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04-18-2006, 12:41 PM
http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/04/17/sports/doc444324e7094bf601331677.txt
Sylvia claims UFC heavyweight title with knockout
By Staff Report
ANAHEIM, Calif. ? In mixed martial arts, fortunes can change in a split second.
Just ask Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski.
Within moments of rocking and dropping Sylvia, who is fighting out of Davenport, with a big right hand to the jaw in their UFC 59 heavyweight championship bout on Saturday at the Arrowhead Pond, the champion soon found himself without a belt. Sylvia rebounded with a right to the jaw of his own that allowed the Maine native to regain the championship belt he had sought for more than two years.
The bout, which was held before a sold-out crowd of over 17,000 which witnessed the UFC?s first show ever in California, was a rematch of a February 2005 bout won by Arlovski in the first round.
With a little more than 2 minutes, 30 seconds to go in the first round, Arlovski sent Sylvia to the ground hard. But Sylvia was able to scramble back to his feet, and when he did, Arlovski came in wide-open and Sylvia came back with some payback of his own, courtesy of a short right hand that dropped the soon to be ex-champion to the canvas.
A follow-up barrage by Sylvia came in a fast and furious fashion, and referee Herb Dean immediately halted the bout at the 2:43 mark.
Sylvia claims UFC heavyweight title with knockout
By Staff Report
ANAHEIM, Calif. ? In mixed martial arts, fortunes can change in a split second.
Just ask Tim Sylvia and Andrei Arlovski.
Within moments of rocking and dropping Sylvia, who is fighting out of Davenport, with a big right hand to the jaw in their UFC 59 heavyweight championship bout on Saturday at the Arrowhead Pond, the champion soon found himself without a belt. Sylvia rebounded with a right to the jaw of his own that allowed the Maine native to regain the championship belt he had sought for more than two years.
The bout, which was held before a sold-out crowd of over 17,000 which witnessed the UFC?s first show ever in California, was a rematch of a February 2005 bout won by Arlovski in the first round.
With a little more than 2 minutes, 30 seconds to go in the first round, Arlovski sent Sylvia to the ground hard. But Sylvia was able to scramble back to his feet, and when he did, Arlovski came in wide-open and Sylvia came back with some payback of his own, courtesy of a short right hand that dropped the soon to be ex-champion to the canvas.
A follow-up barrage by Sylvia came in a fast and furious fashion, and referee Herb Dean immediately halted the bout at the 2:43 mark.