Headlining the card was the long-awaited match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.
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A match-up between Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski for the then-vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship was scheduled for the event, but Sylvia was pulled due to a reoccurrence of positive drug samples just a day before the event.
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The event was very successful, as it drew more pay per view buys than the highly anticipated match between Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz one event earlier at UFC 47.