In another grueling war Court McGee made his welterweight debut as he makes the cut down from middleweight. Josh Neer was the welcome party and he was able to go the distance but this fight was almost all McGee other than the second round. McGee unleashed the strikes in bunches never settling for one when he could land as many as five in row. McGee hurt the body or more precisely the liver of Neer at the end of round but once he had Neer on the ground he was punching away at the head and not the body. Round 2 was the same from McGee but Neer was able to get off a few good series when he would start the exchange rather than try to counter. In the third round McGee continued the relentless pace and set a new record for strikes landed for a welterweight by eclipsing the 234 mark. McGee took the unanimous decision with scores of 30-27 from all three judges. This was his first time fighting at 170 I can’t wait to see what he does after he makes that cut a few more times.

The rematch between “The California Kid” Urijah Faber and Ivan Menjivar was up next and Menjivar started it off with a beautiful throw. Faber was able to roll over and get side control. Faber spends the next few minutes pounding away on Menjivar. Menjivar gets some space and tries to get up but Faber hopes on his shoulders side ways than spins the right leg around the waist of the standing Menjivar to get the body triangle. Faber locks in the standing rear naked choke and Menjivar taps out at 4:34 of round 1.

In the co-main event a number one contender for the Light Heavyweight champion was decided and that man will be Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida. Machida took the split decision 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 over Dan Henderson in a fight that never really got started it seemed. First round was close but went to Machida as he got the trip take down in the last 10 seconds. Both men seemed to have a great deal of respect for one another but they never fell for each others feints so not much happened other than circling. Hendo got the one take down he went for in the third but was never able to land that big over hand right of his. Hendo did out strike Machida to the body and legs but Machida out struck Henderson with the head shots. Machida landed 30 I think which is a low output especially compared to McGee who earlier landed 100 strikes in one round. Machida tried some of his karate techniques but nothing that ever seemed to hurt Henderson or land cleanly. It would have been interesting to see it go two more rounds but I am not sure if that would have even changed a thing. Machida will now face the winner of Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen bout after this season of TUF wraps up.

In the main event Rowdy Ronda Rousey is able to end another fight in the first round by arm bar to make it 7 pro fights,  and 7 first round submissions by arm bar. Rousey locked on a headlock almost immediately and worked to get the fight to the ground. Liz Carmouche gave her a hell of a fight though including at one point taking Rousey’s back standing and locking on a neck crank she didn’t have the body triangle only the hooks in and that would lead to the end as Rousey was able to shake her and eventually get that leg across the face. Rousey started cranking on that arm and Carmouche defended for about a minute but Rousey was able to keep prying then eventually pops that arm free and Carmouche has to tap out and taps out quickly.  Joe Rogan when complementing Rousey after the mentioned all she is doing for women not just women in combat sports but added at the end that those are the sexiest cauliflowered ears in mma.

Ronda Rousey will defend her belt for the first time in the UFC against the United States Marine veteran Liz Carmouche. In the co-main event UFC’s number 2 Light Heavyweight Dan Henderson will take on the number 3 ranked Lyoto Machida to decide who the number one contender will be for the winner of the upcoming title bout between Jon Jones versus Chael Sonnen after this season of TUF wraps up.

Also in a marquee match up Bantamweights Ivan Menjivar will get a rematch against Urijah Faber. Last time they fought back in 2006 Menjivar was disqualified in the second round for kicking a downed opponent.

Video of the weigh-ins is available below.

The action starts on Facebook tomorrow at 6:35 pm ET

Nah-Shon “The Rock N Rolla” Burrell 175.8lbs* vs Yuri Villefort 170lbs

Jon Manley 171lbs vs Neil Magny 171lbs

Kenny Robertson 170lbs vs Brock “The Machine”  Jardine 170lbs

UFC 157 prelims move to FX at 8pm ET

Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout 155lbs vs Caros “The Future” Fodor 155lbs

Dennis “The Menace” Bermudez 145lbs vs Matt “The Real One” Grice 145lbs

Michael “Maverick” Chiesa 156.2lbs** vs Anton Kuivanen 156lbs

Brendan “The Hybrid” Shaub 243lbs vs “Big” Lavar Johnson 255lbs

UFC 157 main card on PPV at 10pm ET

Josh “Kos” Koscheck 171lbs vs “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler 171lbs

Court “The Crusher” McGee 170lbs vs Josh “The Dentist” Neer

“The California Kid” Urijah Faber 136lbs vs Ivan “The Pride of El Savador” Menjivar 135.6lbs

Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida 202lbs vs Dan “Hendo” Henderson 205lbs

Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey(c) 134.6lbs vs Liz “Girlrilla” Carmouche 133.6lbs

*Burrell missed weight by a long shot and will hand over a portion of his purse to Villefort.

**Chiesa missed weight by .2 pounds but it was clear his beard weighed a couple pounds by its self so before he even tried to weigh in minus his shorts Dana and the commission called it good.