Bleacher Report’s Adam Wells:
UFC 130 is in the books and it turned out to be a fairly exciting event that is going to launch the careers of two guys in particular: Brian Stann and Travis Browne.
Stann, who had his big coming-out party at UFC 125, put his name in the middleweight championship discussion with another highlight reel knockout, this time against Jorge Santiago. The guy has a great story, being a former U.S. Marine, and he is exciting to watch when he fights. What more does UFC need to put him in a title fight?
Browne had the knockout of the night when he cleaned Stefan Struve’s clock with a Superman punch in the first round of their fight. He launched himself at the lanky heavyweight and connected right on the butt of the jaw and Struve went down in a heap.
Quinton Jackson kept his winning ways going by defeating Matt Hamill in impressive fashion. He showed good defense and used effective striking to get the vote from the judges after three rounds of battle.
Rick Story made a move up the welterweight ladder with a big victory over Thiago Alves, and Frank Mir took out Roy Nelson in a heavyweight battle.