UFC 187 Results – D.C. Crowned New 205-Pound Champ, Weidman Retains Against Belfort

[tps_header]UFC 187 Results -- Anthony Johnson vs. Daniel Cormier[/tps_header]

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Below is the final lineup for tonight’s UFC 187 event:

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC FIGHT PASS- 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT):

– Justin Scoggins def. Josh Sampo via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after 3 rounds.
– Islam Makhachev def. Leo Kuntz via submission (choke) at 2:38 of round 2.
– Colby Covington def. Mike Pyle via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) after 3 rounds.

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX SPORTS 1- 8 PM ET/5 PM PT):

– Rafael Natal def. Uriah Hall via unanimous decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) after 3 rounds.
– Dong Hyun Kim def. Josh Burkman via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:13 of round 3.
– John Dodson def. Zach Makovsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) after 3 rounds.

MAIN CARD (PPV- 10 PM ET/7 PM PT):

Joseph Benavidez vs. John Moraga

Round 1: Both guys are making their way out to the cage. First out is John Moraga, followed by his opponent for this evening — Joseph Benavidez. UFC Flyweight competition opens up tonight’s pay-per-view in just a moment. Stay tuned. Here we go. Within seconds, Benavidez drops Moraga with a big shot and follows in. It seemed for a second that it could be the finish that fast, however Moraga hangs on. Benavidez slowly, but persistently, tries going for a grounded guillotine choke, however Moraga ultimately defends well and avoids it. After half the round spent on the mat, Moraga wall-walks back to his feet. Moraga goes for a takedown but Joseph defends with ease. Moraga works some knees to the body against the cage. 90 seconds left in the round. Benavidez turns Moraga and works some knees of his own, but Moraga turns him right back around. Both guys take turns dropping down for something on the ground, but each time the other person avoids it and within a split-second — brings the action back to the feet. Benavidez hits a big slam on Moraga with 30 seconds left in the opening frame. Benavidez controls the action on top, with Moraga stuffed against the cage. This continues to happen until the buzzer sounds to end the first round. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Joseph Benavidez.

Round 2: Each guy trades some stiff, hard leg kicks early on. Benavidez wings a big punch at Moraga that only partially finds the mark. Moraga lands a very solid body kick that can be heard on the pay-per-view. Both guys clinch up against the cage as we see blood beginning to pour from the forehead of Moraga. Not sure what caused the cut just yet. Two minutes left in the round as Benavidez takes Moraga down off the cage. Moraga holds onto a guillotine from the bottom, but Benavidez escapes and moves to side mount. One minute left in the round. The crowd is getting loud now as the blood continues to flow from the dome of Moraga. The round ends with Benavidez controlling Moraga from the top position. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Joseph Benavidez.

Round 3: We’re told between rounds that an accidental headbutt caused the cut on the top of Moraga’s head that caused all of that blood in the second round. The third round is officially underway now with Benavidez likely comfortably ahead on the scorecards. Regardless, Benavidez is still the aggressor, pushing forward. Moraga comes forward now and both guys exchange some nice combinations. We’re talking strong punches, kicks and some knees, thrown back-and-forth from both guys. Moraga even tries a flying knee. That was a couple of really exciting exchanges. Most exciting exchanges of the fight thus far. The cut on Moraga is opened up again and is now flowing blood down into his left eye. The pace has slowed down a bit as we move to the half-way point of the third and final round. Benavidez takes Moraga down with ease and immediately moves to side control. Moraga gets Benavidez in his full guard, however Benavidez works some nice elbows from inside Moraga’s guard. Moraga throws his legs up, looking for a submission, but Benavidez does a perfect job of avoiding any trouble and continuing to control the action from the top position. The clock is ticking away, and Moraga’s chances of making something happen seems more unlikely with each tick. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Joseph Benavidez.

Joseph Benavidez def. John Moraga via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after 3 rounds.

Travis Browne vs. Andrei Arlovski

Round 1: Both guys make their way to the cage. Bruce Buffer does his thing. Here we go with round one. Early on, Browne is controlling the pace and the action in general with a wide stance and a sharp jab, however, Arlovski blasts him with a huge bomb. Browne stumbles back into the fence and covers up as Arlovski tees off. Arlovski isn’t able to put him away, so Browne slowly starts to gain confidence. Arlovski, however, once again lands a big bomb on Browne up top. He mixes shots up to the body and then nails Browne with another huge shot to the face. Arlovski doesn’t seem able to finish Browne thus far, or he’s overly careful not to shoot his wad. Either way, this round has been completely in favor of Arlovski so far. With 90 seconds left in the round, Arlovski actually drops Browne this time. Arlovski closes in on Browne to finish him against the cage, but much like Arlovski vs. Tim Sylvia II, out of nowhere, while hurt, Browne blasts the hell out of Arlovski with a huge shot. Unlike Arlovski-Sylvia II, The Pitbull hangs on and this time finishes Browne just seconds later with a huge combo against the cage. That was an unbelievably amazing one-round fight and my dear lord, what an incredible slugfest in general.

Andrei Arlovski def. Travis Browne via TKO (punches) at 4:41 of round 1.

Donald Cerrone vs. John Makdessi

Round 1: Alright, we’re going to attempt to move on from what Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg are calling arguably the best single round of action in UFC history. I’m not sure if I would go that far, but Arlovski-Browne is officially up there for the most exciting one-round fights in the history of the company — and perhaps — the sport. We’ve got UFC Lightweight action up next, as John Makdessi and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone now make their way to the cage. Both guys are locked in the Octagon and Bruce Buffer just finished doing what he does. It’s time. Cowboy comes out throwing — and landing — very solid leg and body kicks to the shorter Makdessi. Cowboy rocks Makdessi with a big kick that he didn’t see coming. Cowboy follows up with a couple of chopping leg kicks and misses a wild high kick attempt. The fans chant “Let’s Go Cowboy!” as Cerrone lands a couple of punches and follows up with some leg kicks. Cerrone is clearly winning the first round thus far. 90 seconds remain. Makdessi lands a decent punch to the grill of Cerrone that the Cowboy didn’t seem to fully see coming. Nothing too crazy, but it seems to have helped Makdessi’s confidence, unless knowing there’s just under a minute left in the round has triggered Makdessi’s urgency level. It doesn’t look like Makdessi is going to be able to steal this round, as he is way behind and there’s only ten seconds remaining. Makdessi looked more confident and busy in the last minute of the round, but Cowboy clearly won round one. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Donald Cerrone.

Round 2: Makdessi comes out busier early on than he did in the first, throwing some leg kicks of his own in response to Cowboy, who is immediately busy with kicks straight out of the gate. Cerrone lands a nice punch that gets the crowd going momentarily. Cerrone blasts Makdessi with a solid knee to the face, followed by a couple of punches. Makdessi is bloodied up a bit after that exchange. Cowboy sticks Makdessi with a stiff jab. Cerrone is comfortably in the lead thus far, as we near the half-way point of the fight, as we have just three minutes remaining in the second round. Makdessi lands a decent left hook. Cerrone tries to Thai-clinch Makdessi, but Makdessi escapes and wings a big right hand that misses. Makdessi lands a solid counter-left hand that stuns Cowboy briefly. Makdessi is definitely more in the fight here in the second frame, but I’m not sure he’s doing enough to score points and win the round over Cerrone. Cowboy lands a nice standing elbow and follows up with a couple of kicks. 45 seconds left in the round. Cowboy lands a strong leg kick that we physically see affect Makdessi this time. Cerrone lands a big head kick to the face of Makdessi and in a weird finish, he tries to call time out as he backs up — clearly on “Queer Street.” The referee decides to stop the fight. We hear Makdessi say he broke his jaw seconds later. That ends the confusion. Cerrone looked great. Great performance.

Donald Cerrone def. John Makdessi via TKO (injury — broken jaw) at 4:44 of round 2.

UFC Middleweight Championship
– Vitor Belfort vs. Chris Weidman (c)

Round 1: The video package is done. Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are done doing their final cage-side hype. Ladies and gentlemen, “The Phenom” is now making his way to the cage. It’s time for the Middleweight title fight we have been waiting to see for months now. Weidman is in the cage now as well. Bruce Buffer is doing the final introductions now. The first round is officially underway. Here we go. Weidman comes out with a big middle kick that misses. Weidman is pawing with the jab and is doing a good job of controlling the pace and the action, all-the-while moving forward. Weidman tries to bull-rush forward when Belfort slipped, so Belfort catches Weidman with a partial kick. Belfort follows in ala Belfort-Wanderlei Silva, but Weidman hangs on. Weidman finally seems alive again as the two separate and back off from each other a bit. For Weidman fans, that was scary as hell just now. Especially if you know Vitor Belfort’s history. Weidman scores a takedown and is controlling Belfort from inside “The Phenom’s” half-guard. Weidman is gushing blood fro his face from the top position. Weidman moves to full mount and starts pounding away from the top. The crowd is going absolutely nuts as Belfort turns and gives Weidman his back. Weidman pummels the crap out of Weidman from on top while on Belfort’s back. Belfort rolls again and now Weidman is pounding the crap out of Belfort from the mount. Herb Dean saw enough and stopped it. A bloody Weidman jumps up the victor. No pun intended. Great, great — GREAT — one-round fight. Much like Arlovski-Browne earlier, only a different flavor.

Chris Weidman def. Vitor Belfort via TKO (punches) at 2:53 of round 1 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.

UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
– Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson

Round 1: The video package and announcer hype is complete. “Mama Said Knock You Out” plays briefly, but before we see — obviously — Anthony “Rumble” Johnson — so you would think, the music switches to a Lil Wayne and Drake song and out comes Daniel Cormier. Nice touch. Out next is his opponent for this evening, Anthony Johnson. This is for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship, as the UFC stripped Jon Jones of the title following a very controversial hit-and-run automobile accident. Bruce Buffer just finished doing his thing and here we go with round one of our main event of the evening. Johnson takes an eye-poke almost immediately. He’s fine and the action continues. Johnson drops Cormier with a big overhand shot, but Cormier composes himself and now has his grip on Johnson against the cage. D.C. takes Rumble down, just barely, as Johnson manages to avoid going down flat and is already on one knee working his way back up. Cormier has been hanging onto Johnson’s back since the big punch. Cormier switches to the front and scoops the leg of Rumble, looking for another takedown. Johnson is defending well, as he has been the entire round thus far, but it seems inevitable. And there it is. Cormier gets Johnson down, but Rumble pops partially back up. Cormier seems content to hang onto Johnson and put his weight on him, leaning against him and controlling him, despite the fact that the crowd is boo’ing the hell out of him for stalling the action. Johnson scrambles completely back up to his feet, but D.C. has Johnson in a guillotine position. Johnson fights his way out and we have some distance finally. Johnson moves forward but Cormier dives in low. Rumble defends the takedown attempt and circles out. 90 seconds left in the round. You get the feeling from this round that if Cormier controls the action, we’re going to a 50-45 decision, whereas if Johnson gets enough of an opportunity, we could get an exciting stoppage. So far, it’s looking more likely that Cormier will be controlling the action throughout the fight. With that said, anytime Johnson has some space and opportunity, he seems to be taking full advantage of it. How effective that will be as the fight goes on and Cormier drains his power and energy remains to be seen. The buzzer sounds to end the first round. Tough round to score due to Johnson’s knockdown of Cormier early on. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Daniel Cormier.

Round 2: Johnson comes out aggressive again. He lands a nice punch and a big kick, both of which completely got Cormier’s attention. D.C. responds by latching onto Rumble’s body and hoping for a takedown. D.C. gets Rumble up and Matt Hughes style, runs him across the cage before dumping him on his back. Cormier is now controlling the action from the top position. D.C. is comfortable on top of Johnson, working some ground-and-pound from inside Rumble’s half-guard. Cormier grabs a hold of Johnson’s left arm and is looking for a kimura. D.C. lets it go in favor of some punches. He goes right back to it now and Johnson appears to be in trouble. Cormier is scooting Rumble’s arm further back but again lets it go, this time in favor of some elbows. Rumble is taking deep breaths now as D.C. goes back to the kimura. Cormier again lets it go. Two minutes left in the round. D.C. is completely in control of the action in this round. Cormier is landing some hard shots from the top position now. Rumble is giving Cormier an arm-triangle choke on a silver platter, but D.C. doesn’t seem to see it, or is just preferring to remain in comfortable top control, all-the-while landing an occasional punch or elbow. The crowd is getting a bit restless now, although I don’t know why, as the ground action has remained pretty consistent throughout this second frame. Cormier stacks up and lands some big elbows. Johnson isn’t reacting well to a lot of this punishment in this round. Luckily for him the buzzer sounds to end what was an awful round for what is now a very bloody and dizzy Rumble Johnson. Not enough for a 10-8 for D.C, but pretty close. MMANews.com scores the round 10-9 for Daniel Cormier.

Round 3: The crowd is absolutely electric as the third round begins. Cormier with a leg kick early on, answered by a big punch attempt by Johnson. D.C. avoids the big shot and is now stuck defending a desparation takedown attempt from Rumble. Finally, Rumble gets the takedown. D.C., against the cage, pops right back up. Joe Rogan points out that Rumble looks to be breathing very heavily here in the third. D.C. has Rumble’s leg standing now and is looking to scoop and dump Johnson. Rumble defends well, as we’re clinched against the cage now with just over three minutes remaining. D.C. takes Johnson down. Johnson is turtled up, but switches and is in on Cormier’s legs now. Cormier’s back is against the cage now. Cormier switches and now has Johnson on all-fours pounding away from behind him. Cormier is looking for a rear-naked choke now. Cormier is trying to get it in fully. He does. Johnson taps. We have a new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion!

Daniel Cormier def. Anthony Johnson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:39 of round 3 to become the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.

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