Date: February 4, 2006
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Light Heavyweight bout: Keith Jardine vs. Mike Whitehead
- Jardine wins by a unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28). This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Heavyweight bout: Jeff Monson vs. Branden Lee Hinkle
- Monson wins by technical submission (referee stoppage) with a North/South choke in the first round at 4:35. This match was a preliminary match, but was aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Heavyweight bout: Paul Buentello vs. Gilbert Aldana
- Buentello wins by technical knockout in the second round at 2:27. This match was a preliminary match, but was aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Alessio Sakara vs Elvis Sinosic
- Sakara wins by unanimous decision (29–25, 29–26, 29–26). Sakara got a point deduction for an illegal vertical elbow to the head of Elvis Sinosic. This match was a preliminary match and was not aired on the pay-per-view broadcast.
Main card
- Welterweight bout: Joe Riggs vs. Nick Diaz
- Riggs wins by unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Renato “Babalu” Sobral vs Mike van Arsdale
- Sobral wins by submission (rear naked choke) in the first round at 2:19.
- Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs Marcio Cruz
- Cruz wins by technical knockout in the first round at 4:10.
- Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Justin Eilers
- Vera wins by knockout in the first round at 1:22.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Chuck Liddell (c) vs. Randy Couture
- Liddell wins by knockout in the second round at 1:28. Couture announces his retirement after the loss.
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