Date: July 7, 2007
Venue: ARCO Arena
City: United States Sacramento, California, USA
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout: Mark Bocek vs. Frankie Edgar
- Edgar defeated Bocek via TKO (strikes) at 4:55 of round 1.
- Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Jason Gilliam
- Lytle defeated Gilliam via submission (inverted triangle choke) at 2:15 of round 2.
- Lightweight bout: Diego Saraiva vs. Jorge Gurgel
- Gurgel defeated Saraiva via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Mike Nickels vs. Stephan Bonnar
- Bonnar defeated Nickels via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:14 of round 1.
Main card
- Heavyweight bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Heath Herring
- Nogueira defeated Herring via unanimous decision (29–28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Lightweight Championship bout: Sean Sherk (c) vs. Hermes Franca
- Sherk defeated Franca via unanimous decision (50–45, 50–45, 49–46). The California State Athletic Commission later announced that both fighters tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.[4] Sherk was eventually stripped of the title.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans
- Evans and Ortiz fought to a unanimous draw (28-28, 28-28, 28-28). Ortiz was deducted one point in the second round for repeatedly grabbing the fence.[3]
- Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Nathan Marquardt
- Silva defeated Marquardt via TKO (punches) at 4:50 of round 1.
- Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Alvin Robinson
- Florian defeated Robinson via TKO (strikes) at 4:30 of round 1. This fight was delayed until after the main event due to time constraints.
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