UFC 79
Results
For the Interim Welterweight Championship. This bout was aired on the broadcast following the St-Pierre vs Hughes bout.

UFC 79

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: For the Interim Welterweight Championship. This bout was aired on the broadcast following the St-Pierre vs Hughes bout.

Main card

Weight class	Method	Round	Time	Notes

Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	def.	Matt Hughes	Verbal Submission (armbar)	2	4:54

Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell	def.	Wanderlei Silva	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

Heavyweight	Eddie Sanchez	def.	Soa Palelei	TKO (punches)	3	3:24

Light Heavyweight	Lyoto Machida	def.	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	2	4:20

Lightweight	Rich Clementi	def.	Melvin Guillard	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:40

Preliminary card

Light Heavyweight	James Irvin	def.	Luiz Cane	Disqualification (illegal knee)	1	1:51

Lightweight	Manvel Gamburyan	def.	Nate Mohr	Submission (ankle lock)	1	1:31

Middleweight	Dean Lister	def.	Jordan Radev	Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)	3	5:00

Welterweight	Roan Carneiro	def.	Tony DeSouza	TKO (punches)	2	3:33

Lightweight	Mark Bocek	def.	Doug Evans	Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)	3	5:00

Sentence(s)

The main events featured the fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva, as well as between Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes for the interim Welterweight championship.

final_sentence: The main events featured the fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva, as well as between Georges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes for the interim Welterweight championship.