Photo Courtesy of Jason Silva/USA TODAY Sports
Main Card Results:
Main Event: Jake Shields def. #4 Demian Maia via Split-Decision
Co-Main Event: Dong Hyun Kim def. Erick Silva via Knockout (Round 2)
Thiago Silva def. Matt Hamill via Unanimous Decision
Fabio Maldonado def. Joey Beltran via Split-Decision
Rousimar Palhares def. Mike Pierce via Submission (Heel Hook/Round 1)
#5 Raphael Assuncao def. #9 T.J. Dillashaw via Split-Decision:
Preliminary Card Results:
Igor Araujo def. Ildemar Alcantara via Unanimous Decision
Yan Cabral def. David Mitchell via Unanimous Decision
Chris Cariaso def. Iliarde Santos via TKO (Round 2)
Alan Patrick def. Garett Whiteley via TKO (Round 1)
10 Things We Learned:
- Jake Shields can grapple with the very best of them
- The Demian Maia hype train at Welterweight was premature
- Dong Hyun Kim can finish a fight in brutal fashion
- Erick Silva isn’t a top 10 Welterweight
- Matt Hamill should retire
- An out of shape Thiago Silva is much less dangerous than an in-shape Thiago Silva
- Rousimar Palhares’ leg locks are vicious (but we already knew that)
- T.J. Dillashaw and Raphael Assuncao are as good, or even better than we thought they were
- Yan Cabral has a lot of potential
- Who Alan Patrick is
Of The Night Awards:
Fight of the Night: Assuncao/Dillashaw
Knockout of the Night: Kim
Submission of the Night: None, due to “unsportsmanlike conduct” of Palhares
Chris’ Prediction Results (This Year): 15-10
Chris’ Predictions Results (This Event): 3-3
Correct Picks: Rousimar Palhares, Fabio Maldonado, Thiago Silva
Dan’s Prediction Results: 2-4
Correct Picks: Fabio Maldonado, Thiago Silva
2 Comments
Daniel Clark
October 10, 2013 at 2:01 amI was rubbish. Must’ve used all my knowledge on the preliminaries.
Chris Pagliuca
October 10, 2013 at 11:08 amI didn’t do too well either. But it was a weird night, I thought Dillashaw won that fight hands down and Kim came out of no where with that KO.