One week after the previous Ultimate Fighting Championship event, the promotion is set to provide fans with another night of hard hitting action.
This time the action comes from Denver, Colorado with the UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage event which goes down tonight, Sept. 24, at the Pepsi Center.
UFC 135 is headlined by a UFC light heavyweight title bout, as 24-year old champ Jon ‘Bones’ Jones defends his title for the first time against former UFC and PRIDE veteran, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson. The co-main event sees UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes take on late replacement Josh Koscheck, who finally has his fight with the former 170 lb champ.
Tonight’s entire UFC event will air live in three segments, with three prelim matches streaming live at Facebook.com/UFC beginning at a new time, 6:40 PM EST (3:40PM PST). The two remaining prelim bouts airing live on Spike TV beginning at 8PM EST (5PM PST). Fans in Canada can catch the television prelims on Rogers Sportsnet. The five bout main card airs on pay-per-view beginning at 9PM EST (6PM PST).
For those who can’t acess the live event, check out Sherdog.com’s live ‘Play-by-Play’ coverage by hitting the link.
The full ‘Quick Results’ for UFC 135 are as follows:
Main Card (Pay-per-view)
Light heavyweight championship bout: Jon Jones def. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson via Submission (Rear-Naked choke) – R4 @ 1:14
Welterweight bout: Josh Koscheck def. Matt Hughes via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 4:59
Heavyweight bout: Mark Hunt def. Ben Rothwell via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)
Heavyweight bout: Travis Browne def. Rob Broughton via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz def. Takanori Gomi via Submission (Armbar) – R1 @ 4:27
Preliminary Card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Tony Ferguson def. Aaron Riley via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – R1 @ 5:00
Middleweight bout: Tim Boetsch def. Nick Ring via Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Preliminary Card (Facebook.com/UFC)
Featherweight bout: Junior Assuncao def. Eddie Yagin via Unanimous Decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki def. Cole Escovedo via TKO (Punches) – R2 @ 4:30
Light heavyweight bout: James Te Huna def. Ricardo Romero via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 0:47