‘Matt Brown vs. Erick Silva’ was one of the most exciting bouts in a long time and the UFC should consider themselves lucky it aired for free on television. Hometown boy Matt Brown was looking to impress those in attendance, along with Dana White, by headhunting from the opening minute of the first round. He […]

Costas Philippou made a statement tonight by finishing the fight in the first round. Philippou and Larkin were duking it out in the opening seconds of first round and it was clear that the fight was not going to go the distance. Costas Philippou forced Lorenz Larkin to backpedal to the cage and he was […]

Daron Cruickshank brought the crowd to life with another first round stoppage tonight. Daron Cruickshank landed a left high kick and Erik Koch fell face first to the canvas. It seemed as if he was out cold, but he came to and started defending the barrage of strikes Cruickshank was throwing. Cruickshank’s shots were landing […]

After a rather lackluster fight between Neil Magny and Tim Means that went the distance, Army National Guard Sergeant Neil Magny prevailed and was given the unanimous decision victory. Magny rocked Means multiple times throughout the fight and used his superior clinch work to take Means down several times as well. This makes it two […]

Soa Paleilei has a very fitting nickname. ‘The Hulk’ surely smashed tonight. Ruan Potts took the fight to the ground and Soa Paleilei had no problem following him there. Soa Paleilei ended up in full mount and cracked Ruan Potts with a left hand and he was out INSTANTLY. The referee stepped in the middle […]

Chris Cariaso and Louis Smolka kicked off the main card with a competitive back and forth fight that went the distance. The first round did not see too much action take place. Louis Smolka utilized his height while in the clinch by crashing his knees into the gut of Chris Cariaso. Other than that, they […]

Rafael Natal and Ed Herman put on a back and forth fight that likely had the judges scratching their heads at the end. It was a tough one to score as each fighter had their moments throughout the fifteen minutes. Rafael Natal did a fantastic job in setting up his takedowns in the first with […]

Kyoji Horiguchi and Darrell Montague fought for flyweight supremacy in the second to last fight of the preliminaries. The bout followed a series of exciting fights so when the action didn’t kick off immediately, the crowd was quick to voice their disapproval. It wasn’t that they weren’t throwing punches; Neither man could find a comfortable […]

It all came down to the third and final round after each fighter picked up one round a piece. Cabral controlled most of the first round on the ground and almost put Cummings away with a triangle choke at one point. Cummings picked his shots in the second and outlanded Cabral with significant strikes and […]

Eddie Wineland was ranked fourth walking into the octagon, but who knows how far he will fall after losing to unranked Johnny Eduardo. The first round was close but it was clear Eduardo was getting the best of his opponent. Wineland and Eduardo landed the same amount of punches (12), however Wineland threw 42 more! […]

UFC Fight Pass Exclusive Preliminary main-event featured Manny Gamburyan and Nick Lentz in a three round bout that went the full fifteen minutes. Manny Gamburyan struggled to get any offensive momentum going his way in the first round as Nick Lentz was looking to close the distance and grapple. The majority of the first round […]

Justin Salas tried to set up takedowns with jabs, but his attempts were transparent and Ben Wall easily defended them. With Salas looking for takedown attempts so often, Wall was unable to attempt anything offensive so it took a while for someone to gain momentum in the first. Justin Salas gained momentum in the middle […]

Albert Tumenov knew walking into the octagon tonight that his left hook is a dangerous weapon. Anthony Lapsley figured it out the hard way, though. This fight was billed as a classic ‘Grappler vs. Striker’ bout. Tumenov played a smart fight and kept his distance which prevented Lapsley from shooting for a takedown. Tumenov timed […]