''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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in the

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suburb of

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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 match between

Chuck Liddell Charles David Liddell (born December 17, 1969) is an American former professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 1998 to 2018, Liddell is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion (from 2005 to 2007) and i ...

and

Tito Ortiz Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz () is an American politican and retired mixed martial artist and Submission grappling, submission grappler. Ortiz is best known for his career with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC ...

. 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 kn ...

and

Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski (, born 4 February 1979) is a Belarusian-American professional mixed martial artist and actor. A former UFC Heavyweight Champion, he competed in the heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and holds th ...

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 pro ...

, who was pulled from a scheduled main card fight with

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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 UFC 51 in February 2005. This was the first card to feature "On The Mat" with Marc Laimon, a brief instructional video demonstrating the

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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

Encyclopedia awards

The following fighters were honored in the October 2011 book titled '' UFC Encyclopedia''. *Fight of the Night: Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz *Knockout of the Night: Nick Diaz *Submission of the Night: Genki Sudo

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