UFC on Versus 6 Wrap-Up: Wiman, Danzig, Struve, Johnson take home $65k
Posted on October 1, 2011, 11:01 PM by Joey SantosusUFC on Versus 6 delivered an exciting free night of fights tonight from the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. Reigning Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz retained his title, outworking Demetrious Johnson to score a comfortable unanimous decision win in the headlining bout, while Stefan Struve secured a second-round submission victory over Pat Barry in the co-main event. Top Welterweight contender Anthony Johnson looked impressive, picking up a first-round TKO stoppage against Charlie Brenneman and Matt Wiman took a hard fought decision over Mac Danzig in the main card opener.
The UFC awarded generous $65,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
Fight of the Night: Matt Wiman vs. Mac Danzig
Submission of the Night: Stefan Struve
Knockout of the Night: Anthony Johnson
Attendance: 9,380
Live Gate: $706,000
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card:
Dominick Cruz defeats Demetrious Johnson by unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46, 50-45)
Stefan Struve defeats Pat Barry by submission (triangle choke with armbar) at 3.22mins of Rd2
Anthony Johnson defeats Charlie Brenneman by TKO at 2.49mins of Rd1
Matt Wiman defeats Mac Danzig by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Prelims:
Yves Edwards defeats Rafaello Oliveira by TKO at 2.44mins of Rd2
Paul Sass defeats Michael Johnson by submission (heel hook) at 3.00mins of Rd1
Mike Easton defeats Byron Bloodworth by TKO at 4.52mins of Rd2
T.J. Grant defeats Shane Roller by submission (armbar) at 2.12mins of Rd2
Josh Neer defeats Keith Wisniewski by TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5.00mins of Rd2
Walel Watson defeats Joseph Sandoval by TKO at 1.17mins of Rd1
Comments
Johnson for KO of the night? it was BS call for the ref stopping too early.
i probably would of given that award to Yves Edwards (that one the stoppage was too late...bad night of reffing)
I agree. But, impressive outing by Johnson, and props to Brenneman for being such a tough fighter. That head kick would have left just about anyone else out cold and that's probably why the ref just assumed it was over and stopped the fight.
terrible reffing the yamasakis ****ed up atleast 3 fights. struve was impressive but come on paul sass was amazing he should have got SOTN
It was over. Are you trying to say Brenneman wasn't laying on his back with his chin sticking up in the air to get pounded. It was a good stoppage... By saying it was BS you're pretty much saying Charlie was actually doing well in the fight. He looked silly and overmatched the last half of that very short fight.
When refs start stopping fights because of what they assume is going to happen or what is likely to happen next, the sport loses its entire intrigue. Many fighters have been losing or put in a bad spot and turned things around to win. Obviously, I am not saying that this is what would have happened here, but there is no way to say. However, by you're logic, some fighters should just be awarded the victory before the fight even starts. Anderson Silva shouldn't even have to get in the cage. And no, Brenneman wasn't out on his back with his chin in the air, I implore you to watch again. Thanks :)
@joey. to be technical a ref is supposed to stop a fight when the opponent is knocked out, not defending, taps or verbally submits. That kick flash knocked out charlie. thts still grounds for a stoppage. he might have recovered but he initially went limp for a fraction of a second. it was still in my opinion a justified stoppage and an awesome head kick KNOCKOUT.
by your logic...you could say the same thing for Kongo (twice was limp for a fraction of a second falling down) against Barry, but looked what happened there...the ref gave him the chance, recovered and he pulled off the win, ref shouldn't stop the fight until its really clear and certain
dnt get me started on the kongo fight. he was out for the count twice. tht shoulda been called way earlier than it was.