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UFC 55: Fury
Preliminary card
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Alessio Sakara vs.
Ron Faircloth
- This bout ended in No Contest at :10 in round two after Sakara was unintentionally kicked in the groin. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
- Heavyweight bout:
Márcio Cruz vs.
Keigo Kunihara
- Cruz wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:02 of round two. This bout was preliminary, and was not aired on the broadcast.
- Middleweight bout:
Jorge Rivera vs.
Dennis Hallman
- Rivera wins by unanimous decision. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
Main card
- Welterweight bout:
Joe Riggs vs.
Chris Lytle
- Riggs wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at 2:00 of round two.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Renato Sobral vs
Chael Sonnen
- Sobral wins by submission (triangle choke) at 1:20 of round two.
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Forrest Griffin vs.
Elvis Sinosic
- Griffin wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 3:30 of round one. Sinosic was a replacement for Griffin’s original opponent, Ian Freeman, who suffered an injury before the fight and had to withdraw from the fight card. [1]
- Heavyweight bout:
Branden Lee Hinkle vs.
Sean Gannon
- Hinkle wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 4:14 of round one.
- Heavyweight Championship bout:
Andrei Arlovski (ic) vs.
Paul Buentello
- Arlovski wins by knockout at :15 of round one. The UFC decided this match would be for the undisputed UFC Heavyweight title, as former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir, who had been badly injured in a motorcycle accident, was still unable to compete.