The Hughes/Alves fight has already been taken down, but here are some others!

Brandon Vera vs. Fabricio Werdum

Michael Bisping vs. Jason Day

Thales Leites vs. Nate Marquardt

Jason Lambert vs. Luis Crane

Thiago Tavares vs. Matt Wiman

Jorge Rivera vs. Martin Kampmann

It was a big deal last April when Pride superstar Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic was set to face off against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70. It was then that Gonzaga, a big Brazilian known for his Jiu-Jitsu, knocked Cro Cop out with a head kick that dropped the Croatian lifeless onto the canvas. So it’s not to surprise to learn that, after UFC 75 and UFC 80, the next two international UFC events, were filled with controversy over bad judging and blood drinking, big upsets have returned to the UFC in the form of an international event.

It’s not just one fight, it’s about oh maybe five or six, if you erred on one particular fighter coming back to reclaim his title of an exciting fighter after his snore-fest with Tim Sylvia at UFC 77. All of these upsets except for two occurred during the main event.

So, what happened last night at the 02 Arena?

Let’s start at the top with Thiago Alves TKO of Matt Hughes at 1:02 of Round 2. It was another missed-weight scenario with Alves failing to make weight and coming in bigger and heavier, but just like the Gina Carano and Kaitlyn Young fight, it wasn’t just size that won the fight. Alves was able to show that Hughes is lacking the ability to manage the fight. Hughes is a big guy, but he’s not showing that he can handle all aspects of the game anymore. We’ll see what he can do against Matt Serra.

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MMA Junkie is reporting the winners of the $50,000 “fight night” bonuses:

• KO of the Night - Thiago Alves
• Submission of the Night - Kevin Burns
• Fight of the Night - Matt Wiman vs. Thiago Tavares

MMA Junkie also makes an interesting observation: these “fight night” bonuses were $25,000 less than the ones awarded at UFC 85 ($75,000). Although this event was said to be sold out, I would assume the pay-per-view buys would be considerably less due to the lack of any relevant fights.