Date: August 21, 2004
Venue: MGM Grand Arena
City: Paradise, Nevada, USA
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Yves Edwards vs. Josh Thomson
- Edwards wins by knockout (head kick) at 4:31 of round one.
- Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Nick Diaz
- Parisyan wins by split decision. Judges score the bout 28–29, 29–28 and 30–27.
- Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Ronald Jhun
- Lytle wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:17 of round two
Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Justin Eilers vs. Mike Kyle
- Eilers wins by knockout (punches) at 1:14 of round one.
- Middleweight bout: David Terrell vs. Matt Lindland
- David Terrell wins by knockout at :24 in round one.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Vernon White
- Liddell wins by knockout (punch) at 4:05 of round one.
- Middleweight bout: Joe Riggs vs. Joe Doerksen
- Riggs wins by submission (strikes) at 3:39 of round two.
- Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Vitor Belfort (c) vs. Randy Couture
- Couture wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at the end of round three. Couture becomes the UFC Light Heavyweight champion for the second time.
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