Date: August 25, 2007
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Marcus Aurelio vs. Clay Guida
- Guida defeated Aurelio via split decision (30–27, 28-29, 30–27).
- Middleweight bout: Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen
- Leites defeated Jensen via submission (armbar) at 3:47 of round 1. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Couture vs. Gonzaga fight.
- Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk
- Mir defeated Hardonk via submission (kimura) at 1:17 of round 1.
- Light heavyweight bout: Renato Sobral vs. David Heath
- Sobral defeated Heath via submission (anaconda choke) at 3:30 of round 2. Sobral was fined $25,000 by the Nevada State Athletic Commission because he did not immediately follow referee’s directions for releasing his chokehold after Heath tapped.[3] Due to the controversial manner in which the bout was stopped, Sobral was subsequently released from his UFC contract.[4]
Main card
- Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Côté
- Côté defeated Grove via KO (punches) at 4:45 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino
- Stevenson defeated Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).
- Lightweight bout: Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane
- Huerta defeated Crane via TKO (strikes) at 1:50 of round 3.
- Welterweight bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck
- St-Pierre defeated Koscheck via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 30–27).
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Randy Couture (c) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
- Couture defeated Gonzaga via TKO (punches) at 1:37 of round 3 to retain the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
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