Date: April 15, 2006
Venue: Arrowhead Pond
City: Anaheim, California, USA

Preliminary card

  • Welterweight bout:  Derrick Noble vs  Thiago Alves
Alves wins by TKO at 2:54 of Round 1. Noble was a late replacement for Drew Fickett, who withdrew from the bout due to injury. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Jason Lambert vs  Terry Martin
Lambert wins by TKO at 2:37 of Round 2. This was a preliminary fight that did not air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
  • Middleweight bout:  David Terrell vs  Scott Smith
Terrell wins by rear naked choke at 3:08 of Round 1. The referee called for a break in the action in which Smith stopped fighting and Terrell did not, allowing Terrell to secure a takedown and sink a rear naked choke. In the following weeks Smith filled an appeal with the CSAC to change the result to a “No Contest”[3], but all his efforts were in vain. This was a preliminary fight that was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
  • Welterweight bout:  Karo Parisyan vs  Nick Thompson
Parisyan wins by submission (strikes) at 4:44 of Round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

Main card

  • Heavyweight bout:  Jeff Monson vs  Márcio Cruz
Monson wins by split decision with scores of 30–27, 28–29 and 29–28.
  • Middleweight bout:  Evan Tanner vs  Justin Levens
Tanner wins by triangle choke at 3:11 of Round 1. Levens replaced Jeremy Horn, who dropped out due to a back injury sustained during training.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Tito Ortiz vs  Forrest Griffin
Ortiz wins by split decision with scores of 30–27, 28–29, 29–27.
  • Welterweight bout:  Nick Diaz vs  Sean Sherk
Sherk wins by unanimous decision with scores of 30–27, 30–27 and 30–27.
  • Heavyweight Championship bout:  Andrei Arlovski (c) vs  Tim Sylvia
Sylvia wins by TKO at 2:43 Round 1 to become the new UFC Heavyweight champion.

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