Former two-time Heavyweight champion knocked Todd Duffee out cold in the first round of their scheduled 5-round Heavyweight bout in San Diego.
The fight was fun and wild while it lasted as the two traded huge shots from the opening bout. Both landed and were staggered until a short left caught Duffee right on the jaw and he plummeted face first on the mat and the mat and the fight was stopped at 1:13.
Mir, 262 lbs of Las Vegas is 18-9. Duffee, 241 lbs of Boca Raton, FL is 9-3.
Tony Ferguson blooded and battered Josh Thomson in winning a 3-round unanimous decision in a Lightweight bout.
Ferguson landed a landed a big elbow in round two and subsequent punches made Thomson a bloody mess to the point that Ferguson’s white trunks turned bright red.
Ferguson, 156 lbs of of Orange County, CA won by scores of 30-27 twice and 30-36 and is now 20-3. Thomson, 155.5 lbs of San Jose, CA is now 20-8-1.
Former boxing champion Holly Holm remained perfect in MMA with a 3-round unanimous decision over Marion Reneau in a Bantamweight bout.
Holm, 135 lbs of Albuquerque, NM won by scores of 30-27, 30-26 and 29-28 and is now 9-0. Reneau, 134.5 lbs of Visalia, CA is 6-2.
Manvel Gamburyan won a 3-round unanimous decision over Scott Jorgensen in a Bantamweight bout.
Jorgensen’s nose was bleeding from the first round on.
Gamburyan, 135 lbs of Hollywood, CA won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 18-9-1. Jorgensen, 135 lbs of Boise, ID is 15-11.
Kevin Lee choked out James Moontasri in one round one of their Lightweight bout.
Moontasri tapped out at 2:56 of the first frame.
Lee, 156 lbs of Las Vegas is 11-1. Moontasri, 155 lbs of Los Angeles is 8-3.
Alan Jouban won a 3-round unanimous decision over Matt Dwyer in a Weterweight bout.
Jouban, 170.5 lbs of Los Angeles won by scores of 29-27 on all cards and is now 12-3. Dwyer, 169 lbs of British Colombia, CAN is now 8-3.
Sam Sacilia won a 3-round unanimous decision over Yaotzin Meza in a Featherweight bout.
Sicilia, 146 lbs of Spokane, WA won by scores of 30-27 and 29-28 twice to raise his record to 15-5. Meza, 145.5 lbs of Glendale, CA is now 21-10-1.
Jessia Andrade scored a 3-round unanimous decision over Sarah Moras in a Bantamweight bout.
In round three, Moras was bleeding from her nose that eventually covered alot of her face. After nearly fourteen minutes of Andrade’s domination, Moras locked in a rear naked choke that almost had Andrade out but the horn sounded to signify the end of the fight.
Andrade, 134.5 lbs of Niteroi, BRA won by scores of 30-27 on all cards and is now 13-4. Moras, 135.5 lbs of British Colombia, CAN is 4-3.
Rani Yahya won a debated 3-round split decision over Masanori Kanehara in a Bantamweight fight.
Yahya, 135.5 lbs of Barsila, BRA won two cards by 29-28 tallies and is now 21-8-1. Kanehara, 136 lbs of Tokyo, JAP won a card 29-28 but is now 23-12-5
Sean Strickland won a 3-round unanimous decision over Igor Araujo in a Welterweight bout.
Araujo began to bleed from his nose in round one following a big barrage of punches from Strickland.
Strickland, 171 lbs of Corona, CA won by scores of 30-26 and 30-27 twice and is now 16-1. Araujo, 171 lbs of Brasila, BRA is 25-8-1.
