COMPLETED·Saturday, June 4, 2005

UFC 53: Heavy Hitters

Boardwalk Hall·Atlantic City, New Jersey

84Strong

Card rating

+36 over-delivered

Results: 8 of 8final
Finishes: 788% of results
Fastest finish: R1 1:24Nick Diaz
Top score: 124.08 FPNate Quarry

Main eventAndrei Arlovski def. Justin Eilers — KO/TKO R1 4:10

Attendance: 12,000
Gate: $1,100,000

Highlights

Post-event

Fastest finish

Nick Diaz vs Koji Oishi

KO / TKO · R1 · 1:24

Welterweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO5 · 63%

Submission2 · 25%

Decision1 · 13%

Knockdowns: 7
Most sig strikes: 122Franklin vs Tanner
Most finish attempts: 3Serra vs Parisyan

Main event

WAndrei ArlovskiL434-24——

LJustin Eilers19-7-1——

Heavyweight

Title

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:10

ref · John McCarthy

Co-main event

WKaro ParisyanL224-12——

LMatt Serra11-7——

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Mario Yamasaki

Main card

WRich Franklin29-7——

LEvan TannerL232-8——

Middleweight

Title

KO/TKO

R4 · 3:25

ref · Herb Dean

WForrest Griffin19-7——

LBill MahoodW420-7-1——

Light Heavyweight

Submission

R1 · 2:18

ref · Herb Dean

WPaul Buentello35-17——

LKevin JordanL211-9——

Heavyweight

Submission

R1 · 4:00

ref · John McCarthy

Preliminary card

WNate Quarry12-4——

LShonie CarterL252-32-7——

Middleweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:37

ref · Mario Yamasaki

Early prelims

WDavid Loiseau23-11——

LCharles McCarthy10-5——

Middleweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 2:10

ref · John McCarthy

WNick Diaz26-10——

LKoji Oishi25-10-10——

Welterweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:24

ref · Mario Yamasaki

Fight stats· 8 of 8 fights final


Nate Quarry vs Shonie Carter	WKO/TKO · R1 2:37	—	19/30	46	0/0	2	0	0:36	124.08
Karo Parisyan vs Matt Serra	WUD	—	56/127	113	8/10	0	2	6:02	114.66
Nick Diaz vs Koji Oishi	WKO/TKO · R1 1:24	—	25/44	26	0/0	1	0	0:03	110.29
Paul Buentello vs Kevin Jordan	WSub · R1 4:00	—	20/43	23	0/0	1	1	0:39	109.77
Forrest Griffin vs Bill Mahood	WSub · R1 2:18	—	3/4	32	1/1	0	1	2:04	105.72
Andrei Arlovski vs Justin Eilers	WKO/TKO · R1 4:10	—	33/56	33	0/0	0	0	0:07	103.41
David Loiseau vs Charles McCarthy	WKO/TKO · R2 2:10	—	20/40	30	0/0	1	0	2:52	95.16
Rich Franklin vs Evan Tanner	WKO/TKO · R4 3:25	—	97/272	104	0/0	0	1	1:15	87.45
Matt Serra vs Karo Parisyan	LUD	—	26/65	52	1/2	1	0	0:55	42.25
Evan Tanner vs Rich Franklin	LKO/TKO · R4 3:25	—	25/95	27	1/5	1	1	0:47	26.81
Charles McCarthy vs David Loiseau	LKO/TKO · R2 2:10	—	0/1	8	1/3	0	1	2:44	11.52
Kevin Jordan vs Paul Buentello	LSub · R1 4:00	—	18/33	26	0/1	0	0	1:22	11.26
Shonie Carter vs Nate Quarry	LKO/TKO · R1 2:37	—	6/19	11	0/0	0	0	0:42	4.66
Justin Eilers vs Andrei Arlovski	LKO/TKO · R1 4:10	—	5/21	7	0/1	0	0	0:00	2.40
Koji Oishi vs Nick Diaz	LKO/TKO · R1 1:24	—	2/22	2	0/0	0	0	0:00	0.80
Bill Mahood vs Forrest Griffin	LSub · R1 2:18	—	1/1	2	0/0	0	0	0:00	0.60