Date: March 3, 2007
Venue: Nationwide Arena
City: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Jamie Varner vs. Jason Gilliam
- Varner defeated Gilliam via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:34 of round one. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Jason Dent
- Tibau defeated Dent via unanimous decision. All three judges score the bout 30–27. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Luigi Fioravanti
- Fitch defeated Fioravanti via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:05 of round two. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill vs. Rex Holman
- Hamill defeated Holman via technical knockout due to strikes at 4:00 of round one. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
Main card
- Light Heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. Jason Lambert
- Lambert defeated Sobral via knockout due to a punch at 3:36 of round two.
- Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Chris Lytle
- Hughes defeated Lytle via unanimous decision. All three judges score the bout 30–27.
- Middleweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald
- Franklin defeated McDonald via technical knockout between rounds two and three. Excessive damage to MacDonald’s right eye prompted his corner to signal for the end of the bout.[5]
- Middleweight bout: Martin Kampmann vs. Drew McFedries
- Kampmann defeated McFedries via technical submission (arm triangle choke) at 4:06 of round one.
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Tim Sylvia (c) vs. Randy Couture
- Couture defeated Sylvia via unanimous decision and becomes the new UFC Heavyweight Champion for a record 3rd time. All three judges scored the bout 50–45.
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