Minotauro vs. Couture Lives Up To It's Legendary Billing

The fan's in Portland were treated to a match up of legendary Heavyweight fighters as the hometown guy Randy Couture and Antonio Minotauro Nogueira went for broke for three rounds. Minotauro took the fight with crisper boxing, and multiple submission attempts, while Couture commanded massive applause for escaping harrowing positions and near TKO beatings from the Brazilian. The fight was a long time coming and it was exciting to see two of the sports best finally get the chance to face off. Minotauro walked away with the unanimous desicion win and looks to be back to his old self after a lackluster performance against Frank Mir in December. Antonio proclaimed that he was ready for Brock Lesner and another shot at UFC gold. The full results from UFC 102 are below:

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Randy Couture via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Thiago Silva def. Keith Jardine via TKO (strikes) - Round 1, 1:35
• Jake Rosholt def. Chris Leben via technical submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 3, 1:30
• Nate Marquardt def. Demian Maia via knockout (punch) - Round 1, 0:21
• Brandon Vera def. Krzysztof Soszynski via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Aaron Simpson def. Ed Herman via TKO (injury) - Round 2, 0:17
• Gabriel Gonzaga def. Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 4:27
• Mike Russow def. Justin McCully via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-27)
• Todd Duffee def. Tim Hague via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 0:07
• Mark Munoz def. Nick Catone via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
• Evan Dunham def. Marcus Aurelio via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)

Thiago Silva Takes "The Dean of Mean" To School

The nipple tweak was not enough to overcome the left hook of Thiago Silva for Keith Jardine. Thiago who was coming off of a loss to Lyoto Machida who dominated him en route to a knockout victory. Thiago redeemed himself with flying colors in overcoming Jardine's Chimpanzee style of fighting to put himself back in the mix of top contenders at 205 pounds. Thiago proclaimed emotionally that "Fighting is my life" and win, lose, or draw you can expect Thiago to bring the fight to anyone in his division.

Newcomer Todd Duffee Sets New Record @ UFC 102

(Duffee Gives Assuerio Silva a Stern Talking To)

Undefeated Heavyweight prospect Todd Duffee (6-0) knocked out Tim Sylvia look-alike Tim Hague in just seven seconds at UFC 102 in Portland last night. Duffee set up the KO with a stiff left jab that sent Hague to the matt, as Duffee finished the the job with a hard left hand. Duffee was coming off of the biggest win of his career before entering the UFC with a KO win over veteran Assuerio Silva in an event in Brazil. We look forward to seeing Duffee in the cage again soon!