Frank Mir knocked out Antonio Silva in the 1st round of their scheduled 5-round Heavyweight bout in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Mir landed a huge shot that knocked Silva to the ground and quickly landed two crushing shots while Silva was on the ground and the fight was stopped.
Mir, 261 lbs of Las Vegas is now 17-9. Silva 264 lbs of Brazil is now 18-7-1.
Michael Johnson scored a unanimous decision over Edson Barris Jr. in a Lightweight bout.
Johnson, 155 lbs of Boca Raton, FL won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 16-8. Barros, 156 lbs of Brazil is now 15-3.
Sam Alvey scored an explosive 1st round stoppage over Cezar Ferreria in a Lightweight bout.
Alvey got hit with a back elbow but in the process he landed a perfect right and left that sent Ferreria to the canvas. He then landed two more shots on a prone Ferreria and the fight was stopped at 3:34.
Alvey, 186 lbs of Temecula, CA is now 25-6. Ferreria, 186 lbs is now 8-4.
Adriano Martines scored a 3-round split decision over Rustam Khabilov in a Lightweight bout.
Martines, 156 lbs of Brazil won by scores of 29-28 on two cards while Khabilov won a card 29-28.
Martines is now 2707. Khabilov, 156 lbs of Albuquerque, NM is now 17-3.
Santiago Ponzinibbo scored a 3-round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Sean Strickland in a Welterweight bout.
Both guys landed heavy blows and each had their nose bloodied.
Ponzinibbio, 171 lbs of Rio de Jeaneiro, BRA won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 21-2. Strickland, 171 lbs of Corona, CA is now 15-1.
Marion Reneau scored a 1st round tap out over Jessica Andrade in a Bantamweight bout.
Andrade landed a right hand that sent Reneau to the ground but Reneau was able to get Andrade in a triangle choke. Reneau landed a few shots while on the ground that bloodied the nose of Andrade. Shortly after, Reneau was able to lock in the choke and Andrade tapped out at 1:54.
Reneau, 134 lbs of Visalia, CA is now 6-1. Amdrade, 135 lbs of Rio de Janiero, BRA is now 12-4.
Matt Dwyer scored a shocking 1st round stoppage over William Patolino in a Welterweight bout.
Dwyer landed a “Superman Punch” right hand on the temple and knocked off the equilibrium off of Patolino and he fell face first to the canvas and the bout was stopped after one landed punch by Dwyer at 3:14.
Dwyer, 170 lbs of Keloina, BC, CAN is now 8-2. Patolino, 168 lbs of Rio de Janeiro, BRA is 7-3
Mike De La Torre punched out Tiago Trator in the first round of their Featerweight bout.
De La Torre dropped Trator with a left hook and then connected with seven unanswered blows while Trator was on his back and the bout was stopped at 2:59.
De La Torre, 146 lbs of Glendale, AZ is now 13-4. Trator, 146 lbs of Rio de Janeiro, BRA is now 19-5-2.
Douglas Silva de Andrade won a unanimous decision over Cody Gibson in a Bantamweight bout.
Andrade, 135 lbs of Brazil won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 twice and is now 23-1-1. Gibson, 135 lbs of Visalia, CA is now 12-6.
