Former Olympic judoka Damien Kelly continued his rise up the mixed martial arts ranks with the Australian middleweight logging another upset victory, this time over Rashad Evans at UFC 209 in Las Vegas.
It was the best win in Kelly's (13-1) career and continues his habit of beating more fancied rivals.
American Evans (24-6-1), the former UFC light heavyweight champion, had moved down in weight after losing four of his last six fights.
Although he looked sharp, he still narrowly lost an entertaining duel with the relentless Kelly, who has competed in judo for Australia at four Olympics.
Kelly is an improbable 6-1 since joining the UFC as a 37-year-old jiu-jitsu black belt with just seven MMA bouts two years ago.
He has been the betting underdog six times in his seven-fight UFC career.
The result wasn't quite so good for Australian-based Kiwi Mark Hunt.
Alistair Overeem stopped Hunt in the third round of an entertaining heavyweight bout at T-Mobile Arena.
Dutch kickboxer Overeem (42-15) flattened Hunt to bounce back solidly from his knockout loss to Stipe Miocic in his heavyweight title shot last September.
After two bloody rounds that looked largely even, Overeem staggered Hunt with a left elbow in a clinch. Overeem then landed two right knees, leaving Hunt (12-11-1) planted face-down on the canvas.
"We might be old, but we're not done yet," the 36-year-old Overeem said.
In an Instagram post after the fight, Hunt said he broke his leg during the bout. He had an alarmingly bloody gash on his right shin from the first round onward.
Hunt made a disclosed purse of $750,000 ($A987,000) to return to the UFC cage even though he filed a lawsuit against the promotion in January, accusing it of fraud, racketeering and other crimes.
Hunt acknowledges he is pursuing legal action after failed doping tests by three of his recent opponents - including Brock Lesnar, who failed tests before and after his bruising victory over Hunt at UFC 200 last July.
The 42-year-old Hunt claimed he was "forced" to continue fighting for the UFC by his contract, although he apparently meant the UFC was still the best place for him to earn a living.
The feature welterweight bout won by Tyron Woodley over Stephen Thompson failed to live up to expectations.
Until the final 30 seconds of their five-round clash, Woodley (17-3-1) and Thompson (13-2-1) simply couldn't recapture the excitement of their memorable majority draw last November.
Woodley put on a cautious, tactical fight until he caught Thompson with a right hand late, landing several big shots on the ground. Thompson made it to the bell, but two judges scored the bout 48-47 for Woodley, with a third seeing it 47-47.
"I thought I was going to finish him," Woodley said. "But in the end, I got the victory."
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