Date: June 7, 2008
Venue: The O2 Arena
City: London, England

Preliminary card

  • Welterweight bout:  Paul Taylor vs.  Jess Liaudin
Taylor defeated Liaudin via split decision (29–28, 29–28, 28–29).
  • Heavyweight bout:  Antoni Hardonk vs.  Eddie Sanchez
Hardonk defeated Sanchez via KO (punches)at 4:15 of round 2.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Jason Lambert vs.  Luiz Arthur Cane
Cane defeated Lambert via TKO (punches) at 2:07 of round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast after the Marquardt vs. Leites bout.
  • Welterweight bout:  Roan Carneiro vs.  Kevin Burns
Burns defeated Carneiro via submission (triangle choke) at 3:53 of round 2.
  • Lightweight bout:  Matt Wiman vs.  Thiago Tavares
Wiman defeated Tavares via KO (punch) at 1:57 of round 2. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast after the Hughes vs. Alves bout.
  • Middleweight bout:  Martin Kampmann vs.  Jorge Rivera
Kampmann defeated Rivera via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:44 of round 1. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the PPV broadcast after the Wiman vs. Tavares bout.

Main card

  • Heavyweight bout:  Brandon Vera vs.  Fabricio Werdum
Werdum defeated Vera via TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of round 1.
  • Middleweight bout:  Nathan Marquardt vs.  Thales Leites
Leites defeated Marquardt via split decision (28–27, 28–27, 27–28). Marquardt had 2 points deducted during the fight, one in round 2 (illegal knee to the head of a downed opponent) and the other in round 3 (elbow to the back of the head).
  • Welterweight bout:  Mike Swick vs.  Marcus Davis
Swick defeated Davis via unanimous decision (29–27, 29-27, 29-27). Swick had 1 point deducted in round 3 for holding the cage.
  • Middleweight bout:  Michael Bisping vs.  Jason Day
Bisping defeated Day via TKO (strikes) at 3:42 of round 1.
  • Catchweight (174 lb) bout:  Matt Hughes vs.  Thiago Alves
Alves defeated Hughes via TKO (knee and punches) at 1:02 of round 2. Alves was unable to make the welterweight limit of 170 lbs, officially weighing in at 174 lbs.

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