UFC Fight Night 116 Quick Results
The UFC is in the Steel City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for UFC Fight Night 116, at the PPG Paints Arena. The Main Event is a Middleweight contest between former number 3 ranked contender Luke Rockhold & number 9 ranked David Branch.
Rockhold is former Strikeforce & UFC Middleweight champion, returning to the octagon for the first time since losing the the title to Michael Bisping in June of 2016. The loss ended a dominate 5 fight win streak, for the American Kickboxing Academy product, who trained with Henry Hooft in south Florida for this fight. Brooklyn, New York’s Branch is on his 2nd stint with the UFC, going 2-2 the first time. A 10 fight win streak, that now stands at 11, along with capturing the WSOF Middleweight & Light Heavyweight titles earned Branch his way back to the octagon.
These two fighters share the similarity of Confidence. Rockhold cocky and arrogant, Branch a bit more street and brash. Both men like throwing there hands and have a avid love of Boxing. Rockhold has the stronger kicking and wresting game from what I’ve seen. Both men are well versed in submissions with Branch having the higher ranked BJJ belt.
The co feature is at Welterweight, on 3 days notice Alex Reyes, who’s on a 12 fight win streak, makes his octagon debut, against knock out artist “Platinum” Mike Perry.
MAIN CARD
185: Luke Rockhold def. David Branch by submission by (strikes) 4:05 R2
170: Mike Perry def. Alex Reyes by KO (knee) 1:19 R1
185: Anthony Smith def. Hector Lombard by TKO (punches) 2:33 R3
155: Gregor Gillespie def. Jason Gonzalez by submission (arm triangle choke) 2:11 R2
170: Kamaru Usman def. Sergio Moraes by KO (punch) 2:48 R1
HW: Justin Ledet def. Azunna Anyanwu by (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) split decision
UNDERCARD
155: Olivier Aubin-Mercier def. Tony Martin by (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) split decision
HW: Daniel Spitz def. Anthony Hamilton by TKO (punches) 0:24 R1
185: Uriah Hall def. Krzysztof Jotko by KO (punches) 2:25 R2
155: Gilbert Burns def. Jason Saggo by KO (punch) 4:55 R2
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