Date: March 4, 2006
Venue: Mandalay Bay Events Center
City: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Preliminary card

  • Heavyweight bout:  Icho Larenas vs.  Tom Murphy
Murphy wins by TKO in the third round at 1:59. Larenas was a late substitute for Kristof Midoux. This was a preliminary fight that did air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
  • Light Heavyweight bout:  Rob MacDonald vs.  Jason Lambert
Lambert wins by submission with a kimura in the first round at 1:54. This was a preliminary fight that did air on the pay-per-view broadcast.
  • Lightweight bout:  Spencer Fisher vs.  Sam Stout
Stout wins by split decision. Fisher was a late replacement for Kenny Florian, who got injured during training for this fight. This was the UFC’s first lightweight match since the division was suspended in 2004. This was a preliminary fight that did air on the pay-per-view broadcast.

Main card

  • Lightweight bout:  Mark Hominick vs.  Yves Edwards
Hominick wins by submission with a triangle armbar in the second round at 1:52.
  • Middleweight bout:  Joe Doerksen vs.  Nathan Marquardt
Marquardt wins by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 30–27.
  • Welterweight bout:  B.J. Penn vs.  Georges St-Pierre
St-Pierre wins by split decision. The judges scored the bout 29–28, 28–29, and 29–28.
  • Middleweight bout:  Mike Swick vs.  Steve Vigneault
Swick wins by submission with a guillotine choke in the first round at 2:09.
  • Middleweight Championship bout:  Rich Franklin (c) vs.  David Loiseau
Franklin wins by unanimous decision and retains the UFC middleweight title. The judges scored the bout 50–42, 50–42, and 50–43.

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