This past Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England, an end of an era was most likely witnessed in the main event. Matt Hughes, a future UFC Hall of Famer and the greatest welterweight in UFC history, took on the up-and-coming Thiago "Pitbull" Alves. Things didn't go nearly as planned for Hughes and with the exception of maybe one more fight (against Matt Serra) his career could be coming to a close.

Lets get right to the results from Saturday night.

Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes by TKO at 1:02 in the 1st Round.
Alves came into this fight four pounds overweight which had some contemplating his dedication. Coming in overweight for a fight is one of the most disrespectful things you can do in MMA. At the end of the fight we found out that Alves was nursing a sprained ankle which he says didn't allow him to train like he normally would, thus he wasn't able to cut the weight. The sprained ankle didn't matter in this fight. While the first round was pretty much even, the second round belonged to Alves. His speed and quickness (yes those are two different things) took over in the second round which led to him landing a flying knee to the body followed by a straight punch to the head which send Hughes to the mat. That was all Alves would need as the ref called a stop to the fight and awarded him the TKO victory. The win for Alves could propel him into a title shot against the winner of the Georges St-Pierre/Jon Fitch fight in a couple months. As far as Hughes goes, he said at the end of the fight that he has at least one more fight left in which there's no doubt who he wants that one fight to be against.

Michael Bisping def. Jason Day by TKO at 3:42 in the 1st Round.
This was Bisping's second fight since dropping down from light heavyweight to middleweight. It was also his second straight victory in dominating fashion. Not much to say about this fight other than Bisping looked awesome. Day didn't have an answer to his onslaught either on the ground or standing up. Bisping's barrage of punches lead to the referee stepping in to stop any further damage to Day. The win by Bisping marks his second straight first round TKO victory and his fifth in his last six victories overall.

Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis by Unanimous Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd Round.
Davis came into this fight with a 12-fight win streak spanning over three years. Unfortunately for him he could not fend off Swick's ground and pound attack. While he was never in any serious danger of having the fight stopped, Davis never had control during the fight that ended up going the distance. Swick opened up a couple different spots on Davis' face, most likely because of the amount of scar tissue on his face. So on top of having to deal with Swick dealing blows to his face, Davis had to deal with the blood getting in his eyes, mouth and nose. Davis was clearly the crowd favorite but even that didn't help him as Swick controlled this fight from start to finish. It wasn't an exciting fight or one for the highlight reel for Swick, but its a win and a good one over a great fighter in the UFC.

Thales Leites def. Nate Marquardt by Split Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd Round.
This was the fight that stole the show in my opinion. It was also one that ended in some controversy. Marquardt suffered two point deductions during the fight which ultimately cost him the fight. The first one came in the second round when he delivered a knee to Leites' head while he was still down on the mat. There was no doubting that should have been a point deduction. The second point deduction was much more controversial. Referee Herb Dean took a second point away from Marquard for an alleged elbow to the back of Leites' head. The replay showed that the elbow was actually to the side of his head, which is not illegal. It was that point deduction that ultimately cost Marquardt a win, or at least a draw. Because of the point deductions making the last two rounds a tie 9-9, the fight was decided by what happened in the first round, which according to two of the judges, Leites won. It was a great fight regardless of the way it ended. The win for Leites will push him forward into contention for Anderson Silva's middleweight title. I'm not sure if that's a good thing as he really should have lost this fight and would probably get destroyed by Silva. Marquardt will be back and he'll be back even better in his next fight. Of all the middleweights out there, Bisping aside, another fight between Marquardt and Silva would be worth a main event billing, no doubt.

Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera by TKO at 4:40 in the 1st Round.
Billed as the co-main event during the advertising for this event, this was actually the first televised fight of the night. Unfortunately it ended with a lot of controversy when referee Dan Miragliotta stopped the fight with just 20 seconds left in the first round. Vera landed the first substantial blow midway through the first round but Werdum weathered the storm. Eventually Werdum would score a takedown and mount Vera and start raining down a storm of punches. Vera appeared to be fine and was intelligently defending himself, but Miragliotta stopped the fight anyway. Oddly enough it was Miragliotta that stopped the fight just a little over a week ago between Kimbo Slice and James Thompson. At the end of the fight Vera confirmed with Joe Rogan that he was telling Miragliotta that he was OK and to not stop the fight. Apparently he was hard of hearing and did the exact opposite. The win for Werdum will likely push him into a heavyweight title shot against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in December. Its unfortunate for Vera, but he'll be back and he'll pose a big challenge for whoever the champ is once he gets to that No. 1 contender spot.

PRELIMINARY BOUT RAPID RESULTS

• Martin Kampmann def. Jorge Rivera by Submission (guillotine choke) at 2:44 in the 1st round.
• Matt Wiman def. Thiago Tavares by KO at 1:57 in the 2nd round.
• Kevin Burns def. Roan Carneiro by Submission (triangle choke) at 2:53 in the 2nd round.
• Luiz Cane def. Jason Lambert by TKO at 2:07 in the 1st round.
• Paul Taylor def. Jess Liaudin by Split Decision at 5:00 in the 3rd round.
• Antoni Hardonk def. Eddie Sanchez by TKO at 4:15 in the 2nd round.

PPV Prediction Results: 1-4 (63-41 overall)

Up next for the UFC is the finale of this season's "The Ultimate Fighter" which takes place on Saturday, June 21 and features a main event between Kendall Grove and Evan Tanner. And then on July 5th the fight that a lot of people have been waiting for will happen when this season's TUF coaches, Forrest Griffin and Quinton "Rampage" Jackson step into the Octagon with Rampage's light heavyweight title on the line.