UFC 135 Wrap-Up: Jones, Jackson, Koscheck, Diaz take home $75k
Posted on September 24, 2011, 11:20 PM by Joey SantosusUFC 135 promised and delivered a stellar line-up tonight from the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. Reigning, and now defending, Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones made good on his plans to finish Quinton Jackson, dominating "Rampage" en-route to a fourth-round submission victory to retain his title. In the co-main event, top Welterweight contender Josh Koscheck was successful in his octagon return, knocking out Matt Hughes in the waning moments of the opening-round, while the heavy-handed New Zealander Mark Hunt took a hard-fought decision over Ben Rothwell. Rising Heavyweight prospect Travis Browne continued his unbeaten streak, outworking Rob Broughton to take the nod on the judges' scorecards and Nate Diaz submitted Takanori Gomi in the first-round of the main card opener.
The UFC awarded generous $75,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
Fight of the Night: Jon Jones vs. Quinton Jackson
Submission of the Night: Nate Diaz
Knockout of the Night: Josh Koscheck
Attendance: 16,344
Live Gate: 2 Million
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card:
Jon Jones defeats Quinton “Rampage” Jackson by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1.14mins of Rd4
Josh Koscheck defeats Matt Hughes by KO at 4.59mins of Rd1
Mark Hunt defeats Ben Rothwell by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 30-27)
Travis Browne defeats Rob Broughton by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Nate Diaz defeats Takanori Gomi by submission (armbar) at 4.27mins of Rd1
Prelims:
Tony Ferguson defeats Aaron Riley by TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 5.00mins of Rd1
Tim Boetsch defeats Nick Ring by uanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Junior Assuncao defeats Eddie Yagin by unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 30-27)
Takeya Mizugaki defeats Cole Escovedo by TKO at 4.30mins of Rd2
James Te Huna defeats Ricardo Romero by KO at 0.47mins of Rd1
Photo: UFC fighter Jon Jones before his fight against Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC-Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko at the San Diego Sports Arena on August 1, 2010, in San Diego, California. Francis Specker
Comments
i knew jones would win, he is most definitely the real deal.
Jones VS Silva..please!!!!
Honestly I don't think Silva would stand a chance against Jones. Like Rampage, I don't think he will be able to find his distance against a man with a 10 inch reach advantage. In addition, Jon Jones is a high caliber wrestler, which in the past has been Anderson's Achilles heel. On the ground I think Jones will have enough knowledge to defend Anderson's subs from the bottom.
Dude who is this group of people on this sight that get together and post "Weak" for anything pro Jones?? I swear theres like a www.ihatejonjones.com website that gets 73 people together, tells them to go on Lowkick.com and click Weak on any post that says anything remotely good about Jonny Bones. From here on I declare "Weak" to equal "Jon Jones is legit but I hate him so I disagree".........
hey hop off jones nuts already! he's nothing special
I thought Ring/Boetsch should have got FOTN.
And I believe Te Huna would've got the KOTN on any other card, absolutely brutal, feel bad for Romero being KO/TKO'd in less than a minute again.
But Koscheck showing once again how devasting his punching power is, very deserving of the bonus.
why are we talking about Jones vs Silva? We have so many more fights yet. Jones vs Evans? Jones vs Hendo? Jones vs Shogun 2 (not particularly bothered about that one)? Jones vs Davis?
He needs to clear the 2nd toughtest division before he gets his superfight.
jones vs rampage was not FOTN boetch vs ring was way better
wow if jones vs jackson was fotn then what does that say about the whole card?
this card was kinda weak
I thought this was a pretty good card, Rampage put on a good fight and challanged Jones more then any fighter before him, if "Rampage" had actually shown up I could have seen him beat Jones.