Date: October 7, 2005
Venue: Mohegan Sun Arena
City: Uncasville, Connecticut, USA

Preliminary card

  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Alessio Sakara vs.  Ron Faircloth
This bout ended in No Contest at :10 in round two after Sakara was unintentionally kicked in the groin. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
  • Heavyweight bout:  Márcio Cruz vs.  Keigo Kunihara
Cruz wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:02 of round two. This bout was preliminary, and was not aired on the broadcast.
  • Middleweight bout:  Jorge Rivera vs.  Dennis Hallman
Rivera wins by unanimous decision. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.

Main card

  • Welterweight bout:  Joe Riggs vs.  Chris Lytle
Riggs wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at 2:00 of round two.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Renato Sobral vs  Chael Sonnen
Sobral wins by submission (triangle choke) at 1:20 of round two.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Forrest Griffin vs.  Elvis Sinosic
Griffin wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 3:30 of round one. Sinosic was a replacement for Griffin’s original opponent, Ian Freeman, who suffered an injury before the fight and had to withdraw from the fight card.
  • Heavyweight bout:  Branden Lee Hinkle vs.  Sean Gannon
Hinkle wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 4:14 of round one.
  • Heavyweight Championship bout:  Andrei Arlovski (ic) vs.  Paul Buentello
Arlovski wins by knockout at :15 of round one. The UFC decided this match would be for the undisputed UFC Heavyweight title, as former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir, who had been badly injured in a motorcycle accident, was still unable to compete.

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