While the UFC fans were still pretty much in the hangover of UFC 196, the organization delivered yet another successful show through Fight Night 85. The show, held at Brisbane lived up to all the expectations and gave the fans some interesting results.
The main event saw a heavyweight battle between Mark Hunt and Frank Mir. The New Zealand-born Hunt dominated the match and had another walk off Knockout when he stunned Mir in the first round itself. The bout took only three minutes to end and it was a right-hand punch from Hunt that did the job perfectly.
Elsewhere, in the co-main event, Neil Magny secured one of the biggest wins of his career when he defeated Hector Lombard via a technical knockout. Lombard, who enjoyed some dominance in the first round, was grounded in the second by Magny.
Magny delivered a string of unanswered shots to the head of Lombard throughout the second and third round to win the match. There were questions raised about the officiating as referee Steve Perceval did not stop the match despite Lombard suffering numerous blows to the head in the second round.
The other major result of the day came thanks to Australian Daniel Kelly. He defeated Antonio Carlos Junior through an epic comeback. Junior dominated the first two rounds but Kelly made an insane comeback to get an upset TKO win in the third round.
Here are the complete results for the UFC Fight Night 85.
Main Card
Mark Hunt (#9) defeated Frank Mir (#10) via TKO (punch) at 3:01 of R3
Neil Magny (#9) def. Hector Lombard (#13) via TKO (punches) at :46 of R3
Jake Matthews def. Johnny Case via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:45 of R3
Dan Kelly def. Antônio Carlos Júnior via TKO (strikes) at 1:36 of R3
Steve Bossé def. James Te-Huna via KO (punch) at :54 of R1
Bec Rawlings def. Seo Hee Ham via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Prelim Fights
Alan Jouban def. Brendan O'Reilly via TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of R1
Dan Hooker def. Mark Eddiva via submission (guillotine) at 1:24 or R1
Leslie Smith def. Rin Nakai via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Viscardi Andrade def. Richard Walshvia unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Ross Pearson def. Chad Laprise via split decision (28-30, 30-27, 29-28)
Alan Patrick def. Damien Brown via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
