T.J. GRANT (14-3) VS. DONG HYUN KIM (12-0-1): Round 1: Grant misses with an early body kick but shoots and puts Kim against the cage and on his butt. Grant tries to pull his legs out from under him as Kim peppers him with punches. Kim gets back to his feet, reverses the position, and puts Grant in the same position he was in seconds prior earlier. Kim frees a leg and moves to half guard and postures up to deliver a couple body shots. Grant pulls him back into full guard, avoids a triangle-choke attempt and eats a few elbow strikes from below. Kim delivers a steady stream of punches to the head before Grant slows the attack. Kim frees a leg to get a loud cheer from his corner and additional applause when he delivers a few punches. Grant uses an open guard to escape, but Kim clinches, delivers a knee to the chest and then slams Grant back down the mat. Grant has some blood trickling from near his left eye. Kim backs off, and Grant gets to his feet, dips for a single leg and drags Kim to the mat. Kim gets back up and muscles Grant to his back. From inside full guard again, Kim tees off with a couple brutal elbows that draw gasps from the crowd. Kim pops Grant with a few more strikes before the round ends.
T.J. GRANT (14-3) VS. DONG HYUN KIM (12-0-1): Round 2: Kim connects a left hed kick. Grant quickly defends and regains hos composure before landing a right and charging in. With Kim pinned against the cage, Grant works for the single leg. Kim defends, reverses the position and puts Grant in the guillotine submission from top position. Three in a row? Nope. Grant escapes but is now on his back as Kim works from full guard. Grant goes high with his guard but eats a right and a few elbow strikes. Grant is looking frustrated on his back as Kim continues a dominant top games that includes some pretty nasty shots. Grant, though, ties up Kim and has him stretched out in an odd position, but Kim backs out and stands over his opponent. He missed when raining down a shot but quickly returns to full guard. Grant works for an arm, but Kim gives up an effort to free a leg and puts Grant back into guard before posturing up and just missing with a huge right hand from the standing position. A timeout is called when Grant connects on a kick to the face while Kim still has a knee on the mat. A point may have been deducted for the illegal blow. The fighters restart from the standing position as the round expires.
MAC DANZIG (19-7-1) VS. JIM MILLER (14-2): Round 1: Danzig plays defense as Miller swings and misses with short punches. The fighters connect simultaneously, and Miller gets the better of it. Miller then shoots, scoops up Miller and puts him on his back. Miller pops out of guard, but Danzig pulls him back in. Danzig slaps on a loose guillotine from his back, but Miller continues looking to free a leg with no concerns. Miller pops free and drops a few elbows. Miller frees one leg, but Danzig again pulls him back in. Danzig sits up and is blasted with a forearm strikes that opens a gusher on his forehead. Danzig, though, gets back to his feet, and as Miller pushes him into the cage, he’s doused in a steady stream of his opponent’s blood. It’s an absolute gusher. Miller takes the fight to the mat again, and both fighters are coated in the slippery substance. Danzig somehow keeps it out of eyes. Danzig throws elbows from his back as Miller throws a few punches and concentrates on improving his position before the round ends.
MAC DANZIG (19-7-1) VS. JIM MILLER (14-2): Round 3 – The crowd roars as the third round get started, and Danzig seems to feed off it. Miller smiles and lands the first jab of the round. Danzig now becomes the aggressor before sprining to life with a series of punches. However, when he shoots, Danzig tags him with a perfectly timed knee to the face. Miller gets the takedown, anyway. However, Danzig gets to his feet quickly, breaks free of the clinch and restarts in the center of the cage looking like a someone shot him 20 times with a paintball gun. Miller works inside leg kicks, but Danzig pushes forward. Miller secures another takedown, and Danzig desperately throws punches from below with a high guard. He secures one arm with his legs, but Miller easily breaks free and looks again to pass guard. Danzig tries to roll him over, but Miller backs out and takes his back. Miller gets in his hooks and attempts a rear-naked choke. Danzig defends, grabs an arm and tries to muscle free. Miller reins him back in, locks in the choke deeply, and tries to force the stoppage. Just when it looks like he’s out, Danzig slips free, takes top position and rains down punches as the crowd cheers him on. However, he runs out of time.
STEPHAN BONNAR (14-6) VS. MARK COLEMAN (16-9): Round 3: Coleman looks a bit gassed and remains flatfooted as Bonnar throws punches to open the round. Bonnar bounces with head movement before he’s backed up with a couple nice rights from Coleman. Coleman shoots again, but Bonnar sprawls and gets back to his feet. Coleman clings to him from a kneeling position but then joins his opponent standing. Coleman pins him against the cage and then secures another takedown. Coleman frees a leg and works from half guard while the fighters are tight up against the cage. Bonnar ties up his opponent’s arms and initially avoids damage. Bonnar goes into the fetal position up close to Coleman’s body, but he spread back up and drops a big right hand from the top. Coleman then works short punches to the body before standing over Bonnar, who tags him with a kick-slap to the face. Bonnar remains standing over him, too tired to do anything but collapse on top of him. Working from full guard, Coleman drops elbows and punches knowing he could likely take the decision with this round. Bonnar tries to escape, Coleman takes his back. Against the cage, though, Coleman doesn’t have the room he needs to lock in both hooks. He holds Bonnar close to wait out the round.
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