UFC Fight Night Cincinnati: Event Results

Main Card:

Matt Brown def. Erick Silva via third-round TKO
Costas Philippou def. Lorenz Larkin via first-round KO
Daron Cruickshank def. Erik Koch via first-round TKO
Neil Magny def. Tim Means via unanimous decision
Soa Palelei def. Ruan Potts via first-round KO
Chris Cariaso def. Louis Smolka via unanimous decision

Preliminary Card:

Ed Herman def. Rafael Natal via unanimous decision
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Darrell Montague via unanimous decision
Zak Cummings def. Yan Cabral via unanimous decision
Johnny Eduardo def. Eddie Wineland via first-round TKO
Nik Lentz def. Manvel Gamburyan via unanimous decision
Justin Salas def. Ben Wall via first-round KO
Albert Tumenov def. Anthony Lapsley via first-round KO

UFC Fight Night Cincinnati: Weigh-in Results

Main Card:

Matt Brown (170.5) vs. Erick Silva (170.5)
Lorenz Larkin (185.5) vs. Constantinos Philippou (185)
Daron Cruickshank (156) vs. Erik Koch (155)
Neil Magny (170.5) vs. Tim Means (170)
Soa Palelei (263) vs. Ruan Potts (244)
Chris Cariaso (125.5) vs. Louis Smolka (126)

Preliminary Card:

Ed Herman (185) vs. Rafael Natal (185.5)
Kyoji Horiguchi (125) vs. Darrell Montague (125)
Yan Cabral (170.5) vs. Zak Cummings (169.5)
Johnny Eduardo (136) vs. Eddie Wineland (136)
Manny Gamburyan (145.5) vs. Nik Lentz (145)
Justin Salas (155.5) vs. Ben Wall (155)
Anthony Lapsley (174) vs. Albert Tumenov (170.5)

The Left Hand That Finished Natal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVlGy56bVCo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

UFC Fight for the Troops 3 Results

Main Card:

Tim Kennedy def. Rafael Natal via first-round TKO
Alexis Davis def. Liz Carmouche via unanimous decision
Yoel Romero def. Ronny Markes via third-round TKO
Rustam Khabilov def. Jorge Masvidal via unanimous decision
Michael Chiesa def. Colton Smith via submission (rear-naked choke)

Preliminary Card:

Bobby Green def. James Krause via first-round TKO
Francisco Rivera def. George Roop via second-round TKO
Dennis Bermudez def. Steven Siler via unanimous decision
Amanda Nunes def. Germaine de Randamie via first-round TKO
Lorenz Larkin def. Chris Camozzi via unanimous decision
Yancy Madeiros def. Yves Edwards via first-round TKO
Seth Baczynski def. Neil Magny via unanimous decision
Derek Brunson def. Brian Houston via submission (rear-naked choke)

UFC Fight for the Troops 3 Weigh in Results

Main Card
Tim Kennedy (186) vs. Rafael Natal (185.5)
Liz Carmouche (135) vs. Alexis Davis (134)
Ronny Markes (185.5) vs. Yoel Romero (185.5)
Jorge Masvidal (155.5) vs. Rustam Khabilov (155)
Colton Smith (155.5) vs. Michael Chiesa (156)

Preliminary Card
Bobby Green (155) vs. James Krause (155.5)
George Roop (145.5) vs. Francisco Rivera (146)
Dennis Bermudez (146) vs. Steven Siler (146)
Amanda Nunes (136) vs. Germaine de Randamie (136)
Chris Camozzi (186) vs. Lorenz Larkin (185)
Yves Edwards (156) vs. Yancy Medeiros (156)
Neil Magny (171) vs. Seth Baczynski (171)
Derek Brunson (186) vs. Brian Houston (185)

Kennedy to Meet Natal in November

After Lyoto Machida was removed from the UFC Fight for the Troops card to face mark Munoz in November, Tim Kennedy was left without an opponent.  Desperate to keep a fight in November and eager for a new opponent, Kennedy went to Twitter to call out some opponents to try to secure an opponent.  He call out Rich Franklin, Chris Camozzi, Wandelei Silva, Nick Diaz, Costa Philippou, Mauricio Rua and Rafael Natal.  Of all of the men that were called out, the one that came into fruition was Rafael Natal.

Rafael Natal is coming off of a three fight win streak coming off his fight of the night victory over Tor Treong in his last fight on Fox Sports 1in September.  Rafael Natal is  5-2-1 in the UFC and presents a real challenge for Kennedy in their bout in Kentucky. I think that this will be a pretty even fight in which both men will look to bring the fight to each other.

UFC 167 Keeps Getting Better

UFC 167 is already one the most stacked cards in UFC history, but has been announced that two of the UFC's most entertaining middleweights will will be squaring off in the octogon.

Rafael Natal and Ed Herman will be going to war on the UFC 167 card in Las Vegas for the UFC's 20th anniversary card. Rafael Natal is coming off a spectacular Fight of the Night performance against Tor Troeng at UFC Fight Night 28. Rafael Natal won his hard-fought battle with the Swedish TUF 18 alumni via decision.

Ed Herman is also coming off of a Fight of Night victory in his last bout against Trvor Smith back in July at UFC on FOX.

This will be an excellent fight bewtween two entertainers. I give the edge to Rafael Natal in this bout.

UFC Fight Night 28 Results

Main Card:

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