Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira showed that he is far from finished as he put on an impressive display defeating Randy Couture with a unanimous judges decision. The official scores for the bout were 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 all in favour of the Brazilian. Nogueira had Couture hurt several times in the fight & almost secured the submission in the 1st round, however Couture showed his heart to hang on & finished the fight strong.Thiago Silva came back from his loss to Lyoto Machida with a bang as he KO'd Keith Jardine in the very 1st round.
Jake Rosholt showed his improved stand-up against Chris Leben, taking some of Leben's best shots & hanging in there before taking Chris down in the 3rd round and securing an arm triangle choke to put Leben to sleep.
Nate Marquardt got KO of the night for his efforts against Demian Maia. Maia came out looking to trade but after throwing a leg kick Nate countered with a stunning punch to put Maia's lights out.
Brandon Vera showed his superior stand-up with a decision victory over Krzysztof Soszynski. Official Scorecards 30-27 across the board for Vera.
Making his UFC debut, Heavyweight fighter Todd Duffee scored the fastest KO in UFC history, stopping Tim Hague in just 7 seconds!
Ed Herman showed just how tough he is after suffering a knee injury in the 1st round against Aaron Simpson yet he still came out looking to fight in the 2nd round before his knee gave out on him, giving Simpson the TKO victory.
Gabriel Gonzaga defeated Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (punches) at 2:27 of round 1.
Mike Russow defeated Justin McCully via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-27).
Mark Muñoz defeated Nick Catone via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28).
Evan Dunham defeated Marcus Aurelio via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27).
