Las Vegas, NV (March 29, 2015)– Teddy Holder (9-1), who was originally supposed to fight in a light heavyweight tournament reserve bout, took Matt Hamill’s spot in the tourney on Saturday when Hamill fell ill at WSOF 19. Then he went out and shocked UFC veteran Silva (16-4) with a brutal first-round TKO.
MAIN CARD
NBCSN, 9 p.m. ET
Justin Gaethje def. Luis Palomino
for lightweight title
TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 3:57
Teddy Holder def. Thiago Silva
light heavyweight tourney opening round
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:00
Timur Valiev def. Ed West
TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:39
Clifford Starks def. Jake Heun
light heavyweight tourney reserve bout
submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 2, 4:11
PRELIMINARY CARD
Jimmy Spicuzza def. Benny Madrid
split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27) – Round 3, 5:00
Joseph Gigliotti def. Brendan Tierney
TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 4:45
Andres Ponce def. Juan Archuleta
submission (triangle choke) – Round 2, 0:53
Dan Huber def. Israel Aquino
TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:03
Matthew Frincu def. Eric Regen
knockout (kick) – Round 2, 0:14
Erik Villalobos def. Joe Madrid
unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) – Round 3, 5:00
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