Rashad Evans vs. Forrest Griffin
In the main event of UFC 92 in Las Vegas, Rashad Evans dominated the third round to defeat Forrest Griffin. Griffin, who came into the fight as the light heavyweight champion of UFC, tapped out at 2:46 in the final round. After the fight, Griffin denied tapping but it was obvious to fight observers that Evans was the better mixed martials arts fighter on this night.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Frank Mir
Coming into this matchup, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was the heavy favorite. That didn’t matter much to Frank Mir. Coming out extremely aggressive, Mir had a near flawless performance as he beat Nogueira in the first round. Mir will now go on to face Brock Lesnar in a unification fight for the UFC heavyweight championship.

Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson
In their previous two fights, Wanderlei Silva defeated Quinton Jackson both times. In the third matchup, Jackson got his revenge. To win the fight, Jackson blocked a few strikes from Silva and then landed a devastating hook. Silva was done 3:21 after the fight had started.

Cheick Kongo vs. Mustapha al Turk
In the opening fight of the main card, the bout between Cheick Kongo and Mustapha al Turk started off slowly. However, Kongo landed a few punches to send al Turk to the ground. At that point, Kongo ended the fight by delivering a multitude of strikes that forced the referee to stop the fight.

CB Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio
Early in the fight, it appeared as if Mike Massenzio was going to be able to get the best of CB Dollaway. But after getting out of a choke hold, Dollaway dominated the rest of the bout. After getting Massenzio on the ground, Dollaway clobbered him until the fight was called at 3:01 in the first round.

The first UFC event of 2009 (UFC 93) will take place on January 17th in Dublin, Ireland. The main event has Rich Franklin (24-3) taking on Dan Henderson (23-7) in a light heavyweight fight.

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