UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin knocked us down out of our stand up game on June 12, 2010.  This was another in a star studded UFC main events.  However, the main event wasn’t the one we were hoping for as Tito Ortiz ducked out of this one to get his neck hammered by a doctor.  This has become standard for us The Ultimate Fighter fans as far as the coach vs coach battles go.  I fear that by the time Ortiz vs. Liddell happens, they will both be in wheelchairs fighting with an Xbox or Wii controller!  Chuck took a hard one on the chin from Franklin and possibly ended his UFC comeback career although I think Dana White may give him one last shot at the “Doorknob” Ortiz.  I really thought that Chuck would do much better than a 1st round knockout loss but that’s how this crazy fight game works. It makes you wonder if Ortiz could have pulled out a win on this one…

Other stand up guys and honest to goodness favorites fell hard in this event as well:  Big Mac Danzig, Tyson Griffin, Paulo Thiago, and Pat Barry(who I thought was going to lay waste to Mirko) bit the dust.  Good to see Carlos Condit getting a win in the UFC and squashing some of those stupid “WEC fighters can’t compete with the UFC guys” comments I always see in the MMA blogosphere.  Keep on keepin’ on Carlos!  We shall see if Ortiz can score another win from “the grave” when the TUF 11 Finale happens this Saturday, June 19th!

Here are your results…
No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:

* Welterweight bout:  James Wilks vs.  Peter Sobotta
Wilks fooled the judges and beat up Sobotta via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–28, 30–27).

* Middleweight bout:  David Loiseau vs.  Mario Miranda
Miranda put the hurt on Loiseau via TKO (punches) at 4:07 of round 2.

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout:  Mac Danzig vs.  Matt Wiman
Wiman choked the fight out of Danzig via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:45 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Ricardo Funch vs.  Claude Patrick
Patrick choked the fight out of Funch via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:48 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Tyson Griffin vs.  Evan Dunham
Dunham fooled the judges and beat up Griffin via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Carlos Condit vs.  Rory MacDonald
Condit put the hurt on MacDonald via TKO (strikes) at 4:53 of round 3.

* Heavyweight bout:  Ben Rothwell vs.  Gilbert Yvel
Rothwell fooled the judges and beat up Yvel via unanimous decision. (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)

* Welterweight bout:  Paulo Thiago vs.  Martin Kampmann
Kampmann fooled the judges and beat up Thiago via unanimous decision. (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

* Heavyweight bout:  Mirko Filipović vs.  Pat Barry
Filipović choked the fight out of Barry via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:30 of round 3.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Chuck Liddell vs.  Rich Franklin
Franklin layed the smack down on Liddell via KO (punch) at 4:55 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Mike Pyle vs.  Jesse Lennox
Pyle choked the fight out of Lennox via technical submission (triangle choke) at 4:44 of round 3.

UFC 114 kicked us where it counts this Memorial Day Weekend on May 29, 2010.  We finally got to see BA Baracus aka Quintin Rampage Jackson take on Rashad Evans.  As much as a goofball as Rampage is, I kind of wanted him to beat the daylights out of Rashad who seemed all too smug during his stint as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter.  Unfortunately for BA, he might as well as been stuck up in a plane as that was as comfortable as his outing in the Octagon.  We’ll see if we ever get the two of these guys to fight again.  Dan Lauzon’s troubles did not stay within the family this time, even his family jewels took it on the “chin” when Efrain Escudero pounded him to a defeat.  Maybe he better kiss and make up with his brothers and take his training more seriously?  Amir Sadollah looks to become another in a long line of TUF show winners that consistently disappoint the more they fight.  Anyway, here are the results of this actually star packed event:
No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:

* Middleweight bout:  Jesse Forbes vs.  Ryan Jensen
Jensen choked the fight out of Forbes via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:06 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Aaron Riley vs.  Joe Brammer
Riley fooled the judges and beat up Brammer via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout:  Efrain Escudero vs.  Dan Lauzon
Escudero fooled the judges and beat up Lauzon via unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27). Escudero was deducted 1 point due to repeated kicks to the gonads… OUCH!

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Luiz Cane vs.  Cyrille Diabaté
Diabaté put the hurt on Cane via TKO (strikes) at 2:13 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Amir Sadollah vs.  Dong Hyun Kim
Kim fooled the judges and beat up Sadollah via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Diego Sanchez vs.  John Hathaway
Hathaway fooled the judges and beat up Sanchez via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26).

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs.  Jason Brilz
Nogueira fooled the judges and beat up Brilz via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).

* Heavyweight bout:  Todd Duffee vs.  Mike Russow
Russow layed the smack down on Duffee via KO (punch) at 2:35 in round 3.

* Lightweight bout:  Melvin Guillard vs.  Waylon Lowe
Guillard put the hurt on Lowe via TKO (strikes) at 3:28 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout:  Michael Bisping vs.  Dan Miller
Bisping fooled the judges and beat up Miller via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–27).

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Quinton Jackson vs.  Rashad Evans
Evans fooled the judges and beat up Jackson via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).

UFC113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 came to the great province of Quebec in the city of Montreal on May 8, 2010.  Again it was a feature packed event.  After a few lackluster UFC‘s this one looked to fill our bills with MMA goodness.  What we came away with instead was a whooole lot of questions:

Is Lyoto Machida exposed as merely a “karate guy” that can’t hang with real MMA’rs?  This is a conceit by many a fan and many a competitor that Machida had proved wrong time and time again until this bout with Shogun Rua.  Rua just completely took apart Machida and left him a tub of goo on the Octagon floor.

WTF was Paul Daley thinking???!!?  Seeya dude.  Dana is really trying to create a better product so he can sell it to “normal” TV in the future.  That’s Dana White’s ultimate goal: To gain as many fans as the NFL and grab a spot on a regular television network.  That’s not going to happen if you have jackholes, punching people looong after the bell has rung.  Even a complete UFC novice knows not to do that.  So, for now, Daley’s out of the UFC until Dana White says he can come back on.  He had such a great prize to look forward to.  A title shot at GSP and a coaching gig on The Ulimate Fighter!  Quite a bonehead move.

Kimbo’s in the same boat: Out of the UFC for now.  Getting taken apart by “Meathead” Mitrone wasn’t what Dana had in mind for Kimbo in the UFC.  Still, I don’t think one loss should have meant booting out a surefire ratings bonanza like Kimbo out of the organization.  Kimbo will go back to Strikeforce and bump up the ratings again.  Hopefully, with what he’s learned he’ll completely dominate and earn his spot back into the UFC.  Fighters with bigger beefs against Dana have come back and will fight again, see Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz!

Here are your results:

No Wanna See You Card:

* Middleweight bout:  Jason MacDonald vs.  John Salter
Salter put the hurt on MacDonald via TKO (injury) at 2:42 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs.  Mike Guymon
Guymon fooled the judges and beat up Yoshida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Heavyweight bout:  Tim Hague vs.  Joey Beltran
Beltran fooled the judges and beat up Hague via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28).

* Welterweight bout:  TJ Grant vs.  Johny Hendricks
Hendricks fooled the jugges and beat up Grant via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28).

* Welterweight bout:  Marcus Davis vs.  Jonathan Goulet
Davis put the hurt on Goulet via TKO (punches) at 1:23 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout:  Joe Doerksen vs.  Tom Lawlor
Doerksen choked the fight out of Lawlor via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:10 of round 2.

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Middleweight bout:  Patrick Côté vs.  Alan Belcher
Belcher choked the fight out of Cote via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:25 of round 2.

* Heavyweight bout:  Kimbo Slice vs.  Matt Mitrione
Mitrione put the hurt on Slice via TKO (punches) at 4:24 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Sam Stout vs.  Jeremy Stephens
Stephens fooled the jugges and beat up Stout via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29).

* Welterweight bout:  Josh Koscheck vs.  Paul Daley
Koscheck fooled the jugges and beat up Daley via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* Light Heavyweight Championship bout:  Lyoto Machida (c) vs.  Mauricio Rua
Rua layed the smack down on Machida via KO (punches) at 3:35 of round 1 to become the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.

UFC112:Invincible was pegged as an All Star, A#1 event.  Looking at the fight card, it sure had the makings of some legendary bouts.  How could you miss with Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, the UFC debut of Renzo Gracie?  Even Kendall Grove and Mark Munoz promised to give us some great great fights.  In fact, the Grove/Munoz contest *was* the fight of the night.  All the big names gave us some pretty bogus fights.  Hughes and Renzo circled each other for what seemed the entire fight.  BJ just was unprepared to fight Edgar and his defeat proved it.  Silva and Maia have scored the weirdest fight in UFC history outside of the Kalib Starnes/Nate Quarry fight.  Maia had no business stepping into the Octogon with Silva but Silva just didn’t respect the game of MMA enough to finish the fight right.  Dana White was clearly ticked off about this fight.  It will be interesting to see what, if anything, happens to Anderson after this.  He is still top of the heap in the UFC but that can change in a instant if Dana decides that being a “jackass” is a deal breaker.  Suffice to say, “Invincible” was anything but…

Here’s your Invincible Results:

No Wanna See You Card:

* Heavyweight bout:  Jon Madsen vs. Mostapha Al Turk

Madsen fooled the judges and beat up Al Turk via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Paul Kelly vs. Matt Veach

Kelly choked the fight out of Veach via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:41 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Brad Blackburn

Johnson put the hurt on Blackburn via TKO (strikes) at 2:08 of round 3.

* Welterweight bout:  Nick Osipczak vs. Rick Story

Story fooled the judges and beat up Osipczak via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Middleweight bout:  Kendall Grove vs. Mark Muñoz

Munoz put the hurt on Grove via TKO (strikes) at 2:50 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Terry Etim vs. Rafael dos Anjos

dos Anjos choked the fight out of Etim via submission (armbar) at 4:30 of round 2.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Sweden Alexander Gustafsson vs. Phil Davis

Davis choked the fight out of Gustafsson via submission (anaconda choke) at 4:55 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie

Hughes put the hurt on Gracie via TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of round 3.

* Lightweight Championship bout:  B.J. Penn (c) vs. Frankie Edgar

Edgar fooled the judges and beat up Penn via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 49-46) to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.

* Middleweight Championship bout:  Anderson Silva (c) vs. Demian Maia

Silva fooled the judges and beat up Maia via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.

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If you have an Xbox360, you too can see GSP and Hardy up close and personal…

It took them long enough, five rounds to be exact, to decide that GSP is indeed still one heck of an MMA’r.  UFC 111 came to us on March 27th, 2010 with a much better card than the last few.  GSP, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin and even Nate Diaz helped to make this event pretty good to watch for free and otherwise.  I would keep an eye out for Nate.  This kid is becoming a monster in the UFC and if people don’t watch out, he’s going to make everyone look stupid.  He definitely made me look stupid after all the hemming and hawing I’ve done proclaiming him a fake TUF champion.

Here are your results.  Don’t blink, because we have another UFC event in two days: UFC Fight Night 21.  Then we’ve got UFC 112 on April 10th.  Spring is definitely getting busy for mixed martial artists.  They better be as ready as we are!

No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:

* Welterweight bout:  Matthew Riddle vs.  Greg Soto

Riddle fooled the judges and beat up Soto via disqualification (illegal upkick) at 1:30 of round 3.

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Ricardo Almeida vs.  Matt Brown

Almeida choked the fight out of Brown via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:30 of round 2.

* Catchweight (177 lb) bout:  Nate Diaz vs.  Rory Markham

Diaz put the hurt on Markham via TKO (punches) at 2:47 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout:  Rousimar Palhares vs.  Tomasz Drwal

Palhares choked the fight out of Drwal via submission (heel hook) at 0:45 of round 1.

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs.  Mark Bocek

Miller fooled the judges and beat up Bocek via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).

* Welterweight bout:  Jon Fitch vs.  Ben Saunders

Fitch fooled the judges and beat up Saunders via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Lightweight bout:  Kurt Pellegrino vs.  Fabricio Camoes

Pellegrino choked the fight out of Camoes via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:20 of round 2.

* Interim Heavyweight Championship bout:  Frank Mir vs.  Shane Carwin

Carwin layed the smack down on Mir via KO (punches) at 3:48 of round 1 to become the UFC Interim Heavyweight champion.

* Welterweight Championship bout:  Georges St. Pierre (c) vs.  Dan Hardy

St. Pierre fooled the judges and beat up Hardy via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-45) to retain the UFC Welterweight championship.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Rodney Wallace vs.  Jared Hamman

Hamman fooled the judges and beat up Wallace via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

That might leave a little mark…  Miguel Torres isn’t looking like himself these days and may never again!  I guess it’s kind of a “red badge of courage” thing for fighters to get nasty cuts.  Guys with pretty faces just don’t make it in the pro ranks.  I guess that’s why I never got to the big show…  Anyway, WEC 47 delivered it’s usual high quality fights from the little guys.  I think Torres will bounce back but he needs to get a grip on whatever is making him lose.  I think the rest of the competition has figured him out.  Jens needs to go ahead and retire from fighting already.  He is an AWESOME coach and I think his stable of fighters will dominate for years to come.  His stint on the Ultimate Fighter proved as much.  Still, if Little Evil gets it together and puts some more wins on his record at WEC, it wouldn’t be unwelcome.  Go Jens GO!  Here are your results:

No Wanna SeeYa, Not Even For Free Card

* Featherweight bout:  Chad Mendes vs.  Erik Koch
Mendes fooled the judges and beat up Koch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout:  Leonard Garcia vs.  George Roop
Garcia and Roop flailed around but couldn’t get a win. The judges made it a draw by scoring it 29-27 (Garcia) 29-27 (Roop) and 28-28. A   point was taken away from Roop for a clean shot to the gonads of Garcia.  OUCH!

* Featherweight bout:  Fredson Paixao vs.  Courtney Buck
Paixao choked the fight out of Buck via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:39 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Ricardo Lamas vs. France Bendy Casimir
Lamas layed the smack down on Casimir via KO (knee) at 3:43 of round 1.

Main Free As In Natty ICE Beer Card

* Bantamweight Championship bout:  Brian Bowles vs.  Dominick Cruz
Cruz rained the pain on Bowles via TKO (injury) at 5:00 of round 2 to become the new WEC Bantamweight Champion.

* Bantamweight bout:  Miguel Torres vs.  Joseph Benavidez
Benavidez choked the fight out of Torres via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:57 of round 2.

* Featherweight bout:  Jens Pulver vs.  Javier Vazquez
Vazquez choked the fight out of Pulver via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 1.

* Featherweight bout:  Deividas Taurosevičius vs.  LC Davis
Davis fooled the judges and beat up Taurosevičius via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29).

* Lightweight bout:  Bart Palaszewski vs. Armenia Karen Darabedyan
Palaszewski choked the fight out of Darabedyan via submission (armbar) at 4:40 of round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Scott Jorgensen vs.  Chad George
Jorgensen choked the fight out of George via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:31 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Danny Castillo vs.  Anthony Pettis
Pettis layed the smack down on Castillo via KO (strikes) at 2:17 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight Bout:  James Te-Huna vs.  Igor Pokrajac
Te-Huna put the hurt on Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) at 3:26 of round 3.

* Middleweight Bout:  C.B. Dollaway vs.  Goran Reljic
Dollaway fooled the judges and beat Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Heavyweight Bout:  Mirko Filipović vs.  Anthony Perosh
Filipović put the hurt on Perosh via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2.

* Light Heavyweight Bout:  Keith Jardine vs.  Ryan Bader
Bader layed the smack down on Jardine via KO (punch) at 2:10 of round 3.

* Welterweight Bout:  Chris Lytle vs.  Brian Foster
Lytle choked the fight out of Foster via submission (kneebar) at 1:41 of round 1.

* Lightweight Bout:  Joe Stevenson vs.  George Sotiropoulos
Sotiropoulos fooled the judges and beat Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Middleweight Bout:  Wanderlei Silva vs.  Michael Bisping
Silva fooled the judges and beat Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Heavyweight Bout:  Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs.  Cain Velasquez
Velasquez layed the smack down on Nogueira via KO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight Bout:  Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Soszynski put the hurt on Bonnar via TKO (cut) at 1:04 of round 3.

UFC 109 Relentless came at us on February 6, 2010 and lived up to it’s name:  Relentlessly boring.  OK, maybe not all of it was boring.  Seeing Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman was a good trip back to the olden times.  The Sonnen vs. Marquardt fight was definitely the fight of the night.  I guess you can’t have a really big fight card every time but it seems like these guys have been pulled out from the very back of the closet.  Let’s see some newer shinier “toys” mix it up next time.  I’m sure it will make shelling out the $50 for PPV easier.

No Wanna See You Undercard Fight:

* Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Tuchscherer fooled the judges Hague via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).

* Lightweight bout: Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson
Emerson fooled the judges Nover via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
Guillard fooled the judges Torres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz
Danzig fooled the judges Buchholz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Serra put the hurt on Trigg via KO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
Maia fooled the judges Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis
Davis fooled the judges Stann via unanimous decision. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Maia vs. Miller bout.

* Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
Thiago choked the fight out of Swick via submission (d’arce choke) at 1:54 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
Sonnen fooled the judges Marquardt via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Couture choked the fight out of Coleman via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:09 of round 2.

* Heavyweight bout: Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran
Beltran put the hurt on Gracie via TKO (punches) at 1:31 of round 2. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Couture vs. Coleman main event bout.

* Lightweight Championship unification bout:  Jamie Varner vs.  Ben Henderson
Henderson defeated Varner via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:41 of Round 3 to become the undisputed WEC Lightweight Champion.

* Featherweight bout:  Urijah Faber vs.  Raphael Assuncao
Faber defeated Assuncao via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:49 of Round 3.

* Lightweight bout:  Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus
Shalorus defeated Jansen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Featherweight bout:  Mike Brown vs.  Anthony Morrison
Brown defeated Morrison via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:54 of Round 1.

* Featherweight bout:  Mackens Semerzier vs. Deividas Taurosevičius
Taurosevičius defeated Semerzier via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Preliminary Card

* Bantamweight bout:  Charlie Valencia vs.  Akitoshi Tamura
Valencia defeated Tamura via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

* Bantamweight bout:  Wagnney Fabiano vs.  Clint Godfrey
Fabiano defeated Godfrey via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout:  Mark Hominick vs.  Bryan Caraway
Hominick defeated Caraway via submission (triangle) at 3:48 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast.

* Bantamweight bout:  Eddie Wineland vs.  George Roop
Wineland defeated Roop via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 20-27).

* Bantamweight bout:  Coty Wheeler vs.  Will Campuzano
Campuzano defeated Wheeler via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).

* Lightweight bout:  Donald Cerrone vs.  Ed Ratcliff
Cerrone defeated Ratcliff via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:47 of Round 3.

* Lightweight bout: Nigeria Anthony Njokuani vs.  Chris Horodecki
Njokuani defeated Horodecki via TKO (strikes) at 3:33 of Round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Joseph Benavidez vs.  Rani Yahya
Benavidez defeated Yahya via TKO (strikes) at 1:35 of Round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Takeya Mizugaki vs.  Scott Jorgensen
Jorgensen defeated Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Undercard

* Lightweight bout: Poland Bart Palaszewski vs.  Anthony Pettis
Palaszewski defeated Pettis via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Muhsin Corbbrey vs.  Zach Micklewright
Micklewright defeated Corbbrey via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Bantamweight bout:  John Hosman vs.  Chad George
George defeated Hosman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout:  Brandon Visher vs.  Courtney Buck
Visher defeated Buck via KO (punches) at 4:45 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast after Benavidez/Yahya.

* Bantamweight bout: England Brad Pickett vs.  Kyle Dietz
Pickett defeated Dietz via submission (Peruvian necktie) at 4:36 of Round 2. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast after Njokuani/Horodecki.

* Featherweight bout:  Jameel Massouh vs.  Erik Koch
Koch defeated Massouh via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).