Today’s “UFC Fight Night: Marquardt vs. Palhares” event is already underway from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
Preliminary action has already begun, with the Live Spike TV broadcast kicking off at 8 PM EST (5 PM PST).
The main event for tonight’s UFN 22 event features a middleweight bout between Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares. The co-main event has Charles Oliveira facing Efrain Escudero in a 159 lbs catchweight bout.
Escudero weighed in at 159 pounds for their lightweight bout on Tuesday. Both fighters have agreed to meet in a catchweight bout and Escudero will have 20% of his “show” money given to Oliveira.
Don’t forget that following tonight’s Live Spike broadcast, the first episode of this seasons “The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck” will air at 10 PM EST (7 PM PST).
With only four bouts listed for the two-hour televised event, Spike is bound to rebroadcast one or more preliminary matches. Therefore, we’ll be keeping the spoilers off the main page.
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Main card
Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt def. Rousimar Palhares via TKO (punches) – R1 @ 3:28
Lightweight bout: Charles Oliveira def. Efrain Escudero via submission (rear-naked-choke) – R3 @ 2:25
Lightweight bout: Jim Miller def. Gleison Tibau via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight bout: Cole Miller def. Ross Pearson via submission (rear-naked-choke) – R2 @ 1:49
Preliminary card
Lightweight bout: Yves Edwards def. John Gunderson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury def. Jared Hamman via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Middleweight bout: Dave Branch def. Tomasz Drwal via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Middleweight bout: Rich Attonito def. Rafael Natal via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Welterweight bout: Anthony “T.J.” Waldburger def. David Mitchell via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Welterweight bout: Brian Foster def. Forrest Petz via TKO (punches) – R1 @ 1:07