By Derek Hamilton, at ringside

Preliminary Bouts:

 

Lightweight Bout- Rick Davis (3-1-1) vs. Melvin Guillard (38-6-3) - Although he didn't make the cut for the The Ultimate Fighter finals on Spike, Melvin Guillard showed some flash and heavy hands with a vicious knockout of Rick Davis.

 

Heavyweight Bout- Fabiano Scherner (5-3) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (6-1) - A relative newcomer, Gabriel Gonzaga moves to 6-1 with his TKO win by referee stoppage.

 

Lightweight Bout- Matt Wiman (6-3) vs. Spencer Fisher (19-2) - From the start this fight was all Fisher, which ended with a brutal KO of Wiman via a flying knee to the head.

 

Middleweight Bout- Chael Sonnen (16-8-1) vs. Jeremy Horn (87-14-5) - Although he ate some leather along the way, Jeremy finished this fight in very impressive fashion with a beautiful armbar.

 

Main Card Bouts:

 

Middleweight Bout- Joe Riggs (26-9-1) vs. Mike Swick (9-1) - There's a reason they call him "Quick" Mike Swick and he showed it yet again with an early submission of Joe "Diesel" Riggs by guillotine choke.

 

Heavyweight Bout- Assuerio Silva (30-4) vs. Brandon Vera (7-0) - Looking very impressive overall, Vera countered a Silva takedown with a clean guillotine choke to end the fight.

 

Welterweight Bout- John Alessio (22-9) vs. Diego Sanchez (17-0) - Keeping his perfect MMA record intact, Diego didn't look like the dominating force he has been but he did press the fight all three rounds and ended up getting the unanimous decision.

 

Light Heavyweight Bout- Dean Lister (8-4-0) vs. Alessio Sakara (14-4, 1 no contest) - In his UFC debut Dean Lister did what he does best- putting on a Jiu-Jitsu clinic for Sakara first with an Oma Plata attempt, and then finally slapping on a triangle choke for the submission victory.

 

Catchweight Bout- Main Event  Royce Gracie (13-2-3, 1 No Contest) vs. Matt Hughes (41-4) - Royce's return to the octagon turned out to be what some in the MMA world may refer to as a changing of the guard.  Doing what he is known for, Matt Hughes got off to a quick start and quick finish in a first round ground and pound victory over the legendary UFC Hall-of-Famer, Royce Gracie.