Place: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
The winner is written in bold.
Non-tournament bout:
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Gary Goodridge
Method: TKO (soccer kicks and punches) at 1:09 of round 1
Middleweight grand-prix quarterfinals:
Chuck Liddell vs. Alistair Overeem
Method: KO (punches) at 3:09 of round 1
Murilo Bustamante vs. Quinton Jackson
Method: Decision (split) at 5:00 of round 3
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hidehiko Yoshida
Method: Submission (Ezekiel choke) at 5:06 of round 1
Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Wanderlei Silva
Method: KO (punch) at 5:01 of round 1
Interim heavyweight championship bouts:
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Ricco Rodriguez
Method: Decision (unanimous) at 5:00 of round 3
Mirko Filipovic vs. Igor Vovchanchyn
Method: KO (head kick) at 1:29 of round 1