Dana White and Joe Rogan called it the greatest night of fights in UFC history, and UFC 166 certainly delivered, but let’s all take a minute to really think about if it was the greatest card ever. Yes, Cain and JDS put on an epic fight to finish their trilogy, with Cain ultimately DESTROYING JDS with a never-ending flurry to turn his face from nice guy JDS to something resembling Leatherface. Cain seemed to have JDS’s card after the initial flurry that Cain couldn’t handle in their first fight.
Cain is the undisputed king. Now it’s Werdum time.
GIlbert Melendez and Diego Sanchez put on one of the most exciting fights of the year, with a high-volume, back and forth battle that easily left Michael Mardones passed out wherever he happened to be when it came to him watching UFC 166. Seriously I can’t stress enough how insane this fight was, with Diego Sanchez channeling his inner-2008 self and going toe to toe with Gilbert Melendez in a rock ’em sock ’em masterpiece.
Seriously. Look at this gaping… Well…
We also got to see the surging Shawn Jordan get absolutely SHUT DOWN by Gabriel Gonzaga, who hasn’t had to use his BJJ in a long, long time. Boom. Zprophet with the .gif.
What a night. I’m spent. Utterly exhausted from the insane amount of violence we witnessed tonight. It was glorious. I’m going to curl into a ball and sleep for days.
FULL RESULTS:
Heavyweight
Cain Velasquez def.Junior Dos Santos
Heavyweight
Daniel Cormier def. Roy Nelson Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) 3 5:00
Lightweight
Gilbert Melendez def. Diego Sanchez Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) 3 5:00
Heavyweight
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Shawn Jordan TKO (punches) 1 1:3
Flyweight
John Dodson def. Darrell Montague KO (punches) 1 4:13
Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Middleweight
Tim Boetsch def. C.B. Dollaway Decision (split) (30-26, 27-29, 30-26) 3 5:00
Welterweight
Hector Lombard def. Nate Marquardt KO (punches) 1 1:48
Women’s Bantamweight
Jessica Eye def. Sarah Kaufman Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) 3 5:00
Lightweight
KJ Noons def. George Sotiropoulos Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (Facebook/Youtube)
Welterweight
Adlan Amagov def. TJ Waldburger KO (punches) 1 3:00
Lightweight
Tony Ferguson def. Mike Rio Submission (d’arce choke) 1 1:52
Catchweight (148.5 lbs) Andre Fili def. Jeremy Larsen TKO (punches) 2 0:53
Bantamweight
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Dustin Pague TKO (punches)
