UFC 139: Shogun loses battle against Hendo and Wand knocks out Cung Le

With a fight program full of excitement and good fights from start to finish, UFC 139 had the city of San Jose, California, on Saturday night (19). In the main fight of the night, Mauricio Shogun e Dan Henderson They fought a true 25-minute battle, with the American leaving the octagon with the victory after enduring a harsh punishment in the fifth round. In turn, Wanderlei SilvaFinally, he found his way back to victory. In a tactical fight, the Brazilian used the counter attack well to hit Cung le and knocked out the Vietnamese at the end of the second round. In the 100% Brazilian fight, better for the Potiguar Gleison Tibau, who fought a good duel against the Rio de Janeiro Rafael dos Anjos and won the dispute with the unanimous decision of the judges.

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Dan Henderson wins Mauricio Shogun in epic fight
It was worth the wait! Mauricio Shogun e Dan Henderson they marked their names in the history of the extinct Pride, a historic Japanese event, but they never faced each other on Japanese soil. But in the main fight of UFC 139, the fighters had an electrifying duel, disputed and full of alternations.

Henderson started the fight better and right at the beginning he applied a sequence of blows to Shogun that he felt. The Brazilian went to the ground and his opponent tried to apply a choke, which was well defended. Still at the end of the first round, the Tupiniquim athlete managed to return the knockdown and took down Hendo, who absorbed the blow well and got up quickly and avoided being punished on the ground.

In the second and third rounds, Hendo was superior and had the advantage in the fight. The American punished Mauricio, who was bleeding a lot and already looked tired.

However, when everything seemed lost, the Brazilian began an impressive recovery. In the fourth round, Shogun landed a upper right-wing that made the opponent feel. Without wasting time, the Brazilian took the fight to the ground, mounted and punished Dan with punches from above.

In the fifth round, knowing that he was at a disadvantage on the judges' scorecards, Shogun again went on the attack. The fighter from Curitiba looked for a takedown, knocked the American down, mounted him and inflicted harsh punishment on Hendo, who only defended himself throughout the round. At the end of 25 minutes of a real battle, the fighters were exhausted and received a standing ovation from the public.

In the final decision, the three side judges gave the victory to Dan Henderson (48×47, 48×47, 48×47), which scores its fourth consecutive victory and is close to challenging Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight belt.

Wanderlei Silva run over Cung le
With intelligence, emotion and traditional aggression. This way you can define the victory of Wanderlei Silva about Cung le. The Brazilian started the fight cautiously, waiting for the Vietnamese's attacks to counterattack. In turn, Le worked on his arsenal of kicks and rotating blows, almost always stopped in the Brazilian's guard. However, with a beautiful spinning elbow, the Vietnamese caused Wand to lose his balance, who managed to continue the duel. In the second round, the show came. Again playing on the counterattack, Silva defended his opponent's attacks and countered in a sensational way. With a sequence of straight blows, Wand made Le feel and connected the feared knees on the opponent who went to the ground. Without wasting time, the Brazilian landed the sequence of blows on the ground and forced the referee to end the dispute and declare a technical knockout.

With the victory, Wand overcomes his bad phase, as he had lost four in five fights, and tries to regain his place among the best athletes in the middleweight division

Faber submits Brian Bowles and gets close to rematch with Cruz
the american Urijah faber does not hide from anyone his desire to have revenge against Dominick Cruz and try to win the UFC bantamweight belt. And this Saturday, the “California Kid”, as he is known, had the support of the fans to dominate and beat Brian Bowles in spectacular fashion. After taking a small advantage in the first round, Faber went all out at the start of the second round. Urijah applied an incredible sequence of strikes with rights, crosses and a powerful knee that took Brian to the ground. On the ground, Faber wasted no time and landed a very fair guillotine choke to end the contest.

With the result, the “California Kid” is close to having a new chance to face Dominick Cruz, UFC bantamweight champion.

Martin Kampmann beats Rick Story
The fight between welterweights Martin Kampmann and Rick Story was expected to be one of the best of the night, but that was not what happened, with the athletes keeping the duel locked most of the time. Story started the fight better, releasing the game, connecting good blows and making the Dane go backwards. In the second round, Kampmann recovered and controlled the fight well on the ground, from where he scored points and tied the fight. In the decisive round, Martin, better physically prepared, imposed some takedowns on an exhausted Story and almost ended the contest in the final moments with a rear naked choke, but the bell saved the North American. In the end, the judges saw Martin Kampmann win

Stephan bonnar dominates Kyle Kingsbury
In the first fight on the main card, Stephan bonnar didn't give Kyle Kingsbury a chance. The fight started off quite busy in terms of striking, with Bonnar connecting the best blows, however, Kingsburry didn't let up and accepted the exchange of punches. However, in the following rounds, Stephan changed his strategy and took the fight to the ground. On the ground, the participant in the first edition of The Ultimate Fighter dominated his opponent, passed his guard and controlled the fight. At the end of the dispute, victory for Stephan bonnar in the unanimous decision of the judges (30×27, 30×25, 30×27).

Tibau wins Rafael dos Anjos in an even fight
In the 100% Brazilian fight at UFC 139, the best for Gleison Tibau, who in a very busy and balanced duel, defeated the Rio native Rafael dos Anjos in the unanimous decision of the judges. At the beginning of the fight, dos Anjos worked well on combinations of low kicks and boxing strikes, while Tibau used counter punches and risked some takedowns. In the second round, Gleison came back with everything and applied an incredible sequence on Rafael, which he felt almost went to the ground, but managed to continue in the dispute. In the last and decisive round, the dispute remained balanced, but a fall achieved by the athlete from Rio Grande do Norte at the end of the partial could have been decisive. At the end of the 15 regulatory minutes, the side judges declared the victory of Gleison Tibau (30×27, 28×29, 29×28)

Check out the complete UFC 139 results below.

Main Card

Dan Henderson derrotou Mauritius Shogun in the unanimous decision of the judges;

Wanderlei Silva derrotou Cung le by knockout in R2;

Urijah faber submitted Brian Bowles with a guillotine choke in R2;

Martin Kampmann defeated Rick Story via split decision;

Stephan bonnar defeated Kyle Kingsbury via unanimous decision;

Preliminary Card

Ryan bader defeated Jason Brilz via TKO in R1;

Michael McDonald defeated Alex Soto by knockout in R1;

Chris Weidman submitted Tom Lawlor with a choke in R1;

Gleison Tibau derrotou Rafael dos Anjos in the judges' split decision;

Miguel Angel Torres defeated Nick Pace via unanimous decision;

Seth Baczynski submitted Matt Brown with a guillotine choke in R1;

Danny Castillo defeated Shamar Bailey via TKO in R1;

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