UFC 88: Breakthrough was held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on September 6, 2008 at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans.
Post UFC 88 Notes by N. Bailey
The Least Wanted UFC Light Heavies by G. Hansen
* Jason MacDonald replaced Jason Day due to injury.
* This is Jason Lambert’s debut at middleweight, who was formally a light heavyweight.
* This is Rich Franklin’s first fight at Light Heavyweight since 2005.
* Michael Patt replaced James Lee.
* A welterweight Bout between Karo Parisyan and Yoshiyuki Yoshida was pulled from the card due to a back injury by Parisyan.
| Match | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time |
| 1 | Ryo Chonan | Roan Carneiro | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 2 | Jason MacDonald | Jason Lambert | Submission (Rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:20 |
| 3 | Tim Boetsch | Michael Patt | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 2:03 |
| 4 | Kurt Pellegrino | Thiago Tavares | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 5 | Dong Hyun Kim | Matt Brown | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 6 | Nathan Marquardt | Martin Kampmann | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:22 |
| 7 | Dan Henderson | Rousimar Palhares | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 |
| 8 | Rich Franklin | Matt Hamill | TKO (Kick to the body) | 3 | 0:39 |
| 9 | Rashad Evans | Chuck Liddell | KO (Punch) | 2 | 1:51 |
UFC 88 Salaries
Rashad Evans: $120,000 + $60,000
Chuck Liddell: $500,000
Rich Franklin: $100,000 + $50,000 Matt Hamill: $10,000
Dan Henderson: $250,000 + $150,000
Rousimar Palhares: $7,000
Nate Marquardt: $56,000 + $26,000
Martin Kampmann: $15,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $46,000 + $23,000
Matt Brown: $8,000
Kurt Pellegrino: $24,000 + $12,000
Thiago Tavares: $13,000
Tim Boetsch: $16,000 + $8,000
Mike Patt: $5,000
Jason MacDonald: $44,000 + $22,000
Jason Lambert: $17,000
Ryo Chonan: $30,000 + $15,000
Roan Carneiro: $9,000
This was a really good card, especially considering that there were no title fights.
When Rashad knocked out Tito out, I jumped up out of my chair and started yelling “holy s**t!”
That was great game planning on Rashad’s part and I can’t say I’m surprised. I sort of called it right here: http://www.fightlinker.com/forums/topic.php?t=102128#lr
A lot of quality matchups on this card that turned out to be really good fights.
i’d give it (and did give it) a 4, based primarily on the historic nature of it. franklin proving himself against a tough dude back at 205, rashad finding yet another level to his game that we didn’t think he had, and the fight everyone seems to forget about, henderson taking out a tough and dangerous rousimar palhares (have people already started yelling how overrated palhares is to tear down hendo?).
the big thing that was missing for me was the Karo fight. I’m starting to think he may not get to the top of his mountain.
I went 4-5 on this. (Thanks Nick)
My Picks
Chuck Liddell
Rich Franklin
Rousimar Palhares
Ryo Chonan
Dong-Hyun Kim
Thiago Tavares
Martin Kampmann
Jason Lambert
Tim Boetsch
I went 4-5 on this. (Thanks Nick)
My Picks
Chuck Liddell
Rich Franklin
Rousimar Palhares
Ryo Chonan
Dong-Hyun Kim
Thiago Tavares
Martin Kampmann
Jason Lambert
Tim Boetsch
UFC 88 Salaries
Rashad Evans: $120,000 + $60,000
Chuck Liddell: $500,000
Rich Franklin: $100,000 + $50,000 Matt Hamill: $10,000
Dan Henderson: $250,000 + $150,000
Rousimar Palhares: $7,000
Nate Marquardt: $56,000 + $26,000
Martin Kampmann: $15,000
Dong Hyun Kim: $46,000 + $23,000
Matt Brown: $8,000
Kurt Pellegrino: $24,000 + $12,000
Thiago Tavares: $13,000
Tim Boetsch: $16,000 + $8,000
Mike Patt: $5,000
Jason MacDonald: $44,000 + $22,000
Jason Lambert: $17,000
Ryo Chonan: $30,000 + $15,000
Roan Carneiro: $9,000