October 30, 2011 – Last night was a busy evening on the national MMA scene with the UFC 137 and Bellator 56 both airing simultaneously. We’ll go over the highlights from the evening including Nick Diaz’s big win, Ben Askren’s successful title defense, and more on another post but here are the quick results for those of you who have been living under a rock, stuck in jail, or otherwise indisposed for the last 24 hours.
UFC 137 Main Bouts (on Pay-Per-View):
• Nick Diaz over B.J Penn by unanimous decision
• Cheick Kongo over Matt Mitrione by unanimous decision
• Roy Nelson over Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic by TKO, R3
• Scott Jorgensen over Jeff Curran by unanimous decision
• Hatsu Hioki over George Roop by split decision
UFC 137 Preliminary Bouts (on Spike TV and Facebook)
• Donald Cerrone over Dennis Siver by submission (rear naked choke), R1
• Bart Palaszewski over Tyson Griffin by KO, R1
• Brandon Vera over Eliot Marshall by unanimous decision
• Ramsey Nijem over Danny Downes by unanimous decision
• Francis Carmont over Chris Camozzi by unaimous decision
• Clifford Starks over Dustin Jacoby by unanimous decision
BELLATOR 56 Main Card (MTV2)
• Ben Askren (c) over Jay Hieron by split decision * Welterweight Title Defense
• Thiago Santos over Neil Grove via submission (rear-naked choke) * HWT Tourney Semi-Final
• Eric Prindle over Ron Sparks via KO (punch) * HWT Tourney Semi-Final
• Jeremy Spoon defeats Adam Schindler via unanimous decision
BELLATOR 56 Preliminary Bouts (Spike.com)
• Marcio Navarro over Rudy Bears by split decision
• Kelvin Tiller over Dan Spohn by split decision
• Emanuel “E.J.” Brooks over William de Souza by unanimous decision
• Jacob Aiken over Jeimeson Saudino by submission (rear-naked choke)
• Aaron Ely over Owen Evinger by submission (rear-naked choke)
• Daniel Gallemore over Derrick Ruffin by TKO (retirement)
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