Inside Fight’s own Will Cooling provided fans with live coverage of all the action from the live showing of UFC 112: Invincible. The Ultimate Fighting Championships made its Middle Eastern debut with a championship double-header as Lightweight Champion BJ Penn defends against Frankie Edgar and Demian Maia attempts to dethrone Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
Read on for UFC 112 Main Event spoilers.
UFC World Lightweight Title Match
Frankie Edgar defeated BJ Penn (50-45, 48-47, 49-46)
Frankie Edgar the new Lightweight Champion. According to Will: “Really good performance from Edgar who was able to outwork a cagey if slightly flat BJ Penn.”
UFC World Middleweight Title Match
Anderson Silva retains his title over Demian Maia
Will’s take: “Judges’ scorecards are not given but Anderson Silva retains via unanimous decision. Crowd is booing the decision.”
UFC 112 notes: Anderson Silva will be facing the UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre in his next fight, who was in attendance at Saturday’s event in Abu Dhabi. “The Spider” will be dropping down to fight at 170 lbs. in an attempt to further cement his “best pound-for-pound” in the world after having already fought at 205 lbs. as well.
