up next it's a Well towe match up between the storm and the general the general set to enter the world famous octagon once again this guy loves to sprawl and brawl Mike he trains a lot on his wrestling defense and is extremely difficult to take down great reflexes great balance plus he has the ability when it's on the ground to just stand up and put the right back on the feet the general ready to throw down and put on a show the storm making his way to the world famous octagon he's very well vers in the ground game Mike very slick submissions from the top or the bottom and you especially have to watch out his leg locks he's very dangerous during a scramble and if he gets a hold of a foot he can lock in a submission just like that this storm fired up and ready to go our tale of the tap is brought to you by Ed shapel get your Edge and now with the official introductions of our Fighters Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen this fight is three rounds in the UFC welterweight division introducing first fighting out of the blue Corner this man is a boxer he stands 5' 7 in tall weighing in at 170 lb fighting out of Barcelona Spain the general and now out of the Red Corner this man is a submission fighter he stands 5' 11 in tall weighing in at 170 lb fighting out a Paris f h the storm Sago and when the action begins a referee in charge of this contest is Kevin mohal Kevin mohal our referee I'm Mike Goldberg with Joe Rogan and ready to get things started ready the general the storm and we are under way oh looping hook there oh they're just throw it oh they're exchanging here huge left and right those are snapping his head back Mike and he answers oh nice counter left hook right there oh by by a big body shot push kick oh big kick and another left hand fast hands good battle inside oh he got tagged to the hook both guys banging on the inside Mike what an exchange here under three minutes now he's got the clinch both guys staying in tight well over two minutes remains in round number one oh look at this he's looking for a heel hook and he's got a hold of it that's tight we oh he's got it tight that is a very tight knee bar two minutes remains in round number one I don't think it's tight wow great job done defensively he dives into the guard and punishes his opponent able to pass to half guard just over a minute remains and back to full guard side control okay he moves into the mount here 45 seconds remains in the first round and mount again now able to posture up into half guard ma full Mount round one complete difficult round to score Joe definitely there wasn't much action and you never know how a judge weighs a take down over say a jab very tough round to call kicking everything you're doing is working heing up with one big shot wait he let's take a look at some of the action from that round Mike this was well timed here just a beautiful slip and counter and now look at that chain of submission attempts incredible Transitions and here's that submission Escape great display of ground defense here don't bury from the game plan are you pay ATT me don't vary from the game plan the beautiful arani gets us set for round number two okay fighter are you ready are you ready second round fight scheduled for three five minute rounds the general is cut nice counter com nice right hand oh ducking in and counters that nicely nice body kick and now he's answered Joe mixing up his strikes very well Joe the crowd favorite is the stor he's got double under hooks working the clinch big left hook he ate that one oh but he ate left oh oh to the midsection both men exchanging combination Left Right nice counter right hand under two minutes remains in round number two this fight scheduled for three five minute rounds tu's down I can't believe he got back to his feet but he has hurt badly big right hand good body shot huge uppercut Joe one minute remains in round two both Fighters continuing to try to get to a more dominant position trying to find the range a they're going to close it up again right to the clinch that's the end of round number two our Fighters will move to the third and final round I like how they took that fight everywhere in that round Mike absolutely some well-rounded skills shown by each fighter we have no idea what to expect here in the last round but I'm looking forward to it we can't hold back now cannot hold back be there finish this fight get it over with he is not as good as you all right he's not as good as you let's take a look at the replay of some of the action here Mike this was that counter such unbelievable timing on that and here you can see the very well-timed counter slipping out back in and connecting a lot of Versatility being shown in that round Mike ready to start round three there's the beautiful Britney okay Fighters you ready are you ready we are set for the third and final round of this non-title match up oh nice uppercut both men scoring points here nice counter right he's down he Dives on him into the guard with that punch oh he lets him up oh and punishing the midsection nice again with the left hook the general got hit on the same spot that cuts really opened up now teeing away oh they're just throwing oh they're exchanging oh big right hand he's down oh he got rocked but man he snapped back quick the crowd now in favor of the general he got his opponent up towards the fence B oh that right hand hurt him oh and that one drops him he ate that one oh this might be the end oh he recovers oh uppercut he's down and he Dives on him with this punch when he's down very nice he got tagged there but it looks like he's recovered and the crowd again chanting for the storm double under hook the General's Pace has slowed down here Mike got him pressed up against the cage here 90 seconds remains in the fight that the over under just over a minute remains and he answers oh he hit he's out right the button and he's out unbelievable counter punch and this fight is over the general finishes the fight look at it again oh man what a hook threw his whole body into it and it's immediately lights out beautiful knockout punch let's see it one more time he just Nails him with that that's a highlight reel knockout right there Joe boom right on the button Joe and with our official decision here is Bruce Buffer ladies and gentlemen referee Kevin mohal has called a stop to this contest at 3 minutes 59 seconds of the third round declaring the winner by by knockout the general the general has won the fight