UFC Norfolk Rewind

By Darryn Smith 

The Virginians showed up and #UFC delivered in the best possible way for a good night of fights. In the mainevent, Poirier vs Anthony Pettis turned into an all out bloody brawl that ended in a TKO win rib injury on Pettis in the 3rd Round. In the co-mainevent, Matt Brown delivered a devastating elbow strike that took down seasoned veteran Diego Sanchez with a first round win. In addition, Andrei Arlovski was in tough situation leading up waging on his career. If he loss than he would walk away from the sport but with a unanimous decision, he decided to continue. We shall see what is next for him within the next coming months. In #WMMA, Titiana Suarez showed impressive ground game that won her fight against the tough Pereira by decision and Nina Ansaroff picked up a win against former #InvictaFC Strawweight Champion Angela Hill. Here are the official results from #UFCFightNight in Virginia: Dustin Poirier def. Anthony Pettis via TKO (injury) at 2:08 of R3 Matt Brown ef. Diego Sanchez via TKO (elbow) at 3:44 of R1 Andrei Arlovski def. Junior Albini via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) Cezar Ferreira def. Nate Marquardt via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) Raphael Assuncao def. Matthew Lopez via KO (punch) at 1:50 of R3 Clay Guida def. Joe Lauzon via TKO (punches) at 1:07 of R1 Marlon Moraes def. John Dodson via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 30-27) Tatiana Suarez def. Viviane Pereira via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) Sage Northcutt def. Michel Quinones via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Nina Ansaroff def. Angela Hill via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Sean Strickland def. Court McGee By unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Jake Collier def. Marcel Fortuna via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Karl Roberson def. Darren Stewart via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:41 of R1 Next week we head to Australia for #UFCSydney with Werdum vs Tybura in the mainevent than the following week from Shanghai China for a new mainevent set with Michael Bisping vs Kelvin Gastelum on #UFCFightPass. Thanks for everyone’s support this week! Photo Credit: UFC