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UFC 58

UFC 58: USA vs. Canada
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A poster or logo for UFC 58: USA vs. Canada.
Information
Promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date March 4, 2006
Venue Mandalay Bay Events Center
City Las Vegas, Nevada
Attendance 9,569 (8,183 paid)
Total gate $1,758,450
Buyrate 300,000
Event chronology
UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3 UFC 58: USA vs. Canada Ultimate Fight Night 4

UFC 58: USA vs. Canada was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.

In keeping with the theme of the card, most of the fights featured an American fighter against a Canadian fighter.

Five of the seven Canadian fighters featured, Icho Larenas, Sam Stout, Mark Hominick, Georges St-Pierre, and David Loiseau, were at the time champions in the Canadian TKO Major League MMA promotion.

The show drew a live gate of $1,758,450. The disclosed fighter payroll for UFC 58 was $207,000.

The final scorecard for United States vs. Canada was United States 5, Canada 3.

This event also featured the return of the lightweight division to the UFC, which had been suspended since UFC 49



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