Date: October 24, 2009
Venue: Staples Center
City: Los Angeles, California, USA

Preliminary card (non-televised)

  • Heavyweight bout:  Stefan Struve vs.  Chase Gormley
Struve defeated Gormley via submission (triangle choke) at 4:04 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Hardonk vs. Barry fight. This bout also aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Machida vs. Rua fight.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Kyle Kingsbury vs.  Razak Al-Hassan
Kingsbury defeated Al-Hassan via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
  • Middleweight bout:  Jorge Rivera vs.  Rob Kimmons
Rivera defeated Kimmons via TKO (strikes) at 1:53 of round 3.
  • Middleweight bout:  Yushin Okami vs.  Chael Sonnen
Sonnen defeated Okami via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Stevenson vs. Fisher fight.

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

  • Heavyweight bout:  Antoni Hardonk vs.  Pat Barry
Barry defeated Hardonk via TKO (strikes) at 2:30 of round 2.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Ryan Bader vs.  Eric Schafer
Bader defeated Schafer via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–26, 30–27).

Main card

  • Catchweight (176 lb) bout:  Anthony Johnson vs.  Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Johnson defeated Yoshida via TKO (punches) at 0:41 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:  Joe Stevenson vs.  Spencer Fisher
Stevenson defeated Fisher via submission (elbows) at 4:02 of round 2.
  • Catchweight (157 lb) bout:  Josh Neer vs.  Gleison Tibau
Tibau defeated Neer via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
  • Heavyweight bout:  Cain Velasquez vs.  Ben Rothwell
Velasquez defeated Rothwell via TKO (punches) at 0:58 of round 2
  • Light Heavyweight Championship bout:  Lyoto Machida (c) vs.  Mauricio Rua
Machida defeated Rua via unanimous decision (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) to retain the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

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