Date: June 6, 2003
Venue: Thomas and Mack Center
City: Paradise, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout: Pedro Rizzo vs. Tra Telligman
- Rizzo wins by technical knockout due to doctor’s stoppage at 4:25 of Round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Matt Lindland vs. Falaniko Vitale
- Vitale wins by technical knockout at 1:56 of Round 1. Lindland botched a throw attempt and landed on his own head, instantly knocking himself out.
Main card
- Lightweight bout: Yves Edwards vs. Eddie Ruiz
- Edwards won via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Wes Sims
- Mir won via disqualification (stomping the head of a downed opponent) at 2:56 of Round 1.
- Heavyweight bout: Ian Freeman vs. Vernon White
- Freeman and White fought to a split draw (30–27, 28–29, 29–29)
- Light Heavyweight bout: Vitor Belfort vs. Marvin Eastman
- Belfort won via TKO (strikes) at 1:07 of Round 1
- Heavyweight bout: Kimo Leopoldo vs. Tank Abbott
- Leopoldo won via Submission (head arm choke) at 1:59 of Round 1.
- Interim Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Randy Couture
- Couture won via TKO (strikes) at 2:39 of Round 3. Couture becomes the Interim Light Heavyweight Champion, and the first person to win a title in two different weight divisions (Couture was a two-time Heavyweight Champion).
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