UFC 135 Photos: Jon Jones Submits Rampage and the Best Pictures from UFC 135

Photos are in from UFC 135 and Bleacher Report has compiled the best of them together in one easy-to-navigate location.

Jones’ impressive performance was highlighted by his innovative striking, deceptive strength and incredible killer instinct. After a somewhat tightly contested first round, Jones began picking apart Jackson in the second round before finally slamming his opponent to the ground where he then submitted him with a rear-naked choke.

Let’s take a look back at as we relive the best moments from UFC 135 in photos. 

Cole Escovedo vs. Takeya Mizugaki

Takeya Mizugaki defeated Cole Escovedo in an undercard bout, knocking him out with punches in the second round.

Judo THROW!

An awesome performance from Tim Boetsch in his second fight at middleweight was highlighted by an amazing judo throw on Nick Ring. 

It was just his second fight at middleweight, but Boetsch believes that he is having a career revitalization at his new weight class. Could he be a real contender in the near future? We'll see.

The Ultimate Fighter

The Ultimate Fighter 13 winner Tony Ferguson proved that he is more than just a reality TV superstar by winning his second fight in the Octagon, stopping Aaron Riley in the Spike TV undercard main event. 

Riley put up a good fight early, but got tagged with a big uppercut that he believes might have broken his jaw. When he told his corner that between rounds, his corner made the decision to stop the fight between the first and second rounds.

Completely Outclassed

In what was very likely the best performance of his UFC career, Nate Diaz completely outclassed Takanori Gomi in every aspect of the fight. 

Gomi is typically known as an excellent striker and has had some great knockouts throughout his career, but "The Fireball Kid" got completely hammered by the technical punching power of the kid from Stockton.

After pummeling Gomi on the feet, Diaz got the fight to the ground where he used his impressive guard to submit the Japanese legend via armbar late in the first round. 

It Wasn't Pretty, but It Still Counts Just the Same

Heavyweights Travis Browne and Rob Broughton fought to a decision with Browne edging out the English fighter by a unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) judges' decision. 

The fight was ugly with both fighters very tired toward the end, but Browne was able to keep control of the fight despite a great show of toughness from Broughton. 

Pure Exhaustion

The elevation in Denver played a big part in the second straight heavyweight fight at UFC 135 between Mark Hunt and Ben Rothwell.

The fight was an awesome contest of heavy-handed punchers who can both take it as well as they give it on the feet. But by the end, both fighters were completely out of energy and neither guy could get much behind his punches. 

At one point, the former K-1 kickboxer Hunt even had Rothwell on the ground and nearly had the fight finished with an armbar! He was unable to finish the fight, though, and finally won the contest by judges' decision (29-27, 29-28, 30-27).

Maybe He Should Stay at 170

Matt Hughes was originally scheduled to fight Diego Sanchez at UFC 135, but another fighter from The Ultimate Fighter Season One, Josh Koscheck, stepped in to take his place on just a few weeks' notice.

Hughes brought in BJ Penn to work on his stand-up, but still got knocked out by Koscheck at the end of the first round. 

Koscheck was on his way to moving up to 185, but may decide to stick at 170 after this awesome performance over a UFC Hall of Famer.

The End of an Era?

Matt Hughes was widely considered the greatest welterweight fighter of all time and some may still try to make the case that his career accomplishments are greater than current champion Georges St-Pierre.

Nevertheless, last night may have been the last time that we will see the former champion in the cage, as he announced that he will not be officially retiring, but will be asking the UFC to "put him on the shelf for awhile."

Mean Muggin'

If there is an award for the scariest staredown, it has to go to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. 

Too bad that the fight doesn't begin until after the staredown...

The Executioner

The beating that Jon Jones gave to Rampage Jackson might not have been the best performance of his career, but it was still a dominant, one-sided clobbering that ended in a very decisive fashion.

While Jones was being tended to by the medical staff, Jones simply sat down in the center of the cage and cooled down. 

A Dejected Former Champion

A former light heavyweight champion himself, Rampage Jackson, even had to admit that he was "memorized" by the work of Jon Jones in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan. 

This won't be the last time that we see Jackson, but it is becoming decreasingly likely that he ever gets "his belt" back.