Date: December 29, 2007
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs. Doug Evans
- Bocek defeated Evans via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Welterweight bout: Roan Carneiro vs. Tony DeSouza
- Carneiro defeated DeSouza via TKO (strikes) at 3:30 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev
- Lister defeated Radev via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Lightweight bout: Manvel Gamburyan vs. Nate Mohr
- Gamburyan defeated Mohr via submission (achillies lock) at 1:31 of round 1. This bout was aired at the end of the broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout: James Irvin vs. Luiz Cane
- Irvin defeated Cane via disqualification (illegal knee) at 1:51 of round 1.
Main card
- Lightweight bout: Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard
- Clementi defeated Guillard via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:40 of round 1.
- Light heavyweight bout : Lyoto Machida vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
- Machida defeated Sokoudjou via submission (arm triangle) at 4:20 of round 2.
- Heavyweight bout: Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palelei
- Sanchez defeated Palelei via TKO (strikes) at 3:24 of round 3.
- Light heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva
- Liddell defeated Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).
- Interim Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Hughes
- St-Pierre defeated Hughes via submission (armbar) at 4:54 of round 2 to become the Interim UFC Welterweight Champion.
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