Thaindian News

By Meena Kar
Montreal, Dec 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The UFC 124 Fight Card was one exciting treat to all the UFC lovers. With five main card fights and six preliminary card fights, it was a breath taking event, which yielded some unpredictable results.

The first main card match was held between Champion Georges St-Pierre and challenger Josh Koscheck. Quite predictably, the champion once again defeated the challenger to retain his welterweight title, through an unanimous decision, with a score of 50-45, from all the judges. In the second clash, Stefan Struve defeated Sean McCorkle, with the help of TKO punches, within 3:55 minutes of Round 1. This was the first time that Sean McCorkle saw a defeat in his home ground. Jim Miller defeated Charles Oliveira with the help of kneebar submission in 1:59 minutes of round 1. The fourth match was held between Mac Danzig and Joe Stevenson, where the former defeated the latter, via KO Punches in just 1:54 minutes of Round 1. The last and the fifth match clashed between Thiago Alves and John Howard, where the latter was defeated through an unanimous decision of 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.

In the Preliminary cards round, there were six matches. The first one was between Dan Miller and Joe Doerksen, which went in the favor of the former through a split decision of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28. In the next game, Mark Bocek won the match in Round 1, consuming 2:33 minutes, to defeat his opponent Dustin Hazelett, with the help of a triangle choke submission. In the third match, Rafael Natal and Jesse Bongfeldt, fought to a majority draw with a score of 28-28, 28-28, 29-28. The Sean Pierson versus Matt Riddle match and Ricardo Almeida versus T. J. Grant match, resulted in the victory of the formers, with the same unanimous scores of 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 in both the games. The last preliminary cards match, where John Makdessi confronted Pat Audinwood, also ended in the favor of the former, with a score of 30-27, 30-27, 30-26.