Big Country’s seemingly indomitable chin did not hold up against the Super Samoan, Mark Hunt, at UFC Fight Night 52 Saturday in Saitama, Japan. Set up with jabs, Roy Nelson ducked right into an uppercut from Hunt that sent him face first to the canvas in the night’s main event. Official time, 3:00 mark of round two.
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Also on the main card, Miesha Tate ground out a unanimous decision win over buff Pancrase champ Rin Nakai, who was making her promotional debut. By all accounts it was a rather lackluster showing by both ladies.
Here are the full results:
| Main Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Heavyweight | Mark Hunt | def. | Roy Nelson | KO (punch) | 2 | 3:00 | |
| Lightweight | Myles Jury | def. | Takanori Gomi | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:32 | |
| Welterweight | Yoshihiro Akiyama | def. | Amir Sadollah | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women’s Bantamweight | Miesha Tate | def. | Rin Nakai | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Kiichi Kunimoto | def. | Richard Walsh | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Kyoji Horiguchi | def. | Jon Delos Reyes | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:48 | |
| Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Masanori Kanehara | def. | Alex Caceres | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Katsunori Kikuno | def. | Sam Sicilia | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:38 | |
| Welterweight | Hyun Gyu Lim | def. | Takenori Sato | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 1:18 | |
| Bantamweight | Kyung Ho Kang | def. | Michinori Tanaka | Decision (split) (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Johnny Case | def. | Kazuki Tokudome | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 | 2:34 | |
| Featherweight | Maximo Blanco | def. | Daniel Hooker | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
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