A few hours after Anderson Silva and Thales Leites ended their dance in Montreal, another middleweight title was contested on the island of Oahu, and this one ended far more decisively. After momentarily engaging on the feet, Jason "Mayhem" Miller (22-6) easily floored the outsized ICON Sport champ Kala "Kolohe" Hose (7-3) with a double leg, softened him up with punches, then secured a bout-ending rear naked choke at 2:23 of Round 1 to earn the 185-pound title at promoter T.Jay Thompson's inaugural Kingdom MMA event. "Mayhem" hit the mic after the win and pleaded for the support of the Hawaiian fans on May 26th when, he confirmed, he'll rematch Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza at DREAM.9 for the promotion's vacated middleweight belt.

Some post-fight comments from "Mayhem" via the Honolulu Advertiser:

"I knew it was over once I took him down," Miller said. "I think his lone chance was to tag me in stand up and that didn't happen. I felt one hard punch from him and it didn't hurt me, so I was like 'OK, I got this.' Then he gave me the opportunity to take out his legs, and that was basically the end of the fight."

. . .

"Like I said before, I'm a fighter first," Miller said. "You believe me now?"

Other results:

155: Ricky Wallace def. Brandon Piepper by rear naked choke, 0:44 into first round.
Pro Sub Grappling: Rylan Lizares def. Ronald Jhun by ankle lock at 4:01
Heavyweight: Tasi Edwards def. Ata Tivao by unanimous decision.
185: Sale Sproat def. Gino Venti by rear naked choke, 1:12 into first round.
170: Andrew Cohea def. L. John Borges by unanimous decision.
155: Dejuan Hathaway def. Tommy Tuiloma by unanimous decision.
155: Angel Garza def. Elijah Manners by split decision.
135: Paul Lopez def. Rob Anduha by rear naked choke, 1:39 into first round.
170: Nate Haring def. Bernard Baradi by TKO (strikes), 2:01 into third round.

Video of the fight after the jump.

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UFC Fight Night 18: Condit vs. Kampmann

Martin Kampmann -135 Ryan Bader -550 Tyson Griffin -400 Cole Miller -140

Carlos Condit +105 Carmelo Marrero +350 Rafael Dos Anjos +340 Junie Browning +110

UFC 97: Redemption

Anderson Silva -500 Chuck Liddell -200 Krzysztof Soszynski -185 Cheick Kongo -300 Luis Cane -275 Denis Kang -500 Jason Macdonald -120 David Loiseau -130 Mark Bocek -300 Ryo Chonan -215 Sam Stout -150

Thales Leites +350 Mauricio Rua +160 Brian Stann +155 Antoni Hardonk +240 Steve Cantwell +215 Xavier Foupa-Pokam +300 Nate Quarry -110 Ed Herman EV David Bielkheden +240 T.J. Grant +175 Matt Wiman +120

UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida

Lyoto Machida -200 Matt Hughes -265 Yushin Okami -220 Josh Koscheck -600 Sean Sherk -275 James Irvin -160 Phillipe Nover -340 Pat Barry -325 Andre Gusmao -275 Yoshiyuki Yoshida -550 George Roop -130

Rashad Evans +163 Matt Serra +215 Dan Miller +180 Chris Wilson +400 Frank Edgar +215 Drew Mcfedries +130 Kyle Bradley +280 Tim Hague +250 Houston Alexander +215 Brandon Wolff +350 Dave Kaplan EV

UFC 99: The Comeback

Rich Franklin -145 Mike Swick -195 Marcus Davis -210 Cain Velasquez -395 Spencer Fisher -210 Alan Belcher -265

Wanderlei Silva +115 Ben Saunders +155 Dan Hardy +170 Heath Herring +305 Caol Uno +170 Alessio Sakara +205

The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale

Diego Sanchez -280 Nathan Diaz -125

Clay Guida +220 Joe Stevenson -105

UFC 100

Georges St-Pierre -270 Brock Lesnar -300 Dan Henderson -500

Thiago Alves +210 Frank Mir +235 Michael Bisping +300

HT: Bestfightodds.com

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