Rashad Evans outpointed Dan
Henderson in a split decision Saturday night in a heavyweight bout at UFC 161.
The 42-year-old Henderson
connected with the first solid punches late in the first round, attacking so
eagerly he could hardly keep his feet against the 33-year-old Evans.
“I said, ‘What hit me,’” said
Evans, who approached Henderson with a lot more caution after that. “Only fools
rush in with Dan Henderson.”
The second round opened with
Evans trying to take down Henderson, but the veteran quickly got to his feet.
Henderson was noticeably tired in the third.
“I have nobody to blame but
myself,” he said. “In the third round I should have got a little more active.”
Evans improved to 13-3-1 in
UFC and 23-3-1 overall in MMA. Henderson dropped to 6-4 in UFC and 29-10
overall.
Earlier, Steve Miocic
unanimously outpointed Roy Nelson and Steve Miocic in another heavyweight bout,
Nelson’s looping rights found
their mark a few times in the third and Miocic backed off a little to avoid
getting caught when he already appeared ahead on the judges’ scorecards.
Miocic was asked by UFC
President Dana White how he felt after the fight.
“I won right?” he said. “OK,
then, I’m happy.”
Shawn Jordan stunned Pat Barry
with a flurry of punches to end their heavyweight fight after 59 seconds. It
started with an uppercut and the referee stopped it as Barry crouched, taking
punch after punch.
In a UFC debut for both
fighters, women’s heavyweight Alexis Davis unanimously outpointed Rosi Sexton
in the first women’s UFC fight in Canada.
“It’s a whole new ballgame,”
Davis said. “I can’t wait to fight again.” (Source)
