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UFC Fight Night 15: Diaz vs. Neer — September 17, 2008, Omaha Civic Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska. Nate Diaz defeated Josh Neer via split decision. Clay Guida defeated Mac Danzig. Alessio Sakara earned Knockout of the Night with a head kick. Attendance: 9,103. Gate: $700,000. Lead-in for TUF Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.

UFC Fight Night 14: Silva vs. Irvin — July 19, 2008, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas. Anderson Silva made his light heavyweight debut, knocking out James Irvin at 1:01 of round one. Frankie Edgar defeated Hermes França in the Fight of the Night. Cain Velasquez defeated Jake O'Brien. The sold-out event competed against the Affliction PPV.

UFC Fight Night 13: Florian vs. Lauzon — April 2, 2008, Broomfield Event Center, Broomfield, Colorado. Kenny Florian defeated Joe Lauzon by TKO in round two. James Irvin knocked out Houston Alexander in 8 seconds. Thiago Alves KO'd Karo Parisyan in 24 seconds. Gray Maynard defeated Frankie Edgar in their first meeting. The first UFC event in Colorado since 1995.

UFC Fight Night 12: Swick vs. Burkman — January 23, 2008, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas. Mike Swick defeated Josh Burkman via majority decision in Swick's welterweight debut. Nate Diaz submitted Alvin Robinson in round one. Gray Maynard defeated Dennis Siver to earn Fight of the Night.

UFC Fight Night 11: Thomas vs. Florian — September 19, 2007, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas. Kenny Florian submitted Din Thomas via rear-naked choke at 4:31 of round one. Nate Diaz submitted Junior Assuncao. Gray Maynard KO'd Joe Veres in 9 seconds. 8 of 9 fights ended by finish. Lead-in for The Ultimate Fighter 6 premiere.

UFC Fight Night 10: Stout vs. Fisher 2 — June 12, 2007, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida. Sam Stout defeated Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) in their lightweight rematch. Jon Fitch submitted Roan Carneiro. Anthony Johnson made his UFC debut. Drew McFedries knocked out Jordan Radev in 33 seconds.

UFC Fight Night 9: Stevenson vs. Guillard — April 5, 2007, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas. Joe Stevenson submitted Melvin Guillard via guillotine choke at 0:27 of round one. Kenny Florian defeated Dokonjonosuke Mishima in the Fight of the Night. Kurt Pellegrino and Wilson Gouveia also won by submission.

UFC Fight Night 8: Evans vs. Salmon — January 25, 2007, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida. Rashad Evans knocked out Sean Salmon with a head kick at 1:06 of round two. Spencer Fisher defeated Hermes França in the Fight of the Night. Heath Herring made his UFC debut.

UFC Fight Night 4 — April 6, 2006, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Stephan Bonnar defeated Keith Jardine via unanimous decision in the light heavyweight main event. Rashad Evans defeated Sam Hoger. The card served as the lead-in for the TUF Season 3 premiere on Spike TV and drew a 1.6 million viewer audience.

UFC Fight Night 2 — October 3, 2005, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. David Loiseau defeated Evan Tanner via TKO (doctor's stoppage) in round two to earn a middleweight title shot against Rich Franklin. The card featured the UFC debuts of Jon Fitch, Brandon Vera, Thiago Alves, Spencer Fisher and Brock Larson, and drew 1.6 million viewers on Spike TV in a head-to-head ratings battle with WWE Raw.

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland — May 9, 2026, Prudential Center, Newark. Sean Strickland became a two-time UFC middleweight champion by defeating Khamzat Chimaev via split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47), handing Chimaev the first loss of his UFC career. Joshua Van defended the flyweight title with a fifth-round TKO of Tatsuro Taira.

UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg — April 11, 2026, Kaseya Center, Miami. Carlos Ulberg won the vacant light heavyweight title by knocking out Jiri Prochazka at 3:45 of round one — on one leg, after blowing out his right knee in the opening minute. One of the most remarkable performances in UFC history. Cub Swanson retired with a walk-off KO.