UFC 43

UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.

UFC 43: Meltdown
The poster for UFC 43: Meltdown
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	June 6, 2003
Venue	Thomas and Mack Center
City	Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance	9,800
Total gate	$645,140
Buyrate	49,000
Event chronology
UFC 42: Sudden Impact UFC 43: Meltdown UFC 44: Undisputed

History

Headlining the card was an Interim Light Heavyweight Championship match between future UFC Hall of Fame inductees Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell.

Ken Shamrock was originally slated to face Ian Freeman at this event, but was forced from the card with a torn ACL. Vernon White would step in as his replacement.

Results

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Randy Couture	def.	Chuck Liddell	TKO (punches)	3	2:39
Heavyweight	Kimo Leopoldo	def.	Tank Abbott	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	1	1:59
Light Heavyweight	Vitor Belfort	def.	Marvin Eastman	TKO (knees and punches)	1	1:07
Heavyweight	Vernon White	vs.	Ian Freeman	Draw (split) (28–29, 30–27, 29–29)	3	5:00
Heavyweight	Frank Mir	def.	Wes Sims	Disqualification (kicking a downed opponent)	1	2:55
Preliminary card
Heavyweight	Pedro Rizzo	def.	Tra Telligman	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	4:24
Middleweight	Falaniko Vitale	def.	Matt Lindland	KO (slam)	1	1:56
Lightweight	Yves Edwards	def.	Eddie Ruiz	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

See also

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• 2003 in UFC

External links

• Sherdog event results
• Full Contact Fighter news/June 03