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Jon Jones def. Glover Teixeira via unanimous decision
Anthony Johnson def. Phil Davis via unanimous decision
Luke Rockhold def. Tim Boetsch via submission (kimura)
Jim Miller def. Yancy Medeiros via submission (guillotine choke)
Max Holloway def. Andre Fili via submission (guillotine choke)
Preliminary Card:
Joseph Benavidez def. Tim Elliott via submission (guillotine)
Takanori Gomi def. Isaac Vallie-Flagg via unanimous decision
Bethe Correia def. Jessamyn Duke via unanimous decision
Danny Castillo def. Charlie Brenneman via second-round KO (0:21)
Chris Beal def. Patrick Williams via second-round KO (1:51)
Jon Jones (205) vs. Glover Teixeira (205) Phil Davis (205.5) vs. Anthony Johnson (205) Tim Boetsch (185.5) vs. Luke Rockhold (185.5) Yancy Medeiros (155.5) vs. Jim Miller (155) Andre Fili (145) vs. Max Holloway (145)
Preliminary Card:
Joseph Benavidez (125.5) vs. Timothy Elliott (125.5) Takanori Gomi (155.5) vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg (155.5) Bethe Correia (135) vs. Jessamyn Duke (135.5) Charlie Brenneman (155.5) vs. Danny Castillo (156) Chris Beal (135) vs. Patrick Williams (135)
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones will be defending his championship for the seventh time against Brazilian striking standout Glover Teixeira on April 26th in Baltimore, Maryland. If you haven't checked out the official fight card recently below we have the up-to-date fight card. Fight order is not final. Jon Jones vs. Glover Teixeira Anthony Johnson vs. Phil Davis Jake Ellenberger vs. Tarec Saffiedine Luke Rockhold vs. Tim Boetsch Joseph Benavidez vs. Tim Elliott Joe Ellenberger vs. Yancy Medeiros Max Holloway vs. Andre Fili Bethe Correia vs. Jessamyn Duke
UFC on Fox 9 was a great event that featured some of the UFC's best talents at 155 lbs and under that was headlined by a title fight in the UFC's Flyweight Division between Demetrious Johnson and Joseph Benavidez.
The main card started with a lightweight fight between two hungry TUF alumni. Joe Lauzon and Mac Danzig had a back in forth battle that definitely entertained. Both men were unable to submit the other, but Lauzon tried a few submissions from his guard. It was a fight that you could be scored 100% for Lauzon. Lauzon won by unanimous decision.
The next fight was between Chad Mendes and Nik Lentz. It was a fight in which Chad Mendes exploded in the first round stunning Lentz early in round one. Lentz was able to recover and avoid being KO'd in the first round like Mendes' last four opponents. Though Lentz avoided a KO he did fall victim to repeated takedown after takedown for three rounds. While watching the fight, it was evident from Mendes' performance that there was something definitely wrong with Chad Mendes and it was later revealed that Mendes had been recovering from a sinus infection and was not 100%. Mendes earned himself a unanimous decision.
The next bout was truly a fight of top contenders if there ever was one. It pitted the UFC's #2 and #3 Bantamweights against each other. Urijah Faber had the home town advantage in Sacramento as he was one of four Alpha Male fighters to grace the Octagon along with team mates Danny Castillo, Chad Mendes and Joseph Benavidez. He stood across the cage from a very confident and calm Michael McDonald. Faber was able to out-strike the more decorated striker as well as out-grapple him. Faber earned a submission victory after rocking McDonald and then sinking in a tight guillotine in the second round.
The next fight had the biggest shocker of all time as Demetrious Johnson defended his UFC title successfully against Joseph Benavidez. Demetrious Johnson brought the fight straight to Joseph Benavidez and did what most people thought Benavidez would do to him and knocked him out COLD! The fight ended so suddenly with Benavidez flat on his back within the the first round.
Post Fight Bonuses:
Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber
Knockout of the Night: Demetrious Johnson
Fight of the Night: Danny Castillo and Edson Barbosa
It will be interesting to see who the UFC would have Johnson face next. What are your thoughts?
Demetrious Johnson def. Joseph Benavidez via KO
Urijah Faber def. Michael McDonald via submission
Chad Mendes def. Nik Lentz via unanimous decision
Joe Lauzon def. Mac Danzig via unanimous decision
Preliminary Card:
Ryan LaFlare def. Court McGee via unanimous decision
Edson Barboza def. Danny Castillo via majority decision
Bobby Green def. Pat Healy via unanimous decision
Zach Makovsky def. Scott Jorgensen via unanimous decision
Sam Stout def. Cody McKenzie via unanimous decision
Abel Trujillo def. Roger Bowling via TKO
Alptekin Ozkilic def. Darren Uyenoyama via split decision
With Anthony Pettis suffering with an injured knee, Anthony Pettis is being pulled out of his title fight with Josh Thomson at UFC on Fox 9. That fight is being entirely pulled from that card and will instead be headlined by Demetrius Johnson versus Joseph Benavidez II. Since that fight was originally scheduled to be the headlining fight for the TUF 18 finale, Nate Diaz's fight with Gray Maynard will be headlining the TUF 18 finale. Also with Pettis out of his title fight, the UFC has decided to put Thomson in a fight with former UFC Lightweight Champion, Benson Henderson in January 2014. This will be Henderson's first fight since losing the title in late August.
The UFC has announced today that they are going to be putting Demetrius Johnson and Joseph Benavidez back in the cage to face each other again. The two will be the main event for the TUF Finale on November 30. This will be an interesting rematch to watch. Both men have gotten increasingly better with every fight. Both men have truly outclassed their opponents since their last fight against each other. Demetrius Johnson has successfully defended the UFC Flyweight title twice now since they first met last year. Benavidez has fought three times since their last meeting and beaten all three men.
This is an exiting fight that makes complete since right now considering the state of the UFC Flyweight Division right now. With Ian McCall still needing a few more decisive victories before he is even in the same conversation as Benavidez or Johnson, this will truly be a battle of the top two guys in the division. In their last fight "Mighty Mouse" Johnson seemed to be the quicker more technical fighter of the two and it was very noticible even with Benavidez keeping the fight competitive; it just wasn't enough. The fight was very close and led to a split decision in which Johnson had his hand raised at the end of the bell.
Glover Teixeira def. Ryan Bader via TKO
Ronaldo Souza def. Yushin Okami via TKO
Joseph Benavidez def. Jussier Formiga via TKO
Piotr Hallmann def. Francisco Trinaldo via submission (kimura)
Rafael Natal def. Tor Troeng by unanimous decision
Ali Bagautinov def. Marcos Vinicius via third-round TKO
Undercard:
Kevin Souza def. Felipe Arantes via split decision
Lucas Martins def. Junior Hernandez via submission (rear-naked choke)
Elias Silverio def. Joao Zeferino via unanimous decision
Ivan Jorge def. Keith Wisniewski via unanimous decision
Sean Spencer def. Yuri Villefort via split decision
