Date: November 19, 2005
Venue: MGM Grand Arena
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Preliminary card

  • Welterweight bout:  Nick Thompson vs.  Keith Wisniewski
Thompson wins by unanimous decision. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.
  • Welterweight bout:  Thiago Alves vs.  Ansar Chalangov
Alves wins by technical knockout due to strikes at 2:22 of round one. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Sam Hoger vs.  Jeff Newton
Hoger wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:00 of round two. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

Main card

  • Middleweight bout:  Jeremy Horn vs.  Trevor Prangley
Horn wins by unanimous decision.
  • Welterweight bout:  Georges St-Pierre vs  Sean Sherk
St-Pierre wins by technical knockout due to strikes at 2:51 of round two.
  • Welterweight bout:  Matt Hughes vs  Joe Riggs
UFC Welterweight Champion, Hughes wins by submission (kimura) at 3:28 of round one. Riggs was brought in as a replacement for Karo Parisyan, who suffered an injury in his training leading up to the bout. Although originally scheduled as a championship match, Riggs could not make the required weight at 170 lb and the bout was changed to a non-title welterweight match.
  • Heavyweight bout:  Gabriel Gonzaga vs.  Kevin Jordan
Gonzaga wins by knockout at 4:37 of round three.
  • Middleweight Championship bout:  Rich Franklin (c) vs.  Nathan Quarry
Franklin wins by knockout at 2:32 of round one. Franklin retains the UFC Middleweight Championship.

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