UFC 180 took place on Saturday, November 15th at the Mexico City Arena in Mexico City.
In the main event of the evening we saw number one ranked Heavyweight Fabricio Werdum face off against number four ranked Mark Hunt for the UFC interim Heavyweight championship.
Hunt owned the fight early, winning exchanges on the feet, knocking Werdum down and even getting a takedown. Round two came along and Werdum landed a perfectly placed knee that knocked Hunt down and finished up with ground and pound to finish the fight.
Full UFC 180 results below.
Main card:
Fabricio Werdum def. Mark Hunt via TKO – Round 2, 2:27
Kelvin Gastelum def. Jake Ellenberger via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:46
Ricardo Lamas def. Dennis Bermudez via submission (guillotine) – Round 1 – 3:18
Augusto Montano def. Chris Heatherly via TKO – Round 1, 4:50
Hector Urbina def. Edgar Garcia via submission (guillotine) – Round 1, 3:38
Preliminary Card:
Yair Rodriguez def. Leonardo Morales via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Alejandro Perez def. Jose Alberto Quinonez via unanimous decision (29-26, 29-26, 28-27)
Jessica Eye def. Leslie Smith via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) – Round 2, 1:30
Gabriel Benitez def. Humberto Brown via submission (guillotine) – Round 1, 0:30
Enrique Briones def. Guido Canneti via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2, 1:44
Marco Beltran def. Marlon Vera via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)’
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