Josh Koscheck (11-3) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-2)

Steve Cantwell was impressive in his UFC debut dominating Razak Al Hassan on the ground and finishing with a submission that bent Hassan’s arm at a grotesque angle until Mario Yamasaki stepped in to stop the fight without a tapout from Hassan. 

In the early goings, Cantwell was forced to find his range through the rather rigid and lanky stand-up assault of Al Hassan, and when he took the fight to the ground, it didnt take long for him to find himself in the dominant position. From there the former WEC light-heavyweight champion moved to the mount, and finished with an armbar that finished the overmatched Al Hassan. Cantwell moves his record to 7-1 while Al Hassan goes back to the drawing board as his record falls to 6-1.  

Coming off a honeymoon in Aruba, Jim Miller’s conditioning was a question mark going into a short-notice appearance against Matt Wiman who had been training for months Despite this, he came out firing, dominating the early part of the fight working steady and accurate punches coupled with a stronger wrestling base to keep Wiman off balance througout the bout.

It wasn't long into the bout when he sunk in a guillotine that appeared to be the end for Wiman, who looked close to tapping out. Wiman held onto his opponents shorts, despite repeated warnings from the referee, and eventually jimmied his head free but found himself on the wrong end of a steady ground and pound attack shortly afterwards. Wiman, bleeding and flushed, was looking like the fighter who was coming in on short notice as Miller dominated the bout.

In one of the most lopsided beatdowns in recent UFC memory, Ben Saunders drove dozens of his knees into the face of his opponent Brandon Wolff until the referee stepped in to stop the fight about ten knee’s too late. Wolff had no answer for the clinch that marked the beginning of the end for the highly touted Hawaiian fighter, and he paid for it with a lump on his forehead that looked like a softball was growing out of his head.

History may have event been made as appeared like the most consecutive knee’s thrown, and landed, on an opponent’s face ever in a UFC bout. With the exception of a few body kicks and an errant low kick, it was the only strikes he threw during one minute and forty nine seconds of straight offense for the former Ultimate Fighter veteran. Saunders was impressive in his third consecutive UFC win and makes his way into the looping UFC highlight reel packages in the process of finishing the bout at 1:49 of the first stanza.

Military veteran Steve Bruno finished Johnny Rees with a rear-naked choke at 3:44 of the second round in a preliminary welterweight bout that saw him fight in front of 10,000 troops at Fort Bragg. Bruno was able to control the ground game - and despite getting in a little bit of trouble standing up - was able to secure the takedown when he needed to keep him out of danger.

Following a move to the mat Bruno transitioned his way onto Rees' back for the third or forth time in the fight, and this time he finished with a rear-naked choke that started standing, and ended up on the mat with Rees tapping out. “This is by far the most important day of my life,” he said following his victory. “I am glad I could do it in front of my military brothers and sisters.”