Former Pride FC welterweight and middleweight champion Dan Henderson scored a three round split decision over former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin.
Round one saw the former Olympic wrestler Henderson win the opening round by taking his opponent down and controlling him from the top position. The second round saw Franklin push the pace on the feet and use a long southpaw jab to keep Henderson at bay. The final round was a slugfest in which came to a screeching halt when Franklin was accidentally poked in the eye. Judges scorecards read 30-27 in favor of Franklin and 29-28 twice in favor of the winner Dan Henderson.
In the UFC 93’s co feature, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua earned his first UFC victory stopping Mark “The Hammer” Coleman in the final round with a hard four punch combination
Rousimar Palhares soundly defeated Jeremy Horn over three round to earn a unanimous decision
Alan “The Talent” Belcher scored a wild upset submitting Denis Kang with a tight guillotine choke in the second round at 4:36.
welterweight Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis scored a razor thin split decision over Chris “Lights Out” Lytle in a true slugfest, scorecards reading 29-28 x 3.
John Hathaway defeated Thomas Egan despite heavy hometown support in the opening round with elbows from the top position, with an official time of 4:36 of round one;
In his welterweight debut Martin “The Hitman” Kampmann scored a second round TKO over Alexandre Barros
Eric Schafer stopped Antonio Mendes in the first round with punches from the mount;
Tomasz Drwal stopped Ivan Serati at 2:02 of round one with hard punches from the top position.
Denis Siver started the night off with a bang knocking out Nate Mohr with a spinning back kick at 3:27 of the third round.
