Date: September 26, 2003
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Hermes Franca vs. Caol Uno
- Franca wins by knockout at 2:41 of Round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs. Jeremy Jackson
- Diaz wins by armbar submission at 2:02 of Round 3.
- Lightweight bout: Josh Thomson vs. Gerald Strebendt
- Thomson wins by knockout at 2:45 of Round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Dave Strasser
- Parisyan wins by kimura at 3:50 of Round 1.
Main card
- Light Heavyweight bout: Rich Franklin vs. Edwin DeWees
- Franklin wins by technical knockout due to strikes at 3:35 of Round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. David Loiseau
- Rivera wins by unanimous decision. Judges scored the bout 29–28, 29–27, and 29–28 for Rivera.
- Heavyweight Championship bout: Tim Sylvia (c) vs. Gan McGee
- Sylvia wins by knockout due to punches at 1:52 of Round 1 to retain the UFC Heavyweight Championship. After the fight Sylvia tested positive for steroids during a mandatory post-fight drug test. Due to this Sylvia was stripped of the title.
- Heavyweight bout: Andrei Arlovski vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
- Arlovski wins by knockout at 1:59 of Round 1.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Tito Ortiz (c) vs. Randy Couture (ic)
- Couture wins by unanimous decision to become the undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion. Judges scored the bout 50–44, 50–44, 50–45.
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