UFC Fight Night 102 results: Corey Anderson grounds and pounds Sean O'Connell for TKO win

ALBANY, N.Y. – He might have had a new nickname, but it was a vintage Corey Anderson in the cage against Sean O'Connell.

Anderson’s (9-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) fierce ground and pound gave O’Connell (17-9 MMA, 2-5 UFC) almost no chance to get in the fight. By the second round, the referee had no choice but to intervene.

The light heavyweight bout was part of the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 102 event at Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

The fight was over at the 2:36 mark of the second round as O’Connell was saved from a flurry of punches from a mounted Anderson.

It took all of about 15 seconds for “The Ultimate Fighter 19” winner to put O’Connell on the mat and resume his work from the first round. O’Connell’s early efforts at a standup fight went up in smoke 40 seconds into the opening frame with a takedown. Anderson followed his opponent to the cage door and got busy with elbows from the top.

After a split-call loss to ex-champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in his previous outing at UFC 198, Anderson debuted his new moniker, “Overtime,” and got back in the win column with a vengeance.

O’Connell, meanwhile, drops to 2-5 in his octagon career after a “Fight of the Night” loss to Steve Bosse.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 102 results include:

• Corey Anderson def. Sean O’Connell via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:36
• Gian Villante def. Saparbek Safarov via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:54
• Justine Kish def. Ashley Yoder via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Randy Brown def. Brian Camozzi via TKO (knee, punches) – Round 2, 1:25
• Gerald Meerschaert def. Joe Gigliotti via submission (anaconda choke) – Round 1, 4:12
• Andrew Sanchez def. Trevor Smith via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Shane Burgos def. Tiago Trator via unanimous decision (30-26, 29-28, 29-27)
• Marc Diakiese def. Frankie Perez via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Ryan Janes def. Keith Berish via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Juliana Lima def. J.J. Aldrich via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 102, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

(MMAjunkie’s Matt Erickson contributed to this report on site in Albany.)