UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares Open Thread, Discussion, Results

Join all your favorite MMAForReal.com community members and staffers starting at 8 p.m. ET for our open thread for tonight's "UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares" show, which is headlined by a middleweight bout between Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares. The show also features a lightweight bout between "The Ultimate Fighter 8" winner Efrain Escudero and Charles Oliveira. The event, which emanates from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, will be aired on Spike TV.

The show will serve as a lead-in to the debut of tonight's "The Ultimate Fighter 12" season.

Main Card (8 p.m. ET/Spike TV):
Nate Marquardt d. Rousimar Palhares (TKO/Punches) R1 3:28
Charles Oliveira d. Efrain Escudero (Submission/Rear-Naked Choke) R3 2:25
Jim Miller d. Gleison Tibau (Decision/Unanimous)
Cole Miller d. Ross Pearson (Submission/Rear-Naked Choke) R2 1:49

Preliminary Bouts:
Yves Edwards d. John Gunderson (Decision/Unanimous)
Kyle Kingsbury d. Jared Hamman (Decision/Unanimous)
Dave Branch vs. Tomasz Drwal (Decision/Unanimous)
Rich Attonito vs. Rafael Natal (Decision/Unanimous)
Anthony Waldburger d. David Mitchell (Decision/Unanimous)
Brian Foster vs. Forrest Petz (TKO/Strikes) R1 1:07

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