UFC 108: EVANS VS. SILVA exceeded most expectations with an interesting night of fights. The event was held Saturday January 2, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Suga" Rashad Evans and Thiago Silva went the distance in the main event, with Evans scoring the unanimous decision victory. Evans used his superior wrestling and lightning-quick hand and head movement to outwrestle and outstrike Silva throughout the first two rounds. In the third round, Silva, who had grown increasingly frustrated during the first two-thirds of the fight, began playing to the crowd and taunting Evans, at one point even standing completely still in front of Evans, trying to bait him into a counterpunching situation. Silva's antics actually worked for a moment, as he caught Evans with a big punch that had him wobbly-legged. Silva was unable to capitalize, though, and allowed Evans to survive, continuing to taunt when he should've been pouncing.
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In the co-main event, Paul "Semtex" Daley landed a left hook from hell to the nerdy noggin of Dustin Hazelett, and that was all she wrote. Daley is a star and Hazelett goes back to the drawing board.
The Madman Fight of the Night was Sam "Hands of Stone" Stout vs Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon. Stout is a UFC veteran, but showed a level of improvement this time out that suggests he could be a possible future title contender. Lauzon is an upper middle-tier fighter and Stout completely dominated the fight. Lauzon put on a stellar performance as well, but was completely overmatched on this night, which was quite surprising given Lauzon was a fairly heavy favorite.
Jim Miller began preparing for UFC 108 to fight Tyson Griffin, who was replaced by Sean Sherk, who was replaced by Duane "Bang" Ludwig, who provided Miller with a much clearer path to victory. Miller took Ludwig to the canvas with his fists and secured the submission victory.
Junior Dos Santos stood toe-to-toe with a genuine badass, in Gilbert "The Hurricane" Yvel, and was the one who walked away standing. Dos Santos has now taken out MMA legends Gilbert Yvel and Mirko Cro Cop inside the Octagon, and has to be considered the next top contender in the UFC heavyweight division after Shane Carwin and Cain Velasquez settle their business in their upcoming fights with Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, respectively.