Main Card (Spike TV) Weight Class Method Round Time Notes Light Heavyweight Jacob Noe def. Seth Petruzelli TKO (punches) 1 2:51 [a] Lightweight Michael Chandler (c) def. Rick Hawn Submission (rear naked choke) 2 3:07 [b] Light Heavyweight Mikhail Zayats def. Renato Sobral TKO (punches) 1 4:49 [a] Featherweight Pat Curran (c) def. Patricio Freire Split decision [...]
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