A heavyweight bout between Walt Harris (8-4 MMA) and Cody East (12-2 MMA) served as the final bout of the UFC 197 fight pass prelims.

Round one begins and East opens up with a front kick to the body. Big leg kick from Walt Harris. Nice jab lands for Harris. He goes for a high kick but misses. East switches stances and lands an uppercut. Good jab from Walt. Both fighters miss with hooks. Excellent kick to the body of Harris by East. Walt pumps the jab but eats a right hand. A good combo and then a right hand scores for East. Cody catches Walt with a kick to the groin and action is stopped. Harris gets his bearings and we continue. East and Harris both land leg kicks. East with a big combo, Harris returns fire in what has turned in to a brawl. Super man punch from East. Harris comes forward and lands a kick to the body. Huge shot lands for Harris and drops East. Walt follows him to the ground and starts landing some brutal shots. The referee jumps in and stops the fight.

Walt Harris defeats Cody East via TKO at 4:18 of round one