UFC 47 took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on 2 April 2004. Chuck Liddell defeated Tito Ortiz in the main event. The heavyweight line-up also makes this card a useful example of a reporting problem: an advance announcement and a completed event record can describe different fights.
This guide lists all eight outcomes, then follows the announcement changes. It separates the recorded results from the promoter's explanation of Tim Sylvia's absence.
All eight results
The winner appears in the first column. KO/TKO is used as a broad category for stoppages by strikes; the table does not attempt to reconstruct every finishing sequence.
| Winner | Opponent | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Liddell | Tito Ortiz | KO/TKO |
| Chris Lytle | Tiki Ghosn | Submission |
| Yves Edwards | Hermes França | Split decision |
| Andrei Arlovski | Wesley Correira | KO/TKO |
| Nick Diaz | Robbie Lawler | KO/TKO |
| Mike Kyle | Wes Sims | KO/TKO |
| Jonathan Wiezorek | Wade Shipp | KO/TKO |
| Genki Sudo | Mike Brown | Submission |
All eight pairings and winners are covered in UFC's event retrospective. Its event record supplies the broad finishing categories, while the Lytle–Ghosn statistics record specifies the submission result. Counting the rows gives seven finishes and one decision. That is a description of this card, not evidence that a finish makes a bout more skilful or more entertaining.
Why an old announcement can give you the wrong opponent
Read the dates before combining a preview with a results page:
- 20 February: the advance UFC announcement scheduled Sylvia against Arlovski for the heavyweight championship. It also paired Correira with Kyle.
- 1 April: a Zuffa card-change release, reproduced by TXMMA, moved Correira into a three-round, non-title bout with Arlovski. Sims took Correira's place against Kyle.
- 2 April: the completed results above record the revised pairings.
Changing the opponent was only part of the update: the championship status changed too. A useful event note therefore needs separate fields for the two athletes, the bout's title status, the source date and whether the information describes a booking or a result.
What the sources say about Sylvia
The 1 April release attributed the remaining traces to earlier use and described clearance as a condition of Sylvia's prior suspension. It should not be rewritten as proof of a newly imposed disciplinary ban.
A later UFC release dated 19 April, credited to Spence Johnston and hosted by Sherdog, said the new test results were unavailable at weigh-in. These are dated promoter accounts; this guide does not independently authenticate laboratory samples or a commission decision. Keep that attribution when discussing why the planned fight did not happen.
A finish time needs its round
The UFCStats Liddell record lists his win over Ortiz at 0:38 of round two. With one completed five-minute round, the elapsed fighting time is 5:00 + 0:38 = 5:38. The break between rounds is excluded. Calling it a “38-second fight” would lose the first round.
For a comparison worksheet, retain both the round and its displayed time before calculating an elapsed total. That small check prevents short-looking second-round finishes being mixed with genuinely short first-round bouts.
A practical checklist for another historical card
- Start with the completed event. Record each actual pairing once. Keep cancelled bookings in a separate note.
- Check the announcement sequence. A later change can affect another bout when a replacement moves across the same card.
- Separate the result from its explanation. A win, a promoter's statement and a regulator's finding are different kinds of evidence.
- Show uncertainty where it matters. Leave an unresolved detail open instead of filling it with a precise but unverified number.
For another comparison built around dated results, read our guide to documented MMA rivalries.
Correction and source note
Revised 13 September 2026: this complete replacement clarifies the Sylvia licensing account and removes unsupported disciplinary, audience, gate, bonus and rivalry assertions from the earlier article. Those removed claims should not be treated as verified by the old page. Original publication date and URL are retained.
Prepared with AI assistance and checked against the linked source text. No attendance, interview, medical assessment or complete fight-footage review is claimed. Sources were checked on 13 September 2026; contemporary releases and later recollections are identified separately.