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CASEY RYAN VS. PAUL SONG

Result: Casey Ryan def. Paul Song via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:39

EDGAR CARDENAS VS. ROLANDO PEREZ

Result: Rolando Perez def. Edgar Cardenas via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

A.J. MATTHEWS VS. HERMAN TERRADO

Result: Herman Terrado de. A.J. Matthews via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:16

SAAD AWAD VS. JOE DUARTE

Result: Joe Duarte def. Saad Awad via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 2:45

BRETT ALBEE VS. VIRGIL ZWICKER

Result: Virgil Swicker def. Brett Albee via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:46

ROBERT PERALTA VS. HIROYUKI TAKAYA

Result: Robert Peralta def. Hiroyuki Takaya via split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29)

SHINYA AOKI VS. LYLE BEERBOHM

Round 1 – Referee “Big” John McCarthy in charge of the night’s first Showtime-televised bout. Beerbohm shoots into a bodylock early, avoiding a knee as he clinches. Aoki overbooks on the right side as he remains upright. Aoki scores a trip and topples Beerbohm, who rolls to his knees. Aoki immediately takes the back. Aoki pulls the right arm tight around the chin and cranks the neck. Beerbohm looks to be in pain, but he tries to fight through it. Aoki’s has the hooks in and is firm on the back, and the tension elicits the tap. Shinya Aoki def. Lyle Beerbohm via submission (neck crank) – Round 1, 1:32.

KEITH JARDINE VS. GEGARD MOUSASI

Round 1 – Referee Mike Beltran handles the light heavyweight affair. Jardine walks forward quickly, firing jabs as he feels the range. Mousasi starts with his usual icy approach. Low kick by Mousasi, and Jardine pushes him to the floor, but he scrambles immediately back up. Mousasi continues to simply walk forward as he tries to figure out the awkward Jardine style. Jardine lands a kick to the lead leg. Mousasi does fire off combo and moves into the clinch, but Jardine scrambles away before taking too much damage. Jardine shoots a single, but Mousasi hops back to the cage and remains upright. Jardine switches to a bodylock and pulls Mousasi to the floor. Halfway in, and Mousasi scrambles to his knees. He works to this feet, and Jardine maintains the lock and pulls him down again. Nothing there, so Jardine backs up, and Mousasi follows. Right hand lands for Mousasi, and Jardine looks staggered and tiring. Mousasi starts to unleash combinations. Jardine staggered, but he looks again for a takedown. It works. Jardine postures, and Mousasi lands an illegal upkick. Beltran sees it and calls time. Jardine didn’t look too injured, but he’ll get a chance to rest. Beltran elects to deduct a point from Mousasi. They restart, and Mousasi pushes in. Both fighters start swinging, but Mousasi’s are the better blows. Jardine is huffing and bleeding as he retreats, but he sees the bell. Despite the takedowns, MMAjunkie.com sees the first for Mousasi based on damage. Add in the deduction, and it’s 9-9.

Round 2 – Mousasi tries a quick shot an a Jardine shot, but it’s not there. Mousasi definitely stalking now as Jardine circles to his right. Mousasi leaps into a Jardine counter. He’s moving forward, but it’s not with reckless abandon. Mousasi kicks the body. Mousasi moving in, cutting off the cage. Mousasi mixing in a few leg kicksnow. jardine doing well to counter the hands, but Mousasi is scoring with leg kicks, and his pinpoint jab is tearing Jardine’s face apart. Blood on the face and chest of Jardine. Mousasi misses a big overhand right, and Jardine ducks under and scores a takedown. Jardine backs away, and Mousasi swings wildly. He continues to scramble, and Jardine backs away. back on the feet. Mousasi snaps Jardine’s head back with a jab. Three-punch combination for Mousasi, and he chases as Jardine retreats. He walks into a takedown attempt, and Mousasi is on his back. Still, he’s the one punching, and he shrimps out and stands. Mousasi continues to punch and kick. Jardine is his usual self, returning fire despite his bloodied face. Bell sounds, and MMAjunkie.com sees it 10-9 for Mousasi.

Round 3 – Mousasi moves forward early, and Jardine catches a shot to the cup as he herks and jerks himself away from the assault. There’s a break 19 seconds in, and no deduction. Jardine has blood squirting from his face. He looks again for the takedown, but Mousasi defends against the cage. Not sure what Jardine can do anymore. Now Mousasi shoots in. It works, and Mousasi looks for a guillotine while standing over his foe. He lifts Jardine up to his feet from controlling his neck, but Jardine pops out. Another takedown for Mousasi. Full count for Mousasi, but Jardine kicks off the cage and pops out the back. The heart is as strong as ever, but he gets worked again on the feet. Beltran calls time again when the mouthpiece comes out. Little more than two minutes remaining. Stiff punches from Mousasi, as well as a high kick for good measure. Mousasi pushes Jardine to the canvas again. Jardine thinks kimura, but it’s not there. Mousasi just presses in from the top. Less than a minute, and Jardine threatens with an armbar. He’s not going to give up. Mousasi controls from the top, landing the occasional blow. Jardine tries a Hail Mary submission, but he’ll fall short. Moral victory? Maybe, but Mousasi certainly takes the frame, 10-9, and MMAjunkie.com gives him the fight, 29-27. Gegard Mousasi and Keith Jardine fight to a majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28).

CHAMP GILBERT MELENDEZ VS. TATSUYA KAWAJIRI

Round 1 – Referee Cecil Peoples, who is booed mercilessly, in charge. Kawajiri takes the center early. Melendez paws jabs, and he drops Kawajiri early with a right. Kawajiri pops and looks ready to bang. Melendez lands another right, dumps Kawajiri to the floor but lets Kawajiri scramble away. Kawajiri lands a high kick, but he eats two massive knees to the jaw. Kawajiri crumpling, ad Melendez is all over him with punches as he moves to the back of a kneeling foe. Kawajiri trying to shake out the cobwebs. Melendez controls from the back as the fight moves to the feet. Melendez ores with uppercuts and an elbow as we reach the halfway mark. Kawajiri cut, but he’s not done. Kawajiri eats more right hands and tries to shoot. Melendez sprawls and brawls, and punches and elbows come from the top. Kawajiri is done, and Peoples has not choice but to save the Japanese star from the onslaught.  Gilbert Melendez def. Tatsuya Kawajiri via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:14

CHAMP NICK DIAZ VS. PAUL DALEY

Round 1 -  Referee “Big” John McCarthy in charge o the night’s main event, and he keeps the two part at the final instructions. Diaz with his down and wide, and Daley opens with a low kick. Diaz already talking, and he holds out his chin. Daley lands a left hook, and Diaz on his knees bobbing and weaving. Daley lands a soccer kick to the body that looked dangerously close to the head. Pace settles back in after an early barrage from Daley. Diaz pushes forward with strikes and pushes Daley into the cage. Diaz lands several shots to the body and head, and he looks for a choke as Daley presses in and to the floor. Diaz briefly in guard, but Daley backs away. Diaz lands a stiff left on the feet, and the two go toe-to-toe. Diaz again pushes in against the cage. Daley looks a little wobbled, but he’s firing dynamite, including some knees. Diaz walks forward with his hands down. A Daley hook lands flush, and Diaz hits the deck. Daley pushes in to finish. Diaz recovering underneath, but Daley flashed his trademark power, and it’s real. Daley backs away, and Diaz stands.Less than a minute. More shots from both fighters, and Diaz stumbles backward, but Daley falls to the deck. He’s hurt. Diaz pounces with just seconds left, and McCarthy stops it. It looks a touch controversial, until cameras see Daley far from alert after the faceplate. Nick Diaz def. Paul Daley via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:57.

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