Several good fights on this card. I am very glad to see Nogueira get his knockout victory over Brendan Schaub. I was worried it would end up opposite. I also figured Forrest Griffin would get unconscious, which he almost did, but was a TKO by Shogun Rua. Now Forrest Griffin and Shogun Rua have fought twice, and each has won one. Rematch? Also to consider, is Forrest Griffins wife was evidently in labor about to give birth to their child while Forrest was fighting.

I kind of figured Anderson Silva would run through Yushin Okami, and he did…a 2nd round TKO…I saw the moment where Okami decided he didn’t want anymore of this fight. He was dazed, and just quit defending himself. Chael Sonnen has been very outspoken about his dislike for Anderson Silva, and Chael has been training Yushin Okami for this fight, and repeatedly said how Okami was coming home with the championship belt. It didn’t happen. However, Chael did make a statement on his Twitter, saying “We call Andy “champ” like we call developmentally disabled animals “champ.” Good boy, Andy, good boy!”

Also, I think there was a record number of hats stolen from fighters as they walked to the cage.

Jon Jones defeats Vladimir Matyushenko by TKO in 1st round.

Yushin Okami defeats Mark Munoz by decision

Jake Ellenberger defeats John Howard by TKO (doctor stoppage) in Round 3

Takanori Gomi defeats Tyson Griffin by TKO/RSC 1st round

Jacob Volkmann defeats Paul Kelly by Decision

Matt Riddle defeats Damarques Johnson by TKO/RSC 2nd round

Igor Pokrajac defeats James Irvin by submission 1st round 2:29

Brian Stann defeats Mike Massenzio by submission 3rd round 3:10

Charles Oliveira defeats Darren Elkins by submission (triangle/armbar) 1st round 0:41

Rob Kimmons defeats Steve Steinbeiss by decision 3rd round

Kyle Kingsbury over Razak Al-Hassan
Jorge Rivera over Rob Kimmons
Chael Sonnen over Yushin Okami

Antoni Hardonk Vs. Pat Barry - I am excited about this fight.. should be interesting. Somebody is getting kicked. I’ll go with Pat Barry for the win.

Eric Schafer over Ryan Bader
Anthony Johnson over Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Spencer Fisher over Joe Stevenson
Josh Neer over Gleison Tibau
Ben Rothwell over Cain Velasquez

and… Lyoto Machida will defeat Shogun Rua.

A lot of people were expecting this to be the best UFC show ever, and the fight card certainly had some great match-ups.

Ryo Chonan vs. Brad Blackburn – Brad Blackburn won via decision

Dan Evensen vs. Pat Barry – Pat Barry won via TKO from kicks to the leg.

Matt Hamill vs. Reese Andy – Matt Hamill won via TKO from punches.

Antoni Hardonk vs. Mike Wessel – Hardonk won via TKO from punches.

Yushin Okami vs. Dean Lister – Okami won via decision.

Cheick Kongo vs. Mustafa Al-Turk – Cheick Kongo won via TKO from punches.

Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Rampage Jackson – Rampage won via KTFO out of Wanderlei.

CB Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio – CB Dollaway won via TKO, but he got rocked early on and then it damn sure looked like he started to tap from a guillotine but the referee didn’t see it. I’ll need to see a .gif or replay.

Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira – Wow, total domination by Francisco Mir. TKO’d Nogueira in round 2.

Rashad Evans vs. Forrest Griffin – Rashad Evans won via TKO in round 3.