Starnes, Drysdale victorious at AFC 3

Former UFC middleweight Kalib Starnes and 2007 ADCC Open Division winner Robert Drysdale were victorious Saturday at Armageddon Fighting Championships 3 in Victoria, British Columbia, topmmanews.com reports.

Starnes won the AFC middleweight championship by submitting Nick Hinchliffe by armbar in the first round. The tap came at 3:49 of the opening frame. The win moves Starnes' record to 3-2 since leaving the UFC in April 2008 with all three wins coming by submission.

Hinchliffe drops to 15-6 with the loss.

Drysdale, making his professional mixed martial arts debut, made quick work of Bastien Huveneers, submitting the now 8-3-1 fighter with an arm-triangle choke in 72 seconds.

The show's full results are after the jump.

• Kalib Starnes Defeated Nick Hinchliffe by Submission (Armbar) at 3:49 of Round 1
• Robert Drysdale defeated Bastien Huveneers by Submission (Side Choke) at 1:12 of Round 1
• Nick Driedger defeated Baz Cunningham by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:18 of Round 1
• Mike Hackert defeated Dan MacIver by Unanimous Decision
• Diego Wilson defeated Dan Lin by Technical Submission (referee stoppage armbar) at 0:46 of Round 1
• Justin Shaw defeated Rob McCormack by TKO (Strikes) at 0:19 of Round 1
• Misha Cirkunov defeated Shawn Pauliuk by TKO (Strikes) at 0:57 of Round 1
• Derek Medler defeated Myles Dearden by TKO (Strikes) at 2:56 of Round 1
• Darcy James defeated Conner Wood by KO at 1:36 of Round 1
• Dajan Kajic defeated Adam Gabel by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:37 of Round 1
• Keri Scarr defeated Sarah McLeod by TKO (Referee Stoppage) after Round 1
• Conner Riddell vs Dan Ring ended in a DRAW
• Theo Brisley defeated Iury Aquiano by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:14 of Round 2