by Kurt Hall of mma-underground.com
Matt Hughes vs. Thiago "Pit bull" Alves
The first round begins with a single leg takedown attempt by Hughes that Alves sprawls out of. Hughes shoots in for a double leg but Alves defends and Hughes pulls guard. Hughes goes for an armbar but ends up taking a left hand from Alves for the attempt. Alves allows Hughes to stand back up and gives Hughes a knee to his midsection. Hughes takes the shot in stride and takes Alves down to the canvas. Hughes controls Alves from top position but has trouble producing any offense except for a couple of elbows to the thighs from side control. Alves pulls into the butterfly guard but Hughes ends up into Alves' half guard. Alves stands back up to his feet and ends the round in Hughes' full guard. The second round begins with Alves landing a knee as Hughes shoots in for a takedown. Hughes now has a large cut near his right eye. Alves lands a flying knee on Hughes' falling head. Alves pounds out Hughes and referee Herb Dean stops the fight at 1:02 into the second round. Hughes injures his knee after getting hit by the flying knee. Hughes is expected to fight Matt Serra in his next fight. Thiago Alves is the presumed next welterweight title challenger.
Michael "The Count" Bisping vs. Jason "Dooms" Day
The first round begins with two fighters struggling to find their range within the first minute of the fight. Day scores the first strike of the fight with a straight right hand. Bisping clinches up and gets a trip to takedown Day. Bisping begins to throw a large volume of lefts and rights. Day survives the exchange but Bisping is now in side control. Day stands back up to his feet but Bisping takes him back down to the canvas with a nice double leg takedown. Bisping throws more lefts and rights and forces referee Dan Miragliotta to stop the fight just 3:42 into the first round.
Marcus "The Irish Hand Grenade" Davis vs. Mike "Quick" Swick
Swick begins the first round by throwing and missing on three head kicks in the first 30 seconds. Davis clinches up with Swick and pushes Swick to the cage and attempts to throw Swick down but Davis ends up pulling guard. Swick advances to half guard but is quickly put back into full guard after going for side control. Davis' head is pushed into the fence by Swick and Swick hits Davis with a left hand to the head. Swick lands some right hands and then throws some elbows to open a cut over the right eye of Davis. The bell for the second round sounds as Swick lands a nice right hand and trips Davis to the canvas. Swick throws some lazy punches from half guard and defends a kimura attempt from Davis. Both fighters are now on their feet and Davis lands a stright left to Swick's mouth. Davis gets a trip takedown on Swick and is caught in a triangle attempt. Davis defends the submission easilly and Swick gets back to his feet. Swick takes Davis down and ends the round in side control. The third round begins with Davis and Swick throwing knees and punches with neither fighter gaining an advantage. Swick gets Davis into the Muay Thai plum and Swick grazes Davis in the chin with a knee. Davis goes for an inside leg trip but Swick defends well and lands a knee to Davis' body. The right eye of Davis is bleeding badly. The cut under the eye is very severe. Referee Mario Yamasaki takes a point away from Swick for holding onto the fence. Swick shoots in for a takedown and lands in Davis' full guard. Swick uses punches to control the remainder of the round on the ground. All three judges agree that Swick takes the fight via unanimous decision 29-27.
Nate "The Great" Marquardt vs. Thales Leites
The first round begins with both fighters displaying some low quality striking. Leites lands a right hand that drops Marquardt to the canvas. Marquardt is now mounted and Leites transitions and takes Marquardt's back. Marquardt gets back to full guard but Leites quickly passes to half guard. Leites continues to side control but Marquardt rolls and gets back to his feet. Marquardt lands two right hands to the body of Leites. Marquardt lands an uppercut that has Leites backing up to the fence while rocked. The second round begins as Marquardt lands a nice straight right to Leites' body. Marquardt pushes Leites next to the fence and Leites is destroyed by an illegal knee. Marquardt gets a point deduction for the strike. The fight has resumed and Marquardt gets a quick takedown. Leites' nose gets busted up by Marquardt and Marquardt is warned for punches to the back of the head. Marquardt begins to turn up the pace and begins to tee off with some fast ground and pound. Leites is a bloodied up mess as he begins to cough up blood traveling into his mouth from his nose. Referee Herb Dean stands up the fighters. Leites takes down Marquardt and quickly transitions to the mount. Marquardt moves to the half guard as the bell sounds. The third round begins with Leites throwing a flying knee that gets caught by Marquardt and Marquardt obtains a takedown. Leites is elbowed to the side of the head and Marquardt is deducted a point due to an elbow to the "back of the head." The elbow actually lands on the side of Leites' head near the ear. Marquardt takes Leites down as the action resumes. Leites lands a couple of elbows to the head from his guard position. Leites begins to work for a kimura but Marquardt defends well. Marquardt ends the round by power-bombing Leites. The bout is scored 28-27 twice for Leites and 28-27 once for Marquardt. Leites takes a tough split decision victory.
Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum vs. Brandon "The Truth" Vera
The first round begins as Vera lands a low kick on Werdum. Vera clinches up with Werdum against the cage. As both fighters break away from the clinch Werdum lands a right hand on Vera. Werdum takes Vera down and lands into the half guard. Vera kicks Werdum off of him and stands back up to his feet. Vera stuns Werdum with a nice right hand. Werdum trips Vera down to the ground and quickly transitions into the mount. Vera covers up as Werdum begins to throw punches from the mount. Referee Dan Miragliotta stops the fight with just 20 seconds left in the first round. Werdum takes the fight via TKO in the first round. The stoppage looked bad and Vera protests the stoppage.
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