Quinton "Rampage" Jackson beat Lyoto Machida looked puzzled. BJ Penn left no doubt against Matt Hughes. The first letter of the four former UFC champions, finished a fast and the other main event on Saturday launched brand Matchup.
Jackson was a split decision victory Machida won - after lifting the hand of his opponent.
"When I took over in the third round, I forgot what happened in the first two laps," said Jackson. "At that moment I thought I cried, because I have a tide in the face." Penn, meanwhile, said it takes a knockout 21 seconds behind Hughes at UFC 123rd
Hughes struck again in the contest with a right cross, then a flurry of blows to the head, triggering the fight was stopped.
"He hit me hard," said Hughes. "When I heard the shot, I thought it was a knee or a kick."
There was a lot of punches or kicks to the Jackson-Machida fight, but his aggressive style of Jackson seems to pay judges passively Machida.
"I think the only reason that the decision deserves," said Jackson.
Machida mixed and re-cycle more than they kicked and beaten, but Rampage was the third after two rounds without much action.
Brisson has decided it's not their way, the loss of direct control half after starting 16-0 start.
"When I saw that the judge saw Quinton, Quinton win," the Brazilian said through an interpreter.
Jackson (31-8) was to demonstrate that it remains a force in the UFC after playing BA Baracus in The A-"Team movie. It 'was at a loss to Rashad Evans in May, a small part of only two lines of 'arrest in 10 fights, and was indifferent to Machida.
"I was really for the knockout," he said. "I am very disappointed with my performance a bit '."
It seems that Penn has made the right decision to continue the fight he did.
Penn (07/01/1916) gave his lightweight title at UFC this year. The first sample of two divisions - still called "The Prodigy" note at the age of 31 - and a walk in mixed martial arts, after two consecutive defeats Frankie Edgar.
"Many people wonder if I'm motivated," said Penn. "I wanted to show my fighting spirit."
UFC president Dana White has given him a chance for redemption in the third match with Hughes, the trilogy only sixth in this rapidly growing sport.
Penn took the palace on the outskirts of Detroit.
"I was fired as soon as Dana gave me the invitation that was Matt Hughes fight," he said.
Penn and Hughes exchange a few shots in the opening seconds before it ended abruptly, so Hughes stunned and speechless.
Hughes (46-8) was the only one of four head of a detachment that was victory.
"I do not know what the plan," he said. "This was a great fight for me. I had a lot riding on this."
Penn surprisingly supported the UFC welterweight title in his first meeting with Hughes in 2004. It was moving and weight of the first stars of the sport with a kiss starter at the end of the first round, the addition of a mouth stunned Hughes.
Penn plays Hughes stamp in his second meeting four years ago.
Penn was the simple title to win, but returned to welterweight for the first time after losing to champion Georges St. Pierre last year.
"I think it's in 170, when he was in the octagon, it's Crazy Talk, which went well with the energy that the first BJ," said White. "It looked like 155 pounds."
Hughes planned for the rest of the year, after a presentation by Ricardo Almeida in August for his third victory in a race to recover, but 37 years old, from Hillsboro, Illinois, took the opportunity to resume a rivalry with Penn. He fought for the third time in seven months, after only a UFC card in each of the two previous years