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Round 1
Elkins lands a few glancing right hands over the top as the
featherweights bounce and weave in the opening minute. The southpaw
Omigawa scores with short lefts of his own before changing up his
stance. Omigawa ducks out of the way of the American’s punches and
clips him with a left on the way out. Elkins clubs Omigawa with a
one-two and the judoka drops to a knee for a split-second before
bouncing back to his feet. Omigawa ducks inside and winds up
tripped to the mat beneath Elkins. From there, Omigawa grabs at a
leglock and Elkins immediately escapes to the feet. Hard left hook
lands from Elkins with 70 seconds left in the round. Elkins
continues to score with the left, landing three or four more down
the stretch.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Elkins
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Elkins
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Omigawa
Round 2
The firefight resumes, both men throwing punches exclusively.
Omigawa moves forward early and further damages the already
reddened face of Elkins, who tries to keep the Yoshida Dojo product
at range with straights. Omigawa finally throws an outside low kick
90 seconds into the round. Omigawa clinches, looking for a trip,
but gets shucked. He keeps pressing and drops another crisp left on
the bloodied side of Elkins’ face. Omigawa winds up his right hand
as he walks Elkins down, but it’s Elkins who slugs him with a
right. Elkins gives chase now, clipping Omigawa with a short right
in the pocket. Omigawa bobs and weaves, walking forward and putting
combinations on Elkins, then playing matador when he comes
forward.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Omigawa
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Omigawa
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Omigawa
Round 3
Elkins comes out looking to score and eats a short left as he wings
punches. Omigawa ducks inside, lifts his man up with a high double
and drives Elkins to the floor. Elkins holds a headlock
momentarily, then lets it go and tries to escape from Omigawa in
his open guard. Omigawa mashes and flattens, pushing Elkins into
the fence. Elkins throws up a triangle and nearly gives up his back
in the ensuing scramble. Instead, the 145’ers go back to standing
midway through the final round, Elkins’ face now an even more
grisly sight. Omigawa steps in from the center, pops Elkins with a
left, dips out, and repeats. Elkins continues to lean low with his
punches, leaving his head exposed to Omigawa’s left hand.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Omigawa (29-28 Omigawa)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Omigawa (29-28 Omigawa)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Omigawa (30-27 Omigawa)
Official scores: Two judges have it 29-28, while one sees it 30-27, all for the winner by unanimous decision, Darren Elkins. The Vancouver crowd in attendance for the evening’s first contest voices its disapproval of the verdict.
Round 1
The big men come out swinging, and it’s Beltran who connects first
with peppering lefts. Beltran shoves the taller Rosa into the cage
with an underhook and lands a few hard lefts when they disengage 20
seconds later. The “Mexicutioner” clinches again and digs a few
hooks to the body. Referee Jerin Valel tells them to work and
Beltran responds with a hard right hand over the top, then another.
The heavyweights stand in the pocket winging punches wildly,
neither connecting much but both throwing with all they have. Rosa,
who’s pawing at his nose repeatedly, steps forward and lands a
right. Beltran backs him down, though, and puts his back to the
fence before unloading with a hard combo. Rosa steps away briefly,
but Beltran follows, lands a leg kick and puts a few punches on
Rosa’s ribs. They go back to all-out slugging for the final 10
seconds; this time, it’s Beltran landing cleaner right hands to the
face and body, though Rosa gets in a stiff uppercut.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Beltran
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Beltran
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Beltran
Round 2
Rosa lands a left jab-overhand right combo, and Beltran responds by
throwing leg kicks. Beltran plunks Rosa with a big right and
clinches up to throw knees inside. The ref tells them to work and
they split. Another right lands for Rosa, then a one-two followed
by an inside thigh kick. Again, Beltran initiates the clinch and
throws knees low inside. One knee lands straight on Rosa’s groin,
and Beltran connects with another to Rosa’s face as he’s collapsing
in pain. Ref Valel calls for the doctor, who clears Rosa to
continue. Rosa stuns Beltran with a right over the top and smells
blood, giving chase. He leaps at Beltran with a knee against the
fence and now Beltran takes a low blow. He soon recovers and they
get back to work with just over a minute to go. Long left lands for
Rosa and Beltran rushes him into the cage again. They trade
phone-booth punches, split, and then clinch again to the final
horn. Beltran lands a late right hand and the crowd jeers, though
no action is taken in the cage.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Beltran
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Beltran
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Beltran
Round 3
Rosa comes forward swinging and gets caught in a loose guillotine.
Beltran lands a knee, abandons it, and has Rosa on his knees
against the fence, where he unloads with a flurry of hard punches
from the standing position. Rosa looks to be out of it, but
struggles back up. Beltran ragdolls Rosa onto his back and Rosa’s
cut badly now, likely from the knee. Beltran goes wild and thumps
Rosa with solid ground-and-pound until referee Valel steps in for
the save at 1:26 of the third.
Round 1
Young scores with leg kicks early, but Poirier keeps coming
forward, hurling punches. He puts Young’s back to the cage, but
Young grabs hold of Poirier’s right arm and tries to lock up a
standing kimura. It doesn’t work, but Young does spin Poirier
around and drive a knee to the gut. They exchange control a few
more times before breaking off and each landing hard shots in a
wild exchange. Young catches Poirier coming in and tags him with a
right, then leaps at the American with a round kick. Poirier goes
to his kicks now, both to the body and legs, and Young leaps in
with a knee. Poirier slugs Young with a great left hook, but his
follow-up punches can’t find the mark. The featherweights clash leg
kicks a few times; Young is now cut above the left eye. A kick
seems to graze Poirier low, but he doesn’t want to stop when asked
by ref John McCarthy. Young slips on a jumping kick. He stands and
puts a hard right on the jaw of Poirier, who answers with some
crisp inside leg kicks before the horn.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Poirier
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Poirier
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Poirier
Round 2
Great leg kicks from Young early in the second. He puts a hard
right on Poirier, but Poirier’s simultaneous kick is on Young’s
cup. Young recovers and they go back to headhunting. Poirier is
sticking his left hand straight down the pipe, but eating more and
more leg kicks from Young. Now, Young comes forward and plants a
one-two on Poirier. Right hand comes over the top from Young,
followed by a left hook. Another right hand is chased with a leg
kick. Young slips out of the way of Poirier’s right and pops him
with a left. The Brit leaps inside with a knee, but it misses and
Poirier snaps his head with a left hand. Poirier scores a takedown
in the final seconds and holds down Young, whose face is streaming
blood at the end of the frame.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Poirier
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Young
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Young
Round 3
Young emerges from his corner with a big gob of Vaseline over his
left eye, and the fighters trade for a moment before he has to
pause and wipe it off. They restart and Young comes forward,
hunting for lefts, but instead eats a few strong Poirier shots.
Poirier puts Young against the cage with a high double-leg, can’t
finish and switches to a single. Young stifles the move by
underhooking Poirier’s left arm and the two are at a stalemate with
three minutes left. Poirier gets his takedown, but his face is
buried so low that Young is able to stand. Poirier drags him down
again, and Young pops right back up, socking Poirier with right
hands in the clinch. Poirier tries for another takedown and Young
sprawls on the fence, elbowing to the American’s side. Another
takedown for Poirier, but he’s mounting no offense, only looking to
improve position as Young digs in with unanswered elbows. Poirier
finally gets Young on his back, away from the fence with 30 seconds
left, but Young lifts Poirier’s left arm and slugs away from
underneath.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Poirier (30-27 Poirier)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Young (29-28 Young)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Young (29-28 Young)
Official scores: The judges at cageside have it 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 for the winner by unanimous decision, Dustin Poirier.
Round 1
Ring flicks outside leg kicks as he circles around Head, who tries
to come forward and is punished with a right hand. Ring clinches
and drills Head with knees to the gut. Head answers with a nice
right hand down the middle, but he already seems to be bloodied
around the eye from Ring’s offense. The Canadian plants Head on the
canvas in the center of the cage and works from side control with
three minutes left. Ring goes to north-south and Head gets loose.
Ring lets him up and Head makes him pay with a right hand on the
temple that drops Ring to a knee. Head pounces, can’t finish with
punches, and attacks with hard knees in the clinch when Ring stands
back up. Ring appears to be recovered until he takes a head kick
and a right hand at the one-minute mark. Ring gets a takedown into
half-guard and the American breathes hard, laying his head back on
the canvas. Ring finishes strong on top.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Ring
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Ring
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Head
Round 2
Ring lands a takedown and spends a minute flattening and pounding
Head with big punches and elbows before being stuffed back to
half-guard. Ring stands and Head kicks, creating enough space to
stand. It doesn’t last long, as Ring dumps Head back down against
the fence. Head uses the fence to push off and puts the cage on his
left side. Head’s badly bloodied, but resists when Ring nearly
takes his back, dumping the Canadian off onto his head. Ring winds
up on top in the scramble and ref Herb Dean calls time for the
cageside physician to inspect the cut on the bridge of Head’s nose.
Dean tells Head the doctor cannot stop the bleeding, and that the
cut will continue bleeding into his eyes. He asks Head if he wants
to continue and Head responds in the affirmative. Dean restarts
them in the center of the cage with Ring in side control. “Reverse
side control,” Dean points out when Ring tries to secure a more
advantageous starting position. No matter: Ring is suffocating Head
from half-guard, Head simply grimacing in pain and dripping blood,
unable to escape.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Ring
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Ring
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-8 Ring
Round 3
It’s not long before Ring is back in Head’s guard, throwing away.
Head is a mess, his blood all over the canvas, but he works to
control Ring’s wrists and looks for an opening for a submission.
Ring simply bullies him, advancing to side control and slamming
Head with elbows. He shucks Head’s legs over the top and goes to
north-south position with two minutes remaining. Head can’t do
anything from the bottom as Ring continues to assault with elbows.
Head tries to turtle and nearly gives up his back, but winds up in
north-south. Head turtles again, and this time Ring wastes no time
sinking in a rear-naked choke. Ring doesn’t have hooks in, but it
is tight and Head nonetheless submits as soon as the choke is in
place. The official time is 3:33 of the third period.
Round 1
Soszynski comes forward and Massenzio puts him on his back at the
base of the fence. The “Polish Experiment” threatens with his
favorite submission from underneath -- the kimura -- and Massenzio
backs out. Massenzio clinches on the fence, but can’t do much. The
larger Soszynski starts putting left hands on Massenzio, who gets
another takedown, but again finds Soszynski back on his feet.
Massenzio lobs inside leg kicks and he’s cut now from Soszynski’s
punches. Massenzio shoots a double and finds no success. He combos
are blocked by Soszynski, who thrusts his right hand straight into
the American’s grill. Massenzio gets another takedown, Soszynski
pops up and they stall out in the clinch. Referee Kevin Dornan
restarts them with a minute left and Soszynski walks down
Massenzio, then sprawls on a shot. A pair of left hands from
Soszynski sting Massenzio, causing him to shoot a double which
Soszynski easily sprawls on.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Soszynski
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Soszynski
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Soszynski
Round 2
Soszynski lands a chopping outside leg kick, Massenzio shoots, and
Soszynski sprawls, sinking in a loose guillotine. It’s not a real
threat immediately, but Massenzio is stuck under the sprawl, on his
knees against the cage. Soszynski drives knees into the shoulder of
the downed Massenzio, who gets back to his feet and puts
Soszynski’s back on the fence. Soszynski lands knees to the
breadbasket, they split and he sprawls on yet another Massenzio
shot, and then another and another. Soszynski’s back is to the
cage, but he punches underneath the far-side armpit of Massenzio
until referee splits them up. Soszynski lands hard rights and
sprawls again at the horn.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Soszynski
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Soszynski
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Soszynski
Round 3
Soszynski parries the jab, sprawls on Massenzio and winds up on top
this time. Massenzio turtles with control of Soszynski’s left
wrist, trying to prevent the kimura. Soszynski drops punches and
then hard knees to Massenzio’s body and shoulder. Massenzio is
trapped, just eating the knees, clinging on to Soszynski’s wrist
with nowhere to go. Soszynski snakes his arm around and Massenzio
bucks, landing in a bulldog choke. Massenzio briefly gets on top
and goes for a choke of his own, then tries in vain for a
double-leg on the fence when Soszynski stands. Referee Dornan
splits them up and calls for action. The clapper sounds and
Massenzio shoots in desperation, only to be stuffed one last
time.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Soszynski (30-27 Soszynski)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Soszynski (30-27 Soszynski)
Mike Whitman scores the round 10-9 Soszynski (30-27 Soszynski)
Official scores: All three judges score it a clean sweep -- 30-27, 20-26 and 30-27 -- for the winner by unanimous decision, Krzysztof Soszynski.
Round 1
Weidman goes high with a blocked head kick first and misses with a
spinning attempt. Bongfeldt throws a left high kick of his own and
it lands right on Weidman’s jaw, and he chases the “All-American”
down with further kicks and punches. They clinch and tumble with
Weidman landing in side control on Bongfeldt’s left. Now the
wrestler mashes with elbows and punches from top control, looking
for a crucifix, but Bongfeldt stuffs him back to guard. Weidman
stands and tosses the legs aside, passing to Bongfeldt’s right.
North-south position now and Weidman’s corner, Matt Serra, screams
for a kimura. Bongfeldt rolls through and puts Weidman in
half-guard, where Weidman does look for a kimura. He can’t get it,
but he’s all over Bongfeldt, passing to the side and north-south
again. Bongfeldt is trying to mount offense from beneath, but
Weidman’s grinding elbows on top are doing much more. Weidman steps
in with a knee to the solar plexus and grabs a standing guillotine
as Bongfeldt tries to shoot. It’s extremely tight and Bongfeldt is
forced to tap out with only seconds remaining, the end coming
officially at 4:54 of the opening round.
Round 1
The lightweights snipe early, Stout using a one-two-leg kick and
Edwards mixing lefts, uppercuts and kicks of his own. Nothing much
of substance lands in the opening 90 seconds, but the fighters then
exchange glancing head kicks and Edwards drives for a takedown. He
spins Stout to the mat after a brief struggle and Stout tries to
shove Edwards off with a butterfly guard. Stout keeps busy with
elbows from underneath and eventually does create space to scramble
to his feet. Edwards scores with a straight left and slips on a
head kick, but jumps back up. Stout clinches and tries a partially
blocked knee outside. They stand in the pocket and Edwards puts a
right hand behind Stout’s ear. At the same time, Stout throws a
picture perfect left hook which snaps Edwards’ head and sends him
crashing to the ground. Edwards is out cold already, but his head
bounces off the canvas and his eyes are wide open as Stout walks
away. It’s a vicious finish from “Hands of Stone” at 3:52 of the
first round, one that will no doubt appear on highlight reels for
years to come.
Round 1
Cerrone gets straight to work with chopping leg kicks, but the
second grazes Rocha on the cup. Herb Dean stops the action, but
Rocha is quick to recover. Cerrone times a shot from Rocha and
lands a knee, continues bouncing and fires off a few more leg
kicks. The next kick from Cerrone is caught and Rocha plows him
down, but Cerrone’s guard is up instantly. Rocha stands over
Cerrone and fires off a few solid shots before Cerrone scrambles
up. Rocha tries a single-leg, then an ankle pick, but Cerrone spins
away. More leg kicks from Cerrone and Rocha is stepping a little
more gingerly at the 2:30 mark. Rocha lands a right and lands a
slapping leg kick of his own. Cerrone answers with more rough kicks
to Rocha’s lead leg and Rocha shoots from a mile out. Cerrone
sprawls on it, lands another half-dozen low kicks and stuffs
another takedown. Rocha tries a kick to the body and Cerrone
catches it, then sweeps the grappler to the mat. Cerrone snaps back
Rocha’s head with a left and keeps chopping away to the horn.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Cerrone
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Cerrone
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Cerrone
Round 2
Rocha’s legs may be banged up, but he charges forward nonetheless,
looking to put hands on Cerrone, who dodges and kicks away. Rocha
brings Cerrone down with a low double, but Cerrone’s immediately
back up. They clinch against the cage a moment before Cerrone spins
out. Rocha puts a few solid right straights on Cerrone, and the
“Cowboy” just keeps kicking. Cerrone easily slips another takedown
attempt from Rocha, who then slips as he stands and runs toward
Cerrone. The lightweights don’t stay on the floor long; Cerrone is
soon back to stalking, mixing leg and teep kicks with punches.
Rocha’s legs are clearly failing him as he tries to check and slips
on a takedown try. Cerrone sprawls all over another takedown in the
waning seconds and Rocha is slow to stand up.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Cerrone
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Cerrone
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Cerrone
Round 3
It’s more of the same from Cerrone, who sprawls on every shot from
Rocha and doesn’t stop moving forward with offense. He attacks the
rear leg of Rocha now and begins to taunt his opponent with a
dance. He catches a kick and sweeps down Rocha, who just stands
keeps looking for overhand bombs. Rocha tries another takedown to
no avail, and is similarly unsuccessful with an attempt to pull
guard. Cerrone is landing hard punches in the final minute,
snapping Rocha’s head back. One left hand around the 0:10 mark puts
Rocha on his rear end. Rocha sits against the fence and claps as
Cerrone walks away at the horn.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Cerrone (30-27 Cerrone)
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Cerrone (30-27 Cerrone)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Cerrone (30-27 Cerrone)
Official scores: The judges have it 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26 for the winner by unanimous decision, Donald Cerrone.
Round 1
Einemo goes low immediately and appears to catch a kick from
Herman. After a moment, Einemo goes inside again and clinches “Pee
Wee” into the fence, trying to spin him down with underhooks.
Herman stays up and lands a hard knee from the Thai plum, countered
by a punch from Einemo. Another right straight down the pipe from
Einemo has Herman grinning. He’s still smiling and dancing as he
dips inside to put combos on Einemo. The ADCC champ responds with
single, straight punches, behind which he tries to clinch. Herman
feigns injury at a right hand from Einemo, stumbling backward and
bouncing off the cage. Leg kicks are landing for Herman, as well as
kicks to the body and step-in knees. One kick is caught by Einemo,
who wastes no time in dragging Herman down and moving to side
control with two minutes to go in the round. Herman tries pushing
off the cage with his feet, but Einemo is keeping him down. Herman
finds an opening and shoves Einemo off, then stands, where he
resumes leg-kicking and circling out. The big men trade hard knees
to the body in the clinch. Einemo scores a takedown at the end, but
Herman is flipping him over as the horn sounds.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Einemo
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Einemo
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Einemo
Round 2
Einemo is landing hard lefts in the early going here. The men
clinch and Herman gets a good knee off to the body, while Einemo
connects to the head. Herman’s in trouble and Einemo gives chase,
looking to finish. Einemo slips throwing a right, jumps back up.
Herman’s lost his mouthpiece and quickly has it washed out by his
corner. Einemo lands another big knee, but now it’s Herman turning
the tide with a knee of his own and a left hook. Einemo eats shots
on the ground, but regains his footing. Another knee lands for
Herman and the follow-up right hand has Einemo in a bad way. Herman
pounds away and referee Kevin Dornan calls it at 3:19 of the second
round in the evening’s new frontrunner for “Fight of the
Night.”
Round 1
The middleweights come out with tentative exchanges, Munoz looking
for a right hand and Maia sticking a left straight. A left hand
behind the ear appears to wobble Munoz, but he recovers quickly and
Maia does not pounce. Maia wades in with strikes to clinch and
lands inside knees as he tries to pry Munoz off the fence. Referee
Jerin Valel does it instead, restarting them in the center after
some inactivity in the clinch. Maia comes forward with aggression,
mixing up combos, left hands and high kicks. Munoz backpedals and
lands a nice counter left as Maia comes in to strike. Munoz tries a
spinning kick and eats a punch, then waits against the fence for
Maia, who’s twitching and faking but doesn’t throw. Munoz comes
alive in the last 20 seconds, charging on Maia and connecting on a
few lefts.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Maia
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Maia
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Maia
Round 2
Munoz pounds right hands into the thigh and body of Maia, who’s
driving forward on a single-leg. Maia creates space to pull guard
and then stand back up. Once on his feet, Maia is instantly on the
offensive, backing Munoz up with winging punches. Munoz lands a
left of his own and sprawls on another shot from Maia. The wrestler
tries for a brabo choke, but the Brazilian slips out. Maia tries
again for the shot, only to be shut down and have Munoz land more
body blows. Munoz sits in Maia’s guard with two minutes to go in
the middle frame. Maia stands up, but Munoz has a leg and drives
him back down. Half-guard against the fence for Munoz, but Maia is
sitting up and holding tight to negate the space. Munoz is mounting
some offense on top, but not enough for referee Valel, who stands
them up just in time for the round to end.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Munoz
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Munoz
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Munoz
Round 3
Munoz gets Maia down after a minute of circling. Maia’s right back
up with control of Munoz’s right arm, which he uses to get on top.
Munoz’s arm is trapped between Maia’s legs as Maia applies a neck
crank. It looks bad for Munoz, but he twists loose and stands back
up. The “Wrecking Machine” clinches and gets reversed as the pace
slows in the last half of the final round. The crowd boos as Munoz
puts Maia on the cage and simply stalls out, and referee Valel
restarts them. Maia has a shot sprawled on, makes the best of it
with a knee to the body, but then gets spun down by Munoz. They
clinch on the fence with a minute to go, Munoz in control, both men
looking for a trip. Munoz lands a body kick and Maia returns fire.
Munoz sprawls on one last shot and strikes to the body of Maia. The
men look for home run shots in the last seconds of what should be a
very tight decision.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Maia (29-28 Maia)
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Munoz (29-28 Munoz)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Maia (29-28 Maia)
Official scores: It’s a unanimous verdict with scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27, all for Mark Munoz, winner of his third straight Octagon start.
Round 1
Florian takes the center while Nunes stalks the outside, both men
missing with leg kicks and tight combinations. Nunes lands a low
kick outside and Florian ducks under a punch to clinch. He backs
Nunes into the cage, drags him down after a struggle, but Nunes
gets back up. The Brazilian is warned for grabbing the fence by
referee John McCarthy. Double-leg attempt from Nunes yields
results, but in the brief time the lightweights are on the ground,
Florian digs some elbows into his man’s ribs. They clash looking
for one-hitters and clinch up briefly. Nunes takes the leg out from
under Florian with an inside low kick. Spinning backfist lands for
Nunes, though not flush, and a head kick from the Nova Uniao
fighter has Florian stumbling backward. With 45 seconds on the
clock, Florian ducks a punch and drives Nunes into the canvas.
Nunes rolls free, though, and they go back to trading. A left on
the jaw from Nunes puts Florian on his rear at the horn, and the
Massachusetts native throws up a triangle attempt.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Nunes
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Nunes
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Nunes
Round 2
Florian presses in on Nunes, who keeps the larger fighter at bay
with whipping high kicks. Just as in the first frame, Florian goes
under a punch from Nunes and tries for a takedown. Nunes resists it
and is again warned for grabbing the fence. Florian nearly brings
Nunes down with a single-leg and Nunes somehow stays upright.
Referee McCarthy issues another warning to Nunes for
fence-grabbing. Nunes scores the takedown now and Florian tries
another triangle from the bottom. Rather than sit in guard, Nunes
stands and dives back in with a big punch. Back on the feet,
Florian walks Nunes down and ducks low for another powerful
takedown. “KenFlo” tries to extract his left leg from Nunes’
half-guard, can’t find the space and is pushed back to full
guard.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Florian
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Florian
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Florian
Round 3
Nunes looks for spinning kicks that don’t land and soon finds
himself on his back thanks to another Florian takedown against the
fence. There’s not much Nunes can do beneath the bigger, stronger
Florian, except eat elbows and try to turn off the cage. Nunes does
get free and Florian nearly takes his back, but instead they
clinch. They split and Florian wards Nunes off with front kicks and
jabs. Nunes charges forward, head down, winging three-punch combos.
Florian’s strikes are more precise, though, and he drives a single
hard knee into Nunes’ gut from the clinch. Seconds before the horn,
Nunes puts Florian on one knee with a clipping right, but there’s
no time to pounce.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Florian (29-28 Florian)
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Florian (29-28 Florian)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Florian (29-28 Florian)
Official scores: The scorecards read 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27, all for Kenny Florian, who takes a unanimous decision in his featherweight debut.
Round 1
Former interim champ Carwin enters first to Eminem’s “Till I
Collapse,” while Dos Santos follows with Bill Conti’s “Gonna Fly
Now (Theme from ‘Rocky’).” The third man in the cage for the
heavyweight main event is Herb Dean. Both men paw and feel one
another out, their right hands loaded. Carwin shoots in after about
40 seconds and shoves Dos Santos into the cage. The Brazilian hits
a knee upon exit and then slides out of the way when Carwin tries
to rush him with a right hand. “Cigano” plunks the American with a
right hook and steps out, then does the same with a lead jab while
dodging a punch from Carwin. Overhand right partially connects for
Dos Santos as the opening round heads into its second half. Cigano
flicks out a left jab to find the range and Carwin ducks under to
trip his man down. Dos Santos is right back up and snaps off a few
left jabs to Carwin’s nose. He doubles up the jab now and finishes
with a right cross. Carwin is in bad shape and he turtles up as
Cigano pounces. Carwin motions to ref Dean that he’s being it in
the back of the head, but Dean doesn’t take action. Dos Santos
lands 20 or more unanswered shots and Carwin’s face is badly
bloodied, a cut under his left eye as he walks to his corner.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Dos Santos
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-8 Dos Santos
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-8 Dos Santos
Round 2
Carwin bounces in his corner at the start of round two and touches
gloves with Dos Santos again as they meet in the center. Cigano
misses with a head kick and sticks a hand in Carwin’s face as the
American bull-rushes. Dos Santos uncorks his killer uppercut, just
missing the mark, and flicks out an inside leg kick. Mean hooks
from Cigano dig into the body of Carwin. Leg kicks are the response
from Carwin, but he’s eating way more jabs in return from Dos
Santos. Nonetheless, Carwin moves straight at his opponent and zaps
him with a left hand. Another lands with just less than two minutes
to go, but Dos Santos doesn’t look to be in trouble. Cigano lands a
flush left high kick and goes back to sticking the jab inside the
last 30 seconds, finishing with more strong hooks to the body.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Dos Santos
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Dos Santos
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Dos Santos
Round 3
Carwin is cut deeply beneath both eyes and looks to be sporting a
broken nose as the last round starts. He takes only one jab before
shooting a single-leg and dragging Cigano to the base of the fence.
Dos Santos stays down only a few seconds before using the fence to
work up and slamming a knee into Carwin’s midsection. The Brazilian
continually circles right, lands shots and circles again. Left
hooks land to the head and ribs of Carwin, then a straight right. A
tiring Carwin continues moving forward with single shots, all of
which are sidestepped by Dos Santos. A jab stumbles Carwin and a
left jab-right hook combo has him moving backward again. Left
cross, left jab for Dos Santos and referee Dean steps in between
the heavyweights with about a minute to go. He calls for the
cageside doctor, who asks Carwin if he can see. Carwin responds in
the affirmative and is allowed to continue after passing a quick
vision test. They restart and Dos Santos ducks a punch to plow
Carwin to the floor. He lets Carwin right back up and picks away
with leg kicks and left hooks, scoring another takedown just as
time expires.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Dos Santos (30-26 Dos
Santos)
TJ De Santis scores the round 10-9 Dos Santos (30-26 Dos
Santos)
Chris Nelson scores the round 10-9 Dos Santos (30-26 Dos
Santos)
Official scores: The scorecards hold no surprises, reading 30-27, 30-27 and 30-26 for Junior dos Santos, the winner by unanimous decision and No. 1 contender to Cain Velasquez’s UFC heavyweight title.
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