Anthony Johnson and MMA veteran Antonio Rogerio Nogueira locked up last night in a brutal one-round fight in the co-main event for UFC on FOX: Lawler vs. Brown, which aired for free on Fox Sports 1 and Sportsnet 360. The most impressive win clearly goes to Johnson, who managed to take out Lil Nog with heavy right hand strikes and ultimately finished him with uppercuts. Johnson won the fight via TKO at just 44 seconds into the first round, which also earned him his first Performance of the Night bonus award in the UFC.
The American mixed martial artist is now ridding on an eight-fight win streak, and is just one fight short from getting a title shot. As for Lil Nog, the talk is about whether or not he should hang up the gloves and walk away from the sport alongside his brother Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.
The fight highlights can be seen above, for those of you who missed the event, you can get the fight results for the card right below.
Main Card (Fox)
Robbie Lawler def. Matt Brown Decision (unanimous) 5 5:00
Anthony Johnson def. Antônio Rogério Nogueira TKO (punches) 1 0:44
Dennis Bermudez def. Clay Guida Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 2:57
Bobby Green def. Josh Thomson Decision (split) 3 5:00
Preliminary card (Fox)
Jorge Masvidal def. Daron Cruickshank Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Patrick Cummins def. Kyle Kingsbury Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Tim Means def. Hernani Perpétuo Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Brian Ortega def. Michael De La Torre Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 1:39
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Tiago Trator def. Akbarh Arreola Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Gilbert Burns def. Andreas Ståhl Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Joanna Jędrzejczyk def. Juliana Lima Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Noad Lahat def. Steven Siler Decision (unanimous) 3 5:00
Bonus Awards
Fight of the Night: Robbie Lawler vs. Matt Brown
Performance of the Night: Anthony Johnson and Dennis Bermudez
