Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) travels “down under” for the first time this year as the leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion gets set to host a UFC Fight Night 85 card, featuring a heavyweight main event pitting veteran finishers, Mark Hunt and Frank Mir, against each other.
It all goes down inside Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia, TONIGHT (Sat., March 19, 2016) when “Super Samoan” and the ex-champion Mir duke it out inside the Octagon.
In the co-main event, the volatile Cuban, Hector Lombard, squares off with the ever-improving Neil Magny in a 170-pound contest. Elsewhere on the evening’s main card, upstart lightweight talents face off when the Aussie Jake Matthews meets Power MMA’s Johnny Case, while former Olympic competitor Dan Kelly collides with ground ace Antonio Carlos Jr. in a middleweight affair.
However, before we can get to the night’s main courses, fight fans will be treated to a set of six “Prelims” exchanges, which are set to begin on the Fight Pass digital streaming service at 7 p.m. ET, before transferring over to FOX Sports 1 (FS1) for the final four at 8 p.m. ET.
Below are the results recaps for the four “Prelims” bouts scheduled for FS1:
Brendan O’Reilly vs. Alan Jouban
****
Dan Hooker vs. Mark Eddiva
****
Leslie Smith vs. Rin Nakai
****
Richard Walsh vs. Viscardi Andrade
Walsh in attack mode, drops Andrade, who came out in a hurry himself. Walsh eats an upkick as the Brazilian tries to defend himself. The Aussie has him pinned up against the fence. Another spinning back fist from Walsh. We’re back up to the feet. Body kick for Andrade. Walsh brings this fight to the clinch. Gets one underhook. They separate with 2:30 left in the round. Good counter strikes from “Filthy Rich” here. Back to the clinch. An elbows scores for Walsh. Andrade continuing to assault the body with kicks. Andrade trying to get the fight to the ground and nearly takes the back of Walsh. Walsh needs to be careful getting back to his feet. Andrade wants the neck. Walsh being careful in his movement. Walsh survives a ninja choke and we move into round three. 10-9 Andrade
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