Brian Ebersole talks about winning his UFC debut against Chris Lytle having taken the fight at the last moment, replacing Carlos Condit in the fight. Ebersole recounts the fight, talking about his interesting techniques in the octagon, including his cartwheel kick. He admits he was a little nervous once the fight was in the judges hands after they awarded Nick Ring a controversial unanimous decision against Riki Fukuda.
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UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt earned a second round TKO over Chris Tuchscherer on the unaired prelim bout of UFC 127, his first UFC victory and first in seven fights. A very happy Hunt expresses his relief at winning says why he knew the fight was done when he walked away after dropping Tuchscherer.
Interview with Tiequan Zhang after the jump
Chinese fighter Tiequan Zhang earned his first UFC win over Jason Reinhardt in the opening Facebook prelim bout for UFC 127. Zhang talks about dropping to 145 lbs for the fight and feels he’ll be fighting in China for the UFC before the year is out.