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  - UFC 92 RESULTS, LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY, AND PHOTOS
Friday, December 26, 2008 - MMAWEEKLY.COM
MMAWeekly.com will be on location from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for UFC 92, bringing you live results of the entire card and play-by-play of the UFC's year-end event.
UFC 92 is headlined by No. 1 ranked light heavyweight and UFC light heavyweight titleholder Forrest Griffin taking on Rashad Evans. Griffin is coming off a win over Quinton "Rampage" Jackson while Evans puts his undefeated record on the line still riding high off his knockout of Chuck Liddell.
The co-main event features a UFC interim heavyweight title bout between titleholder Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir with the winner fighting Brock Lesnar to crown an undisputed UFC heavyweight champion; UFC 92 is a stacked card to close out 2008 with two title bouts.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson faces off against his long-time nemesis "The Axe Murderer," Wanderlei Silva, in a grudge match. They have fought twice before in the Pride organization with Silva definitively finishing Jackson both times in epic battles. UFC 92 hosts the third installment of the trilogy.
The first preliminary bout is scheduled to begin at 5:15 p.m. PT. Please refresh your browser frequently for the latest results and play-by-play.
PLAY-BY-PLAY:
-Forrest Griffin vs. Rashad Evans
R1 - Evans is the first to engage with a double jab. Griffin returns a straight right hand. Griffin lands a kick to the body and another one. Evans lands an outside leg kick of his own. Griffin doubled up on his jab and follows with a leg kick. Griffin with a straight right hand. It's Griffin winning the exchange of leg kicks. They're trading shots in the center of the cage with neither doing damage. Griffin lands a solid body kick to Evans' body.
MMAWeekly scores round one 10-9 for Griffin.
R2 - Evans being more elusive to start the second round. Evans begins to establish his jab. Griffin lands a nice right hand followed by a leg kick. Griffin flurries and clinches where he delivers knees. Evans blows him a kiss. Griffin continues to land leg kicks as Evans throws punches from the outside. As Evans moves in, he's met with more kicks to the legs. Evans sneaks in a right hand and an outside leg kick. Evans lands a combination, but Griffin finishes the round with a superman punch that found it's mark.
MMAWeekly scores round two 10-9 for Griffin.
R3 - Griffin throws a leg kick that Evans catches and takes Griffin to the ground where he brutalizes him with ground and pound, but Griffin survives. Evans lands a right hand that hurts Griffin. He continues with a series of right hands that hurt Griffin badly. Evans lands several more and Griffin taps out.
Rashad Evans def. Forrest Griffin by TKO at 2:46, R3
-Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira vs. Frank Mir
R1 - Mir with a high kick to open the fight that's blocked. Mir with an inside leg kick followed by a jab. Mir flurries and gets Nogueira to the ground. Mir lets him up. Mir lands and upper cut. Mir is winning the stand up working combos. Nogueira is stalking Mir, but Mir answers with another combination. They clinch where Mir lands a knee to the body. Mir drops Nogueira with a punch and tries to finish. Nogueira weathers the storm and Mir lets him back to his feet. The pace slows a bit as they pick their shots. Nogueira flurries but Mir blocks and smiles. Mir drops Nogueira with a left hand as the round ends.
MMAWeekly scores round one 10-8 for Frank Mir.
R2 - Body kick from Mir followed by a combination that only hit air. Nogueira lands a leg kick and tries to establish his jab as Mir continues to land big shots. Mir drops Nogueira with a back-to-back left hands and goes in for the finish landing bombs before the referee stops the fight.
Frank Mir def. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira by TKO at 1:54, R2
-C.B. Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio
R1 - Dollaway lands first with a kick to the body. Massenzio clinches and Dollaway delivers a knee to the body. Massenzio stuns Dollaway with a punch. Dollaway shoots for a takedown and Massenzio applies a guillotine but Dollaway escapes. Massenzio works for a triangle for the bottom, but Dollaway escapes and moves to side control. Dollaway mounts him and Massenzio gives up his back. Dollaway flattens him out and delivers punches until the referee stops the fight.
C.B. Dollaway def. Mike Massenzio by TKO at 3:01, R1
-Quinton Rampage Jackson (#2 Light Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Wanderlei Silva (#6 Light Heavyweight in the World)*
R1 - Jackson moving forward stalking Silva. They exchange with neither landing. Silva with a combination but Jackson blocks it. Jackson feels him out with jabs before shooting for a takedown that Silva defended. Outside leg kick by Silva followed by a missign right hand. Jackson with a wild, swinging right that misses. Silva fires another leg kick. Jackson catches a leg kick and lands a right hand. Jackson lands a thunderous left hand and knocks Silva completely out.
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson def. Wanderlei Silva by KO at 3:21, R1
-Mostapha Al Turk vs. Cheick Kongo
R1 - Al Turk opens with a jab and lands a leg kick that Kongo catches firing a right hand down the middle. Al Turk is put on his back where Kongo peppers him with kicks before Al Turk gets back to his feet where he immediately clinches. Al Turk works for a single leg along the cage while Kongo lands short elbows to the side of his head. Al Turk lands a low blow in the clinch and Kongo is given time to recover. Al Turk goes for a single leg as the action is restarted. Kongo defends well and lands knees from the clinch, landing a low blow of his own. The action is stopped again so Al Turk can recover. The referee calls the fighters to the center of the ocatagon and tells them to keep it clean as he restarts the fight. Kongo stuns Al Turk with a punch and Al Turk goes down where Kongo unleashes eblows and hammer fists. The referee stops the fight.
Cheick Kongo def. Mustapha Al Turk by TKO (strikes) at 4:37, R1
-Yushin Okami (#5 Middleweight in the World)* vs. Dean Lister
R1 – Okami opens right away with a good head kick. About a minute in, Lister shoots in and pulls half guard on Okami, but Okami does a good job to position around and stand up. Okami lands a right hook and moments later a straight left. Lister shoots again, but Okami blocks and Lister pulls him down again. Again, Okami stands up and calls Lister back to his feet. Okami lands with his punches again, they clinch and Lister jumps guard and starts working for a knee bar. Okami does a good job defending and lands a few punches to the head of a downed Lister as the round ends.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Okami
R2 – Lister shoots again, but Okami clinches and backs him to the fence. Okami lands a couple of knees and then separates. Lister gets pushed down a couple of times and tries to bait Okami into a ground game, but he'll have none of it. Back on the feet, Lister shoots and Okami sprawls, but gets pulled into Lister's guard. Lister goes for an Omo Plata, but Okami pulls out and starts landing some hard punches. Lister rotates out and pulls a single leg, but Okami is blocking, pushing Lister's head down, and then turns Lister over and gets out to the side before standing up again. Okami drops down some heavy punches and goes down into half guard working his ground and pound until the bell.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Okami
R3 – They trade blows for the opening minute with Okami edging ahead and landing a knee to the body. Lister falls back and down, Okami goes into his guard and starts dropping hammer fists and punches. Lister is trying to fight back, but can't muster much offense as Okami continues to pot shot him with punches. They stall out and referee Herb Dean stands them up. Lister again shoots and fights for the takedown, but Okami sprawls out to end the round.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Okami and the fight 30-27 for Okami.
Yushin Okami def. Dean Lister by Unanimous Decision (30-27 x 3), R3
-Antoni Hardonk vs. Mike Wessel
R1 – Wessel charges in with punches and knocks Hardonk to the mat. Hardonk ties Wessel up in guard and starts working for the armbar, but Wessel powers out. They get back up to their feet and clinch on the cage. Hardonk starts landing knees to the body, then Wessel lands a couple body shots. Hardonk lands a strong left hook, but Wessel fires back with the jab. They clinch at center cage and Hardonk lands the knees to the body and then kicks to the leg before starting up with knees to the body again. They separate and Hardonk lands three hard kicks to the left leg of Wessel. Wessel fights for and takes down Hardonk, landing in his guard. Hardonk takes a little ground and pound from Wessel, but Hardonk is fairly effective at tying Wessel up and then attempting a triangle choke as the round closes.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Hardonk
R2 – Wessel opens with a flurry, clinches, and takes Hardonk down and lands in his guard. Wessel works ground and pound, but Hardonk sweeps him and takes Wessel's back. Hardonk starts dropping down hard punches to the sides of Wessel's head. Hardonk gets warned for elbows to the back of the head, but Wessel rolls over, giving up full front mount and Hardonk continues the punishment until referee Yves Lavigne stops the fight.
Antoni Hardonk def. Mike Wessel by TKO (Strikes) at 2:09, R2
-Matt Hamill vs. Reese Andy
R1 – Hamill and Andy are exchanging briefly until about a minute and a half into the round where Andy lands a flurry of punches, but doesn't accumulate much damage. Hamill is slow, but steady with his jab. Andy starts edging ahead with his strikes as the round where's on. Just under the two-minute mark and Hamill, a cut under his right eye, starts to fire back a little more, but looks tired.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 Hamill.
R2 – Hamill is quick to start round two and begins to push the pace with his punches. Andy continually tries to clinch and stall, but Hamill pushes him away, lands some punches, then Thai clinches and lands a couple of knees to the head. Hamill really starting to take over, hurting Andy with punches along the fence. Hamill lands a body shot that has Andy down on one knee; Hamill then finds his place and start doing some heavy damage with his punches. He mounts on Andy's side and drops continuous left hands until referee Steve Mazzagatti stops the fight.
Matt Hamill def. Reese Andy by TKO (Strikes) at 2:19, R2
-Ryo Chonan vs. Brad Blackburn
R1 – They start off trading strikes with Blackburn quickly gaining the upper hand with his boxing. He stuns Chonan several times in the opening minutes, but Chonan counters with some strong kicks to the body. The action stalls a bit midway through the round as Blackburn is breathing heavily and slowing. Chonan goes for a flying knee but misses. They start trading strikes a little more heavily against as the round nears closing.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Blackburn
R2 – They pick up right where they left off, but Chonan is starting to be a little more effective with his kicks, then Blackburn drops him with a right hand. He follows Chonan down, but they are quickly back on their feet and trading punches. Blackburn lands some heavy punches about midway through the round, but Chonan doesn't back down. Blackburn continues to land punches sporadically and circle away from Chonan, as Chonan can't get too much offense going.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Blackburn
R3 – Blackburn continues moving away from Chonan and landing his shots here and there. Chonan appears fairly tired, but doesn't stop. Blackburn's offense slows a couple minutes into the round and Chonan starts to pick up the pace with his kicks and starts throwing more punches. Less than a minute left and Chonan scores his biggest shot of the night, an upper cut that has Blackburn peddling away for the remainder of the round. Chonan lands another decent upper cut just before the bell.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Chonan and the fight 29-28 for Blackburn.
Brad Blackburn def. Ryo Chonan by Unanimous Decision (29-28 x 3), R3
-Pat Barry vs. Dan Evensen
R1 – Barry comes out strong with kicks, but Evensen fights back against the cage. Barry continues with kicks and fight goes to the mat briefly, but once back on the feet Barry throws a devastating leg kick that leaves Evensen's left leg in agony and the fight is stopped.
Pat Barry def. Dan Evensen by TKO (Kick) at 2:36, R1
QUICK RESULTS:
Main Card Bouts (Pay-per-view):
-Rashad Evans def. Forrest Griffin by TKO at 2:46, R3
-Frank Mir def. Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira by TKO at 1:54, R2
-C.B. Dollaway def. Mike Massenzio by TKO at 3:01, R1
-Quinton Rampage Jackson def. Wanderlei Silva by KO at 3:21, R1
-Cheick Kongo def. Mustapha Al Turk by TKO (strikes) at 4:37, R1
Preliminary Bouts:
-Yushin Okami def. Dean Lister by Unanimous Decision (30-27 x 3), R3
-Antoni Hardonk def. Mike Wessel by TKO (Strikes) at 2:09, R2
-Matt Hamill def. Reese Andy by TKO (Strikes) at 2:19, R2
-Brad Blackburn def. Ryo Chonan by Unanimous Decision (29-28 x 3), R3
-Pat Barry def. Dan Evensen by TKO (Kick) at 2:36, R1
Main card airs on pay-per-view for $44.95 in the United States
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