Several other mixed martial artists also have a Shotokan background or utilize Shotokan (e.g., Vitor Belfort, Antonio Carvalho, John Makdessi, Mark Holst, Assuerio Silva).
It featured the anticipated rubber match between Light Heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort and Randy Couture, following a disappointing doctor's stoppage in their last encounter at UFC 46.
Belfort | Vitor Ribeiro | Vitor Meira | Vitor Belfort | Vítor Gonçalves | Vítor Baía | Territoire de Belfort | Belfort Gap | Vítor Santos | Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira | Vítor | Recouvrance, Territoire de Belfort | Jordan Belfort | Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort | Ernest Belfort Bax | Cícero Vítor dos Santos Júnior | Belfort Duarte |
The event saw victories by former UFC Heavyweight Champions Andrei Arlovski and Josh Barnett, with Barnett avenging an earlier loss to Pedro Rizzo, and by former UFC Light-heavyweight Champion Vitor Belfort.