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-Efrain Escudero beat Dan Lauzon via unanimous decision.
-Cyrille Diabate beat Luiz Cane via first-round TKO.
-Dong Hyun Kim beat Amir Sadollah via unanimous decision.
-John Hathaway over Diego Sanchez via unanimous decision.
-Antonio Rogerio Nogueira beat Jason Brilz via split decision.
-Mike Russow beat Todd Duffee via third-round knockout.
-Melvin Guillard beat Waylon Lowe via first-round TKO.
-Michael Bisping beat Dan Miller via unanimous decision.
-Rashad Evans beat Quinton "Rampage" Jackson via unanimous decision.
Powell's POV: No complaints about the decisions in the last two matches. Bisping dominated, and Evans controlled the majority of the fight against Jackson. Evans landed an early blow and won the first round. The second round was boring with Evans backing Jackson into the cage and they stayed there until the referee stepped in, only to go right back to the same position.
The third round was much more entertaining with Jackson landing a big blow and then missing with a couple of bombs when he had Evans down. Evans came back and got a couple of takedowns and got the decision. Overall, the main event was a letdown. The third round was fun, but didn't make up for the lack of action in rounds one and two.
I don't think it would have changed the outcome of this fight and I know I'm not the first person to complain, but I would like to see all pay-per-view main events (not just title fights) scheduled for five rounds.