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UFC 102 Results

UFC 102 took place Saturday night in Portland, the first ever UFC card to take place there.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira fought against a gutsy Randy Couture, dominating most of the way en route to a much needed unanimous decision victory last night. The two heavy hitters started the fight matching each other strike for strike. Couture seemed to have taken the upper hand after an impressive uppercut, though Nogueira responded with a striking blow that landed Couture on the mat. Though Couture was able to escape submission, the rest of the fight belonged to Nogueria who was well on his way to victory.

In the middleweight class, Nate Marquardt recorded a victory by way of a first round knockout over his opponent Demian Maia. The knockout occurred at the 21 second mark of the first round.

In the light-heavyweight class, Thiago Silva earned another quick victory against his opponent Keith Jardine, recording a first round knockout punch at the 1:35 mark.

In the other events of the UFC 102, Jake Rosholt defeated Chris Leben on a one arm triangle choke in the third round. Aaron Simpson defeated Ed Herman by way of a TKO in the second round. Gabriel Gonzaga recorded a first round TKO over his opponent Chris Tuchscherer. Mike Russow defeated his oppenent Justin McCully in a unanimous decision while Mark Munoz came out victorious against Nick Catone in a close split decision. Todd Duffee recorded another first round knockout versus his oppenent Tim Hague at the 7 second mark of the opening round. Evan Dunham defeated Marcus Aurelio via a split decision.