Results
| Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Winner | Loser | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |
| Heavyweight | Randy Couture | def. | Maurice Smith | Decision | 1 | 21:00 | Note 1 |
| Heavyweight Tournament Final | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Kazushi Sakuraba | def. | Marcus Silveira | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:44 | Note 2 |
| Heavyweight bout | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Vitor Belfort | def. | Joe Charles | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 4:03 | |
| Light Heavyweight Championship | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Frank Shamrock | def. | Kevin Jackson | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 0:16 | Note 3 |
| Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Kazushi Sakuraba | No Contest (premature stoppage) | Marcus Silveira | N/A | 1 | 1:51 | Note 4 |
| Heavyweight Tournament Semifinals | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Tank Abbott | def. | Yoji Anjo | Decision | 1 | 15:00 | Note 5 |
| Heavyweight Alternate bout | |||||||
| Heavyweight | Tra Telligman | def. | Brad Kohler | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 10:05 | |
^Note 1 Couture defeated Smith to become the new UFC Heavyweight Champion. However, he was stripped of the title in October 1998 due to a contract dispute.
^Note 2 Due to the earlier no-contest, and Tank Abbott bowing out of the tournament, UFC officials ruled that a rematch between Sakuraba and Silveira would serve as the Heavyweight Tournament Finals.
^Note 3 Shamrock defeated Jackson to become the inaugural the Light Heavyweight Champion.
^Note 4 Originally Silveira was thought to have knocked out Sakuraba at 1:51, but referee John McCarthy mistakenly stopped the bout early, with Sakuraba in good fighting condition. After a protest, the decision was changed to a no-contest.
^Note 5 Abbott was unable to continue in the tournament due to a broken hand.
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