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Rising welterweight Rick Story edged Thiago Alves in an exciting slugfest to earn a unanimous decision and his sixth-straight win on the main card of Saturday’s UFC 130 event in Las Vegas.
Brian Stann spoiled Jorge Santiago’s return to the UFC in the first bout on the pay-per-view broadcast, as the Marine stopped the former Sengoku middleweight champ with punches in the second round.
Travis Browne made his case for UFC 130′s “Knockout of the Night” bonus with a superman punch KO of fellow heavyweight Stefan Struve in the opening round.
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The official results for the UFC 130 main card bouts were:
- Travis Browne def. Stefan Struve via KO (superman punch) – Round 1, 4:11
- Rick Story def. Thiago Alves via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Brian Stann def. Jorge Santiago via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:29
Pictured: Rick Story
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Brian Stann is going to have a hard time finding an Octagonal dance partner NEXT Memorial Day…
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first and for most i gotta give props to my boy Ricky. he did exactly what u need to do aginst a striker like alves. stay close enough to him that he cant unload his visious leg kick or his power punches. it was no real suprise that alves TDD is a huge hole in his game and that played perfect into storys assault.
Travis Browne who?? Im sure we will hear that name again soon and it will come out as Travis Browne!! not much to talk about on this fight except the obvious. he circled the bigger man found an opening and unloaded the best superman punch we’ve seen in a while..end of story.
Brian Stann is movin right on up to contender status. jorge never presented any real danger and IMO looked a lil scarrred about 2 min in to it. he might want to think about continuing his path in japan as a champ cuz stateside isnt lookin to hot for him. cage rust could b a factor..but im betting on not, outclassed is a better statement.imo of course :)
i get that story is strong and good at closing the distance and takedowns…. but still Alves is just not the guy who fought GSP. That guy would have finished Story.