Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring and play-by-play as UFC 204 goes down in Manchester, England.
The headliner will see UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping looking for revenge in his first title defense, where he takes on hand-picked opponent Dan Henderson. Henderson famously knocked out Bisping back at UFC 100, and the hometown fighter desperately wants that win back.
The co-main event takes place in the middleweight division, with Vitor Belfort taking on Gegard Mousasi.
Live results and play-by-play will commence with the Fight Pass broadcast at 7pm ET/4pm PT for two fights. Then things move to FS1 at 8pm ET/5pm PT. The PPV will kick off at the usual time of 10pm/7pm ET, despite the event taking place in the UK.
The full lineup and schedule follows. Check out this week's MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each match up.
Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson
Round 1 - Bisping with the left high kick. Hendo with a leg kick. Another high kick blocked. Solid left jab from Hendo. Body kick from Bisping. Inside leg kick from Hendo. Hendo whiffs on the H-Bomb and smiles. Bisping with a straight left. Hard inside leg kick from Bisping. He's pretty far out range-wise. Hendo fakes a takedown and cracks Bisping with a right. Double jab from Henderson. They trade rights. Bisping with three jabs in a row, dodging Hendo's counters. Hendo with a right. Just missed the H-Bomb again. Another right scores for Henderson. H-BOMB CONNECTS! BISPING IS DOWN! Henderson is dropping elbows! Bisping survives! He's back up, bleeding like crazy! THAT WAS NUTS! 10-9 Henderson.
Round 2 - Bisping looks alert coming into round two. Two left hooks from Bisping. Hendo misses with the right. Inside leg kicks from Bisping. Head kick. Right hook from Bisping, and another. Stiff jab. Hendo punched him in the knee. Henderson may be a little tired. Hard straighr right from Bisping. Right hook now. Another straight right. Bisping really finding his range. Jab, hook, head kick sends Hendo wobbling back. They trade leg kicks. Step-in head kick. So nice. Hard straight right. All Bisping here. Jumping knee connects. Hard straight right and a low kick. Ref didn't step in, Dan didn't like it. Bisping is all over him with punches. H-Bomb! Bisping is down! Hendo jumped into his guard, and Bisping is locking him down. This is WILD! Bisping won a lot of the round, but the knockdown has to give it to Hendo 10-9.
Round 3 - Head kick from Bisping immesiately. Bisping with a combo that ends with a right hook. Another head kick. Hendo with a left hook. Leg kick from Bisping. And another. Just missed with a right hook. Jab from Bisping. Bisping wobbled him a bit with a right hook. Inside leg kick from Hendo. More jabs from Bisping. Hard outside leg kick from Bisping. Now to the inside. They trade jabs. Bisping continuing to walk Hendo down. Hendo with a right. Henderson fakes a takedown attempt, and lands with a jab. Jab and body kick from Bisping. Hendo with a right and a takedown attempt. Nothing there. Big head kick from Bisping. He's landing like 90% of the strikes. H-omb landed, but Bisping rolled away from him and it didn't hurt him that badly. 10-9 Bisping.
Round 4 - Switch kick to the head for Bisping. Leg kick for Hendo. Front kick from Bisping. Hard outside leg kick from Bisping. Inside leg kicks from Henderson. Straight right from Hendo. Jumping head kick and right hook from Bisping. Stinging jab from Bisping. Ball shot. Hendo took a long time for a seemingly non-terrible shot. Bisping accuses him of milking it. Hendo restarts after about three minutes. Hendo wades in with a left and a leg kick. Double jab from Hendo. The rest did him some good apparently. Leg kicks from both. Missed with a right, but Hendo connected with a strong body kick follow-up. Just missed with the H-Bomb. Hard outside leg kick from Bisping. Nice combo from the hometown fighter. Nice jab from Hendo. INside leg kick from Hendo. Big knee close the horn. Much closer round, but 10-9 Bisping.
Round 5 - Front kick and a jab from Bisping. Hendo misses with a right and left, but connects with a knee. Step-in uppercut and a kick from Hendo. Another knee connects for Dan. Clash of heads, it looked like. Tough jab from Bisping. Hard right h ook from Bisping. Hendo fakes a takedown and lands a knee to the body. Bisping slips and scores with a right and a body kick. Another body kick. Hendo reaching now. Bisping with the jab, and two hooks that both connect. Hendo with an inside leg kick. Bisping returns it. Uppercut from Bisping, right from Hendo? Takedown from Henderson! He's holding onto Bisping's back with him on his knees. Bisping spins away after 15 seconds. Bisping with the jab. Head kick from Bisping. Inside leg kick and a takedown attempt from Hendo, Bisping stuffed it. Jab from hendo. 10 seconds. Bisping with a big flying knee! What. A. Fight. 10-9 and 48-47 Bisping on my card.
Michael Bisping defeated Dan Henderson by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46)
Vitor Belfort vs. Gegard Mousasi
Round 1 - Mousasi with a leg kick. And a head kick. Belfort with three hard straight lefts and Mousasi retreats. Another that was blocked. Body kick right hook from Belfort. Mousasi with a beauty straight right. They clinch up briefly. Counter left over the top from Vitor just missed. Leg kick from Moose. Mousasi switches stances and kicks the leg, then the head. Body kick from Belfort. Mousasi controlling the center, and landed a body kick. Nice jab from Mousasi. Left hook from Vitor. Hard two-punch combo from Mousasi lands on Vitor's nose. They clinch up. 10-9 Mousasi.
Round 2 - Mousasi with the jab. And another. Hard body kick from Belfort, Mousasi landed with a counter straight right. Mousasi shot in but got nowhere. Mousasi switched stances and landed an inside leg kick. Huge head kick from Mousasi! Belfort is hurt! Mousasi threw about 30 strikes but Belfort covered up and slipped most of them, Mousasi took him down. Belfort's face is busted up. Mousasi to mount. Mousasi dropped punches until the ref was forced to jump in. Huge, huge win for Mousasi there.
Gegard Mousasi defeated Vitor Belfort by TKO (strikes), 2:43 of round 2
Jimi Manuwa vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Round 1 - Body kick from OSP. Manuwa with a leg kick and body kick. They clinch. They exchange knees, but there isn't much going on. Manuwa lands a front kick that sends OSP across the cage. High/low kicks from Manuwa. A couple of knees from Manuea in close. OSP with a front headlock, and a takedown. He worked from Manuwa's back with one hook. Manuwa popped up, then dropped for a guillotine. OSP escaped and went back to the back. Awkward transition. 10-9 OSP.
Round 2 - They exchange rights. Manuwa with a solid shot. OSP backed him into the fence briefly. OSP with the right, Manuwa with the left hook and a head kick. Inside leg kick from Manuwa. More kicks. Two hard left hooks to the body from Manuwa. Another inside leg kick. Straight right. All Manuwa right now, but OSP isn't hurt. He's just fighting a little slow. Another body shot. A right hook dropped him! He's back up, but Manuwa clean KO'd him with a left hook! WOW! Beautiful!
Jimi Manuwa defeated Ovince Saint Preux by KO (strikes), round 2
Daniel Omielanczuk vs. Stefan Struve
Round 1 - Leg kick from Omielanczuk. And another. Front kick from Struve. Winging left hook snapped Struve's head back. Hard body kick from Struve. Head kick connects for Struve. Omielanczuk goes for a takedown but Struve fights him off. Struve gets a trip takedown and works from half guard. Struve moves to mount, now has full back control with hooks. Looking for the choke. Back to mount for a second, but Omielanczuk rolled back over. Round over. 10-9 Struve.
Round 2 - Struve with a knee up the middle, and they clinch up. Struve with the Thai Clinch and connected with a knee before Omielanczuk bails on that. Struve took him down. Looking for a D'Arce choke. Omielanczuk tried to jump over against the fence, but that wasn't happening and he was forced to tap.
Stefan Struve defeated Daniel Omielanczuk by submission (D'Arce choke), 1:41 of round 2
Mirsad Bektic vs. Russell Doane
Round 1 - They trade hands immediately. Bektic slips. Ball shot, but no stoppage. Leg kick from Doane. Combo from Bektic. Big takedown, and Bektic worked in full guard against the cage. Doane back up but gets slammed back down in a body lock. Bektic continues to work from Doane's back standing, looking to drag him down. Now he's got him down with both hooks and his back against the fence. Bektic cranking on the neck. Double punch. He sunk the choke and got the finish.
Mirsad Bektic defeated Russell Doane by submission (rear naked choke), 4:22 of round 1