UFC 199 Results: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2

UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping II took place on June 4, 2016, at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Michael Bisping accepted a middleweight title fight on roughly two weeks’ notice and knocked out Luke Rockhold in the first round to become UFC champion. Dominick Cruz defeated Urijah Faber in their trilogy bout, while Max Holloway, Dan Henderson, and Dustin Poirier earned important main-card wins.

Event video: UFC 199.

Bisping completes a decade-long climb in 3:36

Chris Weidman had been scheduled to challenge Rockhold, but an injury opened the door for Bisping. Rockhold had submitted Bisping in their first meeting and entered the rematch as a substantial favorite.

Bisping stayed composed, countered an overextended right hand with a left hook, and dropped Rockhold. Rockhold stood, but another left sent him down again. Follow-up punches ended the fight at 3:36 of round one, making Bisping UFC middleweight champion in his first title opportunity.

Cruz closes the Faber rivalry

Dominick Cruz used movement, angles, and straight punches to control Urijah Faber over five rounds. He dropped Faber twice and won by unanimous decision, 50–45, 50–45, and 49–46, retaining the bantamweight championship.

Holloway, Henderson, and Poirier deliver

Max Holloway swept the scorecards against Ricardo Lamas for his ninth consecutive win. Dan Henderson survived early trouble and knocked out Hector Lombard with a head kick and elbow at 1:27 of round two. Dustin Poirier knocked out Bobby Green in the opening round.

Brian Ortega stopped Clay Guida with a knee late in round three, Beneil Dariush knocked out James Vick, and Jessica Andrade overwhelmed Jessica Penne in her strawweight debut.

Complete UFC 199 results

• Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold — KO (punches); round 1, 3:36. Bisping won the UFC middleweight championship.
• Dominick Cruz def. Urijah Faber — unanimous decision; round 5, 5:00. Cruz retained the UFC bantamweight championship.
• Max Holloway def. Ricardo Lamas — unanimous decision; round 3, 5:00.
• Dan Henderson def. Hector Lombard — KO (head kick and elbow); round 2, 1:27.
• Dustin Poirier def. Bobby Green — KO (punches); round 1, 2:53.
• Brian Ortega def. Clay Guida — KO/TKO (knee); round 3, 4:40.
• Beneil Dariush def. James Vick — KO (punch); round 1, 4:16.
• Jessica Andrade def. Jessica Penne — TKO (punches); round 2, 2:56.
• Alex Caceres def. Cole Miller — unanimous decision; round 3, 5:00.
• Sean Strickland def. Tom Breese — split decision; round 3, 5:00.
• Henrique da Silva def. Jonathan Wilson — TKO (punches); round 2, 4:11.
• Kevin Casey vs. Elvis Mutapcic — split draw; round 3, 5:00.
• Marco Polo Reyes def. Dong Hyun Ma — TKO (punches); round 3, 1:52.

UFC 199 delivered one of the promotion’s defining short-notice title upsets and closed the long Cruz–Faber rivalry with a decisive championship result.

Sources

UFC: complete UFC 199 results; Sherdog.

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