Date: April 18, 2009
Venue: Bell Centre
City: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Preliminary card

  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Vinicius Magalhães vs.  Eliot Marshall
Marshall defeated Magalhães via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
  • Welterweight bout:  Ryo Chonan vs.  TJ Grant
Grant defeated Chonan via split decision (30–27, 29–28, 28–29).
  • Lightweight bout:  Mark Bocek vs.  David Bielkheden
Bocek defeated Bielkheden via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:57 of round 1.
  • Middleweight bout:  David Loiseau vs.  Ed Herman
Herman defeated Loiseau via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Middleweight bout:  Jason MacDonald vs.  Nate Quarry
Quarry defeated MacDonald via TKO (elbows) at 2:27 of round 1.
  • Middleweight bout:  Denis Kang vs.  Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Kang defeated Foupa-Pokam via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Main card

  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Steve Cantwell vs.  Luiz Arthur Cane
Cane defeated Cantwell via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Heavyweight bout:  Cheick Kongo vs.  Antoni Hardonk
Kongo defeated Hardonk via TKO (strikes) at 2:29 of round 2.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Krzysztof Soszynski vs.  Brian Stann
Soszynski defeated Stann via submission (kimura) at 3:53 of round 1.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Chuck Liddell vs.  Mauricio Rua
Rua defeated Liddell via TKO (punches) at 4:28 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:  Sam Stout vs.  Matt Wiman
Stout defeated Wiman via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28). This bout was originally scheduled for the preliminary card but was moved to the main card due to time constraints.
  • Middleweight Championship bout:  Anderson Silva (c) vs.  Thales Leites
Silva defeated Leites via unanimous decision (49–46, 48–47, 50–46) to retain the Middleweight Championship.

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