UFC 133 – Live Results

• By Mikal
• 285 days ago

UFC 133: Evans Vs. Ortiz kicks off on Saturday, August 06 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia headlined by a rematch bout between former light heavyweight champions Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz. The match will be extremely important in the light heavyweight division; Evans with a win should finally receive his shot to reclaim the title against the winner of Jon Jones and ‘Rampage’ Jackson. While Tito has not been promised a title shot with a victory, UFC president Dana White has said with a win over Ryan Bader at UFC 132 and Rashad Evans, Tito would definitely be in the discussion.The co-main event will feature former contender, Vitor Belfort taking on Yoshihiro Akiyama in a battle for middleweight posturing. The pay-per-view event will also include Dennis Hallman taking on eight-fight win streak, Brian Ebersole, Jorge Rivera battling Costantinos Philippou and Rory MacDonald looking to prove his worth against Mike Pyle while both men seek to posture themselves towards welterweight contention.

If you are unable to watch the live airing, please follow along as we provide main card play-by-play as well as live updates through the preliminary card. You can also follow us on twitter at MMA30.

Quick Results are provided at the bottom of the page. Comments are welcome and encouraged. Enjoy the fights.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Rafael Natal def. Paul Bradley by unanimous dec. (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Mike Brown def. Nam Phan by unanimous dec. (29-27, 29-28, 29-28).
Johny Hendricks def. Mike Pierce by split dec. (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).
Ivan Menjivar def. Nick Pace by unanimous dec. (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Chad Mendes def. Rani Yahya by unanimous dec. (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Alexander Gustafsson def. Matt Hamill by TKO  at 3:34 of round 2.

RAFAEL NATAL: “I am really, really happy about this fight! I feel like I needed it, I worked really hard for it.  It was a tough fight and I’m glad I came through winning. Thank you God and thank you UFC.”

PAUL BRADLEY: “I feel like it was my fault, I could have taken him down in the second round.   I didn’t, so it’s my fault. It was a close fight, and I am disappointed by the result.  Like Dana always says, never leave it to the judges.”

MIKE BROWN: “At the beginning my back was haunting me so that’s why I was a little conservative, but I’m glad I got the job done. There was a lot of repetitive trauma there for over four minutes so even though I didn’t knock him out, I know that I was breaking him down. It wasn’t the most perfect fight, but I’m happy I got the victory.”

NAM PHAN: “It was a really tough bout so I did what I could do. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough, but I believe it was as fair as it could be”.

JOHNY HENDRICKS: “It was a very tough fight. Its always hard with other wrestlers, and he changed levels often making it even harder. I feel that the take downs were even, in fact, I don’t think he took me down at all. I feel awesome, my ground game is good, my knees are great and I am really happy with my improvement.”

MIKE PIERCE: “I’m obviously dissapointed. I had a really good camp, went through really good training and I feel dissapointed after all the hard work I put in. It was a fair fight, both of us were trying to finish what we started, and unfortunately it went the way it did.”

IVAN MENJIVAR: “I happy with the win, he took me down so it was a very close fight. I think I punched him more than he did so I was more in control, but he hit me hard twice and that made my legs shake.”

NICK PACE: “I hate losing more then I like winning, and I want to be the champion. It was very unlucky, but that’s MMA and that’s life, its not always fair.”

CHAD MENDES: “Of course we all look for a finish, but overall I am happy with the fight and I felt good. When I took him down the first time I wanted to see what he felt like. Hes a tough guy and I knew he would be strong. I was trying to elbow him and follow through with some quick pop-shots as much as possible.”

RANI YAHYA: “Chad is strong and Chad is good. He is really good at what he does. He kicked me a few times and I felt them for sure, and he has great take downs.”

ALEXANDER GUSTAFSSON: “This was by far the biggest fight of my career. It was unbelievable. I think that I was too defensive in the first round, but the second round I felt great. I want a career out of this, I want to fight the best guys in the world.”

MATT HAMILL: “I was eager going into the Octagon, but I was also fatigued. I had little time to prepare for the fight, and you could see my fatigue as my arms were down from the start of the fight. Alexander is a dangerous striker, and it was dangerous for me to have my arms down. I’ll be back tougher than ever though.”

MAIN EVENT:

MIKE PYLE VS. RORY MACDONALD

Rd1 - Both men testing the distance. Pyle tests a takedown but doesn't commit. Rory connects with a hard right which drops Pyle to the floor. Rory doesn't engage much and Pyle back to his feet. Pyle charges and takes Rory down, Rory catches a guillotine but lets it go. Rory evades and stands, Pyle takes ahold of Rory's back. Pyle drags Rory back to the floor and Rory once again escapes. Fighters reset to the center. Rory good combintation lands. Rory catches another guillotine, Pyle rotates and escapes falling to the mat. This time Rory decides to approch Pyle on the floor. Pyle attempts a sweep and Rory stands and decides rather to kick from a distance. Rory waits for a hole and jumps into Pyle's guard. Rory throwing hard punches from the top, Pyle curls up to protect himself. Punches continue just bombs from the top and the ref jumps in to save Pyle!

Rory MacDonald def. Mike Pyle by TKO @ 3:54 Rd 1.

RORY MACDONALD: “I went in really confident, and I have a lot more to show. I’m constantly improving and stepping up the ladder which is what I want to be doing. Everything went my way tonight, I wanted a clear shot and I knew from looking in his eyes that the fight was over.”

MIKE PYLE: “I’ll do better next time”.

JORGE RIVERA VS. COSTANTINOS PHILIPPOU

Rd1 - Jorge throws first attack and a missed high kick followed by a leg kick. Costa clinches and sends Jorge to the cage. Jorge trys to evade, but Costa trips Jorge to the mat into full guard. Costa pushes Jorge's back to the cage and slides into half guard. Costa shooting for full mount, Jorge uses the opportunity to stand but eats a bunch of punches on the way up. Costa maintains control in the clinch, but Ref resets them to the center. Costa the aggressor with a solid leg kick and back to the clinch. Jorge with a burst of energy pushes Costa and reverses Costa to the cage. Costa pulls out and evades. Jorge attacks in with a combo that lands solid and back to the cage. Jorge lands another, but Costa trades an uppercut. Costa pushes forward with a late flurry and clinch to end the round. Close round, 10-9 for Jorge.

Rd2 - Both men swinging much more wildly, but nothing landing. Jorge with a knee to Costa, but Costa catches him in the process. Jorge falls to the mat and covers up while Costa attacks with everything he has. Jorge purges up as the punches slow, pushes Costa to the floor and starts raining punches now. Costa tries to stand, and Jorge delivers more juge blows and then grabs for a guillotine. Costa escapes and pushes Jorge back to the cage. Foot stomps from Costa and a lazy knee. Costa's throwing uppercuts while Jorge waits for a reset. He gets it. Back to the cage, and Jorge reverses. Jorge trips Costa to the mat easily, but Costa falls catching Jorge's ankle. Costa has an easy victory, but can't figure out to finish it. Jorge defending, while Costa finally lets go and uses it to sweep to top. 10-9 Costa.

Rd3 - Uppercut by Costa. Knee for Jorge seems to daze Costa for a moment. A missed head kick from Jorge makes him slip to the mat. Jorge catches Costa with a hrd right once again dazing him as he attacks with a huge flurry. Costa clinches and regains composure. Costa trips Jorge to the mat into full guard. Jorge throws up a triangle attempt, but can't catch it as he turns over and Costa has his back. Costa is too tired to do anything with it and both men stand. The men clinch and move to the cage and fight for posturing. Costa slips Jorge grabs a guillotine, lets it go shoving Costa to the mat on his knees. Jorge working Costa with punches. Costa unable to do anything but defend. Costa back to his feet. A moment of clinch and another reset. Seconds left and both men swinging. Jorge tries to trip and instead falls to his back with Costa on top as round expires. Jorge 10-9.

Costantinos Phillippou def. Jorge Rivera by split dec. (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

CONSTANTINOS PHILIPPOU: “I am very happy with winning my first UFC fight, but it wasn’t the way I wanted to win it. I wanted to show off my boxing skills and instead I was wrestling and using my jiu jitsu skills. But I will learn from my mistakes and come back stronger and fitter.”

JORGE RIVERA: “I wish I had finished the fight. I think that when the decision is left to the judges, you get what you deserve, and tonight I didn’t deserve to win.”

BRIAN EBERSOLE VS. DENNIS HALLMAN

Rd1 - Brian gives a quick kick, but Hallman uses it to quickly rush Brian and drag him to the ground. Takes his back and has him tangled. Brian is in a bad place. Brian trying to turn towards Hallman, but Hallman not having it. Hallman trying to hold position, and punish Brian a bit to open him up for a rear naked. Brian is defending well. Hallman tries to turn for full mount, but Brian uses it for a sweep. Hallman grabs a deep guillotine and works to submit Brian. Brian escapes into full guard and releases a couple of big elbows from the top. Hammer fists by Brian followed by huge elbows! Hallman is in big trouble and Brian just punishes Hallman. Big punches, elbows and the ref finally steps in. This one is all over.

Brian Ebersole def. Dennis Hallman by TKO @ 4:28 Rd1.

VITOR BELFORT VS. YOSHIHIRO AKIYAMA

Rd1 - Leg kicks from both catch eachother. Vitor misses a high kick. Both men tentatively testing eachother and circling the center. Vitor throws a quick punch followed by a headkick. Citor kick to Akiyama's body. Vitor catches Akiyama and attacks! Akiyama tries to escape and gets caught again! Akiyama face plants and is out cold!

 Vitor Belfort def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by KO @ 1:52 Rd1.

Hard night for KO-O-T-N. Submission of the night still open for grabs by either Tito or Evans.

RASHAD EVANS VS. TITO ORTIZ

Rd1 - Tito looks friendlier in this one. Rashad with serious anger in his eyes. Both men in crouched position. Tito misses kick early. Tito stalking. Catches Evans with left hook. Evans with a weak leg kick. Evans testing the water with jabs, but Tito still the aggressor. Right by Rashad lands on Tito's shoulder and then the clinch. Tito separates with a quick one two punch. Evans with his typical unorthodox jabs. Tito shoots for the takedown and drags Evans to the mat against the cage. Evans trying to stand while Tito works to pull his legs out from under him. Evans working short punches and back to his feet. Tito separates and Rashad chasing Tito down. Both men trading huge punches. Tito is hurt. Rashad is beating Tito hard! Tito with a quick knee to give him distance and Rashad stops. Another knee from Tito followed by a huge elbow from Evans. Two more knees from Evans. Evans huge take down and a fury of punches from the top! Rashad to side control and working short punches. Tito tries to spin and create. Evans quickly jumps and drops bombs as the round expires. Easy 10-9 for Evans.

Tito looks like he used up all his energy trying to drag Evans down. Bad move early in the fight.

Rd2 - Tito much more tentative at the start of this round and clearly worn out. Minute in and not much happening. Rashad shoots with a big flury and goes for a take down. Tito grabs a guillotine at the take down. Has it deep. Rashad escapes and is in half guard. Escape to side control. Rashad working punches moving up on Tito's body. Evans again dropping bombs, as Tito lets the ref know he's ok. Evans has a crucifix and is now dropping elbows. Tito gets his arm out and is bucking to get loose. Evans takes Tito's back, Tito grabs Evans ankle, Evans escapes and dives back down. Tito tries to escape, gets to his knees. Evans throws a huge knee to Tito's body and Tito collapses to the floor in pain! Evans tees off until finally the ref dives into save Tito. Great fight for Evans!

Rashad Evans def. Tito Ortiz by TKO @ 4:48 Rd2.

That's all folks! Check back for additional UFC 133 coverage coming soon.