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The Brazilian star scored a first round knockout to put himself in the mix for a shot against middleweight king Anderson Silva next year.Belfort and Franklin — contesting the fight at a catchweight 195lbs — began slowly but The Phenom exploded towards the end of the opening period to notch his first victory in the promotion since February 2005.His compatriot, Junior Dos Santos, also underlined his growing reputation in the heavyweight division by forcing the legendary Mirko ‘Cro Cop’ Filipovic to verbally submit in the final round of their clash.And Britain’s Paul Daley got his UFC career off to a flying start with a first round TKO win over fellow welterweight Martin Kampmann.
UFC 103 results at a glance:
Vitor Belfort defeated Rich Franklin by KO at 3:02, R1.
Junior dos Santos defeated Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic by verbal submission at 2:00, R3.
Paul Daley defeated Martin Kampmann by TKO at 2:31, R1.
Josh Koscheck defeated Frank Trigg by TKO at 1:25, R1.
Tyson Griffin defeated Hermes Franca by TKO at 3:26, R2.
Efrain Escudero defeated Cole Miller by KO at 3:36, R1.
Tomasz Drwal defeated Drew McFedries by submission (rear naked choke) at 1:03, R2
Jim Miller defeated Steve Lopez by TKO (injury) at :48 or R2.
Nik Lentz defeated Rafaello Oliveira by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Rick Story defeated Brian Foster by submission (arm triangle choke) at 1:09 of R2
Eliot Marshall defeated Jason Brilz by split decision (30-27, 27-30, 30-27).
Vladimir Matyushenko defeated Igor Pokrajac by unanimous decision (30-27 on all scorecards).
Rafael Dos Anjos defeated Robert Emerson by unanimous decision (30-27 on all scorecards).
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