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"In the waning seconds of a slow, and mostly one-sided heavyweight fight, Timothy Johnson seemingly found himself within one or two clean punches of knocking Jared Rosholt out to complete a violent comeback effort," reported MMAJunkie.com. "Instead, Rosholt survived the late blitz by Johnson."
With the win, Rosholt is now 13-2 overall in MMA, and 5-1 in UFC, while Johnson drops to 9-2 in his MMA career, and 1-1 in UFC.
Brunson, a three-time NCAA Division II All-American at University of North Carolina at Pembroke, knocked out Sam Alvey at 2:19 of the first round of their main-card middleweight bout.
"Brunson bullied into the clinch and delivered punches in tight spaces, giving the former Maximum Fighting Championship titleholder no room to operate," according to Sherdog.com. "Alvey broke away, only to be met with a seemingly endless volley of power punches from the North Carolinian. He eventually collapsed on all fours and did not defend himself sufficiently enough to satisfy referee Mario Yamasaki. Alvey protested the stoppage, to no avail." (Media reports indicate that the crowd agreed with Alvey, and booed the decision to end the bout.)
With the win, Brunson is now 14-3 in his MMA career, and 5-1 in UFC; Alvey drops to 26-7 overall, and 3-2 in UFC.
Sara McMann suffered her third loss in four fights as the 2004 Olympic silver medal-winning freestyle wrestler tapped out in her bantamweight bout, suffering a rear-naked choke submission at the hands of Amanda Nunes at 2:53 of the first round.
"A lapse in defense provided Amanda Nunes the opening she needed to take out onetime title challenger Sara McMann," according to MMAJunkie.com. "When McMann let her guard down momentarily after a missed leg kick, Nunes greeted her with a big right hand that set up a submission finish."
Sherdog.com served up a bit more detailed account of McMann's demise: "Nunes peppered the Olympian with clean, accurate punches on the feet and shut down her takedown game with surprising ease. McMann grew increasingly desperate. Nunes countered a leg kick with a three-punch combination -- a wicked right hand set off the quick burst -- that drove McMann to her knees. The Brazilian then climbed to half guard, advanced to the back, softened McMann with punches and cinched the choke."
McMann -- whose last UFC win was almost exactly one year ago -- drops to 8-3 overall, and 2-3 in UFC; Nunes now sports an overall record of 11-4, and 4-1 in UFC.
In preliminary-round action, Chris Dempsey, who wrestled at University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, was knocked out at 50 seconds into the first round of his light-heavyweight fight by an unbeaten Jonathan Wilson. Dempsey had stepped in to replace an injured Jared Cannonier. Here's how Sherdog.com described the brief bout: “Wilson did not waste time. The former Gladiator Challenge champion got Dempsey's attention with two straight lefts, drew him back to the center of the cage and uncorked another. The Pennsylvanian collapsed to the canvas upon impact and absorbed a pair of savage hammerfists from Wilson before referee John McCarthy could intervene.â€
Dempsey falls to 11-3 overall, and is now 1-2 in UFC, while Wilson remains perfect at 7-0 overall, and chalks up his first UFC win.
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