The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns after a three week lay-off with UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold.
The television event takes place on May 18, 2013 at the Arena Jaraguá in Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil with the debut of the final Strikeforce middleweight champ Luke Rockhold as he takes on former UFC light heavyweight champ Vitor Belfort.
In the co-main event, another Strikeforce middleweight is set to make his debut in former champ Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza who meets late replacement Chris Camozzi.
The main card action begins at 9pm EST (6pm PST) on FX television while the prelim card was split between Fuel TV and Facebook, which began at 4:30pm EST (1:30pm PST).
Fans unable to catch part, or all, of the UFC on FX 8 event can read the ‘Play-by-Play’ recap from Sherdog.com by clicking the link.
See the full ‘Quick Results’ for UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold below:
Main Card (FX @ 9pm EST)
Middleweight bout: Vitor Belfort def. Luke Rockhold via KO (Kick-punches) – R1 @ 2:32
Middleweight bout: Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza def. Chris Camozzi via Technical Submission (Arm-triangle choke) – R1 @ 3:37
Lightweight bout: Rafael dos Anjos def. Evan Dunham via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Middleweight bout: Rafael Natal def. João Zeferino via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Preliminary Bouts (on Fuel TV @ 6pm EST)
Featherweight bout: Nik Lentz def. Hacran Dias via Unanimous Decision (28-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Francisco Trinaldo def. Mike Rio via Submission (Arm-triangle choke) – R1 @ 3:08
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau def. John Cholish via Submission (Arm-in guillotine) – R2 @ 2:34
Welterweight bout: Paulo Thiago def. Michel Prazeres via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Bantamweight bout: Yuri Alcantara def. Iliarde Santos KO (Punches) – R1 @ 2:31
Light heavyweight bout: Fabio Maldonado def. Roger Hollet via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Preliminary Card (Facebook @ 4:30pm EST)
Flyweight bout: John Lineker df. Azamat Gashimov via TKO (Punches) – R2 @ 1:07
Flyweight bout: Jussier Formiga def. Chris Cariaso via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Lucas Martins def. Jeremy Larsen via KO (Punch) – R3 @ 0:13