Skip to content
MMARatings.com
Menu
  • Home
  • Articles
  • Past Fights
  • Future Fights
  • Past Events
  • Upcoming Events
  • Blog
Menu

UFC 88 – Breakthrough

Posted on September 6, 2008July 4, 2022 by Eric Kamander

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
Play-by-Play
The Least Wanted UFC Light Heavies by G. Hansen
Sherdog Sherdog’s Complete Coverage of UFC 88

* 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
What Do You Think of This Fight/Event?

6 thoughts on “UFC 88 – Breakthrough”

  1. Eric Kamander says:
    September 9, 2008 at 11:23 am

    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

     
    Reply
  2. Eric Kamander says:
    September 10, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    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.

     
    Reply
  3. garth2 says:
    September 10, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    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.

     
    Reply
  4. Eric Kamander says:
    September 12, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    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

     
    Reply
  5. Eric Kamander says:
    May 10, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    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

     
    Reply
  6. Eric Kamander says:
    May 10, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    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

     
    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

MMA Ratings Podcast

Recent Posts

  • UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
  • ONE Friday Fights 2 | All Fight Highlights
  • UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac
  • Bellator 290: Bader vs. Emelianenko 2
  • Ryan Bader vs. Fedor Emelianenko
A Twitter List by MMA_Ratings

MMA Ratings Podcast

Recent Posts

  • UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski
  • ONE Friday Fights 2 | All Fight Highlights
  • UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac
  • Bellator 290: Bader vs. Emelianenko 2
  • Ryan Bader vs. Fedor Emelianenko

Recent Comments

  1. Yan Rathgeber on Andre Fialho vs. Jake Matthews
  2. UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier - MMARatings.com on Robbie Lawler vs. Bryan Barberena
  3. UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier - MMARatings.com on Sean Strickland vs. Alex Pereira
  4. UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier - MMARatings.com on Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 3
  5. UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier - MMARatings.com on Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier
A Twitter List by MMA_Ratings
© 2023 MMARatings.com | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme