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Submission Underground results and live discussion

Chael Sonnen's Submission Underground makes its debut in Portland, Oregon on Sunday evening.

Submission Underground's debut event takes place live from the Roseland Ballroom in Portland, OR on Sunday, July 17. Submission Underground, former UFC star Chael Sonnen's new grappling competition, is a submission-only event which has adopted Eddie Bravo Invitational rules. Submission Underground kicks off at 8pm ET/5pm PT and streams live on FloCombat.com.

The main event features WSOF light heavyweight contender Vinny Magalhaes and former UFC fighter Ronny Markes. Magalhaes was supposed to meet Bellator MMA light heavyweight contender Muhammed Lawal, but "King Mo" was forced out of the match due to a neck injury.

In the co-main event, 2012 World's No-Gi Absolute gold medalist Fabiano Scherner squares off against former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez. Also on the card, WSOF welterweight contender Jake Shields faces UFC veteran Chris Lytle. Shields was initially scheduled to grapple against former UFC champ Ben Henderson, who pulled out of the grappling competition.

Here's a look at the entire card:

Main Card -- 8pm ET/5pm PT

Vinny Magalhaes def. Ronny Markes via Heel Hook at 4:14
Fabiano Scherner def. Ricco Rodriguez via Armbar at :09 of Overtime
Jake Shields def. Chris Lytle via Quickest Escape in Overtime
Josh Calvo def. Filipe Costa via Armbar at 6:09
Alex Canders def. Stephen Abas via Heel Hook at 3:15
Nate Orchard def. Guilherme Vasconcelos via Rear-Naked Choke at :27 of Overtime

Preliminary Card -- 6pm ET/3pm PT

Kevin Dadik def. Phil Schwartz via Armbar at 6:45
Amanda Diggins def. Liz Tracy via Toe Hold at 4:08
Howie Mole def. Alex Le via Armbar at 2:42
Hannah Sharp def. Misty Davison via Triangle Choke at :59
Carsten Carlson def. Billy Yi via Knee Bar at 1:49
Adam Shelton def. Chris Martin via Quickest Escape in Overtime

You can follow along with BloodyElbow.com's live results during the event. Also, feel free to drop your thoughts on the event in the comment section below.

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