The Ultimate Fighting Championship headed to the Mandalay Bay Casino in Vegas Saturday night for UFC 109: Relentless.
Featured fights included Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg, Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen, and Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman. As always, if you don’t want to know the results, head straight to the video.
Randy Couture looks like he’s heading for another heavyweight title bout after dominating Coleman just over a minute into the second round.
In a night of one sided results, Chael Sonnen dominated Nate Marquardt, earning a shot at the middleweight title in an impressive unanimous decision victory. Matt Serra didn’t wait for a points decision though, with first-round knockout of Frank Trigg.
UFC 109 Results
Preliminary card
- Heavyweight bout: Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran
- Beltran defeated Gracie via TKO (punches) at 1:31 of round 2. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Couture vs. Coleman main event bout.
- Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
- Tuchscherer defeated Hague via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis
- Davis defeated Stann via unanimous decision. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Maia vs. Miller bout.
- Lightweight bout: Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson
- Emerson defeated Nover via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
- Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
- Guillard defeated Torres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
- Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz
- Danzig defeated Buchholz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Main card
- Welterweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
- Serra defeated Trigg via KO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1.
- Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
- Maia defeated Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
- Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
- Thiago defeated Swick via submission (d’arce choke) at 1:54 of round 2.
- Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
- Sonnen defeated Marquardt via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
- Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
- Couture defeated Coleman via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:09 of round 2.
UFC 109 Video
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