Featuring the promotion’s biggest non-title main event in history, UFC 114: Rampage vs. Evans answered some of the fight world’s most pressing questions Saturday night.
At the forefront was a definitive statement on whether Quinton “Rampage” Jackson or Rashad Evans proved more justified in delivering vast amounts of trash-talking over the past year. Only one of the two former Light Heavyweight champions would emerge with bragging rights and a shot to reclaim the title from Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. Who succeeded?
Elsewhere, former “Ultimate Fighter” winners Diego Sanchez and Michael Bisping both had opportunities to recover from their recent losses. For Sanchez, it was a chance to erase memory of his crushing loss to BJ Penn with a victory over John Hathaway. Bisping, meanwhile, looked to move past his close decision loss to Wanderlei Silva with a win over Dan Miller.
Full UFC 114 results:
Ryan Jensen b. Jesse Forbes via submission (guillotine) at 1:06 of Round One
Aaron Riley b. Joe Brammer via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Cyrille Diabate b. Luiz Cane via TKO (punches) at 2:13 of Round One
Melvin Guillard b. Waylon Lowe via TKO (strikes) at 3:28 of Round One
Efrain Escudero b. Dan Lauzon via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
Dong Hyun Kim b. Amir Sadollah via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
John Hathaway b. Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira b. Jason Brilz via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Mike Russow b. Todd Duffee via knockout (punch) at 2:35 of Round Three
Michael Bisping b. Dan Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Rashad Evans b. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
