Date: August 27, 2011
Venue: HSBC Arena
City: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Preliminary Card (Facebook)

  • Bantamweight bout:  Yves Jabouin vs.  Ian Loveland
Jabouin defeated Loveland via split decision (27–30, 29–28, 29–28). This bout aired on PPV after the Paulo Thiago vs. David Mitchell fight.
  • Featherweight bout:  Yuri Alcantara vs.  Felipe Arantes
Alcantara defeated Arantes via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
  • Welterweight bout:  Erick Silva vs.  Luis Ramos
Silva defeated Ramos via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 1. This bout aired on the Televised card after the Spencer Fisher vs. Thiago Tavares bout. This bout also aired on PPV card after the Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub bout.
  • Bantamweight bout:  Raphael Assunção vs.  Johnny Eduardo
Assunção defeated Eduardo via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Welterweight bout:  Paulo Thiago vs.  David Mitchell
Thiago defeated Mitchell via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). This bout aired on PPV after the Anderson Silva vs. Yushin Okami bout.

Preliminary Card (televised)

  • Middleweight bout:  Rousimar Palhares vs.  Dan Miller
Palhares defeated Miller via unanimous decision (29–27, 30–27, 30–25).
  • Lightweight bout:  Thiago Tavares vs.  Spencer Fisher
Tavares defeated Fisher via TKO (punches) at 2:51 in round 2.

Main Card

  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Luiz Cane vs.  Stanislav Nedkov
Nedkov defeated Cane via TKO (punches) at 4:20 of round 1.
  • Heavyweight bout:  Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs.  Brendan Schaub
Nogueira defeated Schaub via KO (punches) at 3:09 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:  Ross Pearson vs.  Edson Barboza
Barboza defeated Pearson via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Maurício Rua vs.  Forrest Griffin
Rua defeated Griffin via KO (punches) at 1:53 of round 1.
  • Middleweight Championship:  Anderson Silva (c) vs.  Yushin Okami
Silva defeated Okami via TKO (punches) at 2:04 of round 2 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.

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