Brian Ebersole halted Claude Patrick's win streak by winning a razor-close split decision at UFC 140 in Toronto on Saturday. The judges saw it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 for Ebersole.

After the last two fights on the card ended in under a minute, this one started a bit more slowly. Ebersole pushed Patrick back to the fence to work a takedown. Ebersole got Patrick to the ground, but Patrick grabbed a guillotine. Ebersole survived, and the two returned to their feet. The first round finished with more clinching, but no serious damage for either fighter.

The pair returned to the clinch in the second round. Neither man could get get an advantage as they pushed into each other until the final 20 seconds of the round. Patrick landed four big strikes, which constituted most of the offense for the round.

After showing good takedown defense for much of the fight, Patrick was finally taken down by Ebersole. He held onto Patrick's back, landing strikes the whole time. The even match continued as Patrick

jungChan Sung Jung said he was a better striker than Mark Hominick. Anyone want to argue?

He was spectacular tonight finishing Hominick in a UFC-record tying seven seconds in the pay-per-view opener at UFC 140 in Toronto. Hominick entered the fight as one of the biggest favorites on the card at minus-465.

Nicknamed "The Korean Zombie" for his reckless style, Jung took advantage of a sloppy Hominick. The Canadian came charging to the middle of the Octagon and winged a wild left hook. Zombie stepped back and launched himself forward with a straight right.

Hominick fell to his back and absorbed four clean shots to the face. His hands dropped to his side. All that came in seven seconds and referee Herb Dean had to save Hominick.

"I gotta give it up to him. I came out a little too wild. I really wanted to hit him with a clean shot. I know he keeps his hands down," Hominick told UFC analyst Joe Rogan. "I got a little too hyped up. You've seen me fight before, I don't fight reckless and I came

phillipouThe final preliminary fights from UFC 140 in Toronto Saturday night didn't last a single round between the two.

Igor Pokrajac ran through Kryzsztof Soszynski, knocking him out in just 35 seconds. Pokrajac started the bout with several unanswered punches, landing left after right until K-Sos fell to the ground. Pokrajac followed him there, and landed more strikes until K-Sos was out and the bout was stopped.

soszynski-1That quick win was Pokrajac's second in a row, giving him a record of 24-8. Soszynski fell to 26-12.

Earlier in the evening, Constantinos Phillipou won quickly, TKOing Jared Hamman in the first round with powerful strikes.

Philippou tagged Hamman early in the first round, countering a leg kick with a right hand. Phillipou followed up on the ground with more punches, then maneuvered Hamman into an awkward choke. Phillipou brought the fight back to standing, but kept landing damaging punches. Finally, against the fence, Phillipou landed three more shots that sent Hamman to the ground.

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Dennis Hallman won tonight, but he felt a little guilty about doing so.

Hallman ran roughshod over John Makdessi from the opening seconds. The submission specialist got his hands on Makdessi and worked solely for a takedown. Once he got it, Makdessi was finished. Hallman scored a rear-naked choke victory at 2:58 of the first round.

This was Hallman's first attempt to fight down at 155 pounds in a long time. He'd been fighting recently at 170 and 185. He even took a 195-pound fight in 2009. At 35 years old, making lightweight was tough. He missed badly on Friday coming in at 158.5. For that reason, even after dominating Makdessi, Hallman couldn't brag about his easy victory.

"I'm going to stay at 155. I wanted to make this point, this fight is kind of a wash. Put a little asterisk next to the win because I missed weight," Hallman told UFC analyst Joe Rogan.

The size difference was evident in the clinch and once it hit the ground, the smaller Makdessi was helpess defending the power and

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A fight can change in a split second when you hit someone behind the ear. Jake Hecht drilled Rich Attonito from an odd position, but the effect was the same.

Attonito went out for a second and Hecht took advantage pounding him out at the 1:10 mark of round two in the second fight of the night at UFC 140 in Toronto.

It was a startling turnaround after a first round where Attonito worked over Hecht on the ground. The UFC veteran aggressively pursued a takedown in the opening seconds of the second round. Hecht showed good balance through a single-leg takedown attempt, so Attonito dropped down to his knees for a double-leg try.

With Attonito's head sitting in his abdomen, Hecht threw a wicked elbow that hit his opponent on the ear. The next elbow was planted directly to Attonito's temple. The effect was just like getting hit with a standing hook. Attonito's legs gave out and he went down. Hecht (11-2, 1-0 UFC) poured it on with 13 unanswered right hands on Attonito, who turtled up. Referee Josh Rosenthal had to stop it.

Attonito (10-5, 3-2 UFC) cruised in the opening round. He scored a takedown with 3:38 left and worked body-head combinations until the close of the round. Hecht never got off his back, but he avoided a fight changing shot from the bottom by staying active and at least threatening to land a submission. Maybe Attonito was overconfident when he left himself in a prone position so long going for that second round double-leg attempt.

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Cholish impressive in debut against Canadian Clarke

John Cholish has trained under some of the best grapplers in the world and it showed tonight. The New Yorker got the fight where he wanted and showed a slick ground game in finishing Mitch Clarke at the 4:36 mark of the second round.

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Tito Ortiz shocked the world by saving his job at UFC 132.  The veteran fighter pulled the upset on Ryan Bader. He looks to do it again today against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. He has a much better shot time around because, for once, he's not facing another wrestling specialist.

Ortiz avoided the chopping block with the win over Bader and also impressed his bosses in a loss against Rashad Evans less than two months later. Over the course of six months Ortiz successfully altered the mentality of his boss Dana White.

"I actually called Tito and said 'It's over.' Tito begged me for a fight and he got that Bader fight and pulled it off," White said. "And in my opinion had an awesome fight with (Rashad) Evans. We'll see what he does Saturday night."

What "Lil' Nog" brings to the table in terms of takedown defense is anyone's guess. He was very solid in his fight against Phil Davis after a terrible fight against Jason Brilz.

Adam Hill from the Las Vegas-Review Journal joined me on

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What's gone wrong with the relationship between Jon Jones and some MMA fans? The brightest young star in the sport is starting collect a sizable group of haters. The fans in Toronto at today's UFC 140 weigh-in greeted Jones with lots of booing.

Jones easily made weight at 205 pounds and was respectful during the staredown with Lyoto Machida (204), but he heard from the Canadians. We weren't sure why the fans in Toronto booed Jones, so we asked for feedback on Twitter.

JonesTweetsMERGEThat's a small sample, are Cagewriter readers on board with this growing anti-Jones sentiment?

Only Dennis Hallman had major issues with his weight. It's almost shocking considering the bad press he got from the blue Speedo he wore at UFC . Hallman wasn't even close to lightweight at 158.5 and failed to get down to the allowable 156. He was fined 20 percent of his purse.

UFC 140 weigh-in (Courtesy MMAjunkie)

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