Date: January 19, 2008
Venue: Metro Radio Arena
City: Newcastle, England

Preliminary card

  • Lightweight bout:  Sam Stout vs.  Per Eklund
Stout defeated Eklund via unanimous decision (29-27, 30-27, 30-27).
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Alessio Sakara vs.  James Lee
Sakara defeated Lee via TKO (punches) at 1:30 of round 1. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Robinson vs. Hardonk fight.
  • Welterweight bout:  Paul Taylor vs.  Paul Kelly
Kelly defeated Taylor via unanimous decision (30–27, 30-27, 30-27). This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Davis vs. Liaudin fight.
  • Heavyweight bout:  Colin Robinson vs.  Antoni Hardonk
Hardonk defeated Robinson via TKO (strikes) at 0:17 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Penn vs. Stevenson fight.

Main card

  • Middleweight bout:  Kendall Grove vs.  Jorge Rivera
Rivera defeated Grove via TKO (punches) at 1:20 of round 1.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Jason Lambert vs.  Wilson Gouveia
Gouveia defeated Lambert via KO (punch) at 0:37 of round 2.
  • Welterweight bout:  Marcus Davis vs.  Jess Liaudin
Davis defeated Liaudin via KO (punch) at 1:04 of round 1.
  • Heavyweight bout:  Gabriel Gonzaga vs.  Fabricio Werdum
Werdum defeated Gonzaga via TKO (strikes) at 4:34 of round 2.
  • Lightweight Championship bout:  B.J. Penn vs.  Joe Stevenson
Penn defeated Stevenson via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:02 of round 2 to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.

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