Final result: Cain Velasquez def. Jake O'Brien by TKO at 2:02, R1

Anthony Johnson vs. Kevin Burns

Round one:

Round one: Leg kick from Johnson. Burns answers with a right hand. Burns charges and there’s a small exchange then a tie up. Both guys throw knees as they move around the cage in the clinch. Burns punches out and the separate. Jab from Johnson, but Burns lands a nice combo. Nice body kick from Burns, but Johnson answers with a leg kcik of his own. Another leg kick from Johnson. The ref said it was low, and it definitely was. Burns says he’s good and they start fight back up. Big slam from Johnson!!! He’s in Burns’ guard now and Burns is controlling him nicely. Nice left hand from Johnson. Johnsons not doing much to improve his position, but he’s being active now with punches. A couple elbows from Johnson and the ref steps in and stands them up. Johnson lands a kick and then a nice combination. Burns clinches and throws a few knees as the bell rings. Close round, but I’ll give it to Johnson because of the takedown and activity.

Round two:

Nice exchange and a leg kcik from Burns. Johnson lands a huge Knee!!!! He follows up with a big combo that sends Burns flying to the cage. Johnson charges with a flying knee and grazes Burns. Burns grabs him and is holding on for dear life. He looks to have recovered now, but Johnson is still landing big punches and leg kicks. Burns throws a leg kcik now and eats a big left. Both guys are working the jabs now. Burns keeps pushing the action, but keeps getting hit and kicked. Big knee to the body now for Johnson and Burns answers with a high kick that lands right on the money. Johnson now grabs and then gets a takedown. Both guys look to be recovering a little bit as Burns has Johnson in full guard. Johnson stands and lands a elbow and punch combo, then right back in guard. The ref stands them up with about 20 seconds left in the round. After a small exchange, the round ends with Johnson getting another takedown. If he didn’t already have the round won, that secured it for him. Burns is holding his own though. Decent fight so far.

Round three:

Big leg kick from both guys. Johnson works the jab. But Burns keeps coming forward, landing punches of his own and kicks. Johnson shoots and scoops Burns up for another takedown. Right back into Burns’ full guard and again not much happening from here. They get stood up again and right away Johnson shoots and gets another easy takedown. Nice palms strikes from Burns on the bottom. Again they get stood up. Big combo from Johnson but Burns steps forward and lands a big combo that scrapes Johnson’s eye badly. Johnson immediately goes down and Burns looks confused. He pounces and the ref jumps in and waves the fight off. Johnson immediately complains, saying his eye was poked and that he wasn’t knocked out, but the fight has already been stopped. Controversy, but it’s over.

Final result: Kevin Burns def. Anthony Johnson by TKO at 3:35, R3

Jesse Taylor vs. C.B. Dollaway

Round one:

Taylor comes out controlling the action keeping Dollaway against the cage. CB uses a hip toss to get Taylor to the ground but Taylor quickly reverses. The two go at it on the ground for a while and now Dollaway catches Taylor in a rear naked choke. Taylors in trouble. He reverses and gets out of trouble. Now Taylor is on top and he's reining down blows. Dollaway reverses and catches Taylor in a Peruvian neck tie! It's deep. Taylor taps, fight over.

Final Result: C.B. Dollaway def. Jesse Taylor by submission (peruvian neck tie) at 3:58, R1