Date: August 8, 2009
Venue: Wachovia Center
City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Preliminary card

  • Welterweight bout:  Jesse Lennox vs.  Danillo Villefort
Lennox defeated Villefort via TKO (cut) at 3:37 of round 3
  • Lightweight bout:  George Sotiropoulos vs.  George Roop
Sotiropoulos defeated Roop via submission (kimura) at 1:59 of round 2. This bout aired last on the PPV broadcast following the Penn vs. Florian fight.
  • Welterweight bout:  Matt Riddle vs.  Dan Cramer
Riddle defeated Cramer via unanimous decision (29–27, 30–26, 30–27).
  • Middleweight bout:  Thales Leites vs.  Alessio Sakara
Sakara defeated Leites via split decision (29–28, 27–30, 29–28).
  • Welterweight bout:  Tamdan McCrory vs.  John Howard
Howard defeated McCrory via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

Main card

  • Lightweight bout:  Josh Neer vs.  Kurt Pellegrino
Pellegrino defeated Neer via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Middleweight bout:  Kendall Grove vs.  Ricardo Almeida
Almeida defeated Grove via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
  • Welterweight bout:  Amir Sadollah vs.  Johny Hendricks
Hendricks defeated Sadollah via TKO (punches) at 0:29 of round 1.
  • Lightweight bout:  Shane Nelson vs.  Aaron Riley
Riley defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). This bout, originally scheduled for the preliminary card, was moved to main card, due to time constraints.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Anderson Silva vs.  Forrest Griffin
Silva defeated Griffin via KO (punch) at 3:21 of round 1.
  • Lightweight Championship bout:  B.J. Penn (c) vs.  Kenny Florian
Penn defeated Florian via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:45 of round 4 to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship.

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