UFC Fight Night 9: Stevenson vs. Guillard

UFC Fight Night9: Stevenson vs. Guillard was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on April 5, 2007 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was broadcast live in the United States and Canada on Spike TV.

The card featured two top lightweight contenders in the main event, Joe Stevenson, the welterweight winner of The Ultimate Fighter 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin, and fellow castmate Melvin Guillard. Also featured was former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger, Kenny Florian.

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir was originally set to fight Antoni Hardonk at Fight Night 9, but was forced to withdraw from the card due to a shoulder injury. In Mir's place was Justin McCully, a member of Tito Ortiz' fight camp Team Punishment.

Also removed from the card were welterweights Anthony Torres, a castmember of The Ultimate Fighter 2, and Jeff Joslin, who withdrew from their respective bouts against Roan Carneiro and Kuniyoshi Hironaka. Last to be removed from the card was Wander Braga, who was scheduled to fight Kurt Pellegrino. Carneiro, Hironaka and Pellegrino were all found replacement opponents.

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Results

Weight Class	Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time	Notes
Lightweight	Thiago Tavares	Naoyuki Kotani	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Roan Carneiro	Rich Clementi	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Kuniyoshi Hironaka	Forrest Petz	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Kurt Pellegrino	Nate Mohr	Submission (Achilles Lock)	1	2:58
Welterweight	Drew Fickett	Keita Nakamura	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight	Wilson Gouveia	Seth Petruzelli	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	0:39
Lightweight	Kenny Florian	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	3	3:57
Heavyweight	Justin McCully	Antoni Hardonk	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight	Joe Stevenson	Melvin Guillard	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	0:27