UFC

UFC 40: Vendetta

Completed MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, United States 8 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Tito Ortiz beat Ken Shamrock by knockout in the main event.
  • Chuck Liddell beat Renato Sobral by knockout in the co-main event.
  • Eight of the eight results came early: six knockouts and two submissions.
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Main card

KS

Ken Shamrock vs Tito Ortiz

Knockout R3 5:00
TO ✓
CL ✓

Chuck Liddell vs Renato Sobral

Knockout R1 2:55
RS
GC

Gil Castillo vs Matt Hughes

Knockout R1 5:00
MH ✓
PS

Pete Spratt vs Carlos Newton

Submission R1 1:45
CN ✓
TG

Tiki Ghosn vs Robbie Lawler

Knockout R1 1:29
RL ✓
IF

Ian Freeman vs Andrei Arlovski

Knockout R1 1:18
AA ✓
VM ✓

Vladimir Matyushenko vs Travis Wiuff

Knockout R1 4:10
TW
MW

Mark Weir vs Phillip Miller

Submission R2 4:50
PM ✓
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Results

Main and co-main events

Tito Ortiz beat Ken Shamrock by knockout at 5:00 of round three in the main event of UFC 40 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. In the co-main event, Chuck Liddell beat Renato Sobral by knockout at 2:55 of round one.

How the card was decided

Across the eight bouts that produced a result, six ended by knockout and two by submission — eight stoppages in eight fights.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Andrei Arlovski, who stopped Ian Freeman at 1:18 of round one, and six of the eight finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Tito Ortiz's knockout of Ken Shamrock, 15 minutes and 0 seconds in. End to end, the eight fights filled 41 minutes of cage time.