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UFC 78 is on the air and live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey! We'll bring you fight results as they take place.
* Frankie Edgar v. Spencer 'King' Fisher
Bruce Buffer: "Ladies and gentlemen the judges decision, 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 for the winner by unanimous decision FRANKIE 'THE ANSWER' EDGAR."
* Joe Doerksen v. Ed 'Short Fuse' Herman
Herman gets a knockout less than 30 seconds into the third round. WINNER: ED 'SHORT FUSE' HERMAN.
* Karo 'The Heat' Parisyan v. Ryo Chonan
All three judges score the fight for the WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION: KARO PARISYAN.
* Houston Alexander v. Thiago Silva
The referee stops the fight at 3:25 of R1 for the WINNER BY TKO: THIAGO SILVA.
* Rashad Evans v. Michael Bisping
We go to Bruce Buffer with the scorecards of the judges, who declare the fight 29-28 Evans, 29-28 Bisping and 29-28... WINNER BY SPLIT DECISION: Rashad Evans.
* Jason Reinhardt v. Joe Lauzon (bonus fight)
Lauzon goes from knees and strikes in the clinch to a takedown to side control to North South to taking Reinhardt's back to sinking in a rear naked choke. A near textbook performance! WINNER DUE TO TAP AT 1:14 OF R1: JOE 'JOE-LO' LAUZON.
UNAIRED FIGHT RESULTS COURTESY OF WWW.F4WONLINE.COM ARE AS FOLLOWS.
* Tamdan McCrory vs. Akihiro Gono
Gono floored him with a punch/leg sweep combo, got side control and put on an armbar for the submission in R2.
* Luke Caudillo vs. Marcus Aurelio
A brutal manhandling by Aurelio with the takedown, side control, and shot after shot to the face to force the stoppage.
* Chris Lytle vs. Thiago Alves
Fight was stopped after the end of the second round when it was ruled Lytle couldn't continue due to blood going into his eye. According to Bryan Alvarez everyone was IRATE and there were loud "BULLSHIT!" chants. Thiago even cut a promo and said this shouldn't have been stopped.