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UFC 110 will air live from Sydney, Australia and air on pay-per-view at 10pm Eastern. Ringside Report.NET will provide a live round-by-round blog and results when the event goes live. Refresh your browsers regularly for frequent updates.

Preliminary Results:

James Te Huna def. Igor Pokrajac via TKO in Round 3. Te Huna wins his first fight in the UFC in front of his fellow Australians in the first official fight at UFC 110.

C.B. Dollaway def. Goran Reljic via unanimous decision. The loss is the first for Reljic as a professional.

Chris Lytle def. Brian Foster via kneebar submission in Round 1. This fight was shown on the UFC pay-per-view broadcast. Chris Lytle pulled a gruesome kneebar on Foster.

Krzysztof Soszynski def. Stephan Bonnar via TKO due to a cut in Round 3. Soszynski improves to 4-1 in the UFC while Bonnar loses his third fight in a row. Many MMA fans will be calling for Bonnar to be cut by the UFC after this loss.

Main Card:

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic def. Anthony Perosh via TKO due to cut after 5:00 in Round 2. Cro Cop destroys Perosh in the first round but doesn’t finish the fight. Cro Cop opened up a huge cut on Perosh’s forehead in the second round with an elbow from inside the guard. Perosh stepped in on short notice to replace Ben Rothwell and was outclassed by Filipovic in this bout. Who could be next for Cro Cop? I’d like to see him face Randy Couture at some point.

Ryan Bader def. Keith Jardine via KO at 2:10 in Round 3: Bader and Jardine both exchanged and landed some heavy punches in the first two minutes of the round. Bader took Jardine down with easy and worked some ground and pound until they were stood up by referee Josh Rosenthal. Bader took the first round by Jardine owned the second. Keith Jardine landed a hard leg kick early in the round that hurt Bader and landed several punches. Bader spent a good portion of the round pushing Jardine into the cage with takedown attempts. Jardine avoided all takedowns in round 2. Jardine looked to be in control of the final round but Ryan Bader nailed a big right hook, followed up with a flying knee and a left hook that knocked Jardine out cold. Ryan Bader is an Ultimate Fighter winner and now has an 11-0 professional record. Keith Jardine has now lost 3 in a row. Could the Dean of Mean be on the UFC chopping block?

George Sotiropoulos def Joe Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27): Sotiropoulos powered Stevenson to the mat and spent the majority of the round on top of his opponent. Sotiropolous tried to secure some submissions but Stevenson was elusive and locked in an arm-triangle that looked tight. Sotiropoulos did win the round, gaining the mount and staying in the top position. After an all grappling first round, the fighters boxed for the first two minutes of round 2 and Sotiropoulos dominated the action. Stevenson scored a big takedown but Sotiropoulos locked in an omaplata that Stevenson miraculously escaped. Stevenson and Sotiropoulos exchanged more submission attempts, Stevenson locked in an ankle lock but Sotiropoulos escaped and attempted an arm triangle choke as the second round ended. Sotiropoulos landed some good punches in the final round. Stevenson scored some takedowns and spent a good portion of the round in top position landing some punches but doing a lot of holding. Sotiropoulos certainly deserved to win this fight and controlled Stevenson in all aspects of the fight. Sotiropoulos wins in front of the raucous hometown crowd and improves to 12-2 as a professional mixed-martial artist, 5-0 in the UFC.

Wanderlei Silva def. Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). After all the trash talk, Michael Bisping shook Silva’s hand as soon as they met for the referee’s instructions. Bisping and Wanderlei exchanged good punches early in the round. Bisping took Silva down but Wandy quickly got to his feet. Silva landed some solid punches and stalked his opponent, rocking him at the end of the first round.Wanderlei Silva caught a kick from Bisping and tripped him down to the mat in the second round. Silva was able to work some ground and pound but Bisping got back to his feet after taking some punches. Bisping landed a big takedown but Silva was quick to get to his feet. Bisping and Silva both landed punches in the second round. Bisping went for a takedown but Silva caught him with a guillotine choke. Bisping held on for a few seconds and the round came to an end. Wanderlei Silva landed the majority of the punches in the third round and finished off the fight with a flurry of punches that dropped Michael Bisping just as time elapsed in the fight. Wanderlei dominated the majority of the fight and looked impressive in his first fight in the UFC’s middleweight division. Bisping suffers his third career loss while Silva bounces back after two straight losses.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez via TKO at 2:20 in Round 1. Velasquez and Nogueira both exchanged good punches. Velasquez hit Nogueira with several leg kicks but Nogueira rocked him with a punch. Velasquez landed a huge uppercut on Nogueira that dropped him to the mat. Velasquez pounced on Nogueira with a few more punches but Nogueira was out and referee Herb Dean stopped the fight accordingly. This was a huge win for Cain Velasquez who remains undefeated and becomes a top contender for the heavyweight title after knocking out a legend.