Welcome to Fightline.com's live, round-by-round coverage of UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun. As always, live coverage of tonight's main card is brought to you by UFC Internet Pay-Per-View on Yahoo! Sports.
Tonight's fight card comes to us live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. You can catch the PPV on TV or over the internet at Yahoo! Sports.
Now, on to the action! We'll have quick match results available for you after each preliminary fight followed by live round-by round coverage of all main card bouts. Remember to keep refreshing this page for the most up to date results. For quick results of each round and notes during each fight, follow us on Twitter by clicking here.
PRELIMINARY CARD
Stefan Struve defeated Chase Gormley via submission (triangle choke) at 4:04 of Round 1.
Kyle Kingsbury defeated Razak Al-Hassan via split decision (scores of 29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Jorge Rivera defeated Rob Kimmons via TKO (punches) at 1:53 of Round 3.
Chael Sonnen defeated Yushin Okami via unanimous decision (scores of 30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Pat Barry defeated Antoni Hardonk via TKO (strikes) at 2:30 of Round 2.
Ryan Bader defeated Eric Schafer via unanimous decision (scores of 30-27, 29-26,30-27).
MAIN CARD
Mike Goldberg opened the show saying that the Staples Center was sold out for tonight's event. That's an impressive feat, as there were lots of tickets available as of last week.
Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Round 1: Johnson, who comes into the bout six pounds overweight, had a notable size advantage. Johnson started picking away at Yoshida early, and Johnson nailed Yoshida with a big overhand right which knocked out Yoshida.
Winner via TKO at 0:41 of Round 1: Anthony Johnson
After the bout, Johnson apologized to the fans and the UFC for coming in overweight. He said he came in heavy due to a knee injury, and apologized once again.
Anthony Kiedes of The Red Hot Chili Peppers was shown at cageside.
The text voting for the night didn't even bother asking who will win the main event, but rather if the fight will end via KO, submission or decision. It's reminding me of GSP - Serra 1, and we all know how that went.
Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher