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Demetrious Johnson survived three early knockdowns and went on to defeat John Dodson by unanimous decision to retain his UFC Flyweight Championship, Saturday night in Chicago, in the main event of UFC on Fox 6.
Johnson weathered an early storm from Dodson, who displayed good power for a flyweight, and used his conditioning edge to go on and take the decision victory, 49-46, 48-47, 48-47.
Johnson weathered an early storm from Dodson, who displayed good power for a flyweight, and used his conditioning edge to go on and take the decision victory, 49-46, 48-47, 48-47.
Elsewhere on the card, Glover Teixeira ended Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's UFC career (at least for now) on a sour note, dominating the former UFC Light Heavyweight and Pride Middleweight Champion, en route to a 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 decision victory.
Jackson appeared to run out of gas in the second round of the three round fight, perhaps because he's a 34-year-old fighter, or perhaps because Teixeira wore him down with body shots and takedowns early.
For his part, Rampage did not go down without a fight, as he stood and traded with Teixeira for fifteen minutes, and continually fought his way back to his feet after Teixeira took him down. In the end, though, Teixeira was just too skilled for the former champion to handle at this stage of his career.
Teixeira does a lot of things that only the top-level guys in mixed martial arts seem to do, not the least of which is using elbow strikes liberally, a technique that he employed in the second round here.
Third from the top, Anthony Pettis made quick work of Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, knocking him out at 2:35 of round one.
Pettis, who has been considered next in line for a lightweight title bout before, cemented his status as number one contender in the 155-pound division with this win, for sure. ]
Pettis used body kicks to wear Cerrone down, then used one more kick, which caught Cerrone in the liver, to finish him off.
In the Fox opener, Ricardo Lamas finished Erik Koch by TKO at 2:32 of the second round, likely placing himself in position for a title match with the winner of the Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar bout on February 2.
Lamas got two takedowns in the first round, but Koch was able to withstand the attack. Koch had no such luck in the second, as Lamas managed to recover from a slip that saw Koch end up on top of him.
Lamas reversed the position and ended up on top of Koch. Lamas bloodied Koch with a ton of elbow strikes, and referee John McCarthy called for a stop to the fight.
The undercard, which aired on FX, was notable for the fact that Ryan Bader made quick work of Vladimir Matyushenko, submitting him in just 50 seconds, and also because Clay Guida won his featherweight debut, taking a close split decision from Hatsu Hioki, 30-27, 29-28, 28-29.
Jackson appeared to run out of gas in the second round of the three round fight, perhaps because he's a 34-year-old fighter, or perhaps because Teixeira wore him down with body shots and takedowns early.
For his part, Rampage did not go down without a fight, as he stood and traded with Teixeira for fifteen minutes, and continually fought his way back to his feet after Teixeira took him down. In the end, though, Teixeira was just too skilled for the former champion to handle at this stage of his career.
Teixeira does a lot of things that only the top-level guys in mixed martial arts seem to do, not the least of which is using elbow strikes liberally, a technique that he employed in the second round here.
Third from the top, Anthony Pettis made quick work of Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone, knocking him out at 2:35 of round one.
Pettis, who has been considered next in line for a lightweight title bout before, cemented his status as number one contender in the 155-pound division with this win, for sure. ]
Pettis used body kicks to wear Cerrone down, then used one more kick, which caught Cerrone in the liver, to finish him off.
In the Fox opener, Ricardo Lamas finished Erik Koch by TKO at 2:32 of the second round, likely placing himself in position for a title match with the winner of the Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar bout on February 2.
Lamas got two takedowns in the first round, but Koch was able to withstand the attack. Koch had no such luck in the second, as Lamas managed to recover from a slip that saw Koch end up on top of him.
Lamas reversed the position and ended up on top of Koch. Lamas bloodied Koch with a ton of elbow strikes, and referee John McCarthy called for a stop to the fight.
The undercard, which aired on FX, was notable for the fact that Ryan Bader made quick work of Vladimir Matyushenko, submitting him in just 50 seconds, and also because Clay Guida won his featherweight debut, taking a close split decision from Hatsu Hioki, 30-27, 29-28, 28-29.
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