Rodrigo Minotauro made history tonight at UFC-102, an event that recently ended in Portland, in the United States. Facing Randy Couture, Minota fought a real battle against the American, winning by unanimous decision from the referees. Still on the main card, Thiago Silva he regained his winning ways by knocking out the dangerous Keith Jardine in the first round. Already Demian Maia, was surprised by Nate Marquardt and suffered his first career defeat when he was knocked out 22 seconds into the first round. On the preliminary card, Gabriel Napao beat Chris Tuchscherer and Marcus Aurélio ended up being beaten by Evan dunham.
Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia
In the fight that could be worth the chance to challenge Anderson Silva for the UFC middleweight title, Demian Maia stared at Nate Marquardt. Specialist in the ground game, the Brazilian took risks in striking against the American, but after a kick to the plexus, Nate surprised Demian and with a quick straight shot took the black belt to the ground, achieving the knockout 22 seconds into the fight.
Thiago Silva vs. Keith Jardine
Back in the octagon after experiencing his first defeat, Thiago Silva put on a show tonight. Facing Keith Jardine, the ATT athlete dominated the entire time, taking the American to the ground right at the beginning of the fight. When the fight resumed on the feet, Thiago landed a left cross, knocking the American down, and finished the job on the ground, landing four more punches and putting Jardine to sleep. “Today was my night, I love fighting here”, celebrated Thiago after the victory.
Rodrigo Minotauro vs. Randy couture
In the most anticipated fight by MMA fans, Rodrigo Minotauro It was perfect during the three rounds. Accepting Couture's striking, Minota managed a knockdown in the first round, but oozing physical conditioning, the American got up and connected good blows at close range on Rodrigo. In the second round, when trying a guillotine, Minotauro fell on the bottom, where Randy was trying to punish the Brazilian, however, with a beautiful sweep, the black belt won the mount from where he once again controlled the fight. In the last round, Minotauro managed to deliver another knockdown and almost reached the knockout with a series of punches, but with great will, Randy managed to defend himself and even ended the fight on top, but there was no more time, the Brazilian's victory in the unanimous decision . Check out the results:
Main Card
– Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira defeated Randy Couture via unanimous decision by the judges;
- Thiago Silva knocked out Keith Jardine 1min35s into R1;
– Jake Rosholt submitted Chris Leben with a katagatame at 1min37s of R3;
– Nate Marquardt knocked out Demian Maia 21s from R1;
– Brandon Vera defeated Krzysztof Soszynski via unanimous decision by the judges;
Preliminary Card
– Aaron Simpson defeated Ed Herman due to injury 17s into R2;
– Gabriel “Napão” Gonzaga defeated Chris Tuchscherer by technical knockout at 2min27s of R1;
– Mike Russow defeated Justin McCully via unanimous decision by the judges;
– Todd Duffee knocked out Tim Hague 7s into R1;
- Mark Munoz defeated Nick Catone via split decision;
- Evan dunham defeated Marcus Aurélio via split decision by the judges.
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