UFC Fight Night 96 is in the books. Saturday’s results are as follows:
- John Lineker defeats John Dodson by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
- Alex Oliveira defeats Will Brooks by TKO at 3:30 of the third round
- Zak Ottow defeats Josh Burkman by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Brandon Moreno defeats Louis Smolka via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:23 of the first round
- Luis Henrique da Silva defeats Joachim Christensen via submission (armbar) at 4:43 of the second round
- Andre Fili defeats Hacran Dias by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Shamil Abdurakhimov defeats Walt Harris by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos defeats Keita Nakamura by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Nate Marquardt defeats Tamdan McCrory by KO at 4:44 of the second round
- Ion Cutelaba defeats Jonathan Wilson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Curtis Blaydes defeats Cody East by TKO at 2:02 of the second round
- Ketlen Vieira defeats Kelly Faszholz by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Next up? UFC 204 from Manchester, United Kingdom, on Saturday.
The UFC has put together a card that wouldn’t look out of place as a Fight Night event, except for the UFC middleweight title being on the line, and is asking fans to pay for it! What a year!
Still, there is intrigue in the Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson rematch as well as some interesting young fighters up and down the card.
So what are the burning questions for this show? Find out here.