{"id":1929,"date":"2013-01-28T20:59:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T20:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/166.62.41.2\/~holaamericanews\/2013\/01\/28\/flyweights-soar-at-ufc-on-fox-6\/"},"modified":"2013-01-28T20:59:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T20:59:41","slug":"flyweights-soar-at-ufc-on-fox-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/flyweights-soar-at-ufc-on-fox-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Flyweights Soar at UFC on Fox 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

(1\/27\/13, Chicago, IL) –\u00a0 After watching Demetrious Johnson (17-2-1) and John Dodson (15-6) battle in the main event of the UFC on FOX 6 event from The United Center, I think it\u2019s safe to say that the flyweight division in the UFC is here to stay and a force to be reckoned with.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under heavy scrutiny that it would never be a legitimate division, the 16,091 in attendance at The United Center, all those watching for free on Fox and most importantly, UFC owner Dana White seem to be fully convinced that flyweights can pack an arena and can put on one hell of a show.\u00a0 \u201cI like the flyweight fights that have happened,\u201d said White.\u00a0 \u201cBut this was the fight.\u00a0\u00a0 They both proved tonight that no one should be talking any sh*t about the flyweights anymore.\u201d<\/p>

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Apparently having the flyweight title up for grabs made John Dodson come out stronger and faster than we have ever seen him before as in the first round of the scheduled five round fight, he dropped Johnson early most likely putting him up 1-0 on the judges score card after the round.\u00a0 As round two started we saw Johnson start to find his range on Dodson but it wasn\u2019t enough to slow the challenger down as Dodson dropped \u201cMighty Mouse\u201d twice in the round.\u00a0 In the third round, Dodson landed a beautiful kick off the cage but Johnson was landing more power shots and it started to show why he had the title and not Dodson.\u00a0 A questionable knee from Johnson to Dodson while his hand was touching the mat stole the attention from the fight for a few minutes in the fourth round but it would be the work in the clinch that would ultimately give the round to Johnson going into the fifth round.\u00a0 In the final round, Johnson put Dodson up against the cage and let his hands and knees go landing several shots to a visibly beaten down John Dodson.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve been rocked before in my past fights,\u201d said Johnson.\u00a0 \u201cJohn Dodson is tough and a great opponent.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I had a tough guy like that to fight.\u201d\u00a0 Both Dodson and Johnson received Fight of the Night honors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the co-main event of the evening, the UFC said goodbye to MMA legend, Quinton \u201cRampage\u201d Jackson (32-11) giving him the exit fight that he wanted against one of 2013\u2019s top light heavyweight prospects, Glover Teixeira (20-2).\u00a0 With a lot of pre- fight trash talking between the two; both fighters started swinging hard early in the round landing big shots.\u00a0 Rampage would show signs of fatigue throughout the fight but would then throw a flurry of punches to Teixeira saying that it was going to take more than that to put him down.\u00a0 Teixeira talked in the press conference that he did let Rampage back up to his feet at times during the fight because he wanted to knock Rampage out and not have a ground fight with him.\u00a0 He did however also acknowledge Rampage\u2019s power though. Teixeira would go on to take a unanimous decision win over Rampage.\u00a0 \u201cI feel great about the fight,\u201d said Teixeira.\u00a0 \u201cI knew before the fight that I didn\u2019t want to get caught from his punches.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In what was expected to be an all out war between former WEC stars, Anthony \u201cShowtime\u201d Pettis (14-2) and Donald \u201cCowboy\u201d Cerrone (19-5, 1NC) ended much \"Pettis\"faster than everyone, including Pettis himself anticipated.\u00a0 As both fighters felt each other out early in the first round, it was a highlight reel, knee off the fence now called the \u201cShowtime Knee\u201d, similar to the \u201cShowtime Kick\u201d that really got the round going. After landing and few more kicks, Pettis switched to a southpaw stance and landed a devastating kick to Cerrone\u2019s liver as Cowboy crumbled to the mat with Pettis landing a few hammer fists for good measure.<\/p>\n

The Henderson\/ Melendez lightweight title fight in April is set in stone, but Dana let everyone know who has the next shot at the press conference.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s (Pettis) next.\u201d said White.\u00a0 \u201cThat was incredible tonight.\u00a0 I can\u2019t say enough good things about the kid. Tonight was unbelievable.\u201d\u00a0 Pettis also received Knockout of the Night for his efforts.\u00a0<\/p>

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Chicago native, Ricardo Lamas (13-2) kicked off the Fox televised portion of the night with a violent win over former featherweight contender Eric Koch (13-2).\u00a0 Lamas was much more active starting out taking Koch down twice in the round.\u00a0 But it was in round two that he capitalized on Koch being on his back even more as he landed two big downward punches followed by two of the biggest elbows seen in a while as Koch\u2019s face exploded open forcing the ref to stop the fight.\u00a0 Lamas was straight to the point on what he would like to happen for him in the next few months.\u00a0 \u201cI want the winner of Aldo vs. Edgar next week.\u201d said Lamas. \u201cI don\u2019t care who wins, I want the winner. I think I\u2019ve earned my shot, and I will perform like I did tonight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dana White said in the press conference that the UFC would most likely come back to Chicago in January of 2014 but also added a little teaser comment.\u00a0 \u201cWe came back at the same time this year and it\u2019s working out for us,\u201d said White.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019d like to come back in the summer but we will see what happens.\u201d\"jim_miller_2\"<\/p>

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