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UFC mixed martial arts event in 2007

UFC 79: Nemesis was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), that took place on December 29, 2007, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[2]

Background

The main events featured the fight between Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva,^[3] as well as the rubber match between former UFC Welterweight ChampionsGeorges St-Pierre and Matt Hughes for the interim Welterweight championship.^[4]

Additionally, PrideLight HeavyweightRameau Thierry Sokoudjou made his UFC debut against undefeated Lyoto Machida.^[5]

The main event was originally scheduled to have The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Serra and Matt Hughes for Serra's UFC Welterweight Championship, which Serra won at UFC 69: Shootout on April 7, 2007, in an upset victory over Georges St-Pierre.^[2] Serra, however, withdrew from the fight due to a back injury,^[6] Se