UFC Fight Night 106: Belfort vs.Gastelum at Fortaleza Final Results

Brazilian icon Mauricio “Shogun” Rua took plenty of hard shots in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night co-main event at the Olympic Training Center in Fortaleza, Brazil, but the former light heavyweight champion gave opponent Gian Villante even more in return, allowing him to score a third-round TKO of the Long Island native and extend his current winning streak to three.

Beneil Dariush looked to be on his way to an upset win in his bout against fellow lightweight contender Edson Barboza, but the Brazilian bomber turned everything around with one shot, using a jumping knee to knock Dariush out in round two.

Albuquerque’s Ray Borg made a major statement in his bout against Jussier Formiga, winning a razor-thin three-round unanimous decision over the highly-ranked flyweight contender.

Alex Oliveira and Tim Means settled their score in welterweight action, Oliveira submitting Means in the second round of their rematch.

An illegal knee by Means rendered their first bout in December a no contest.

Kelvin Gastelum, Edson Barboza, Joshua Burkman and Paulo Borrachinha all earned the Performance of the Night bonus.

The UFC Fight Night 106 card results:

Kelvin Gastelum def. Vitor Belfort via TKO (punches) at 3:52 of round 1

Mauricio Rua def. Gian Villante via TKO (strikes) at 0:59 of round 3

Edson Barboza def. Beneil Dariush via knockout (knee) at 3:35 of round 2

Ray Borg def. Jussier Formiga via unanimous decision

Bethe Correia vs. Marion Reneau declared majority draw

Alex Oliveira def. Tim Means via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:38 of round 2

Kevin Lee def. Francisco Trinaldo via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:12 of round 2

Sergio Moraes def. Davi Ramos via unanimous decision

Joe Soto def. Rani Yahya via unanimous decision

Michel Prazeres def. Josh Burkman via submission (north-south choke) at 1:42 of round 1

Jeremy Kennedy def. Rony Jason via unanimous decision

Paulo Borrachinha def. Garreth McLellan via TKO (strikes) at 1:17 of round 1

Resuts of UFC on Fox20: Holm vs. Shevchenko

Holly reversed the take down quickly by Valentina in round one. The Preacher’s Daughter controlled the cage fight and held her own striking. Shevchenko though has turned around the second up to the championship round. Holly Holm was handed his second straight loss, Valentina Shevchenko won by unanimous decision.

The co-main event headlining Edson Barboza vs. Gilbert Melendez was amazing. The Brazilian fighter put on a leg kick clinic. He defeated the Mexican-American in a lightweight bout via unanimous decision.

Herb Dean became controversial again with the stoppage he called on Francis Ngannou’s hammer on Bojan Mihaljovic which critics said was premature.

Herrig and Wineland took home Performance (s) of the Night bonus and then the Fight of the Night went to Knight Vs. Alers.

Here are the other results of UFC Chicago:

Bantamweight: Valentina Shevchenko def Holly Holm in the fifth round by TKO

Lightweight Edson Barboza vs. Gilbert Melendez in the third round by TKO

Heavyweight Francis Ngannou def Bojan Mihajlović in the first round by TKO

Women’s Strawweight: Felice Herrig def Kailin Curran in the first round by submission RNC

Bantamweight: Eddie Wineland def Frankie Saenz in the third round by TKO

Heavyweight Alex Oliveira def James Moontasri by UD in round 3

Featherweight: Darren Elkins def Godofredo Pepey by UD in round 3

Heavyweight: Kamaru Usman def Alexander Yakovlev in round 3 by UD

Lightweight: Michel Prazeres def JC Cottrell in the third round by TKO

Featherweight: Jim Alers def Jason Knight in the third round by SD

Heavyweight Luis Henrique def Dmitry Smolyakov by submission in round 2 RNC