This event was originally scheduled to take place at the
Yokohama Arena in
Japan with an Interim
Heavyweight Championship bout between
Andrei Arlovski and
Mirko Filipović serving as the main event. However the lack of sponsorship for the event forced the event to be moved to
Atlantic City. Initially, former champion
Ricco Rodriguez was slated to contend for the
Heavyweight Championship, but withdrew from the bout, citing complications with his training camp. Headlining the card opposite of Interim
Heavyweight Champion Arlovski, instead, was
Miletich protégé
Justin Eilers. Although there was some criticism directed at the
UFC for giving Eilers a title shot after coming off a knockout loss to
Paul Buentello at
UFC 51, the
UFC explained that Buentello was not medically cleared to fight when the main event was originally scheduled. __NOTOC__ This was
Forrest Griffin's first fight after winning
The Ultimate Fighter show. ==Results==