UFC 70

UFC 70: Nations Collide
A poster or logo for UFC 70: Nations Collide.
Information
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	April 21, 2007
Venue	Manchester Evening News Arena
City	Manchester, United Kingdom
Attendance	15,114 (12,708 paid)
Total gate	$2,628,472 (£1.3 million GBP)
Event chronology
UFC 69: Shootout UFC 70: Nations Collide UFC 71: Liddell vs Jackson

UFC 70: Nations Collide was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester on Saturday, April 21, 2007. UFC 70 was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the first since UFC 38. The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports.

The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating (2.8 million viewers), and at its highest point, UFC 70 drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event.

2006 PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix Champion, Mirko Filipović fought Heavyweight contender Gabriel Gonzaga in the main event to determine the top contender for the UFC Heavyweight Championship held by Randy Couture.

The card also featured Michael Bisping fighting in England for the UFC for the first time against UFC veteran Elvis Sinosic and Andrei Arlovski taking on prize fighter and training partner of Mirko Filipović and future UFC Heavyweight Champion, Fabrício Werdum who was making his UFC debut.