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UFC 155 blog: Cain Velasquez takes belt back from Junior dos Santos

Jim Miller beats Joe Lauzon in Fight of the Year candidate

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Updated Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 | 10:18 p.m.

Note: Full results from the preliminary card available at the bottom of the page. UFC events come and go. Some fade into oblivion, mostly indistinguishable from several that came before and more that will come after. Others going down in history as monumental moments for mixed martial arts. Saturday's UFC 155 will definitely fall into the latter category. The annual New Year's Eve weekend card at MGM Grand Garden Arena will be remembered as the night Cain Velasquez won back his heavyweight title; the night Velasquez turned the tables and dominated Junior dos Santos in a rematch of a fight ...

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  1. By GURU
    Dec. 29, 2012
    11:43 p.m.
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    He was not a national champion at any point in his wrestling career cold Konrad and Dan Macco were the champions every year he was in school. His best finish was 8th. Nice job.

  2. By GURU
    Dec. 29, 2012
    11:44 p.m.
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    Cole

  3. By Case Keefer (Staff)
    Dec. 30, 2012
    2:21 a.m.
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    You're right. I've changed it. Apologies. Thoughts get jumbled writing all of this live sometimes.

  4. By mmavacations
    Jan. 10, 2013
    3:35 a.m.
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    I like round-by-round coverage of the UFC 155 main card and results. Good job..

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UFC 158
Nick Diaz fails to back up years worth of talk

UFC 158 A welterweight title fight that felt incredibly different wound up remarkably the same. Georges St. Pierre manhandled nemesis Nick Diaz with his wrestling. St. Pierre won every round on every judges' scorecard in Montreal for his sixth straight unanimous-decision victory. Diaz had preached his superiority over St. Pierre for years, but when he finally got his chance, he looked as helpless as all the other challengers to the 170-pound division's throne in the last six years. St. Pierre's consistency continued to amaze. Now it's on to Johny Hendricks, who defeated Carlos Condit in the evening's co-main event. Could he be the one to finally threaten St. Pierre?

Main Card Results
WinnerLoserMethod
Georges St. PierreNick DiazUnanimous Decision
Johny HendricksCarlos ConditUnanimous Decision
Jake EllenbergerNate MarquardtKnockout
Chris CamozziNick RingSplit Decision
Mike RicciColin FletcherUnanimous Decision

Fight Schedule
DateEventHeadlining MatchLocation
May 3 NABF Super Featherweight Title Francisco Vargas vs. Jose Aguiniga Las Vegas: The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan
May 4 WBC Welterweight Title Floyd Mayweather vs. Robert Guerrero Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 18 UFC on FX 8 Vitor Belfort vs. Luke Rockhold Jaragua, Brazil
May 25 UFC 160 Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva Las Vegas: MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 8 UFC on FUEL TV 10 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Fabricio Werdum Fortaleza, Brazil
June 15 UFC 161 Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland Winnipeg, Manitoba
June 22 WBA Welterweight Title Paulie Malignaggi vs. Adrien Broner Brooklyn, N.Y.

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