Place: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
The winner is written in bold.
Non-tournament bouts:
Yosuke Nishijima vs. Evangelista SantosMethod: Submission (rear naked choke) at 3:24 of round 1
Lee Tae-Hyun vs. Ricardo Morais
Method: TKO (corner stoppage) at 8:08 of round 1
Yoshihiro Nakao vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura
Method: Decision (unanimous) at 5:00 of round 3
Mauricio Rua vs. Cyrille Diabate
Method: TKO (stomps) at 5:29 of round 1
Ricardo Arona vs. Alistair Overeem
Method: Submission (punches) at 4:28 of round 1
Sergei Kharitonov vs. Aleksander Emelianenko
Method: TKO (punches) at 6:45 of round 1
Openweight tournament semifinals:
Wanderlei Silva vs. Mirko Filipovic
Method: KO (head kick) at 5:26 of round 1
Josh Barnett vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Method: Decision (split) at 5:00 of round 2
Openweight tournament final:
Josh Barnett vs. Mirko Filipovic
Method: Submission (strikes) at 5:32 of round 1