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Nobody expected Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace and former middleweight top contender Demian Maia to come out swinging at UFC 131.

Maia dominated the first round with some heavy hands and quick strikes, buckling Mark Muñoz in the first round.

“I don’t how I got hit and dazed, it was kind of weird like voodoo or something,” Muñoz said in the post fight interview.

Muñoz went on to say that Maia was throwing a lot straighter than usual, but reverted to his Jiu-Jitsu background in the 2nd round, opening up a chance for Muñoz to sprawl and hit him with strikes.

Capitalizing on Maia’s adjusted gameplan going into the later rounds, Muñoz was able to edge out the decision.

Now on a three fight win streak, Muñoz will look to be added into the title mix in the middleweight division.

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Cageside, watching his potential challengers fight for the top contender spot, UFC Heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was impressed by what he saw from Junior Dos Santos at UFC 131 in Vancouver.

Dos Santos dominated the fight, picking Carwin apart with his punches and landing a flurry of power shots, almost finishing the fight in the first round.  Dos Santos ended up taking the unanimous decision.

After the fight, Velasquez talked about his next opponent, telling the UFC Press, “Junior is a great opponent. I think he has the best boxing in the UFC and he proved that tonight.”

The current heavyweight champ was really impressed with the way Dos Santos strikes and even complimented his wrestling. “He hits really hard and has great movement. He’s fast and also has great takedown defense,” Velasquez said.

Velasquez, recovering from surgery, is excited for this bout saying, “It was a fight that was supposed to be scheduled a while ago so I can’t wait to face him.”

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Rocha landing some good strikes and knees

Rocha with a takedown attempt, Cerrone stuffs it.

Cerrone stuffs another takedown.

Rocha lands a good right. Cerrone keeps up the legkicks.

Cerrone stuffs another takedown and gets one of his own.

Cerrone still getting the better of the standup Throws in a push kick.

Rocha asks Cerrone to go the ground. Cerrone has none of it.

Cerrone stuffs another takedown. Wins round 2 10-9 on my card

The first round…man that was a crazy round.

The second round echoed the first, which I gave to Beltran on Octagon control, but the first round saw a lot of action with both men trading blows against the cage.

About two minutes to go in the second and the same has happened in round two, except this time an inadvertent ball-shot (knee to the groin) followed by a knee to the head of Rosa causes the clock to be stopped.

Rosa is a gamer though, and he comes forward with lethality in his fists, but this time it’s Rosa who knees Beltran in the groin.

The last minute of the second round  echoes the first a little bit and Beltran lands an inside knee before engaging in an exchange to end the round. Said exchange sees Beltran land a shot after the bell.