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Lyoto Machida and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza score convincing decision wins
February 16, 2014 – UFC Fight Night 36: “Machida vs. Mousasi” took place this past Saturday in Santa Catarina, Brazil. There were 12 fights total between those televised on FOX Sports 1 and those on Fight Pass. With that, the long night of action produced some expected results specifically for the middleweights.
Middleweight contender Lyoto Machida may have moved to the front of the line to face the winner of Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort, scheduled for UFC 173 this May. Gegard Mousasi had no answer for the same speed, timing and accuracy that’s gotten so many opponents before in their main event fight as Machida walked away with the near sweep on the judges’ cards when all was said and done.
Speaking of middleweights, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza also made his own case for contender status with a unanimous decision win over Francis Carmont at UFC FN 36. He had an arm injury going in but battled through to win the decision on this one. Next up for him is surgery but he’ll likely face someone like Luke Rockold or even Machida when he’s back as he looks to keep climbing the divisional ladder.
UFC Fight Night 36 also saw a pair of one time ‘can’t miss’ prospects in Erick Silva and Charles Oliveira win. Silva finished his fight with Takenori Sato in short order with a first round knockout while Charles put away Andy Ogle with a triangle choke in the third.
A unanimous decision win by Nicholas Musoke over Viscardi Andrade rounded off the action on Fox Sports 1.
Check out the complete results for UFC Fight Night 36 below.
UFC Fight Night 36 – Main Card Results (on Fox Sports 1)
- Lyoto Machida def. Gegard Mousasi by unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45)
- Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza def. Francis Carmont by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Erick Silva def. Takenori Sato by KO at 0:52, RD1
- Nicholas Musoke def. Viscardi Andrade by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Charles Oliveira def. Andy Ogle by submission (triangle choke) at 2:40, RD3
UFC Fight Night 36 – Preliminary Card Results (UFC Fight Pass)
- Joe Proctor def. Cristiano Marcello by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
- Rodrigo Damm def. Ivan “Batman” Jorge by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Francisco Trinaldo def. Jesse Ronson by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
- Iuri Alcantara def. Wilson Reis by split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27)
- Felipe Arantes def. Maximo Blanco by unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
- Ildemar Alcantara def. Albert Tumenov by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
- Zubair Tukhugov def. Douglas Silva de Andrade by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
