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Sunday, February 21, 2010

UFC 110 Results: Velasquez KO's Minotauro in Main Event


Cain Velasquez won in the main event of UFC 110 without shooting for a single takedown. The wrestling ace stood with Rodrigo Nogueira and mixed up kicks and combinations until he caught Minotauro clean and finished him off on the ground with punches. A huge win for Cain cements his spot in the upper echelon of the Heavyweight division. Nogueira has now lost two of his last three via stoppage, the first two stoppages in his storied career, so who knows what is next on the horizon for the former Champ.
In the co-main event Wanderlei Silva did his fans proud by getting back into the win column as he earned a unanimous decision victory over the Brit Micheal Bisping. It wasn't the kind of ending he was hoping for, but he desperately needed a victory to stay relevant. For Bisping, it is his second loss in three fights but it was at the hands of two legends in Dan Henderson and the aforementioned Wanderlei Silva which is nothing to be ashamed of.
Mirko Cro-Cop returned to the win column as well in his bout with Aussie and fellow Croatian Anthony Perosh. Cro-Cop used good sprawls to keep the fight standing and punished Perosh who was unsuccesful in his takedown attempts. The fight came to an end due to a cut opened up by a big elbow landed from within his guard by Mirko.
Ryan Bader impressed with a big win over Keith Jardine who may be in danger of receiving his walking papers from the UFC after his second KO loss in a row.
In the lightweight showdown between Aussie George Sotiropoulos and Joe Stevenson, the Australian native impressed fans with a solid decision victory. Sotiropoulos is now looking like he has a spot among the top tier opponents in the 155lb class and has lots of potential.

RESULTS
Cain Velasquez def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 2:20
Wanderlei Silva def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
George Sotiropoulos def. Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Ryan Bader def. Keith Jardine via knockout (punch) - Round 3, 2:10
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic def. Anthony Perosh via TKO (cut) - Round 2, 5:00
Krzysztof Soszynski def. Stephan Bonnar via TKO (cut) - Round 3, 1:04
Chris Lytle def. Brian Foster via submission (knee-bar) - Round 1, 1:41
C.B. Dollaway def. Goran Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
James Te Huna def. Igor Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) - Round 3, 3:26

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good story... Joe Stevenson...not Jow Stevenson

Anonymous said...

Check your keyboard, dude. The w is beside the e.

Jay Green said...

Fixed. Writing while half awake will do that to you occasionally!