SB Nation MMA brings you live results and play-by-play for UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin, featuring a pay-per-view card of Junior dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin, Kenny Florian vs. Diego Nunes, Demian Maia vs. Mark Munoz, Jon Olav Einemo vs. Dave Herman, and Donald Cerrone vs. Vagner Rocha. The event takes place at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
UFC 131 Injuries And Medical Suspensions
Here is the complete list of suspensions:
Junior dos Santos -- Suspended for a mandatory 9 days of rest.
Read Article >UFC 131 Preliminary Card Fights On Spike TV Pull 1.6 Million Viewers
Among basic cable networks, Spike ranked first for both aforementioned demographics in that time period. The quarter hour total viewers are as follows:
8 pm ET to 8:15 pm ET: 1,258,000
8:16 pm ET to 8:30 pm ET: 1,457,000
8:31 pm ET to 8:45 pm ET: 1,728,000
8:46 pm ET to 9:00 pm ET: 1,767,000
Read Article >UFC 131 Results, Coverage And Wrap-Up


UFC® 131 Dos Santos vs Carwin live at Rogers Arena on June 11, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada (Photos by Donald Miralle/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) UFC 131 Results And Analysis, Gilbert Melendez, Liz Carmouche On 106.7 The Fan’s MMA Nation


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Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Junior Dos Santos Outboxes Shane Carwin Over Three Rounds
ROUND 3 - Dos Santos jabs. Shane rushes in for a single. Dos Santos defends, but ends up on the floor. He uses the fence to stand up. Carwin breathing out of his mouth. Dos Santos with a knee to the midsection to break. Carwin bounces. Lead left hook just misses for dos Santos. They trade jabs. Carwin swings wildly with his right. And his left. He’s tired here. Jab from dos Santos. Goes to the body. Jab. Two. Straight right. Carwin is too slow here. Misses with a left hand. Dos Santos misses with a right. Jab. Left hook stuns Carwin briefly. Jab sends his head back. Carwin is flat-footed. Dos Santos misses with an overhand right. Left hand, right hand follows. Ninety seconds left, and Carwin needs to land something flush. Jab. Blood trickling down Carwin’s face again. Herb Dean calls time to call the doctor over. Just over sixty seconds left. Carwin breathing heavy. Carwin tells the doctor he can see. Doctor tells Herb Dean that Carwin is OK. Restart with sixty seconds on the clock. Dos Santos steps forward and puts Carwin on his back. Carwin pushes away with his feet. Thirty seconds. Dos Santos lands a combination. Changes levels and just dumps Carwin on his back as time expires.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Junior dos Santos, and awards him the bout 30-27.
UFC 131 Results: Junior dos Santos defeats Shane Carwin by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26).
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Shane Carwin vs. Junior Dos Santos Round 2
ROUND 2 - Dos Santos just misses with an uppercut. Jab. Carwin’s corner did a good job managing the cut. Leg kick for dos Santos. Right hand for dos Santos, and another. Jab. Carwin comes forward lands. Doesn’t seem to hurt dos Santos. Another right hand for Carwin. Dos Santos comes back with a pair of jabs. Dos Santos taking control of the Octagon. Left hand for dos Santos. Carwin with a leg kick. Jab for dos Santos. Carwin just blocks a head kick. His cut is open again. One-two for dos Santos. Jab. Lead hook as Carwin steps in. Carwin looked better this round, but not enough. Stiff jab for dos Santos. Dos Santos goes to the body.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Junior dos Santos.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Kenny Florian Makes Good On His Featherweight Debut Over Diego Nunes
ROUND 1 - Kenny missing a couple head kicks. Trading strikes that narrowly miss. Nunes lands the first strike of the bout, a leg kick. Kenny ducks under a punch. Nunes fighting off a takedown attempt. Florian working toward his back standing. Trading knees along the fence. Nunes dropping down to take Florian down. Completes. Kenny throwing elbows to the head. Back standing, clinching against the fence. Trading knees to the midsection. Nunes lands a right hand over the top. Vancouver fans starting a “Boston sucks” chant. Nunes leg kick takes Florian’s leg out for a moment. Florian blocks a high kick. Spinning back fist lands for Nunes. Ducks under a head kick. High kick lands. Florian ducks under a punch and drives Nunes to the floor. Nunes threatens with an armbar, and gets back to his feet during the scramble. Spinning back fist from Nunes just misses. Wild right hand in an exchanges knocks Florian down as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Diego Nunes.
ROUND 2 - Nunes avoiding Florian’s jabs. Florian looks fine after the knockdown. Seems like he’s making adjustments early in the round. Florian ducks under a punch and drives Nunes into the cage. Drops down for a single, lifts the leg above his shoulder, but Nunes stays balanced. John McCarthy warning Nunes for grabbing the fence. Florian on his back. Throwing elbows from his back. Nunes postures out of a triangle. Nunes stands, flies in with a punch. Standing now. Good body kick for Nunes. Nunes slowing down. Florian with a single up against the fence. Florian on top now in half-guard. Short punches and elbows. It looks like Nunes is bleeding all over. Big punches from Florian. Puddles of blood filling up the mat as time expires.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Kenny Florian.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Mark Munoz Edges Demian Maia In Close Fight
ROUND 1 - Munoz opens with an inside leg kick. Maia lands some that sends Munoz hurt backwards. Very bizarre. Straight left from Maia. He lands another on the opposite side of the cage. Nice left-right from Maia. Maia pressing Munoz up against the fence. Knee to the midsection. And another to the thigh. Valel breaks them up. Maia landing at will from outside. Maia stepping forward with punches. Presses Munoz against the fence. They trade positions. Munoz pressing now. Maia with a knee to the midsection. Maia eats a shot, but lands two more in return. Munoz looking straight outclassed at this point. Munoz lands a left hook to stop Maia stepping in. Munoz stepping up the agression as the round winds down, but Maia is the one landing the more effective punches.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Demian Maia.
ROUND 2 - Munoz lands a big right and left that hurts Maia, who drops into a single leg. Munoz throwing with bad intentions to the body and thigh as he sprawls. Maia trying to pull guard. He does, but Munoz stands up. Maia stands and comes right out with punches. Maia dives in for a takedown. Munoz tries for a D’arce choke, which allows Maia to get on top. Scrambles ends with Munoz throwing a right hand. Maia dives back in. Munoz defends. Maia has him up against the fence. Munoz throwing thudding leather to the midsection. Maia scoots his hips out and pulls guard. Maia has double unders with full guard. Munoz throws a shot to the body. Back to the feet. Munoz grabs a single. He drops down. Maia drops for a guillotine, but Munoz slips out. Half-guard right up against the cage. Short punches from Munoz. Maia clasping around Munoz waist as he eats shots to the midsection. Thirty seconds to go. Valel breaks them up.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Mark Munoz.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Dave Herman Outslugs Jon Olav Einemo
ROUND 1 - Herman comes out with leg kicks. Einemo uses punches to close distance and clinch. Einemo has double unders and Herman pressed against the fence. Knee to the midsection opens Einemo up. Another to the head. And a third to the midsection. Right hand from Einemo. Herman lands a knee to the head. Right hand from Einemo. Leg kick from Herman. And another. Inside kick. Right hand grazes Herman’s chin. Herman throws a knee as Einemo level changes. Herman throwing lots of kicks. Body lock from Einemo, and he brings Herman down. From half-guard into side control. Ninety seconds to work. Herman doing little to escape. Herman is able to spin and push Einemo off. Standing with 75 seconds to go. Knee to the head from Herman in the clinch. Einemo returns the favor. They trade knees to the gut in the clinch against the fence. Herman with another as they break. Right hand from Einemo, takes down Einemo as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Dave Herman.
ROUND 2 - Einemo presses him up against the fence. Elbow from Herman as they break. Right hand lands for Einemo. And another. Herman backing away. Weird axe kick from Herman. Knee from Einemo in the clinch. Herman is hurt. Rogan says he lost his mouth piece. Herman leg kick chops Einemo down. Big punches from Herman, who steps back to let him up. Einemo lands. Herman looks hurt. BIG knee from the clinch to the head for Herman. Left hand drops him. Herman follows up with punches. Herman lets him up. Einemo with a big knee. Now Herman with knees. Big punches from Herman now. Einemo drops down to guard. Herman keeps punching until referee Dornan steps in.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Donald Cerrone Chops Down Vagner Rocha Over Three Rounds
ROUND 1 - Hard leg kick to open from Cerrone. Inside kick bounces off Rocha’s cup. Deans steps in, but Rocha’s ready to go quickly. Leg kick from Cerrone. Rocha eats a knee to the gut as he steps in. Another hard leg kick. Rocha outclassed in the first minute. Cerrone throws a lazy kick, and Rocha takes him down. He breaks the rubber guard, and throws a handful of punches. Cerrone back to his feet. Stuffs a takedown, but he’s up against the fence. He escapes from the single and we’re back center. Rocha’s overhand right just misses. Rocha throws a knee to the midsection. Leg kicks all round from Cerrone. Ending every combination with a kick. He stuffs another takedown. Rocha doing nothing to set up his takedowns. Lead left uppercut and right leg kick for Cerrone. One minutes to go. Cerrones catches a body kick and sweeps the other leg. Lets him back up. Rocha is clueless as to how to stop these kicks. They trade big blows. Another combo ends with a leg kick from Cerrone.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Donald Cerrone.
ROUND 2 - Right back to the leg kicks. Rocha trying to hide a limp. Rocha steps in and Cerrone bends his leg with another leg kick. Suprise. Another leg kick. Rocha dives in, grabs a hold of both legs and momentarily has Cerrone off balance. Up against the fence now. Cerrone powers away and slips his leg out. Rocha physically reacting to these kicks now. Rocha checked two kicks, but the damage has already been done. Rocha looks to pull guard, but Rogan and Goldberg think he got punched on his way in. Back to their feet. Cerrone’s probably thrown an equal amount of punches and leg kicks. Rocha has no answer for these kicks. Rocha pulling guard now. Cerrone sprawls, Rocha tries to pull guard, but Cerrone stands. Another thudding leg kick as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Donald Cerrone.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Sam Stout Knocks Yves Edwards Out Cold
ROUND 1 - Edwards starts with his patented squat. He comes out southpaw. Stout opens with punches that miss and a leg kick that lands. Stiff leg kick. Edwards slips a couple punches and counters with a straight left. Slips another and lands a two-punch combo. Stout with a right hand. Edwards blocks a head kick. Stout blocks one of his own. Edwards grabs a single. Struggle before Edwards puts Stout on the mat. Edwards working for a pass. Buries his head into Stout’s chest and throws right hands over. Left hand. Edwards controlling Stout. As I type that, Stout works to his feet. Two minutes to go. Short uppercut lands for Stout. Straight left for Yves. Front kick for Stout. Edwards just misses with a head kick. Loses his balance momentarily. Edwards slipping a lot of punches. Right hand lands, but Stout lands a left hook that crumples Edwards. Stout steps forward to followup, but sees Edwards is out cold and raises his hands to the air.
UFC 131 Results: Sam Stout defeats Yves Edwards by KO at 3:52 of round 1.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Chris Weidman Taps Out Jesse Bongfeldt With Standing Guillotine
ROUND 1 - Weidman lands a head kick to start. Big kick to the midsection from Bongfeldt. Weidman clinches. Tries to throw him over, ends up on bottom, but muscles his way into side control. Weidman throwing right hands. Bongfeldt creates enough distance to regain full guard. Weidman swings the legs, lands a punch, and works for side control. He succeeds. Weidman trapping the left arm as he moves into north-south. Bongfeldt spins back into full guard. Weidman steps over into half-guard. Short elbow. Slips his leg right into side control. He looks much more composed than in his debut against Alessio Sakara. Weidman hopping in and out of Bongfeldt’s guard. North-south now. Knee on the belly momentarily. Bongfeldt works his way back to his feet. Fifteen seconds to go. Knee to the midsection from Weidman. Standing guillotine forces Bongfeldt to tap with just seconds left.
UFC 131 Results: Chris Weidman defeats Jesse Bongfeldt by submission (standing guillotine choke) at 4:54 of round 1.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Krzysztof Soszynski Outmuscles Mike Massenzio Through Three Rounds
ROUND 1 - Massenzio shoots early and puts Soszynski on the mat against the fence. Soszynski back to his feet, and we’re back center-cage. Massenzio shoots again, but Soszynski defends. Massenzio has him pressed up against the fence. Disengaged now. Soszynski lands a jab. Lazy one-two misses. Straight left from Massenzio. Massenzio ducks under punches and puts Soszynski back on the mat. Soszynski back up. Jab. Jab. He shrugs off a takedown attempt from Massenzio. Two leg kicks. Massenzio responds with one of his own. Massenzio dives in aagain, and Soszynski stuffs. Uppercut from Soszynski. Massenzio with a straight left. Massenzio catches a leg kick into a takedown. In half-guard. Soszynski rolls and stands back up. Massenzio presses him against the fence. Dornan with a quick restart. Soszynski missing with puches. Stuffs a takedown from Massenzio, who lands a knee as they disengage. Left hand clips Massenzio. Another takedown stuffed.
SBNation scores the round 10-9 for Krzysztof Soszynski.
ROUND 2 - Massenzio lands punches on Soszynski’s forearm. Soszynski stuffs a takedown, but finds himself pressed up against the fence. He’s throwing body shots in between Massenzio yanks. Soszynski sprawls. He might be looking for a guillotine here. Short punches. Short knees to the body. Dornan asks them to work. Back to their feet with Massenzio pressing on the fence. They break. Massenzio shoots, but Soszynski shrugs him off. Jabs from Soszynski. Massenzio is diving for takedowns now. Massenzio lands a left hand. Soszynski responds. Massenzio gets a hold of a leg, drives, but runs into the fence. Soszynski landing short punches with his back on the fence. Dornan steps in for another restart. Massenzio shoots, Soszynski sprawls. Soszynski landing punches as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Krzysztof Soszynski.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Nick Ring Beats Up, Chokes Out James Head
ROUND 1 - Ring throws two quick kicks. And another. And another. And another. Head checks a kick. Ring’s head kick falls short. Thai plum for Ring. Lands a knee to the midsection. And another. A final knee to the head. Head steps in with a straight right. Ring goes to the body with a left hand. Ring throwing lots of leg kicks. Ring with a takedown, and he moves straight into side control. Herb Dean warns him not to grab the shorts. Ring moves into north-south momentarily before Head rolls back into guard. Ring loses position and we’re back standing. Knee lands for head. One-two lands for Ring. A right hand sends Ring down to the mat. Head engages. Ring works his way back to his feet, but Head is capitalizing on a dazed fighter. Ring with a shot to the midsection that seems to halt Head. Right hand hurts Ring. Knees from the clinch. Ring drives through a desperate takedown. Head taking deep breaths from the bottom. Ring lands a couple punches as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for James Head.
ROUND 2 - Head checks a leg kick to open. Ring lands one anyway. Ring drives in for a single. Heads grabs a single, but allows Ring to move into side control. Short elbow from Ring. Ring traps Head in an inverted triangle from the top. Let’s go. Landing punches to the midsection. Ring in north-south now, landing punches to the body. Head recovers to half-guard. Ring stands, which allows Head to return to his feet. Ring drives in for another takedown and completes it against the fence. Head looks tired. Small cut on the outside of his left eye. Ring landing lots of punches and elbows from guard. Head turtles up, Ring jumps on the back, and Head sends him flying forward. Ring gets on top after the scramble. Head’s face is bleeding crimson. Herb Dean stops the bout to allow a doctor check. Dean tells Head the doctor cannot stop the bleeding, asks if he can see and if he wants to fight. Head affirms that he does. Fight restarts in side control. Short elbows from Ring. The blood’s dripping right into Head’s eyes. Head trying to turn into a turtle, but Ring forces him back down. Ring landing punches to the midsection as he moves into north-south. He has Head’s left arm pinned down.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-8 for Nick Ring.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Dustin Poirier Outworks Jason Young Over Three Rounds
ROUND 1 - Poirier comes out southpaw. Jab lands for Young. They trade leg kicks. Poirier comes forward with punches. Young catches him with a right hand, but Poirier makes him pay with three or four of his own. Clinch. Young grabs a kimura standing, but Poirier takes him down. Young to his knees, and now his feet. Young turns Poirier around. Poirier reverses the position. Young reverses again. Knee to the midsection from Poirier. He follows up with wide hooks. Back to the center. Poirier lands an inside leg kick. Young with a roundkick that Poirier blocks. Poirier catches him with an uppercut. Left hook catches Young. Young responds with a punch of his own. Poirier lands a left hook as they come apart. Trade leg kicks. Poirier with a double jab. Poirier with an inside leg kick. Avoids a right hand. Young responds with an inside leg kick, that Poirier returns. Straight left for Poirier. Combo lands for Young. Good round.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Dustin Poirier.
ROUND 2 - Leg kick lands for Poirier. Wheel kick misses. Poirier throws Young off a Thai plum. Inside leg kick from Poirier lands a little high. Young takes a second before returning. Jab from Poirier. Young lands an inside left kick. Misses with a right hand. Poirier blocks a head kick. Young with an inside leg kick. Straight left from Poirier. Straight left from Poirier. Bodyshot. Inside leg kick. Young responds. Two trading punches. Young getting the better of it. Jason Young has a cut under his left eye from the first round. Young lands two punches after Poirier comes in. Poirier lands punches as Young misses a wild kick. Young has him up against the fence. Takedown from Poirier as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Jason Young.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Joey Beltran Beats Up Aaron Rosa In Round Three
ROUND 1 - Rosa and Beltran trade jabs to open. Beltran wades in and clinches, pressing Rosa against the cage door. Rosa with an overhook on the right arm, and working for an underhook on the other side. Knee to the thigh from Beltran. They disengage briefly before Beltran presses him against the fence again. Referee calls for action, prompting Beltran to flail punches. Rosa lands a knee to the midsection. Referee asks for action again. They disengage and trade shots Frye-Takayama style. Back on the fence. Beltran landing short punches to the obliques. Rosa lands a leg kick to the thigh as they separate. Rosa comes forward with a four-punch combo. Two more right hands. Jab from Rosa. Right hand from Beltran lands flush. Leg kick. Beltran has Rosa back up against the fence. One minute remaining. Short left hand. Right hand to the body. Rosa with short uppercuts. Elbows from Beltran. Short shots to the right side of the body. They trade wildly as the round ends.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Joey Beltran.
ROUND 2 - Left hook lands for Rosa. Misses with a right hand. Jab penetrates Beltran’s guard. Leg kick from Beltran. Wild exchange that Beltran wins. He presses Rosa against the fence again. Referee warns one of the fighters not to grab the shorts. Weird intermittent pace in this one. Beltran throws two punches that Rosa blocks, but sneaks in a leg kick to finish. Rosa with a knee to the midsection. Uppercut. Beltran presses him back up against the fence. Low blow forces the referee to step in as Beltran throws a knee to the head. Restart with a glove tap. Leg kick from Rosa. Rosa opens up with punches and knees. Beltran gets caught in the groin in the exchange. Restart, no glove tap. Neither landing with punches. Jab lands for Rosa. Uppercut. Beltran presses him back on the fence. They’re just throwing at each other. Right hand wins an exchange for Beltran.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Joey Beltran.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results: Darren Elkins Edges Michihiro Omigawa With Controversial Decision
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ROUND 1 - Elkins opens with punches from distance that fall short. Right hand lands on Omigawa’s left ear. Omigawa lands his first punch, a jab, thirty seconds in. Elkins more aggressive to start, but Omigawa is landing cleaner when he throws. Jab lands for Omigawa. Elkins returns the favor. Straight left from Omigawa. Goes to the body and lands to the head. Right hand lands for Elkins. All boxing so far. Elkins lands a combo as Omigawa steps in, putting Omigawa on a knee briefly. Elkins completes a takedown as Omigawa comes in. Footlock attempt from Omigawa creates a scramble, and we’re back standing. Elkins lands another right hand. One-two from Elkins. Left-right-left for Elkins. Just over one minute left. “PLEASE STAND BY” message pops up on Youtube. Thirty seconds left when I get back on Facebook. Both land in an exchange. Elkins looks for a takedown, scramble, lands a punch at the end.
SBNation.com scores the round 10-9 for Darren Elkins.
Read Article >UFC 131 Results And Play-By-Play: Shane Carwin Vs. Junior Dos Santos, Kenny Florian Vs. Diego Nunes And More
Preliminary fights begin at 5:50 p.m. ET, and can be seen both on the UFC’s Facebook page and on Youtube. At 8 p.m. ET, the action moves over Spike TV, and will be followed by the pay-per-view broadcast at 9 p.m. ET.
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