The latest Ultimate Fighting Championship event kicks off this evening with the UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry (aka UFC on Versus 4) event, which takes place at the Consol Engery Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Normally much of the buzz about an event concerns what happens inside of the cage, but the Versus show is being overshadowed by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission suspension of former middleweight contender Nate ‘The Great’ Marquardt. Marquardt was pulled from the main event before Saturday’s weigh-ins and was subsequently kicked out of the UFC by promotion President Dana White.
Bumped up into the evenings main event is a heavyweight match between two strikers Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry. While the co-main event sees Marquardt’s original opponent, Rick ‘The Horror’ Story, take on ‘The Spaniard’ Charlie Brenneman, who had been a scratch after his opponent T.J. Grant pulled out due to illness.
The events main card will air live on the Versus network in the U.S., while Canadian fans can tune into Rogers Sportsnet, beginning at 9PM EST (6PM PST), while the entire preliminary card is being streamed live on Facebook.com/UFC beginning at 5:55PM EST (2:55PM PST).
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Main Card
Heavyweight bout: Cheick Kongo def. Pat Barry via KO (Uppercut) – R1 @ 2:39
Welterweight bout: Charlie Brenneman def. Rick Story via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Welterweight bout: Matt Brown def. John Howard via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 39-28, 29-28)
Heavyweight bout: Matt Mitrione def. Christian Morecraft via KO (punches) – R2 @ 4:28
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Featherweight bout: Tyson Griffin def. Manvel Gamburyan via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29)
Featherweight bout: Javier Vazquez def. Joe Stevenson via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon def. Curt Warburton Submission (Kimura) – R1 @ 1:58
Welterweight bout: Rich Attonito def. Daniel Roberts via Unanimous Decision (29-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Charles Oliveira def. Nik Lentz via Submission (Rear-Naked choke) – R2 @ 1:48 – Should note that Oliveira scored with an obvious illegal knee the ref missed. Joe Rogan says the Pennsylvania Commission will revue the fight and decide the result after reviewing the fight.
Featherweight bout: Ricardo Lamas def. Matt Grice via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 4:41
Lightweight bout: Michael Johnson def. Edward Faaloloto via TKO (Punches) – R1 @4:42