Well the time has come and gone and hopefully you didn’t miss out on an exciting night of fights. All the fighters tonight put on great performances in a highly anticipated mma event.
Main Event
Jones vs Evans went the distance but it was Jones who secured the win in a fairly one sided, 25 minute, stand up bout. The champion out landed Evans in significant strikes by more than 2:1. Evans made many attempts but was unable to take the fight to the ground, he went 0 for 4 on his takedown attempts for the night. This makes the 3rd consecutive UFC title defense for Jones, now (16-1), and solidifies him as a top pound for pound fighter.
Pay-per-view
The co main event of the night ended in round 2 where Rory ‘Ares’ MacDonald (13-1-0) got the referee to step in and save Che ‘Beautiful’ Mills (14-5-0, 1NC) from a barrage of punches.
Ben Rothwell (32-8-0) earned a k.o. victory over Brendan ‘The Hybrid’ Schaub (9-3-0) after a counter hook found its mark in the first round.
Michael ‘Mayday’ McDonald (15-1-0) got a 1st round k.o. against his opponent Miguel Angel Torres (39-5-0)
Mark ‘The Machine’ Hominick (20-11-0) vs. Eddie ‘The Filipino Phenom’ Yagin (15-4-1) went the distance where Eddie earned the split decision.
Mark Bocek (10-5-0) beat John ‘The Natural’ Alessio (34-15-0) in a unanimous decision.
Undercard
Travis ‘Hapa’ Browne (13-0-1) vs. Chad ‘The Grave Digger’ Griggs (11-2-0) ended in a win for Browne by way of arm-triangle.
Matt ‘The Immortal’ Brown (16-11-0) vs. Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson (6-1-0) gets Matt back in the winners circle with a win by unanimous decision.
Anthony ‘The Assassin’ Njokuani (16-6-0) vs. John ‘The Bull’ Makdessi (9-2-0) results in The Assassin getting a unanimous decision.
Mac Danzig (22-9-1) defeated Efrain ‘Hecho En Mexico’ Escudero (19-5-0) by unanimous decision.
Chris ‘The Menace’ Clements (11-4-0) got the split decision over his opponent Keith Wisniewski (28-13-1)
Marcus ‘The Bama Beast’ Brimage (5-1-0) vs. Maximo Blanco (8-4-1, 1NC) resulted in a Brimage split decision victory.