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City
  
Las Vegas, Nevada

Buyrate
  
80,000

Date
  
21 August 2004

Venue
  
MGM Grand Garden Arena

Attendance
  
12,100 (paid 8,597)

UFC 49 Unfinished Business
  
UFC 50 The War of '04

Total purse
  
535,000 USD

Total gate
  
1.293 million USD

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Location
  
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States

Promotion
  
Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC 49: Unfinished Business was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 21, 2004, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.

History

It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.

This event featured the last UFC fight in the lightweight division until UFC 58 on March 4, 2006.

References

UFC 49 Wikipedia