Anderson does a capoeira dance and lands a body kick. Silva with a shoulder check to get his arms loose. Brunson with a couple of short shots and they separate. Brunson wit ha takedown, but Silva is up immediately. Spinning backfist and a kick to the belly. Leg kick from Brunson but eats a counter right. Round 2 - Brunson shoots and gets stuffed. Silva misses with a flying knee and ends up on his back. Looked for the Thai clinch again and ate a lot of shots. Brunson literally runs away as Anderson charges. Silva looked for the Thai clinch and ate a few punches looking for a knee. Brunson with a straight right and they tie up. Nice straighr right from Anderson, and he clipped him with a right hook. Anderson chasing now, landing with a left. Brunson tries again and eats the same counter. Jacare Souza defeated Tim Boetsch by submission (kimura), 3:41 of round 2 He's reefing on it and Boetsch has to tap. Jacare working from side control, now to mount. Jacare deftly caught a leg kick and took Boetsch down halfway through the round. Boetsch with a right hook that got Jacare's attention. Jacare with a right over the top on the break. Jacare shoots in from far away and can't get anything. Round 1 - Front kick to the belly from Jacare. Glover Teixiera defeated Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26) Cannonier bucked out but Tex stayed on his back.

Glover punching to the body and head, but there's not a ton on the shots. Cannonier spun out and regained half guard. Teixeira to mount with over half the round left. Glover is bleeding, maybe from an elbow from the bottom. Glover scoops the single and gets the takedown for the third straight round. Hard right hook from Glover, and he goes to the body. Tex passes to half and is looking to pin an arm with his leg, but can't do it. He lands an elbow but Cannonier is defending well. Knee to the belly and a lands a punch that appeared to wobble Teixiera. Cannonier gets half guard back.He finally gets up with 15 seconds to go. It looked tight but Cannonier rolled through it and escaped. Cannonier popped up right into a guillotine. He passes to half and he's looking to drop elbow. Glover scoops a single and gets the takedown. I'll go 10-9 and 29-28 Poirier.ĭustin Poirier defeated Jim Miller by majority decision (28-28, 30-27, 29-28) Miller really wrenching on it but he's out of time. Miller tried to jump over to his back but got put back down. Miller tries to scoot up but only gets to a seated position. He went for another one but Poirier caught it and put him on his back. Another kick put Poirier down! He's had to change his stance. Round 3 - Miller with a night right on he inside. Poirier with a takedown now with a minute to go. Five punches in a row from Poirier and Miller went for a takedown. This is awesome! Poirier slips in a left and a huge right. Miller has his back to the cage but they're just brawling. Miller grabbed a single but Poirier sluffed him off and opened up again. Poirier is pressing but ate a big right counter. Round 2 - They're right back to it in round two. Hockey fight! Both men got clipped! 10-9 Miller. Poirier caught a kick and punched him, but Miller got it away and jumped on Poirier. Miller with a head/body combo and he backs Poirier up. Miller with a body kick, Poirier responds with a counter left. Poirier lands an uppercut and pushes Miller against the cage. Miller charges in on a double and gets stuffed. Nice left to the body from Miller and he kicks the outside leg. Round 1 - Poirier with an outside leg kick. Check out this week's MMA Vivisection for predictions, analysis and betting odds on the each match up. The five-fight PPV kicks off at the normal starting time of 10pm ET/7pm PT, which we'll cover in a separate post. They then move over to Fox Sports 1 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for the other four prelims bouts. The prelims kick off at 7:30pm ET/4:30pm PT with one bout on UFC Fight Pass.

This portion of the play-play covers the main pay-per-view card. Also featured on the card is Ronaldo Souza, Glover Teixeira, and Dustin Poirier. The co-main event will feature a legend, when longtime middleweight champion Anderson Silva looks for his first official win in a few years when he takes on Derek Brunson. This bout wasn't expected by many a few months ago, but adds another belt for the promotion and the winner could face off with Cris Cyborg if she can clear up her USADA issues. Tonight's main event will see Holly Holm face off with Germaine de Randamie for the inaugural women's featherweight title. You can also get behind-the-scenes coverage and other event notes from on-site reporters John Morgan ( and Ken Hathaway ( on Twitter.Join us today on Bloody Elbow for live results, discussion, round scoring and play-by-play as UFC 208 goes down in Brooklyn. To discuss the show, be sure to check out our UFC Fight Night 196 discussion thread.

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