In May, Lyoto Machida electrified the mixed martial arts world with a stirring knockout of Rashad Evans. On Saturday, October 24th, “The Dragon” will make the first defense of his UFC light heavyweight crown in the main event of UFC 104 against former PRIDE star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, who is coming off back-to-back knockouts of Chuck Liddell and Mark Coleman. In the co-feature, two of the top young heavyweight contenders in the sport will clash, as unbeatens Cain Velasquez takes on former IFL star “Big” Ben Rothwell in what promises to be one of the most memorable bouts of 2009.

Main Card

Light Heavyweight Championship Bout
Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio Rua

Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell

Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer

Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher

Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Preliminary Card

Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer

Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry

Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen

Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons

Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan

Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley

Bonus Features

• UFC 104 Countdown

• UFC 104 Behind The Scenes

• UFC 104 Weigh In