Results for UFC 88: Breakthrough

On Saturday night, UFC 88: Breakthrough took place at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Bodog had some tempting lines for all you gamblers out there, and now it’s time to see how everything shook out.

By the way, the match between Karo Parisyan and Yoshiyuki Yoshida was called off when Parisyan pulled out two hours before the weigh-in. He cited a “last minute back injury“ as his reason for doing so.

RESULTS FOR UFC 88

Preliminary card

(Middleweight) Jason MacDonald vs. Jason Lambert - MacDonald defeats Lambert by submission due to a rear naked choke at 1:20 of round 2.

(Light heavyweight) Tim Boetsch vs. Mike Patt - Boetsch defeats Patt via TKO at 2:03 of round 1.

(Welterweight) Roan Carneiro vs. Ryo Chonan - Chonan defeats Carneiro via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29). This bout was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 85 in London.

(Lightweight) Thiago Tavares vs. Kurt Pellegrino - Pellegrino defeats Tavares via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27).

Main card

(Welterweight) Matt Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim - Kim defeats Brown by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

(Middleweight) Nate Marquardt vs. Martin Kampmann - Marquardt defeats Kampmann by TKO at 1:22 of round 1.

(Middleweight) Dan Henderson vs. Rousimar Palhares - Henderson defeats Palhares by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

(Light heavyweight) Rich Franklin vs. Matt Hamill - Franklin defeats Hamill by TKO at 0:39 of round 3.

(Light heavyweight) Chuck Liddell vs. Rashad Evans - Evans defeats Liddell by KO at 1:51 of round 2.

UFC POST-FIGHT AWARDS

The following awards were given out following UFC 88. Keep in mind that each of these carries a substantial bonus to the fighter’s purse.

Fight of the Night: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Thiago Tavares

Submission of the Night: Jason MacDonald

Knockout of the Night: Rashad Evans

UFC 88 FALLOUT

The biggest news of the night was certainly Evans’ brutal knockout of Liddell. While there were plenty of other notable events on the card, nothing else even comes close. If you didn’t see it, do a search on the Internet and take a look.

Liddell was in the middle of throwing an uppercut, and Evans was also in the process in throwing a big right hand. Evans’ punch got there a little sooner, exploding into Liddell’s jaw with enough force to immediately turn out his lights. Liddell crumpled to the mat, and it was obvious to everyone that he was completely out.

While Liddell will no doubt ponder retirement after losing three of his last four, Rashad Evans is headed in the opposite direction. He’s still undefeated in the UFC, and he’ll next face the light heavyweight champ, and fellow Ultimate Fighter winner, Forrest Griffin.

It will, however, cost the UFC some money, as the Griffin/Liddell fight would have been a bigger pay-per-view draw. But, as always, the UFC will have be able to build new stars, and things don’t look nearly as bleak with the return of Randy Couture and the continued dominance of Anderson Silva.

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