Completed MMA Event

UFC Fight Night 33: Hunt vs. Bigfoot

UFC Fight Night 33
  • Friday 12.06.2013 at 09:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Fox Sports 1 | Prelims: Fox Sports 2
  • Name: UFC Fight Night 33: Hunt vs. Bigfoot
  • Also Known As: UFC Fight Night Brisbane
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Zuffa, LLC
  • Venue: Brisbane Entertainment Centre
  • Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Kenny Florian
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Jon Anik
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $1,785,000
  • Attendance: 11,393
  • TV Ratings: 755,000 avg. viewers (886k Peak, 132k FS2 Prelims)
  • MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Mark Hunt vs. Antônio Silva   |   $0 bonus to each fighter
  • Knockout of the Night
    Maurício Rua vs. James Te Huna   |   $50,000 bonus to Rua

Referees

  • Steve Perceval
    Hunt vs. Silva (11)Barry vs. Palelei (8)Kedzie vs. Correia (6)Scoggins vs. Vaculik (3)
  • John Sharp
    Rua vs. Te Huna (10)Bader vs. Perosh (9)Mizugaki vs. Phan (5)Jotko vs. Santos (2)
  • Cameron Quinn
    Andrews vs. Hester (7)Magalhães vs. Ring (4)Garcia vs. Wall (1)

Fight Predictions

Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC Fight Night 33 is closed for new predictions. 1,421 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.

Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC Fight Night 33 Leaderboard

Wiki

UFC Fight Night 33 Wiki

Following her fourth consecutive loss, a controversial split decision loss to Brazilian Bethe Correia, womens MMA veteran Julie Kedzie retired after this event. 

 
The co main event saw former Light Heavyweight champ, Mauricio Rua, win only his second fight of his last five. There was talk of him possibly retiring if he lost this fight. 

 
The main event saw two giant Heavyweights, Antonio Silva and Mark Hunt, face off in what may be one of the best fights ever in the heavyweight division. Throughout the fight, both fighters ate numerous shots that would have knocked out most fighters, but neither man quit. By the end, each fighter was coated in blood and could hardly stand, but they kept throwing bomb to try to knock out the other until the final bell rang. One judge scored it a 48-47 win for Hunt, but the other two scored it a 47-47 draw with Silva picking up a 10-8 round in the third to make the fight a Majority Draw. Although draws are often lauded as poor examples of what actually happened in a fight, many observers and media members agreed that a draw was the perfect ending to this fight since neither man quit in the face of extreme adversity. 

 

Attendance: 11,393
Live Gate: $1,785,000

Average ticket price: $156.68
Total fight time:1:58:38

Betting favorites went 4-6 (main event ended in draw)
# of decisions: 6
# of T/KOs:5

# of Submissions:0

# of fighters making UFC deut: 7

# of undefeated fighters: 5


Fights by weight class:

HW:   2

LHW:2

MW:  3

WW: 1

LW:  0

FW:  0

BW:  1

FLW: 1

WBW:1


$50,000 "of the Night" bonuses:

Fight of the Night: Antonio Silva vs Mark Hunt
Submission of the Night: No submissions
Knockout of the Night: Mauricio Rua

Last updated 02.27.2014, 1:59 PM ET
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Videos & Highlights

    Promo Video  |  UFC Brisbane: Friday Edition report dead link

    Watch the official trailer for UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. BigFoot.

  • Highlight  |  UFC Brisbane: Media Day report dead link

    Watch Mark Hunt, Bigfoot Silva, Shogun Rua and James Te Huna talk about their upcoming UFC fights.

  • Interview  |  UFC Brisbane: Post-fight Press Conference report dead link

    Watch Mark Hunt, Bigfoot Silva and Shogun Rua discuss their wins at UFC Fight Night: Brisbane.

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