Main Event for the UFC Middleweight Championship
Anderson Silva (Champion) vs Travis Lutter (Challenger)
Main Card
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson vs Marvin "The Beastman" Eastman
Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipovic vs Eddie Sanchez
Melvin "The Young Assasain" Guillard vs Dustin Hazelett
Scott Smith vs Patrick Cote (likely the swing bout)
Undercard
Jorge "El Conquistador" Rivera vs Terry Martin
Tyson Griffin vs Frank Edgar
Lyoto Machida vs Sam Hoger
Roger Huerta vs John Alverston
It really sucks that GSP got injured as it took a lot of hype away from this show. I still think it'll be a good card as we've got 3 LW fights, the debuts of Mirko and Quinton and what should be a grimy slugfest in Cote/Smith. The only question mark on the show is actually the main event. I'm sure this was going to be the co-main with GSP/Serra on top while the fight was still on and now the UFC is faced with a dangerous fight. Anderson Silva is defending his title for the very first time against the worst kind of opponent, one who is steady and consistent but also content to ride out a decison victory. Lutter chin hasn't been tested and that isn't because he's faced strikers before but because he knows his strengths and plays to them. The story on Silva/Lutter is a fairly simple sell: Anderson wants to knock Travis out, Travis wants to tap Anderson out. There's a huge amount of pressure on both guys to perform now that they're in the main event and it'll be interesting to see how they both fare.