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1st Round – This light-heavyweight championship will be officiated by Herb Dean.  Jones has a flying knee blocked and a leg kick blocked.  Rua just miees with a right hand but Jones immediately takes Rua to the ground.  Rua is in full guard with control of Jones’ right arm.  Jones is trying to overpower Rua.  Jones has hold of Rua’s neck from top position but cant convert anything.  Jones gets into Rua’s full guard and begins to throw several hard sharp elbows.  Rua scrambles in an attempt to get to his feet.  He cant, and Jones continues to use his strength to keep Rua on his back.  Jones is throwing elbow after elbow but Rua blocks most of them.  Jones clocks Rua while standing but he looks very tired.  Jones hits with a knee up the middle and then a right hand.  Jones hits with another knee and then a right hand.  He follows those strikes up with a side kick to the knee of Rua.  Rua pushes forward but Jones takes him to the ground instead.  From bottom position, Rua keeps Jones in the same position.  Unofficial Scoring – Jones 10-9

2nd Round – Rua looks very fatigued and Jones looks fresh coming out for the second round.  Jones hits with a series of kicks while Rua misses with a lunging right hand.  Jones lands a couple of rights and a spinning back elbow that lands to the head of Rua.  Rua pushes forward but misses with all of them.  Rua gets hit with a knee up the middle.  Rua breaks free and covers up.  Rua hits with a leg kick but Jones answers with several back at him.  Jones throws Rua to the ground and follows him there where he begins to add on ground strikes.  Rua begins to cover up trying to defend against elbows of Jones.  Jones continues to deliver elbows from top position while Rua just hangs on.  Rua scrambles to get to his feet but Jones wont allow it and keeps him right there.  Jones hammers away with punches and elbows from top position.  Unofficial Scoring – Jones 10-9

3rd Round – Rua looks fatigued and Jones looks fresh for the most part.  Rua misses with a right hand and again with a flurry of rights.  Jones dashes around the octagon and then lands a right hand to the body of Rua.  Rua scrambles to the ground and grabs the leg of Jones, however Jones defends and gets back into dominant position.   Jones is on top and beginning to hammer away with strikes.   Jones hammers away with strike after strike to the body, to the face, to the head.  Jones lands a series of elbows but Rua scrambles and gets to his feet.  Jones delivers a knee and ends the fight with a TKO by way of knees.

Official Decision – Jones over Rua via 3rd round (2:37) TKO

1st round -  Faber begins the round with landing several strikes to the body.  Wineland looks to be throwing hay makers instead of technical strikes.  Faber gets the fight to the ground and begins his assault from top position.  Wineland falls into full guard and tries to keep Faber from passing.  For the most part, Faber stays in Wineland’s full guard and delivers several strikes from top position.  The end of the round comes and Faber dominated the entire 5 minutes.  Unofficial Scoring – Faber 10-9

2nd Round – Faber comes out and hits with back to back leg kicks.  Wineland misses with a couple of punches from the standing position.  Faber rushes in a gets the takedown placing Wineland on his back.  Faber stays closes to the body of Wineland and begins to deliver ground and pound strikes.  Wineland is trying to get up but Faber hammers away with punch after punch.  Wineland is trying to control Faber’s arms but cant slow him that much.  Faber now hits with elbow after elbow.  To Wineland’s credit, the Faber ground and pound is landing but doesnt have much power behind them. Wineland remains busy from the bottom but Faber dominates with him ground and pound.  Unofficial Scoring – Faber 10-9

3rd Round – The finale round and both fighters look good coming out for the final round.  Both fighters are having a hard time landing much.  They decide to clinch and Wineland tries to take the action to the mat.  Faber defends and shakes off Wineland’s attempts.  Wineland has double under hooks but only for a moment, Faber shakes off and stands in front of Wineland.  Wineland lands a couple of rights and Faber fights back with a series of his own.  He then hits Winland with a hard right hand.  Faber gets the takedown and slams Wineland on his back.  Faber hits with a couple of elbows from the top position.  Faber continues to hammer away with his ground and pound.  WIneland hangs in there and waits out the end of the round.  Unofficial Scoring – Faber 10-9; Faber 30-27

Official Decision – Faber over Wineland via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

1st Round – This lightweight bout is refereed by Kevin Mulhull.  Miller comes out and lands a kick to the body of Shalorus.   Shalorus answers with a series of strikes.  Shalorus hits with a right hook and misses with a spinning back kick.  Shalorus hits with an uppercut.  Miller hits with a combination of punches and then defends against a kick by Shalorus.  Shalorus puts a right hook in the face of Miller.  Miller hits with a shot to the midsection of Shalorus.  Miller falls down but gets right back up to his feet.  Miller hits with a low leg kick.  Shalorus is hit with a right hook but re collects himself and squares off.  Miller drills Shalorus with a leg kick to the body but Shalorus hangs in the pocket.  Miller hits with another leg kick to the body but is then taken to the ground and on his back.  Shalorus is now in full guard of Miller and trying to begin his ground and pound game.  Miller is defending most if it and the referee agrees and stands the action back up.  Unofficial Scoring – Miller 10-9

2nd Round – Shalorus looks fresh although has a swelling below his left eye; Miller looks fresh.  Shalorus hits with a straight right to the body of Miller.  Miller paces forward and hits with a right hook.  Shalorus gets a takedown but allows Miller to get back to his feet.  Miller misses with several right hands and Shalorus cant find a home for his rights either.  Miller gets the fight to the ground and takes the back of Shalorus.  Shalorus is fighting the hands of Miller and trying to not allow him to get his arms under the neck.  Miller is inching his arms under the neck of Shalorus and almost has them there.  Shalorus is trying to gain wrist control but allows Miller to get his arms around his face instead.  Shalorus is battling but cant control the hands of Miller.  Miller has a tight body triangle sunk in and in still working to get his arms under Shalorus’ neck.  Shalorus is breathing heavy and defnding for the moment.  Miller begins to hit Shalorus in the face to try and find some rook to sink in the choke.  Shalorus defends and remains in the fight but clearly loses the round.  Unofficial Scoring – Miller 10-9

3rd Round – The 3rd and final round is underway and both fighters look to be in good condition.  Not much action is taking place for the first minute of the round.  Both fighters exchange strikes and then a break in action after Shalorus is hit with a low blow.  Shalorus throws Miller off of him and doesnt allow the takedown.  Miller hits with a partial leg kick.  Miller lands a nice uppercut and follows it with a knee.  He jumps on top of Shalorus and ends the fight with some heavy ground strikes.

Officail Decision – Miller over Shalorus via 3rd round (2:15) TKO

1st Round – The action gets underway with Marquardt getting the fight to the ground.  Marquardt gets his arms under the chin of Miller but cant convert.  Miller gets back up to his feet and tries to take Marquardt to the ground.  He finally gets Marquardt to the ground and is now trying to stay on top.  Marquardt is now pinned up against the octagon fence, but Miller is trying to dump him on his back.  Marquardt picks Miller up and dumps him on his back.  Miller has hold of Marquardt’s neck and has him flustered for a moment.  Marquardt gets his neck out and is now firmly in Miller’s guard.  Marquardt postures up and delivers a series of elbows to the face of Miller.  The elbows partially get through and Marquardt presses Miller against the fence.  Herb Dean sees enough and stands the fighters back up.  Marquardt lands a nice right to the face of Miller and then follows that up with a hard takedown.  Miller is on his back and turns his attention to a kimura attempt.  Marquardt ends the round on top.  Unofficial Scoring – Marquardt 10-9

2nd Round – Both fighters look fresh coming out for the 2nd round.  Marquardt lands a kick to the face of Miller.  Miller hits with a straight right hand.  Marquardt hits with a right hand to the body of Miller.  Both fighters miss with several right hands.  Marquardt hits with a flying knee but is put on his back when Miller catches that knee.  Marqaurdt uses the fence to try and get up but Miller drags him back to the ground.  Marqaurdt finally gets up and from there they exchange strikes.  Marqaurdt hits with a knee up the middle.  Miller and Marquardt both hit with right jabs.  Marqaurdt puts that right hand in Miller’s face and then places him on his back.  Miller has a guillotine and is making Marquardt scramble.  Marquardt does get out and gets in Miller’s full guard.  Marqaurdt hits with a couple of elbows from the top position.  Miller tries to stay busy with short punches from the bottom but not much damage is done from that position.  Unofficial Scoring – Marquardt 10-9

3rd Round – Miller is breathing fairly heavy and Marquardt looks fresh as they come out for the final round.  Marquardt hits with a right hook but Miller answers with an uppercut.  Marqaurdt, again lands a right hand.  Marquardt drills a leg kick into the thigh of Miller.  Miller misses with a short right hook and then escapes a takedown attempt.  Marqaurdt puts a right jab in the face of Miller yet again.  Miller is shooting for a takedown but Marqaurdt stuffs it easily.  Marquardt is trying to get his arms around the neck of Miller as Miller tries to convert with the takedown.  Marquardt ends up on top and in Miller’s full guard.  Miller is trying to stay busy from the bottom with elbows but Marquardt’s elbows from the top are much more heavy.  Miller is now trying to use the fence to assist him in attacking Marquardt’s arm.  Marqaurdt is hammering down with elbows to the face of Miller.  He is landing with several of his elbow strikes as he postures up.  Miller throws one final triangle choke attemtp before the bell ends the round.  Unoffical scoring – Marquardt 10-9; Marquardt 30-27

Official Decision – Marquardt over Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

1st Round – The referee for this heavyweight match-up is Herb Dean.  After a touch of gloves, Schaub hits with a front kick and a series of uppercuts.  Cro Cop breaks free and escapes to his right.  Cro Cop decides to engage and tie up Schaub.  Schaub now presses Cro Cop against the cage.  Schaub delivers a series of body punches while against the cage.  Dean gives a strong warning for a strike to the back of Cro Cop’s head.  The action re starts and Schaub takes Cro Cop to the ground by rushing him.  Schaub decides to get up and takes an up kick while doing it.  Schaub jumps on top of Cro Cop and begins to work his ground and pound.  Cro Cop hits with an elbow from the bottom.  Schaub is continuing to land a series of punches from the top position.  Cro Cop cant control the wrists of Schaub and takes several before escaping to his feet.  Cro Cop now presses Schaub against the fence.  Schaub tries to take down Cro Cop but has it stuffed for the moment.  Schaub is trying to work body shots now while against the octagon fence.  Time runs out as Cro Cop connects with an elbow to the face of Schaub.  Unofficial scoring – Schaub 10-9

2nd Round – The second round is underway and Schaub misses with a big right hand.  Cro Cop hits with a head kick but is then taken to the ground and placed on his back.  Schaub begins to work from Cro Cop’s full guard.  Cro Cop catches Schaub with an upkick while he was still on the ground.  Not much damage done however and the action is restarted.  Both fighters decide to tie up now and both connect with strikes to the body.  Schaub is working knees up the middle of Cro Cop’s body now.  He lands several knees and then follows with an uppercut.  Cro Cop delivers an uppercut of his own while trying to escape the body lock of Schaub.  Schaub hits Cro Cop a couple more times to the head while both fighters are against the octagon fence.  Schaub has a point taken from him because of repeated punches to the back of Cro Cop’s head.  Cro Cop connects with a left kick to the head but Schaub hangs in and presses him against the fence once again.  The break free in the center of the octagon.   Cro Cop clinches with Schaub and lands a couple of elbows to end the round.  Unofficial Scoring – Cro Cop 10-8

3rd Round – Schaub is bleeding from the eye as he comes out for the 3rd round, Cro Cop looks somewhat fresh.  Cro Cop’s first strike is an inside leg kick that lands below the belt.  The action continues and Schaub rushes Cro Cop and clinches with him.  From the clinch Schaub knees him up the middle and then takes him to the ground.  From top position, Schaub begins to turn into Cro Cop’s body.  Cro Cop escapes to his feet but can only stay there for a moment, Schaub drops him with a takedown once again.  Cro Cop gets to full guard and tries to get wrist control on Schaub.  Schaub gets passed Cro Cop’s full guard and into half guard.  Schaub is working hard to get to mount but instead allows Cro Cop to stand up.  Cro Cop rushes to his feet and clinches with Schaub.  Cro Cop lands a straight left hand and then clinches.  Cro Cop has his left head kick blocked.  He and Schaub clinch once again and then back off of each other.  Schaub has his takedown stuffed but then knocks out the legend with a hard right hand.

Official Decision – Schaub over Cro Cop via 3rd round (3:44) TKO

!st Round – The referee for this light-heavyweight bout is Dan Mirgliotta.  No touch of gloves.  Cane shoots in for a takedown but has it stuffed easily.  Cane blocks a head kick and then connects with an inside leg kick of his own.  Marshall shoots in, but gets his takedown stuffed.  Cane begins to tag Marshall with a series of strikes.  Cane drops Marshall with a crisp right and then adds a flurry of ground strikes that seems to have Marshall dazed.  Cane jumps on Marshall and begins to deliver hammer fists.  Marshall turns over but is not fighting back causing referee Mirgliotta to step in and put a stop to the action.

Official Decision – Cane over Marshall via 1st round (2:15) TKO