2011 MMA major event results

Friday, December 30

UFC 141, Las Vegas: Diego Nunes def. Manny Gamburyan, unanimous decision; Jacob Volkmann def. Efrain Escudero, unanimous decision; Dong Hyun Kim def. Sean Pierson, unanimous decision; Danny Castillo def. Anthony Njokuani, split decision; Ross Pearson def. Junior Assuncao, unanimous decision; Jim Hettes def. Nam Phan, unanimous decision; Alexander Gustafsson def. Vladimir Matyushenko, TKO, 2:13 R1; Johny Hendricks def. Jon Fitch, KO, 0:12 R1; Nate Diaz def. Donald Cerrone, unanimous decision; Alistair Overeem def. Brock Lesnar, TKO, 2:26 R1.

Saturday, December 17

Strikeforce, San Diego: Herman Terrado def. Chris Brown, submission (armbar), 4:05 R3; Eddie Mendez def. Fernando Gonzalez, split decision; Devon Cole def. Gabriel Salinas-Jones, unanimous decision; Roger Bowling def. Jerron Peoples, KO, 0:42 R1; Caros Fodor def. Justin Wilcox, KO, 0:13 R1; K.J. Noons def. Billy Evangelista, split decision; Gegard Mousasi def. Ovince St. Preux, unanimous decision; Strikeforce women's featherweight title: Cristiane Santos def. Hiroko Yamanaka, KO, 0:16 R1 (Santos retains title); Strikeforce lightweight title: Gilbert Melendez def. Jorge Masvidal, unanimous decision (Melendez retains title).

Saturday, December 10

UFC 140, Toronto: John Cholish def. Mitch Clarke, TKO, 4:36 R2; Jake Hecht def. Rich Attonito, TKO, 1:10 R2; Mark Bocek def. Nik Lentz, unanimous decision; Yves Jabouin def. Walel Watson, split decision; Dennis Hallman def. John Makdessi, submission (rear naked choke), 2:58 R1; Constantinos Philippou def. Jared Hamman, KO, 3:11 R1; Igor Pokrajac def. Krzysztof Soszynski, KO, 0:35 R1; Chan Sung Jung def. Mark Hominick, KO, 0:07 R1; Brian Ebersole def. Claude Patrick, split decision; Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Tito Ortiz, TKO, 3:15 R1; Frank Mir def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, submission (Kimura), 3:38 R1; UFC light heavyweight title: Jon Jones def. Lyoto Machida, submission (guillotine choke), 4:26 R2 (Jones retains title).

Saturday, December 3

The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, Las Vegas Bryan Caraway def. Dustin Neace, submission (rear naked choke), 3:38 R2; Steven Siler def. Josh CLopton, unanimous decision; Roland Delorme def. Josh Ferguson, submission (rear naked choke), 0:22 R2; Marcus Brimage def. Stephen Bass, unanimous decision; Johnny Bedford def. Louis Gaudinot, TKO, 1:58 R3; Tony Ferguson def. Yves Edwards, unanimous decision; TUF 14 bantamweight final: John Dodson def. T.J/ Dillashaw, TKO, 1:54 R1; TUF 14 featherweight final: Diego Brandao def. Dennis Bermudez, submission (armbar), 4:51 R1; Michael Bisping def. Jason Miller, TKO, 3:34 R3.

Saturday, Nov. 19

UFC 139, San Jose, Calif.: Danny Castillo def. Shamar Bailey, TKO, 4:52 R1; Seth Baczynski def. Matt Brown, submission (guillotine choke), 0:42 R2; Miguel Angel Torres def. Nick Pace, unanimous decision; Gleison Tibau def. Rafael dos Anjos, split decision; Chris Weidman def. Tom Lawlor, submission (D’Arce choke), 2:07 R1; Michael McDonald def. Alex Soto, KO, 0:56 R1; Ryan Bader def. Jason Brilz, KO, 1:17 R1; Stephan Bonnar def. Kyle Kingsbury, unanimous decision; Martin Kampmann def. Rick Story, split decision; Urijah Faber def. Brian Bowles, submission (guillotine choke), 1:27 R2; Wanderlei Silva def. Cung Le, TKO, 4:49 R2; Dan Henderson def. Mauricio Rua, unanimous decision.

Saturday, Nov. 12

UFC on Fox, Anaheim, Calif.: Aaron Rosa def. Matt Lucas, majority decision; Mike Pierce def. Paul Bradley, split decision; Alex Careres def. Cole Escovedo, split decision; Robbie Peralta def. Mackens Semerzier, TKO, 1:54 R3; Darren Uyenoyama def. Norifumi Yamamoto, unanimous decision; DaMarques Johnson def. Clay Harvison, KO, 1:34 R1; Ricardo Lamas def. Cub Swanson, submission (arm-triangle choke), 2:16 R2; Dustin Poirier def. Pablo Garza, submission (D’Arce choke), 1:32 R2; Bem Henderson def. Clay Guida, unanimous decision; UFC heavyweight title: Junior dos Santos def. Cain Velasquez, KO, 1:04 R1 (dos Santos wins title)

Saturday, Nov. 5

UFC 138, Birmingham, England: Chris Cariaso def. Vaughan Lee, split decision; Che Mills def. Chris Cope, TKO; 0:40 R1; Mihihiro Omigawa def. Jason Young, unanimous decision; Philip De Fries def. Rob Broughton, unanimous decision; John Maguire def. Justin Edwards, unanimous decision; Terry Etim def. Edward Faaloloto, submission (guillotine choke), 0:17 R1; Anthony Perosh def. Cyrille Diabate, submission (rear-naked choke), 3:09 R2; Thiago Alves def. Papy Abedi, submission (rear-naked choke), 3:32 R1; renan Pegado def. Brad Pickett, submission (rear-naked choke), 4:09 R1; Mark Munoz def. Chris Leben, TKO, 5:00 R2.

Saturday, Oct. 29

UFC 137, Las Vegas: Clifford Starks def. Dustin Jacoby, unanimous decision; Francis Carmont def. Chris Camozzi, unanimous decision; Ramsey Nijem def. Danny Downes, unanimous decision; Brandon Vera def. Eliot Marshall, unanimous decision; Bart Palaszewski def. Tyson Griffin, KO, 2:45 R1; Donald Cerrone def. Dennis Siver, submission (rear-naked choke), 2:22 R1; Hatsu Hioki def. George Roop, split decision; Scott Jorgensen def. Jeff Curran, unanimous decision; Roy Nelson def. Mirko Filipovic, TKO, 1:309 R3; Cheick Kongo def. Matt Mitrione, unanimous decision; Nick Diaz def. B.J. Penn, unanimous decision.

Saturday, October 8

UFC 136, Houston: Mike Massenzio def. Steve Cantwell, unanimous decision; Aaron Simpson def. Eric Schafer, unanimous decision; Darren Elkins def. Tiequan Zhang, unanimous decision; Stipe Miocic def. Joey Beltran, unanimous decision; Anthony Pettis def. Jeremy Stephens, split decision; Demian Maia def. Jorge Santiago, unanimous decision; Joe Lauzon def. Melvin Guillard, submission (rear-naked choke), 0:47 R1; Nam Phan def. Leonard Garcia, unanimous decision; Chael Sonnen def. Brian Stann, submission (arm-triangle choke), 3:51 R2; UFC featherweight title: Jose Aldo def. Kenny Florian, unanimous decision (Aldo retains title); UFC lightweight title: Frankie Edgar def. Gray Maynard, KO, 3:54 R4 (Edgar retains title).

Saturday, Oct. 1

UFC Live 6, Washington, D.C.: Walel Watson def. Joseph Sandoval, TKO, 1:17 R1; Josh Neer def. Keith Wisniewski, TKO, 5:00 R2; T.J. Grant def. Shane Roller, submission (armbar), 2:12 R3; Mike Easton def. Byron Bloodworth, TKO, 4:52 R2; Paul Sass def. Michael Johnson, submission (heel hook), 3:00 R1; Yves Edwards def. Rafael Oliveira, TKO; 2:44 R2; Matt Wiman def. Mac Danzig, unanimous decision; Anthony Johnson def. Charlie Brenneman, TKO, 2:49 R1; Stefan Struve def. Pat Barry, submission (triangle choke), 3:22 R2; UFC bantamweight championship: Dominick Cruz def. Demetrious Johnson, unanimous decision (Cruz retains title).

Saturday, Sept. 24

UFC 135, Denver: Jame Te Huna def. Ricardo Romero, KO, 0:47 R1; Taekya Mizugaki def. Cole Escovedo, TKO, 4:30 R2; Junior Assuncao def. Eddie Yahin, unanimous decision; Tim Boetsch def. Nick Ring, unanimous decision; Tony Ferguson def. Aaron Riley, TKO, 5:00 R1; Nate Diaz def. Takanori Gomi, submission (armbar), 4:27 R1; Travis Browne def. Rob Broughton, unanimous decision; Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell, unanimous decision; Josh Koscheck def. Matt Hughes, KO, 4:59 R1; UFC light heavyweight title: Jon Jones def. Quinton Jackson, submission (rear-naked choke), 1:14 R4 (Jones retains title).

Friday, Sept. 23

Strikeforce Challengers, Las Vegas: Quinn Mulhern def. Danny Davis, submission (arm triangle choke), 4:08 R3; Christopher Spang def. Joe Ray, unanimous decision; Bobby Green def. Charon Spain, submission (arm-triangle choke), 2:54 R2; James terry def. Magno Almeida, KO, 3:21 R1; Brian Melanson def. Felipe Portela, unanimous decision; Jason High def. Todd Moore, unanimous decision; Ryan Couture cef. Maka Watson, majority decision; Shawn Jordan def. Lavar Johnson, submission (keylock), 3:08 R2; Lorenz Larkin def. Nick Rossborough, unanimous decision.

Saturday, Sept. 17

Ultimate Fight Night 23, New Orleans: Justin Roberts def. Jorge Lopez, unanimous decision; Robert Peralta def. Mike Lullo, unanimous decision; T.J. Waldburger def. Mike Stumpf, submission (triangle choke), 3:52 R1; Seth Baczynski def. Clay Harivson, submission (rear naked choke); 1:12 R2; Ken Stone def. Donny Walker, submission (rear naked choke), 2:40 R1; Lance Benoist def. Matt Riddle, unanimous decision; Evan Dunham def. Shamar Bailey, unanimous decision; Alan Belcher def. Jason MacDonald, submission, 3:48 R1; Erik Koch def. Jonathan Brookins, unanimous decision; Court McGee def. Dongi Yang, unanimous decision; Jake Ellenberger def. Jake Shields, KO, 0:53 R1.

Saturday, Sept. 10

Strikeforce, Cincinnati: Dominique Steele def. Chris Mierzwiak, unanimous decision; Alexis Davis def. Amanda Nunes, TKO, 4:53 R2; Jordan Mein def. Evangelista Santos, TKO, 3:18 R3; Rafael Cavalcante def. Yoel Palacio, KO, 4:51 R2; Mike Kyle def. Marcos de Lima, unanimous decision; Pat Healy def. Maximo Blanco, submission (rear naked choke), 4:27 R2; Mo Lawal def. Roger Gracie, KO, 4:33 R1; Strikeforce middleweight championship: Luke Rockhold def. Ronaldo da Souza, unanimous decision (Rockhold wins title); Strikeforce Grand Prix semifinals: Daniel Cormier def. Antonio Silva, KO, 3:56 R1; Josh Barnett def. Sergei Kharitonov, submission (arm triangle choke), 4:28 R1.

Saturday, Aug. 26

UFC 134, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Yves Jabouin def. Ian Loveland, split decision; Yuri Alcantara def. Felipe Arantes, unanimous decision; Erick Silva def. Luis Ramos, TKO, 0:40 R1; Raphael Assuncao def. Johnny Eduardo, unanimous decision; Paulo Thiago def. David Mitchell, unanimous decision; Rousimar Palhares def. Dan Miller, unanimous decision; Thiago Tavares def. Spencer Fisher, TKO, 2:51 R2; Stanislav Nedkov def. Luiz Cane, TKO, 4:20 R1; Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Brendan Schaub, KO, 3:09 R1; Edson Barboza def. Ross Pearson, split decision; Mauricio Rua def. Forrest Griffin, KO, 1:53 R1; UFC middleweight championship: Anderson Silva def. Yushin Okami, TKO, 2:04 R2 (Silva retains title).

Sunday, Aug. 14

UFC Live on Versus, Milwaukee: Edwin Figueroa def. Jason Reinhardt, TKO, 0:50 R2; Jacon Volkman def. Danny Castillo, unanimous decision; Cole Miller def. T.J. O’Brien, submission (guillotine choke), 2:38 R2; Jim Hettes def. Alex Caceres, submission (rear naked choke), 3:21 R2; Ronny Markes def. Karlos Vemola, unanimous decision; Ed Herman def. Kyle Noke, submission (heel hook); 4:15 R1; Joe Benavidez def. Eddie Wineland, unanimous decision; Jared Hamman def. C.b. Dollway, TKO, 3:38 R1; Duan Ludwig def. Amir Sadollah, unanimous decision’ Donald Cerrone def. Charles Oliveira, TKO, 3:01 R1; Ben Henderson def. Jim Miller, unanimous decision; Chris Lytle def. Dan Hardy, submission (guillotine choke), 4:16 R3.

Friday, Aug. 12

Strikeforce Challengers, Las Vegas: Milton Vierira def. Sterling Ford, submission (Brabo choke), 4:49 R1; Mike Bronzoulis def. Chad Leonhardt, TKO, 1:30 R1; Nah’Shon Burrell def. Lukasz Les, TKO, 2:09 R2; Gian Villante def. Keith Berry, unanimous decision; Derrick Mehmen def. Roy Jones, unanimous decision; Ronda Rousey def. Sarah D’Alelio, submission (armbar), 0:25 R1; Pat Healy def. Eric Wisely, unanimous decision; Nate James def. Danillo Villefort, unanimous decision; Joe Duarte def. Jorge Gurgel, unanimous decision.

Saturday, Aug. 6

UFC 133, Philadelphia: Rafael Natal def. Paul Bradley, unanimous decision’ Mike Brown def. Nam Phan, unanimous decision; Johny Hendricks def. Mike Pierce, split decision; Ivan Menjivar def. Nick Pace, unanimous decision; Chad Mendes def. Ranyi Yahya, unanimous decision’ Alexander Gustafssom def. Matt Hamill, TKO, 3:41 R2; Rory MacDonald def. Jorge Rivera, split decision; Constantinos Philippou def. Jorge Rivera, split decision; Brian Ebersole def. Dennis Hallman, TKO, 4:28 R1; Vitor Belfort def. Yoshihiro Akiyama, TKO, 1:51 R1; Rashad Evans def. Tito Ortiz, TKO, 4:48 R2.

Saturday, July 30

Strikeforce, Hoffman Estates, Ill.: Gabriel Salinas-Jones def. Bryan Humes, submission (Brabo choke), 1:19 R3; Derek Brunson def. Lumumba Sayers, submission (rear naked choke), 4:33 R1; Alexis Davis def. Julie Kedzie, unanimous decision; Tyler Stinson def. Eduardo Pamplona, KO., 0:15 R1; Gesias Cavalcante def. Bobby Green, split ecision; Tarec Saffiedine def. Scott Smith, unanimous decision; Tyron Woodley def. Paul Daley, unanimous decision; Strikeforce women’s bantamweight title: Miesha Tate def. Marloes Coenen, submission (arm-triangle choke), 3:03 R4 (Tate wins title); Dan Henderson def. Fedor Emelianenko, TKO, 4:12 R1.

Friday, July 22

Strikeforce Challengers, Las Vegas: Sterling Ford def. Brian McLaughlin, unanimous decision; Bill Cooper def. Maka Watson, submission (rear naked choke), 2:39 R2; Anthony Smith def. Ben Lagman, KO, 0:33 R2; T.J. Cook def. Lionel Lanham, TKO, 4:59 R1; Adlan Amegov def. Ron Stallings, split decision; Sara Kaufman def. Liz Carmouche, unanimous decision; Ovince St. Preux def. Joe Cason, submission (strikes), 1:12 R1; Devin Cole def. Shawn Jordan, unanimous decision; Bobby Voelker def. Roger Bowling, TKO, 2:16 R2.

Saturday, July 2

UFC 132, Las Vegas: Jeff Hougland def. Donny Walker, unanimous decision; Anthony Njokuani def. Andre Winner, unanimous decision; Aaron Simpson def. Brad Tavares, unanimous decision; Brian Bowles def. Takeya Mizugaki, unanimous decision; Rafael dos Anjos def. George Sotiropoulos, KO, 0:59 R1; Melvin Guillard def. Shane Roller, KO, 2;12 R1; Carlos Condit def. Dong Hyun Kim, TKO, 2:58 R1; Tito Ortiz def. Ryan Bader, submission (guillotine choke), 1:56 R1; Dennis Siver def. Matt Wiman, unanimous decision; Chris Leben def. Wanderlei Silva, KO, 0:27 R1; UFC bantamweight title: Dominick Cruz def. Urijah Faber, unanimous decision (Cruz retains title).

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