The O2 arena in London was rocking last night as Diego “Nightmare” Sanchez won a hard-fought unanimous decision over Joe “Daddy” Stevenson in a lightweight battle.
Fighting for the first time at 155 pounds, Sanchez entered on a two fight win streak, and capitalized on a strong first round to make it three with a nod via 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 scores.
Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy pleased the home crowd with a knockout victory over Rory Markham at 1:02 of the first round.
Middleweight Nate “The Great” Marquardt beat Wilson Gouveia by TKO at 3:10 of the final stanza.
Undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom Demian Maia easily submitted former WEC title challenger Chael Sonnen via first round triangle choke.
welterweight Josh Koscheck was upset by undefeated Paolo Thiago who made his UFC debut by first round stoppage, a stoppage disputed by Koscheck.
Paul Kelly over Troy Mandaloniz by unanimous decision
Mike Ciesnolevics won via first round heel hook over Neil Grove
Evan Dunham TKO’d Per Eklund in round one
Junior dos Santos TKO’d Stefan Struve in :54
Terry Etim won by Tko over Brian Cobb at :10 of round two.
Fighting for the first time at 155 pounds, Sanchez entered on a two fight win streak, and capitalized on a strong first round to make it three with a nod via 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 scores.
Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy pleased the home crowd with a knockout victory over Rory Markham at 1:02 of the first round.
Middleweight Nate “The Great” Marquardt beat Wilson Gouveia by TKO at 3:10 of the final stanza.
Undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu phenom Demian Maia easily submitted former WEC title challenger Chael Sonnen via first round triangle choke.
welterweight Josh Koscheck was upset by undefeated Paolo Thiago who made his UFC debut by first round stoppage, a stoppage disputed by Koscheck.
Paul Kelly over Troy Mandaloniz by unanimous decision
Mike Ciesnolevics won via first round heel hook over Neil Grove
Evan Dunham TKO’d Per Eklund in round one
Junior dos Santos TKO’d Stefan Struve in :54
Terry Etim won by Tko over Brian Cobb at :10 of round two.
