In another heavyweight offering, UFC alum
Chase
Sherman (16-12) delivered a devastating knockout finish at the
2:34 mark of Round 1 against California native
Carl
Seumanutafa (13-14).
In the only bantamweight matchup on the card,
Brandon
Davis (14-12) fought his way to a unanimous decision victory
against
Joseph
Penafiel (11-7). Meanwhile, in a middleweight pairing,
Curtis
Millender (22-9) managed to find his way to a split-decision
win against
Joel Bauman
(8-4).
In one of the few bouts that ended via submission,
Elias
Alves da Silva (27-11) tapped
Joshua
Weems (13-4) via triangle kimura in Round 3 of their
featherweight meeting.
Elsewhere, former PFL fighter
Alex
Nicholson (17-10) starched Prince McClean (9-10) just 19
seconds into the first frame of their heavyweight meeting.
Meanwhile,
Francisco
Trinaldo (28-9) went home with a technical knockout victory
against
Sasha
Palatnikov (8-5) after the latter was unable to continue due to
a knee injury sustained under two minutes into the opening frame of
the match.
Following a bizarre stoppage,
Hector
Lombard (35-11) suffered a Round 1 disqualification loss for
punching opponent
Chris Sarro
(2-0) in the back of the head in their light heavyweight contest.
Lombard is now on a nine-fight winless streak in his MMA
career.
Earlier,
Tyler Hill
(11-8) snapped a four-fight losing streak with a Round 1 TKO
victory against
James
Freeman (6-7), while
Mike
Sanford (1-0) made a successful MMA debut with a rear-naked
choke submission victory against fellow debutant
Alex Gordy
(0-1).