UFC on FOX 2 Results: Memorable Moments from Evans vs. Davis Fight Card

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UFC on FOX 2 is in the books, and the full results are below:

Rashad Evans defeats Phil Davis via unanimous decision (50-45 x 3)

Chael Sonnen defeats Michael Bisping via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Chris Weidman defeats Demian Maia via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Evan Dunham defeats Nick Lentz via doctor stoppage at 5:00 of Round 2 (left eye swelling and cut)

Mike Russow defeats Jon Olav Einemo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

Cub Swanson defeats George Roop via technical knockout at 2:22 of Round 2

Charles Oliveira defeats Eric Wisely via submission at 1:43 of Round 1

Michael Johnson defeats Shane Roller via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Lavar Johnson defeats Joey Beltran via knockout at 4:42 of Round 1

Chris Camozzi defeats Dustin Jacoby via submission at 1:08 of Round 3

What follows are the memorable moments from Saturday night's card from the United Center.

Lavar Johnson's UFC Debut

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Joey Beltran looked like a new man when he entered the Octagon weighing 228 pounds and sporting one hell of a mustache. Beltran's opponent, Lavar Johnson, making his UFC debut, looked much, much bigger than Beltran, checking in at a muscular 252.

Johnson may have been making his UFC debut, but he entered Saturday's event with 20 professional bouts under his belt, winning 15 of those fights, with 13 of those wins coming by knockout. 

Johnson started the fight by looking to touch gloves with Beltran, but Beltran shook his head to say no. Johnson answered that slight with a big right to the body that staggered Beltran. From there, the fight went to the clinch and Johnson delivered several knees to the legs and body. 

Once the fighters moved away from the fence, Johnson threw powerful jabs from distance, hurting Beltran, an impressive feat since Beltran has become known for his ability to take substantial abuse.

With 45 seconds left in the round, Johnson kicked things up a notch when he backed Beltran up against the cage and assaulted him with numerous uppercuts that turned the lights out on Beltran. The knockout loss was the first time that Beltran had been stopped by KO in his MMA career.

The win ended Johnson's two-fight losing streak and most likely earned him a shot at some higher-level competition in the UFC. It also earned him "Knockout of the Night" honors.

Charles Oliveira Submission Victory

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Leading up to Saturday's UFC on FOX 2 fight card, Charles Oliveira was having a tough go in his recent UFC fights.

Oliveira came to the UFC with a record of 12-0, with only one of those fights going the distance. He opened his UFC career with submission victories over Darren Elkins and Efrain Escudero. Following those two wins, he was given a bump up in competition, facing Jim Miller.

Miller wasted little time in handing Oliveira his first loss, submitting Oliveira in under two minutes. From there, Oliveira defeated Nik Lentz, but that fight was overturned as Oliveira had badly damaged Lentz with an illegal knee before submitting him with a rear naked choke.

Oliveira would then run into Donald Cerrone, who TKO'd him in the first round.

Oliveira dropped from lightweight to featherweight for Saturday's card and the move paid off for the 22-year-old Brazilian.

Early in the bout Oliveira caught a kick from his opponent, Eric Wisely, and dumped Wisely to his back. Oliveira then attempted a heel hook that Wisely countered. That counter had Oliveira looking for a kneebar, but again Wisely was able to avoid the submission.

The beginning of the end came when Oliveira pulled the scrambling Wisely to him, taking his back and locking in a calf slicer that had Wisely grimacing in pain and quickly tapping out.

From all indications, Oliveira's calf slicer was the first submission of its type in the UFC.

The photo above does not do the hold justice. This was the type of submission that had viewers wincing and involuntarily grabbing their knees upon seeing it on Fuel TV.

Cub Swanson's Knockout

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Early in this fight, George Roop used his height advantage to keep his opponent, Cub Swanson at a distance. At the two-minute mark of Round 1, Swanson tried a wheel kick that missed, but the technique seemed to boost his confidence as he followed that attempt with a flurry of punches that backed Roop up into the cage.

The end of this one came halfway through the second round, when Swanson delivered a huge right hand that sent Roop's mouthpiece flying into the air, while Roop crumbled to the mat.

From there it was just a matter of time before the referee put a stop to the fight.

Evan Dunham vs. Nik Lentz

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The lightweight bout that closed out Saturday's preliminary card was not a barn burner, but it was a nice piece of matchmaking by the UFC's Joe Silva.

The back-and-forth in the first round had both fighters battling for position and exchanging takedowns, strikes and choke attempts. It was a very evenly-matched round.

Dunham started the second round with a takedown that saw Lentz looking for a submission from the bottom. Lentz then held Dunham in his guard, not allowing Dunham to get a dominant position. When Dunham looked to take the back of Lentz, he quickly spun through and negated the attempt.

The fight then went to standing and the two exchanged a flurry of punches that had both fighters smiling at each other. They then went to the ground, where Dunham was able to sneak some ground and pound in before attempting another choke. That found no purchase, but he was able to land an elbow upon separating.

The fight stayed on the ground and when Lentz raised his head up a great deal of blood was evident from under his left eye.

Between the second and third round, the doctor came in to look at the eye of Lentz, which was quickly swelling shut. That swelling, coupled with the cut itself, had the doctor waving the fight off.

Demian Maia vs. Chris Weidman

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This one was memorable in two ways, one of them an acknowledgement of one fighter's dedication, the second, not so positive.

Chris Weidman stepped up on short notice to take this fight when Chael Sonnen's original opponent, Mark Munoz, was injured less than two weeks before the fight. Weidman moved in to take the spot Michael Bisping left vacant when he was moved up to face Sonnen in the co-main event.

Weidman's main focus leading into this fight was dropping more than 30 pounds to make the 185-pound limit. The fact that he was able to do so is a testament to his dedication to the sport and furthering his career, but that's really the only positive that can be taken from this fight.

Maia, one of the finest Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners in the UFC's middleweight division, looked like he was interested in only showcasing his new-found striking ability. The problem was that Weidman could match him in that department and Maia ended up looking average at best.

The fight never really developed into anything and while it was understandable that Weidman would grow tired as the fight progressed. It seemed as if Maia was just as gassed when the fight came to its end.

The crowd was clearly unhappy with the fight and it was not the best example of MMA to launch the UFC's second show on FOX.

Rashad Evans' Win

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Rashad Evans knew that with a win over Phil Davis at UFC on FOX 2 he would punch his ticket to a long-awaited title fight with the man that has called him "the antagonist of my career," UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.

While some would say that the fight was less than exciting, it was a perfect display of how a fighter can use his strengths to totally dominate his opponent.

Before the fight began, Evans said that the collegiate wrestling prowess of Davis had nothing on his MMA wrestling skills. Evans proved that to be true, completing three of his four takedown attempts while stuffing seven of Davis' nine attempts.

As far as the striking goes, Evans dominated that as well. He forced the less experienced Davis to come to him and countered effectively, landing 106 strikes out of 209 attempts, a much higher percentage than Davis' 61 of 208.

Evans did what he had to do to win. He also did Davis a favor by giving him a clear idea as to where he stands in the light heavyweight division and what he needs to keep working on to progress. The reality is that while Evans won this fight, Davis should look at this as a win as well, he stood in there with one of the best in the division, never quit and left Chicago with a lot of lessons on how he can improve.

With that being said, the question now is, is the Rashad Evans that fought on Saturday in Chicago good enough to wrest the crown from Jon Jones' head?