Diego Sanchez impressed with a winning start to his lightweight career at the UFC 95 at London’s O2 Arena last night.
Sanchez’s fight against Joe Stevenson was named Fight of the Night at the event in London.
Dan Hardy, Nate Marquardt, Demian Maia, Paulo Thiago and Terry Etim did all make impressive performances at the sell-out event.
Diego Sanchez and Joe Stevenson was handed a $40,000 bonus each for the Fight of the Night. Paulo Thiago was handed a similar bonus for Knockout of the Night while Demian Maia won the award for Submission of the night.
UFC 95 results:
Diego Sanchez defeated Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Dan Hardy defeated Rory Markham via KO at 1.09 of round one
Nate Marquardt defeated Wilson Gouveia via TKO at 3:10 of round three
Demian Maia defeated Chael Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) at 2.37 of round one
Paulo Thiago defeated Josh Koscheck via KO at 3.29 of round one
Terry Etim defeated Brian Cobb via TKO at 0.10 secs of round two
Junior dos Santos defeated Stefan Struve via TKO at 0.54 secs of round one
Evan Dunham defeated Per Eklund via KO at 2.14 of round one
Mike Ciesnolevicz defeated Neil Grove via submission (heel hook) at 1.03 of round one
Paul Kelly defeated Troy Mandaloniz via unanimous decision at 5.00 of round three (30-27, 30-27, 30-28)
Tags: Chael Sonnen, Dan Hardy, Demian Maia, Diego Sanchez, Joe Stevenson, Josh Koscheck, Junior Dos Santos, Paulo Thiago, UFC