UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006.

It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.

Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy.

It was the UFC's largest grossing gate to date, $3.3 million,[1] in addition to an estimate of over 400,000 pay-per-view buys.

[3] Chuck Liddell: $250,000 Randy Couture: $225,000 Renato "Babalu" Sobral: $32,000 Frank Mir: $26,000 Paul Buentello: $22,000 Joe Riggs: $20,000 Mike Van Arsdale: $16,000 Keith Jardine: $10,000 Nick Diaz: $10,000 Alessio Sakara: $10,000 Brandon Vera: $10,000 Marcio Cruz: $8,000 Elvis Sinosic: $6,000 Jeff Monson: $6,000 Mike Whitehead: $5,000 Justin Eilers: $5,000 Branden Lee Hinkle: $4,000 Gilbert Aldana: $2,000 Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $667,000[citation needed]