UFC Fight Night 58 results: Lyoto Machida knocks out C.B. Dollaway in 62 seconds

It hasn’t been “The Machida Era” in about half a decade. But “The Dragon” is still one of the best in the world.

Machida cemented his status as a major threat in the middleweight division by destroying C.B. Dollaway in just 62 seconds in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway on Saturday night in Barueri, Brazil. Machida landed a left kick to the body that clearly hurt Dollaway and Machida pounced with punches.

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UFC Fight Night 58 results: Lyoto Machida knocks out C.B. Dollaway in 62 seconds

UFC Fight Night 58 in Tweets: Pros react to Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway, Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon

What looked to be a mismatch on paper ended up playing out that way in reality, as former champ Lyoto Machida capped off the UFC’s final show of 2014 by dusting C.B. Dollaway with a gunshot of a body kick early in the first round of UFC Fight Night 58’s main event. Check out what the pros had to say about Machida’s brilliant performance, plus all the rest of Saturday’s nuggets from the FOX Sports 1 main card.

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UFC Fight Night 58 in Tweets: Pros react to Lyoto Machida vs. C.B. Dollaway, Renan Barao vs. Mitch Gagnon

Dominick Cruz: CM Punk will "get eaten alive by the guy he"s fighting"

BARUERI, Brazil — Dominick Cruz talks to reporters before UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway weigh-ins about his pending UFC bantamweight title fight with T.J. Dillashaw, what changed while he was out for nearly three years with injuries and his opinion on the UFC’s controversial signing of former WWE star CM Punk.

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Dominick Cruz: CM Punk will "get eaten alive by the guy he"s fighting"

Morning Report: CM Punk says he "would fight Anderson Silva tomorrow" for "the correct amount of money"

On a media blitz in New York City Thursday, professional wrestling’s CM Punk began opening up a bit more on the early conversations held with UFC president Dana White prior to his joining the promotion earlier in December.

The WWE star has taken a mountain of flak for his choice to cannonball into MMA’s grandest stage at 36 with no resume to speak of, but Punk says he was willing to endure the entry level tournament that is ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’

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Morning Report: CM Punk says he "would fight Anderson Silva tomorrow" for "the correct amount of money"

Jon Jones on explicit UFC 182 promotion: "A lot of people want me to be the bad guy"

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — By now it’s pretty clear the promotional angles for UFC 182 differ greatly from those of most other major UFC pay-per-views.

The biggest culprit for that is the chain of events that took place in early August, when a scuffle between light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier tumbled off the stage in the MGM Grand, then continued in expletive-laden form as the two bickered across a live (but assumedly off-the-record) television signal for a majority of the afternoon.

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Jon Jones on explicit UFC 182 promotion: "A lot of people want me to be the bad guy"

Francisco Rivera will appeal entry loss to Urijah Faber due to eye poke

Francisco Rivera will appeal his submission loss to Urijah Faber on Saturday night at UFC 181 in Las Vegas with the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC), Rivera told MMA Fighting.

Rivera said after discussing the situation along with his manager Jason House, it was something he felt like he needed to do. In the 2nd round, Faber certainly poked Rivera in a person’s eye, sending Rivera up from the cage, covering his face certainly in pain. Faber swarmed, landed punches and eventually cinched in a bulldog choke for the tapout success at 1:34 of the round.

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Francisco Rivera will appeal entry loss to Urijah Faber due to eye poke

CM Punk: "If someone will compare me to Brock Lesnar, I will take that"

LAS VEGAS – UFC 181 was the 300th occasion in business history. It was likewise the very first in which a former professional wrestler with no MMA expertise got his own press conference.

Phil “CM Punk” Brooks was declared as the UFC’s latest signee on Saturday night. The Chicago native and former World Wrestling Entertainment winner, who had been extremely popular in wrestling groups, step down the WWE early in 2013.

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CM Punk: "If someone will compare me to Brock Lesnar, I will take that"

UFC 181 results: Anthony Pettis submits Gilbert Melendez, keeps lightweight title

LAS VEGAS – Gilbert Melendez revealed Anthony Pettis no panic within their UFC lightweight title fight on Saturday night. Melendez pressed forward for most of the fight and won the initial round.

But he walked right into a huge right hand early in the 2nd round. Before you can blink, Pettis caught Melendez in a guillotine choke and became the first person ever to submit the former Strikeforce champ.

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UFC 181 results: Anthony Pettis submits Gilbert Melendez, keeps lightweight title

UFC 181 results: Todd Duffee scores fast knockout of Anthony Hamilton

LAS VEGAS – Todd Duffee waited almost two years to produce his come back to the Octagon.

From there, it turned out to be a simple matter of moments before he produced a Todd Duffee Unique.

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UFC 181 results: Todd Duffee scores fast knockout of Anthony Hamilton

UFC 181: Urijah Faber finishes Francisco Rivera after unpenalized eye poke

LAS VEGAS – An obvious eye poke price Francisco Rivera dearly in his UFC 181 fight against Urijah Faber on Saturday night.

Rivera was holding his own against the previous WEC featherweight champion in the 2nd round of the bantamweight fight in the Mandalay Bay Events Center when he caught an inadvertent finger in a person’s eye from Faber.

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UFC 181: Urijah Faber finishes Francisco Rivera after unpenalized eye poke

Acute bronchitis knocks Irene Aldana out of Invicta fight with Marion Reneau

Invicta FC’s third show on UFC Fight Pass is down a fight.

Swearing Mexican bantamweight Irene Aldana is out of her Invicta FC 10 fight Friday night with Marion Reneau in Houston due to your serious case of bronchitis that necessitated hospitalization, Invicta declared Monday. The fight will likely be rescheduled on a card in early 2015.

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Acute bronchitis knocks Irene Aldana out of Invicta fight with Marion Reneau

Bellator winner Douglas Lima needs to trade punches with Paul Daley

Welterweight champion Douglas Lima will ultimately go back to the Bellator cage in February.

Lima told MMAFighting.com he was anticipating to defend his 170-pound title against Paul Daley or Andrey Koreshkov. A week later, Bellator declared he’ll put his belt at stake against Daley, the British striker, at Bellator 133 on Feb. 27 at the Mohegan Sun in in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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Bellator winner Douglas Lima needs to trade punches with Paul Daley

UFC Fight Night 57 in Tweets: Pros react to Frankie Edgar dominating Cub Swanson

Well, Cub Swanson might be waiting quite a bit longer for his title shot. Swanson needed a big win Saturday night to convince UFC brass he was the right man to face featherweight champion Jose Aldo, but Frankie Edgar had his own plans. Edgar picked up right where he left off against BJ Penn, beating Swanson from pillar to post for nearly the full five rounds. Here’s how the pros reacted to UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson.

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UFC Fight Night 57 in Tweets: Pros react to Frankie Edgar dominating Cub Swanson

UFC 180 results: Kelvin Gastelum submits Jake Ellenberger in the first round

In the co-main event of UFC 180, the rising Kelvin Gastelum had the best performance of his career, submitting top contender Jake Ellenberger in the first round.

The two opened being very cautious of the other, Gastelum the southpaw and Ellenberger staying orthodox. Gastelum would pump the jab early, landing with some effect, but Ellenberger was also able to score with hard right-hand counters. Gastelum eventually timed a double and put Ellenberger on the mat, a few feet away from the cage. Ellenberger would work from open guard. Ellenberger was able to stand without much damage, but ate a left hand once he stood. Gastelum pressed Ellenberger into the fence, yet it was Ellenberger who reversed him.

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UFC 180 results: Kelvin Gastelum submits Jake Ellenberger in the first round

UFC 180 results: Augusto Montano stops Chris Heatherly with barrage of knees

Fan favorite Augusto Montano gave the crowd in Mexico City at UFC 180 what they wanted, dispatching Chris Heatherly with an onslaught of knees in the first round of their main card bout.

Heatherly was able to secure the takedown early and after shucking off a Montano armbar attempt, passed to side control. But Montano faked him out, showing he was going to half guard, but rolled out the opposite way. The two eventually clinched along the fence with the bigger Montano being the aggressor. A knee up the middle badly hurt Heatherly, which helped the Mexican plant Heatherly on his back and attempt to pass.

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UFC 180 results: Augusto Montano stops Chris Heatherly with barrage of knees

Trevor Smith files appeal to overturn controversial KO loss at UFC Fight Night 56

Caio Magalhaes scored his fourth straight win in the UFC with a 31-second knockout over Trevor Smith at UFC Fight Night 56, but the middleweight contest ended in controversial fashion.

After rocking Smith with a knee and a left cross, Magalhaes knocked him down with a hammerfist that clearly hit the back of Smith’s head. The Nova Uniao fighter kept landing hammerfirsts, some of those in the back of the head, and referee Keith Peterson stopped the fight.

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Trevor Smith files appeal to overturn controversial KO loss at UFC Fight Night 56

Cain Velasquez could be stripped of UFC title if he can’t fight by March

Cain Velasquez last defended the UFC heavyweight title in October 2013, and he will have to be back in action by March 2015 if he wants to keep his belt.

Velasquez, forced out of his UFC 180 bout with Fabricio Werdum on Nov. 15 and replaced by Mark Hunt, will likely be stripped of his UFC heavyweight title if he can’t fight early next year, UFC president Dana White announced on UFC.com.

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Cain Velasquez could be stripped of UFC title if he can’t fight by March

Morning Report: Shogun Rua says he "made a blunder" against Ovince St. Preux, will speak to his team about the future

In the tail end of an uninspired UFC Fight Night, lovers in Uberlandia, Brazil waited until almost 4:00am local time to cheer on their national hero.

All was forgiven as Mauricio Rua made his walk to the Octagon, but sadly for them it continued longer in relation to the real main event against Ovince St. Preux.

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Morning Report: Shogun Rua says he "made a blunder" against Ovince St. Preux, will speak to his team about the future

UFC Fight Night 56 results: Ovince St. Preux makes short work of Mauricio Rua with TKO

It did not get started until five minutes before 4 a.m. locally in Uberlandia, Brazil, but it continued only 34 seconds in the end.

Ovince St. Preux — standing in for the wounded Jimi Manuwa on short notice — ended former light heavyweight champ Mauricio Rua immediately after landing a short left hook in the main event at UFC Fight Night 56, stunning the crowd in Brazil. After “Shogun” slipped in the canvas within an early exchange on the fence he combined a left hand that dropped him where he stood. St. Preux swooped in and — after a string of rapid punches — completed the occupation seconds afterwards to bring the Brazilian crowd into silence.

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UFC Fight Night 56 results: Ovince St. Preux makes short work of Mauricio Rua with TKO

UFC Fight Night 56 in Tweets: Professionals respond to Ovince Saint Preux"s stunning KO of Shogun Rua

Well, the UFC’s Friday Fight Night event in Sydney proved to be quite a hard act to follow along with. Everything came to your head when Ovince Saint Preux pulled off among the more upsetting upsets in recent MMA history by putting Mauricio Rua down early in round one. Here’s the way the MMA world known as the activity.

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UFC Fight Night 56 in Tweets: Professionals respond to Ovince Saint Preux"s stunning KO of Shogun Rua