Date: November 22, 2002
Venue: MGM Grand Arena
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Middleweight bout: Phillip Miller vs. Mark Weir
- Miller Wins by 2nd round Submission via Rear Naked Choke (4.50).
- Heavyweight bout: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Travis Wiuff
- Matyushenko wins by 1st round Submission via strikes (4.10)
- Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Ian Freeman
- Arlovski wins by 1st round TKO via strikes (1.18)
Main card
- Welterweight bout: Robbie Lawler vs. Tiki Ghosn
- Lawler wins by 1st round TKO via strikes (1.25)
- Welterweight bout: Carlos Newton vs. Pete Spratt
- Newton wins by 1st round Submission (Kimura) (1.41)
- Welterweight Championship bout: Matt Hughes (c) vs. Gil Castillo
- Hughes wins via 1st round TKO after an accidental headbutt to Castillo. Doctors ruled that the cut was too severe to continue (5.00)
- Light heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Renato Sobral
- Liddell wins by a first round KO via a Head Kick. (2.55) It was widely publicized that Liddell stepped aside to allow Shamrock a shot at the light heavyweight title. His number-one contendership for the light heavyweight title was on the line during this bout.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Tito Ortiz (c) vs. Ken Shamrock
- Ortiz wins via 3rd round corner stoppage (5.00)
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