UFC Fight Night 72 is in the books. The results are as follows (courtesy of Bleacher Report’s play-by-play man, Nathan McCarter):
- Michael Bisping defeats Thales Leites by split decision (47-48, 49-46, 48-47)
- Evan Dunham defeats Ross Pearson by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
- Joseph Duffy defeats Ivan Jorge via submission (triangle choke) at 3:05 of the first round
- Joanne Calderwood defeats Cortney Casey by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-27, 30-27)
- Leon Edwards defeats Pawel Pawlak by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Stevie Ray defeats Leonardo Mafra by TKO at 2:30 of the first round
- Patrick Holohan defeats Vaughn Lee by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Ilir Latifi defeats Hans Stringer by KO at 0:56 of the first round
- Mickael Lebout defeats Teemu Packalen (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Robert Whiteford defeats Paul Redmond by TKO at 3:04 of the first round
- Jimmie Rivera defeats Marcus Brimage by TKO at 1:29 of the first round
- Daniel Omielanczuk defeats Chris De La Rocha by TKO at 0:48 of the first round
Next up? UFC on Fox 16 on Saturday, July 25.
After multiple delays, the bantamweight title rematch between TJ Dillashaw and Renan Barao will finally happen…probably. Even if that falls through, there are more than a few interesting fights behind it including a potential women’s bantamweight title eliminator between Jessica Eye and Miesha Tate, as well as a potential Fight of the Year candidate in Joe Lauzon vs. Takanori Gomi.
So what topics are worth discussing over the coming days? Read on!