The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns after a substantial lay-off debuting in a new market from Macao, China with a featured fight of Cung Le and Rich Franklin as the headliner, also a talent-packed supporting cast including Thiago Silva, Takanori Gomi & Dong Hyun Kim.
While you all sleep like a baby, it sounded like Macao was doing the same. A pretty dull pack of fans were in attendance, heard reports of a little over 200 people in the venue which aren’t jaw-dropping figures.
Rich Franklin (185 lbs.) vs. Cung Le (186 lbs.)
Thiago Silva (205 lbs.) vs. Stanislov Nedkov (203 lbs.)
Dong Hyun Kim (170.5 lbs.) vs. Paulo Thiago (169.5 lbs.)
Takanori Gomi (155 lbs.) vs. Mac Danzig (155 lbs.)
Tiequan Zhang (155 lbs.) vs. Jon Tuck (156 lbs.)
Takeya Mizugaki (135.5) vs. Jeff Hougland (135 lbs.)
Alex Caceres (136 lbs.) vs. Motonobu Tezuka (135.5 lbs.)
Yasuhiro ********** (125.5 lbs.) vs. John Lineker (126 lbs.)
Riki Fukuda (186 lbs.) vs. Tom DeBlass (185 lbs.)
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