Overall it was a very solid night of action. Only one televised bout went the distance (Liddell and Silva). Pride fighters had terrible showings. The overly hyped former Pride fighter Sokoudjou was total out-classed and dominated by Lyoto Machida. And highly touted brawler Soa Palelei looked silly against B-level heavyweight Eddie Sanchez. GSP, well he just looked awesome as he easily handled former UFC champion Matt Hughes. Complete results:

- Georges St-Pierre def. Matt Hughes by Submission (Arm Lock) at 4:54 in the 2nd round by arm bar
- Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round
- Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Sokoudjou by Submission (Choke) at 4:20 in the 2nd round by arm triangle
- Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard by Submission (Choke) at 4:40 in the 1st round by rear naked choke
- Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei by Technical Knock Out at 3:24 in the 3rd round
- James Irvin def. Luiz Cane by Disqualification at 1:51 in the 1st round
- Manny Gamburyan def. Nate Mohn by Submission (Leg Lock) at 1:31 in the 1st round by ankle lock
- Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round
- Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza by Technical K
- Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round

Kenny Florian is a self proclaimed “fight finisher” and he lived up to his moniker tonight by stopping Din Thomas in the first round via rear naked choke.  Although it appeared that Din injuried himself as he went in for the takedown, nothing should be taken away from Kenflo as he looked solid.  Of note, and not televised, Gray Maynard KO’d Joe Veres in 9 seconds of round one. 

Complete Ulitmate Fight Night 11 Results:

Kenny Florian def. Din Thomas - Submission Rd 1
Chris Leben def. Terry Martin - KO Rd 3
Nathan Quarry def. Pete Sell - KO Rd 3
Nathan Diaz def. Junior Assuncao - Submission Rd 1
Luke Cummo def. Edilberto de Oliveira - TKO Rd 1
Cole Miller def. Leonard Garcia - Decision (Unanimous)
Dustin Hazelett def. Jonathan Goulet - Submission Rd 1
Thiago Alves def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka - Submission Rd 2
Gray Maynard def. Joe Veres - KO Rd 1

UFC 75, Champion vs. Champion, is in the books and the UFC champion won a decision over the Pride Champion. Quinton Jackson successfully defended his UFC light heavyweight title with a unanimous-decision victory over Pride champion Dan Henderson in London. The fight was a bit lackluster in comparison to Rampage’s and Henderson’s most recent fights where the each scored KOs. Instead, Jackson employed a more methodical approach in controlling the majority of the time on the ground and was more effective with punches down the stretch. Judges scored the bout 49-46 twice and 48-47 for the champion, who improved to 28-6. UFC announcer Mike Goldberg stated time and time again that this was to determine who was the best 205lb fighter in the world. Mike, you may want to consider that there is this guy out there named Shogun who dominated the reigning champ not too long ago.

Complete UFC 75 fight results:

Quinton Jackson def. Dan Henderson (unanimous decision)
Cheick Kongo def. Mirko Filipovic (unanimous decision)
Michael Bisping def. Matt Hammill (split decision)
Houston Alexander def. Alessio Sakara (1st Rd TKO)
Marcus Davis def. Paul Taylor (1st Rd submission)
Thiago Silva def. Tomasz Drwal (2nd Rd TKO)
Gleison Tibau def. Terry Etim (unanimous decision)
Dennis Siver def. Naoyuki Kotani (2nd Rd TKO)
Jess Liaudin def. Anthony Torres (1st Rd TKO)

It appears that Texans like their mixed martial arts, filling the areana with 7,500 MMA fans. Big non-MMA names in appearance included former Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo, Michael Irvin and Tony Dorsett made it out to cheer on the fighters.  Of the 10 fights, 8 of them ended via TKO or submission.

In the main event last night we saw Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo melt down the Snowman in three rounds, scoring the TKO.  The biggest surprise of the night is that ex-UFCer submission wiz Jeremy Horn was tapped by Brazilian Jorge Santiago via triangle choke. Although dominated early in his match against Mario Rinaldi, UFC vet Ron Waterman was able to get his hands flying to secure the win via strikes.

Complete fight card results:

-Pedro Rizzo def. Jeff Monson TKO rd 3
-Jorge Santiago def. Jeremy Horn Submission rd 1
-Ron Waterman def. Mario Rinaldi TKO rd 1
-Carlo Prater def. Keith Wisniewski Decision (split)
-Anthony Njokuani def. Keyon Mike Jackson KO rd 1
-Cristiano Marcello def. Hector Munoz Submission rd 1
-Luis Arthur Cane def. James Damien Stelly KO rd 1
-Jason Maxwell def. Thomas Schulte Decision (Unanimous)
-Lana Stefanac def. Franita Gathings TKO rd 1
-Alex Andrade def. Fabiano Capoani TKO rd 2

For a deeper recap of the night, click here.

Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett predicted a first round knock out at last night’s EliteXC event.  He was right, but it was he who was on the recieving end.  Victor “Joe Boxer” Valenzuela stopped Krazy Horse in the first round of last night’s main event.  You can check out Joe Boxer’s take on the fight here at proelite.com.

 Here are the official fight results from the EliteXC show: 

Victor Valenzuela def. Charles Bennett via Submission (Strikes) at 3:23 of rd. 1

Seth Kleinbeck def. Jaime Jara via TKO (Strikes) at 4:59 of rd. 2

Jon Murphy def. David Huckaba via KO (Punch) at 0:19 of rd. 2

Hector Urbina def. Ray Lazama via Unanimous Decision

Umar Love def. Brendan Tierney via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:08 of rd. 1

It was a good night of action from the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas.  Here are the results of Ultimate Fighting Championship 74, Respect:

UFC Heavyweight Title Fight
-Randy Couture def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO (strikes) Round

-Georges St. Pierre def. Josh Koscheck via Unanimous Decision
-Roger Huerta def. Alberto Crane via TKO Round 3
-Joe Stevenson def. Kurt Pellegrino via Unanimous Decision
-Patrick Cote def. Kendall Grove via TKO Round 1
-Clay Guida def. Marcus Aurelio via Split Decision
-Thales Leites def. Ryan Jensen via Submission (armbar) Round 1
-Frank Mir def. Antoni Hardonk via Submission (armbar) Round 1
-Renato “Babalu” Sobral def. David Heath via Submission Round 2

For a full fight for fight, round for round breakdown, check out the recap on MMANews.com HERE