Anthony Torres vs Jess Liaudin Round 1 Jess Liaudin comes out firing high kicks that miss their target. The fighters clinch and trade knees to the body before Liaudin swings wildly with a spinning hook. Torres lands a straight one-two combo. Liaudin answers with a right, left that drops Torres but he recovers. Liaudin comes back with another left followed by a right that sends Torres to the mat. The Brit pounces with strikes, which forces referee Mario Yamasaki to step in to save Torres at 4:10 of the opening period. Naoyuki Kotani vs Dennis Siver Round 1 Tentative striking from both fighters in the opening frame. Siver lands a right hook, which prompts Kotani to pull guard. The Japanese fighter locks on a triangle choke, but he cannot force his opponent's arm to the proper position to finish. Siver escapes the hold and move to half-guard, where he nips away at Kotani with elbows and short punches. Kotani is bleeding on his forehead. Sherdog.com sees the first 10-9 for Siver. Round 2 The fighters exchange wild punches early in the period with nothing scoring except for glancing blows. Siver finds his range with a left hook that sends the Japanese fighter crashing to the canvas. He follows up with a right hand on the downed fighter for good measure, which forces referee Yves Lavigne to step in at 2:04 of the second. Tomasz Drwal vs Thiago Silva Round 1 Drwal opens up the round throwing leather, while the Brazilian scores with low kicks. Silva looks for a takedown over and over, but the Polish fighter does well to defend the shot to keep the action standing. Drwal scores with a few decent punches near the end of the round. Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 for Drwal. Round 2 The second round is an absolute war. Silva pushes the pace early with two right hands that land flush. Drwal fires back with a flurry of his own. An uppercut scores for Silva, which hurt the Polish fighter badly, but he recovers to unleash more leather. Two crisp right hands land for Silva, followed by some knees and a a beautiful uppercut. A solid left hand finishes Drwal off at the 4:23 mark, as "Big" John McCarthy steps into to rescue him. Gleison Tibau vs Terry Etim Round 1 Tibau rushes to cut off the cage in the opening seconds and scores with a takedown from the clinch shortly after. Early on, it seems that the Brazilian is content with striking from Etim's guard, as he punishes the Brit with rights and lefts. Near the end of the round, Etim was able to escape to his feet, where he landed a punch, kick, knee combo. Sherdog.com gives the first to Tibau, 10-9. Round 2 More of the same in the second. Tibau rushes out and takes the fight to the floor with a quick takedown. Quickly passing guard, he looks for an armbar but Etim has none of it. Etim gets to his feet where he looks to strike, but the Brazilian lifts him into the air and slams him to the canvas. After a referee standup in the final minute of the round, Etim scores with a low kick and a hard kick to the body. 10-9 for Tibau. Round 3 Etim, perhaps knowing his predicament, goes for broke in the final period's opening minute. A low kick and 3 hard right hands land for the Brit. Tibau clears his head and scores a gutsy takedown, where he quickly advanced to side-control and mount. From here, The Brazilian cemented his victory with strikes from the top and tight positioning. All three judges see Tibau as the winner, but the scores are not announced. Houston Alexander vs Alessio Sakara Round 1 Both fighters come out swinging for the fences. Alexander snaps Sakara's head back with a vicious right knee. Sakara catches an Alexander knee and takes him to the mat. The American works to his feet, where he drops Sakara with another right knee. He pounds away from the top position until referee Yves Lavigne pulls him off of Sakara at 1:01 of the first. Marcus Davis vs Paul Taylor Round 1 Davis clinches with Taylor against the cage. Taylor strikes his way off the fence and lands two body kicks. Taylor drops Davis with a right head kick. The Brit pounces with strikes but Davis hangs on. The American recovers and switches positions with Taylor. Davis lands some right hands from the top. Davis mounts Taylor and pounds away. Taylor bucks to escape, but he is immediately caught in a tapout inducing armbar at 4:14 of the first. Great fight and a gutsy performance from Davis. Rampage wins a UD over HENDERSON!
