April 18, 2015 | Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey MAIN CARD FOX, 8 p.m. ET Lyoto Machida vs. Luke Rockhold Chris Camozzi vs. Ronaldo Souza Max Holloway vs. Cub Swanson Felice Herrig vs. Paige VanZant PRELIMINARY CARD FOX Sports 1, 6 p.m. ET Beneil Dariush vs. Jim Miller Patrick Cummins vs. Ovince Saint Preux Corey Anderson vs. Gian Villante Aljamain Sterling vs. Takeya Mizugaki PRELIMINARY CARD UFC Fight Pass, 4:15pm ET Kenny Robertson vs. George Sullivan Diego Brandao vs. Jimy Hettes Nick Catone vs. Vitor Miranda Chris Dempsey vs. Eddie Gordon
Patrick Cummins wants enhanced testing for his upcoming bout with OSP and has asked his opponent to participate.
Holloway/Swanson on the main card, OSP/Cummins to the prelims OSP beats Shogun in a main event then gets relegated to prelims? Can't complain when cards are stacked.
"Drink all your piss [cause] I'm going to beat it out of you" might be one of the best one-liners I've heard in MMA, courtesy of Luke Rockhold. Holy shit nobody has ever gone after Machida for that homeopathic nonsense before, right?
Weigh-in results via MMA Junkie MAIN CARD (FOX, 8 p.m. ET) Lyoto Machida (185) vs. Luke Rockhold (185) Chris Camozzi (185) vs. Ronaldo Souza (186) Max Holloway (146) vs. Cub Swanson (145) Felice Herrig (115) vs. Paige VanZant (115) PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX, 6 p.m. ET) Beneil Dariush (155) vs. Jim Miller (156) Patrick Cummins (205) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (205) Corey Anderson (205) vs. Gian Villante (206) Aljamain Sterling (136) vs. Takeya Mizugaki (136) PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass, 4:30 p.m. ET) Tim Means (170) vs. George Sullivan (171) Diego Brandao (145) vs. Jimy Hettes (146) Chris Dempsey (186) vs. Eddie Gordon (186)
Results via MMA Junkie Luke Rockhold def. Lyoto Machida via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 2:31 Ronaldo Souza def. Chris Camozzi via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 2:33 Max Holloway def. Cub Swanson via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 3:58 Paige VanZant def. Felice Herrig via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26) Beneil Dariush def. Jim Miller via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Ovince Saint Preux def. Patrick Cummins via KO (punches) – Round 1, 4:54 Gian Villante def. Corey Anderson via TKO (punches) – Round 3, 4:18 Aljamain Sterling def. Takeya Mizugaki via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 3, 2:11 Tim Means def. George Sullivan via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 3, 3:41 Diego Brandao def. Jimy Hettes via TKO (doctor stoppage) – Round 1, 5:00 Chris Dempsey def. Eddie Gordon via 29-28, 28-29, 29-28
Rockhold staked his claim but Souza is also in line. Not sure how the UFC will deal with that. Romero dropping out might've cost Jacare his shot. Max Holloway looked great against the ghost of Cub Swanson. Cub isn't the same fighter he was five or so years ago. Beneil Dariush is hard to deal with and could be a contender soon. His grappling is superb but he closes distance with good striking making him a multi-faceted threat. OSP still looks raw this many fights into his career but he has a lot of physical skills. Huge punching power even when retreating. Not sure what to make of PVZ/Herring. With the exception of a very few fighters, FMMA looks years and years behind the men. The difference between Dariush/Miller, PVZ/Herring, and back to Holloway/Swanson was jarring. Good night of fights.
Should mention that "I thought he'd be faster" and shrugging his shoulders was a douche moment for Rockhold.
Rockhold, Holloway, Villante, and Anderson got the bonuses. Kinda surprised PVZ/Herring didn't get FOTN. Seemed like they might.