Stephen Thompson announced himself as a contender as he stopped former world Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks in the first round of their scheduled 5-round Welterweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Thompson landed a perfect right hand that hurt Hendricks and continued to land punched and a couple of massive kicks until Hendricks was on the ground. two punches later and the fight was stopped at 3:31
Thompson, 170 lbs of Simpsonville, SC is 12-1. Hendricks, 170 lbs of Fort Worth, TX is 17-4.
Roy Nelson won a unanimous decision over Jared Rosholt in a Heavyweight bout.
Nelson, 258 lbs of Las Vegas won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 and is now 21-12. Rosholt, 245 lbs of Arlington, TX is 14-3.
Ovince Saint Preux won a unanimous decision over Rafael Feijao in a Light Heavyweight bout.
Saint Preux, 206 lbs of Knoxville, TN won by 30-27 scores on two cards & 29-28 and is now 19-7. Feijao, 205 lbs of Rio de Jineiro, BRA is 12-7-1.
Joseph Benavidez won a 3-round unanimous decision over Zack Makovsky in a Flyweight bout.
Benavidez, 125 lbs of Sacramento, CA won by scores of 30-27 twice and 29-28 and is now 24-4. Makovsky, 125 lbs of Philadelphia, PA is 19-7.
Misha Cirkunov choked out Alex Nicholson in round two of their Light Heavyweight bout.
Cirkunob locked in a rear naked on Nicholson who already had a jaw injury and he tapped out at 1:28.
Cirkunov, 206 lbs of Toronto, CAN is 11-2-1. Nicholson of Orlando, FL is 6-2.
Mike Pyle scored a 3rd round stoppage over Sean Spencer in a Welterweight bout.
In round three, Pyle landed a reverse punch and landed some vicious knees to the face until the bout was stopped at 4:25.
Pyle, 170 lbs of Las Vegas is 27-11-1. Spencer, 170 lbs of Dallas, TX is 12-5.
Josh Burkman won a 3-round unanimous decision over KJ Noons in a Welterweight bout.
Both guys had bloody noses but Burkman won by scores of 30-27 on all cards.
Burkmann, 156 lbs is 28-12-1. Noons, 156 lbs of San Diego is 13-9-1.
Derrick Lewis stopped Damian Grabowski in round one of their Heavyweight bout.
Lewis pounded Grabowski on the canvas that opened up a nasty cut on the top of the head. After more punishment the fight was stopped at 2:17.
Lewis, 263 lbs of Houston, TX is 14-4-1. Grabowski of Opole, POL is 20-3.
Justin Scoggins with a 3-round unanimous decision over Ray Borg in a Flyweight bout.
Borg was bleeding from the nose in the 2nd round.
Scoggins, 125 lbs of Spartenburg, SC won by scores of 30-27 twice and 30-26 and is now 11-2. Borg, 125 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is 9-2.
Diego Rivas scored an explosive 2nd round knockout over Noad Lohat in a Featherweight bout.
Rivas caught Lohat with an explosive jumping kick on the jaw that slumped Lohat down to the canvas and after a couple punches the fight was stopped at 23 seconds of round two
Rivas, 144 lbs of Chile is 7-0. Lohat, 145 lbs of San Jose, CA is 10-1.
