It’s that time once again. Time to get you all caught up on anything you might have missed this past weekend in the world of MMA. And don’t forget to listen to MMAFreak Radio today and get your votes in for the 2nd annual MMAFreak awards.
Headlines:
Rousey/Tate win FOTN, Rousey doubles up and wins submission of the night.
Travis Browne wins KO of the night.
UFC 168 draws reported 15,650 attendance for $6.2 million live gate.
Olympic Wrestler Sara McMann gets the next shot at Ronda Rousey at UFC 170 in the main event for the title.
Boxer Roy Jones Jr. wants boxing match with retired UFC fighter Nick Diaz
White now says Melendez vs. Nurmagomedov not official for UFC 170.
Saturday’s event at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore comes with an early-morning start time. The preliminary card kicks off at 6:30 a.m. ET (3:30 a.m. PT), and Friday’s weigh-ins kick off at 5 a.m. ET. (MMAjunkie will have live coverage throughout the weekend.)
Fight Results:
UFC 168-
Chris Weidman def. Silva TKO (injury) RD 2 1:16
Ronda Rousey def. Miesha Tate to retain women’s bantamweight title
submission (armbar)Round 3,0:58
Travis Browne def. Josh Barnett knockout (knee and elbows) – Round 1, 1:00
Jim Miller def. Fabricio Camoes Round 1 3:42
Dustin Poirier def. Diego Brandao Round 1, 4:54
Uriah Hall def. Chris Leben TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00
Micahel Johnson def. Gleison Tibau knockout (punches) – Round 2, 1:32
Dennis Siver def. Manny Gamburyan unanimous
John Howard def. Siyar Bahadurzada unanimous
William Macario def. Bobby Voelker unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – Round 3, 5:00