In light heavyweight action, rising Swedish prospect Alexander Gustafsson impressed in his performance on Saturday night at UFC 127 by submitting New Zealand-born fighter James Te Huna at 4:27 of the first round.
Nick Ring narrowly defeated Japanese import Riki Fukuda on Saturday night at UFC 127. The decision, which was deemed by many fans to be highway robbery, was scored 29-28 across all three judges' scorecards.
Australian-born Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Anthony Perosh put on an impressive performance in front of his hometown crowd as he choked out British knockout artist Tom Blackledge in the first round on Saturday night at UFC 127.
In the opening bout of the UFC's free Facebook preliminary bouts, Chinese import Zhang Tie Quan (12-1) took on Jason Reinhardt (20-1) in featherweight action. Quan sported an undefeated record of twelve wins before dropping an unanimous decision to Danny Downes at WEC 53 in December. He previously defeated Pablo Garza at WEC 51 in his debut with the promotion.
In the other untelevised, unaired preliminary bout of the evening at UFC 127, heavyweight Chris Tuchscherer (21-3-0-1) and Mark Hunt (5-7) squared off in a must-win contest for both fighters. Tuchscherer was knocked out by rising prospect Brendan Schaub at UFC 116 in July in a quick one minute and seven seconds while Hunt succumbed to a straight armbar submission at the hands of Sean McCorkle at UFC 119.
In the opening bout of the evening at UFC 127 in Sydney, Australia, British standout Curt Warburton (6-2) went to battle with Polish striker Maciej Jewtuszko (8-0) in a lightweight showdown of regional stars.
BloodyElbow.com's Leland Roling breaks down the UFC 127 middleweight showdown between Britain's Michael Bisping and knockout threat Jorge Rivera, airing live on PPV on Saturday, February 26th at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST
BloodyElbow.com's Leland Roling breaks down the welterweight battle between Chris Lytle and Brian Ebersole, airing live at UFC 127 on Saturday, February 26th at 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PST on pay-per-view.
BloodyElbow.com's Leland Roling breaks down the welterweight showdown between Chris Lytle and Brian Ebersole, taking place on the main card at UFC 127, live on pay-per-view on Saturday, February 26th at 10:00 PM EST/7:00 PST.
BloodyElbow.com's Leland Roling breaks down the middleweight showdown between Chris Camozzi and Kyle Noke, one of the main card battles featured at UFC 127 on Saturday, February 26th, live on pay-per-view.
