Date: February 5, 2011
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
City: Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Kenny Robertson
- Pierce defeated Robertson via TKO (punches) at 0:29 of round 2.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ricardo Romero
- Kingsbury defeated Romero via TKO (strikes) at 0:21 of round 1. This bout aired on the Spike broadcast following the Mendes vs. Omigawa fight.
- Lightweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. Gabe Ruediger
- Taylor defeated Ruediger via KO (strikes) at 1:42 of round 2. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Silva vs. Belfort fight.
Preliminary card (Facebook)
- Bantamweight bout: Norifumi Yamamoto vs. Demetrious Johnson
- Johnson defeated Yamamoto via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
- Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Michihiro Omigawa
- Mendes defeated Omigawa via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Lightweight bout: Donald Cerrone vs. Paul Kelly
- Cerrone defeated Kelly via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:48 of round 2. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Taylor vs. Ruediger fight.
Main card
- Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Antonio Banuelos
- Torres defeated Banuelos via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
- Welterweight bout: Jake Ellenberger vs. Carlos Eduardo Rocha
- Ellenberger defeated Rocha via split decision (27–30, 29–28, 29–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Jon Jones vs. Ryan Bader
- Jones defeated Bader via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:20 of round 2.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Rich Franklin
- Griffin defeated Franklin via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
- Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Vitor Belfort
- Silva defeated Belfort via KO (front kick and punches) at 3:25 of round 1 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.
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