight anyone anytime, and accused Ortiz of ducking the fight. A match-up between

Tim Sylvia Timothy Deane Sylvia (born March 5, 1976) is an American retired mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and a former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion. He has competed as a Super Heavyweight and Heavyweight. While he is best kno ...

and

Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski (born 4 February 1979) is a Belarusian-American professional mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ho ...

for the then-vacant

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was scheduled for the event, but Sylvia was pulled due to a recurrence of positive drug samples just a day before the event. Arlovski was re-booked on short notice in a non-title fight against

Wesley Correira Wesley John Correira Jr. (born November 11, 1978), nicknamed Cabbage, is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight and super heavyweight divisions. An iron chinned brawler, Correira began his career in 2000 and came to p ...

, who was pulled from a scheduled main card fight with

Mike Kyle Michael Andrew Kyle (born March 31, 1980) is an American professional mixed martial artist and boxer currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2001, Kyle has competed for the UFC, the WEC, Strikeforce, ...

to replace Sylvia. Wes Sims stepped in on a day's notice to face Mike Kyle at this event as well. The Sylvia–Arlovski match-up was finally re-booked for the Interim Heavyweight Championship at

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in February 2005. This was the first card to feature "On The Mat" with Marc Laimon, a brief instructional video demonstrating the triangle choke.

Results

Reported payout

The total fighter payroll for UFC 47 was $333,000. *Tito Ortiz: $125,000 *Chuck Liddell: $100,000 (including $50,000 win bonus) *Andrei Arlovski: $23,000 (including $8,000 win bonus) *Genki Sudo: $16,000 (including $8,000 win bonus) *Wes "Cabbage" Correira: $12,000 *Yves Edwards: $12,000 (including $6,000 win bonus) *Robbie Lawler: $8,000 *Hermes Franca: $6,000 *Nick Diaz: $6,000 (including $3,000 win bonus) *Mike Kyle: $6,000 (including $3,000 win bonus) *Wes Sims: $5,000 *Chris Lytle: $4,000 (including $2,000 win bonus) *Jonathan Wiezorek: $4,000 (including $2,000 win bonus) *Mike Brown: $2,000 *Tiki Ghosn: $2,000 *Wade Shipp: $2,000

References

External links

Official UFC past events page
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History

Results

Reported payout

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