UFC 105: Randy Couture Wins Narrow Decision Over Brandon Vera

In the third round of a grueling fight Matt Brown was finally able to take mount and pound James Wilks until the referee was forced to stop the bout. Throughout the first round Wilks was pushing Brown against the fence trying to get the takedown and the physical grappling wore both men down.In the second round Brown came close to finishing the fight after hurting Wilks with a flying knee. Wilks was able to survive and even end up in side control at one point in the round.

In the third WIlks went for a kimura and in the scramble Brown took mount and dropped heavy hands down on James’ face. Wilks was forced to give up his back where he ate more punches until the ref jumped in.

In the first bout of the main card, The Ultimate Fighter winner Ross Pearson dominated veteran Aaron Riley before stopping him on a cut in the second round.From the opening bell Pearson controlled the pace of the stand-up game and had the normally aggressive Riley backing up. With a mix of kicks, punches and knees from the Thai clinch. With the exception of a few punches by Riley every second of the round belonged to the Brit.