UFC 99 Results: Franklin, Velasquez, Hardy & Filipovic All Victorious

kongo342By Jim Dower: Last Saturday night’s UFC 99 event turned out to have a high number of exciting matches in Cologne, Germany. Fighting in front of a large crowd of 13,000, heavyweights Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Cain Velasquez helped finish the card on a strong note with victories over Mustapha al Turk and Cheick Kongo. In the lower weights, Dan Hardy defeated Marcus Davis, Spencer Fisher outpointed Caol Uno and Mike Swick stopped Ben Saunders.

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UFC 98 Results – Machida Knocks Out Evans

evans3234By Jim Slattengren: In Saturday night’s UFC 98 main event, undefeated Lyoto Machida (15-0) took out previously unbeaten Rashad Evans (18-1-1) in the 2nd round to capture the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Machida, 30, who specializes in Karate, completely dominated Evans, 29, knocking him cold in the 2nd round with a hard left to the head.

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