In the co-main event at UFC 139 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA on Saturday night, Wanderlei Silva beat Cung Le by TKO (strikes) at 4:49 of the second round.
The pair were awarded $70,000 bonuses by UFC president Dana White for fight of the night honors.
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In the third fight of the main event at UFC 139 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA, Uriah Faber beat Brian Bowles by submission (guillotine choke) at 1:27 of the second round.
Faber was awarded a $70,000 bonus by UFC president Dana White for submission of the night honors.
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In the first event for the UFC on FOX, the UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velazquez and the challenger, Junior dos Santos, squared off in The Octagon at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA on Saturday night.
And after just 1:04 of the first round, dos Santos became the new UFC Heavyweight Champion when he knocked out Velazquez.
Dos Santos now awaits the winner of the Brock Lesnar/Alistair Overeem match that will take place on December 30th in Las Vegas, NV.
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In the main event at UFC 136 held on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, Frankie Edgar knocked out Gray Maynard at 3:54 of the fourth round.
With the win, Edgar retains his UFC Lightweight Championship belt. He also was awarded a $75,000 bonus for knockout of the night by Dana White.
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In the third fight at UFC 136 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX on Saturday night, Chael Sonnen beat Brian Stann by submission (arm triangle choke) at 3:51 of the second round.
During the postfight interview, Sonnen called out Anderson Silva saying he wants to fight him next. You can see the interview during the video below.
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They say you aren’t a true champion until you’ve defended your title at least once.
Well now we can call Jon Jones, the true lightweight champion of UFC because he successfully defended his UFC Light Heavyweight belt on Saturday night at UFC 135 at the Pepsi Center when he submitted Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (rear naked choke) at 1:14 of the fourth round.
Jones was awarded $75,000 from Dana White after the event for fight of the night honors. Jones will next defend his belt against his former friend Rashad Evans in a future UFC event.
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It’s quite possible that Matt Hughes has fought in The Octagon for the last time after his defeat on Saturday night at UFC 135 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO.
He was beaten by Josh Koscheck who knocked him out at 4:59 of the first round.
Koscheck was awarded a $75,000 bonus after the event from Dana White for knockout of the night.
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In the first fight in the main event at UFC 135 at Pepsi Center in Denver, CO on Saturday night, Nate Diaz submitted Takanori Gomi (armbar) at 4:27 of the first round.
Diaz was awarded the a $75,000 bonus from Dana White after the event for submission of the night honors.
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In the main event on the main card at UFC Rio at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday, Anderson Silva beat Yushin Okami by TKO (punches) at 2:04 of the second round.
With the win, Silva retains his UFC Middleweight Championship belt.
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In the fourth fight on the main card at UFC Rio at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday, Shogun Rua knocked out Forrest Griffin at 1:53 of the first round.
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