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UFC 163 Results – Jose Aldo Defends Belt; Phil Davis Takes Decision Over Lyoto Machida
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 4, 2013 – UFC 163 has now come to a conclusion from the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
At the top of the card, Jose Aldo was able to defend his belt after an unlikely injury to challenger Chang Sung Jung (shoulder popped out of socket) stopped him short of any type of comeback. Prior to that point Aldo had won every round but TKZ seemed to be coming on strong looking to turn the tide. Unfortunately for him that opportunity never came and the champion capitalized a just the right moment to seize the TKO victory. Aldo leaves the arena the same way he came in, as the undisputed UFC featherweight champion while “Korean Zombie” leaves as popular as ever with many fans already calling for a rematch between the two.
As for the co-main event of the evening, Phil Davis picked up what could only be described as the most significant win in his career over Lyoto Machida. He appeared to be losing the majority of the striking exchanges in all three rounds of this fight but key takedowns at the end of rounds one and two were apparently enough to cause the judges to see things his way as “Mr. Wonderful” picked up the unanimous decision win in this one.
Elsewhere on the main card, TUF Brazil 1 winner Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira picked up his first UFC win in a year over Thiago Santos while fellow Brazilian Thales Leites made his successful return to the octagon with a win over Tom Watson. Flyweight contender John Lineker completed the winners’ circle on the main card by virtue of his second round TKO over Jose Maria Tome.
Below are the complete UFC 163 Results from Rio.
Jose Aldo over Chan Sung Jung by TKO at 2:00, R4
Phil Davis over Lyoto Machida by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Cezar Ferreira over Thiago Santos by submission (guillotine choke) at 0:47, RD1
Thales Leites over Tom Watson by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
John Lineker over Jose Maria Tome by TKO at 1:03, RD2
UFC 163 Results – Preliminary Bouts (FX)
Anthony Perosh over Vinny Magalhaes by KO at 0:14, RD1
Amanda Nunes over Sheila Gaff by TKO at 2:08, RD1
Sergio Moraes over Neil Magny by submission (triangle choke) at 3:13, RD1
Ian McCall over Iliarde Santos by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
UFC 163 Results – Preliminary Bouts (Facebook)
Rani Yahya over Josh Clopton by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Francimar Barroso over Ednaldo Oliveira by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Viscardi Andrade over Bristol Marunde by TKO at 1:36, RD1