Maldonado celebrates. Photo: Carlos Ozório
UFC 120 set up shop in England this Saturday, and opened with a big win from Brazil’s Fabio Maldonado, making his promotional debut.
The boxing specialist stuck with his roots. With Thiago Tavares in his corner, Maldonado knocked out local boy James McSweeney in the opening fight of the card. The win came at 0.48 minutes of the third round. With the result, the Brazilian makes it to the eighteenth win on his record, which also counts three losses.
Check out the complete results from UFC 120:
UFC 120
London, England
October 16, 2010
Michael Bisping defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama via unanimous decision
Carlos Condit defeated Dan Hardy via KO at 4:27 min of R1
Mike Pyle defeated John Hathaway via unanimous decision
Travis Browne fought Cheick Kongo to a draw
Claude Patrick defeated James Wilks via unanimous deicision
Alexander Gustaffson defeated Cyrille Diabete via rear-naked choke at 2:41 min of R2
Rob Broughton defeated Vinicius “Spartan” Queiroz via rear-naked choke at 1:43 min of R3
Paul Sass defeated Mark Holst via triangle at 4:45 min of R1
Spencer Fisher defeated Kurt Warburton via unanimous decision
Fábio Maldonado defeated James McSweeney via TKO at 0.48 min of R3