UFC 54: Boiling Point (2005) (TV)

Director:

Anthony Giordano

Release Date:

20 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Plot Keywords:

TV Special

Cast

Bruce Buffer	...	Himself
Randy Couture	...	Himself
Joe Doerksen	...	Himself
Rich Franklin	...	Himself
Brian Gassaway	...	Himself
Mike Goldberg	...	Himself
Jeremy Horn	...	Himself
Matt Hughes	...	Himself
James Irvin	...	Himself
Chuck Liddell	...	Himself
Matt Lindland	...	Himself
Travis Lutter	...	Himself
Terry Martin	...	Himself
'Big' John McCarthy	...	Himself - Referee
Trevor Prangley	...	Himself
Joe Rogan	...	Himself - Announcer
Diego Sanchez	...	Himself
Georges St-Pierre	...	Himself
Tim Sylvia	...	Himself
Tra Telligman	...	Himself
Frank Trigg	...	Himself
Mike Van Arsdale	...	Himself
Dana White	...	Himself

Directed by
Anthony Giordano

Sound Department
Mike Sak	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
David A. Wolf	....	steadicam operator

Music Department
Sean Baillie	....	composer: additional music

Production Companies

• Zuffa

Distributors

• Studioworks LLC (2005) (worldwide) (all media)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Zuffa

Movie Connections:

Followed by UFC 56: Full Force (2005) (TV)

Liddell vs. Horn the redemption of The Iceman

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

It was 7 years prior that Chuck Liddell had his first loss ever to Jeremy Horn at UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns. Since then Liddell has gone onto defeating some of the biggest names in the MMA game. List includes victories over a who's who list of fighters such as Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons, Randy "The Natural" Couture, Kevin Randleman, Murilo Bustamante, Renato "Babalu" Sobral, Amar Suloev, Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort, Guy Mezger and Alistair Overeem.

The long anticipated rematch between Liddell and Horn was talked about on MMA message boards for years, what would happen if they rematched. Finally the fight happened. The match wound up being highly in the favor of Chuck Liddell who kept the fight standing this time around, refusing to go to the ground and play Horn's game. And Liddell was able to successfully defend his title for the first time.

The co-main event featured 2 wrestlers both veterans of MMA and international wrestling competition. UFC Legend and former champion Randy Couture fought Mike Van Arsdale. Good and competitive fight with Couture winning via submission late in Round 3. First submission victory of Couture's career.

The show was kicked off with a dominating performance by Georges St. Pierre over highly ranked and former title contender Frank Trigg. Trigg who is top competition for basically any Welterweight in the world other then Matt Hughes and St. Pierre was toyed with here.

Diego Sanchez made his PPV debut defeating Brian Gassaway in impressive fashion.

The show also consisted of two highlight reel knockouts by Tim Sylvia and James Irvin.