Ultimate Fighting Championship
June 4, 2005
Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Attendance- 12,000
Total Gate- $1,100,000
Preliminary Card
* Welterweight Bout: Nick Diaz vs. Koji Oishi
Diaz wins by knockout (punches) at 1:24 of round one. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
* Middleweight Bout: David Loiseau vs. Charles McCarthy
Loiseau wins by technical knockout (spinning back kick) at 2:10 of round two. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
* Middleweight Bout: Nathan Quarry vs. Shonie Carter
Quarry wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 2:37 of round one. The bout, although preliminary, was aired on the broadcast.
Main Card
* Heavyweight Bout: Paul Buentello vs. Kevin Jordan
Buentello wins by submission (guillotine choke) at 4:10 of round one.
* Light Heavyweight Bout: Forrest Griffin vs. Bill Mahood
Griffin wins by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:18 of round one.
* Middleweight Championship Bout: Champion Evan Tanner vs. Rich Franklin
Franklin wins by technical knockout (doctor stoppage) at 3:25 of round four. Halfway through the fourth round, the referee stopped the action to check the cuts on Tanner’s face; at this point, the ringside doctors were called in and ended to the bout. Franklin became the UFC middleweight champion. It was announced during the bout that the winner would become a coach for The Ultimate Fighter 2 and would face the other coach on the show Matt Hughes as a Middleweight at the end of the season.
* Welterweight Bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Matt Serra
Parisyan wins by unanimous decision.
* Interim Heavyweight Championship Bout: Champion Andrei Arlovski vs. Justin Eilers
Arlovski wins by technical knockout (strikes) at 4:10 of round one. It was realized that Eilers had injured his knee in the bout, prompting the referee to stop the fight as Eilers could not defend himself.
