Mir, a 1998 Nevada high school state wrestling champ, knocked Todd Duffee unconscious at 1:11 of the first round of their heavyweight headline bout.
Frank Mir"I went out there and beat a young stud at what he does best, which is throw leather -- throw explosive, throw hard," said the 36-year-old Mir, a former Ultimate Fighting Championships titlist, referring to his 29-year-old opponent Duffee. "I fought a little emotional. I usually don't do that. I try to be crafty. But I bit down on my mouthpiece, and I was just swinging for the fences."
It was Mir's second consecutive knockout, elevating his overall MMA record to 18-9, and 16-9 in UFC competition, while Duffee falls to 9-3, and 3-2 in UFC.
Lee, who wrestled at Grand View State University in Michigan, won his fourth straight fight with a first-round submission of James Moontasi in their lightweight match. "The Motown Phenom" applied a rear-naked choke to get Moontasi to tap out at 2:57 of the opening round. "Once I get that squeeze on it it's all over," the 22-year-old Lee said, who is now 11-1 in his MMA career, and 4-1 in UFC. Moontasi falls to 8-3 overall, and 1-2 in UFC.
In a lightweight battle, Tony Ferguson -- who was a National Collegiate Wrestling Association national champ at 165 pounds while a student at Grand Valley State in Michigan -- earned a unanimous decision over Josh Thomson, who once wrestled at North Idaho Community College, 30-27, 30-27, 30-26. Ferguson is now 19-3 overall, while Thomson drops to 20-7, 1-2 in UFC.
In a featherweight match-up featuring two former high school wrestlers, Sam Sicilia got a unanimous decision over Yaotzin Meza, 30-27, 29-28, 29-28. Sicilia -- who is now 15-5 overall in MMA, and 5-4 in UFC -- had wrestled at Mt. Spokane High School in Washington State (and is now an assistant coach there), while Meza -- 21-10 in MMA, 2-3 in UFC -- placed third at the Arizona state championships as a senior at Flagstaff High.
Jorgensen, who won three conference crowns during his time as a Boise State wrestler from 2001-06, came out on the losing end of a unanimous decision in his bantamweight bout with Manvel Gamburyan, 30-27, 30-27, 30-27. "The Anvil" scored multiple takedowns on the former college mat champ, and landed heavy punches to win the match. With the win, Gamburyan is now 15-8 overall, and 6-6 in UFC; Jorgensen is now 15-11 in his MMA career, and 4-7 in UFC.
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