UFC Fight Night 40 results: Brown dominates Silva in exciting main-event

UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva (also known as UFC Fight Night 40) took place last night at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In what is believed to be “Fight of the year”, Matt Brown dominated Brazilian Erick Silva enroute to victory. This marks his seventh straight victory inside the octagon.  Both Brown and Silva earned $50,000 bonuses for Fight of the Night honors.

Results:

Matt Brown def. Erick Silva via TKO (strikes) – Round 3, 2:11
Constantinos Philippou def. Lorenz Larkin via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 3:47
Daron Cruickshank def. Erik Koch via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:21
Neil Magny def. Tim Means via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Soa Palelei def. Ruan Potts via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:20
Chris Cariaso def. Louis Smolka via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Ed Herman def. Rafael Natal via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Darrell Montague via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Zak Cummings def. Yan Cabral via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Johnny Eduardo def. Eddie Wineland via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 4:37
Nik Lentz def. Manny Gamburyan via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Justin Salas def. Ben Wall via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 2:41
Anthony Lapsley def. Anthony Lapsley via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:56