Date: April 16, 2005
Venue: MGM Grand Arena
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Preliminary card

  • Heavyweight bout:  Mike van Arsdale vs.  John Marsh
Van Arsdale wins by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 29–28 for Van Arsdale.
  • Middleweight bout:  Joe Doerksen vs.  Patrick Côté
Doerksen wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:35 of round three. Doerksen entered the card as a late replacement for Lee Murray, who pulled out due to travel complications. [4]
  • Middleweight bout:  Ivan Salaverry vs.  Joe Riggs
Salaverry wins by submission (triangle choke) at 2:42 of round one.

Main card

  • Welterweight bout:  Georges St-Pierre vs.  Jason Miller
George St-Pierre wins by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30–27 for St. Pierre. This fight was originally scheduled for UFC 48, but Miller was tending to legal problems at the time.
  • Middleweight bout:  Matt Lindland vs.  Travis Lutter
Lindland wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:13 of round two.
  • Welterweight Championship bout:  Matt Hughes (c) vs.  Frank Trigg
Hughes wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 4:05 of round one.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Renato Sobral vs.  Travis Wiuff
Sobral wins by submission (armbar) at 0:24 of round two.
  • Light Heavyweight Championship bout:  Randy Couture (c) vs.  Chuck Liddell
Liddell wins by knockout (punches) at 2:03 of round one. Liddell becomes the new UFC Light Heavyweight champion.

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