UFC 114 Live Blog | SPIKE

We're here at the MGM Grand as fans trickle in to take their seats and the mood is feeling right for some straight up toe-to-toe action. Stay with Spike.com to get the blow-by-blow details of every fight from the first prelim to when the long awaited battle between Rampage and Rashad finally goes down. Be sure to catch the prelims on Spike LIVE at 9P/8C.

There's only about 45 minutes until the first fight kicks off and Bruce Buffer just strolled in looking sharp as usual. Now, only time will tell if he'll pull out the Buffer 360 for this one. We can only hope.

Ryan Jensen and TUF 3’s Jesse Forbes are kicking off the card tonight.

Round 1

They start off with a few back and forths and Jensen lands a right. Forbes returns with a high kick and lands it. Then Forbes catches Jensen with a right hook sending him to the mat. Now Forbes has got him on the ground attempting a rear naked but Jensen reverses. Jensen sweeps and slips in a guillotine and finishes the fight in one minute and six seconds.

Aaron Riley vs. Joe Brammer

Aaron Riley and Joe “The South Side Strangler” Brammer are up next for their Lightweight bout. Brammer’s ended six of his seven fights before the final bell. We’ll have to see if he can pull out his seventh against Riley.

Round 1

Brammer comes out swinging, but they end up in a clinch. Both are landing some knees to the inside and Riley attempts a haymaker. Brammer lands a kick to Riley’s side and Riley answers with a kick to his head. They clinch up again and Riley throws in some foot stomps. They’re keeping busy with knees and punches while clinched up and after Brammer lands a knee to the inside, they break apart. They’re spending some time on their feet with a pretty even exchange of kick and punches. Brammer gets caught with a kick to the junk and gets some time to rest.

Riley is pushing the pace. He lands two kicks to the body and Brammer answers with a right jab.

Round 2

They’re back and on their feet. Brammer is connecting a lot of punches. Riley is persistent with his kicks and chops away at Brammer’s right leg. Brammer reacts by attempting a single, but is unsuccessful. Riley catches a knee to the face from Brammer just before they clinch up again. Riley gets a takedown and ends up on top of Brammer where he gives him some elbows to the side. He’s working on Brammer’s side with constant punches to the ribs. Brammer’s working on an arm bar, but they end up back on their feet. Neither are shy going toe-to-toe and when Riley throws a high kick, Brammer catches the leg and they tangle up but remain on their feet. The second round comes to a close.

Round 3

Riley throws another one of his kicks knocking Brammer to the ground, but he doesn’t capitalize on it and Brammer is back to his feet. Brammer catches another kick to the face, but is successful in a single and works a little on top of Riley, but not for long and they’re back on their feet again. Riley connects with an elbow to Brammer’s face. Riley punishes Brammer’s legs with punches to the thigh and gets a takedown. He works into a side mount, but Brammer squirms his way out and they’re back to their feet, again. Riley continues with the knees to Brammer’s legs and it seems he had enough and they break apart. Now Brammer comes out with a kick to Riley’s side. Riley catches a nice left hook, but Brammer eats it. Riley sweeps Brammer’s leg out from under him and gets himself another takedown. He’s giving some short elbows and they’re back to their feet.  There’s thirty seconds left and they let it all hang out for the last few seconds of the final round.

All three judges score it 30-27 and Aaron Riley takes the win by unanimous decision.

Cyrille Diabate vs. Luiz Cane

Round 1

The bell rings and they don't waste any time, going right at each other. Diabate lands a nice right jab and kick combo. Cane catches him with a hard left sending him straight to the mat and gets on top of him to capitalize. But Diabate isn’t down for long and manages to survive a potential knock out. He reverses and gets back to his feet. They end up in a clinch against the cage. They break apart and are toe-to-toe again. Diabate keeps firing on Cane connecting with hit after hit, knocking Cane to the ground. After he lands another combo, Referee Herb Dean calls a stop at 2 minutes and 17 seconds in the first round, marking Diabate’s debut fight in the UFC as a win by TKO.

Melvin Guillard vs. Waylon Lowe

Waylon Lowe is looking to make a name for himself with a win over TUF 2’s Melvin Guillard, but Guillard won’t be a very easy opponent. Guillard strolls out with a Darth Vader mask on, not sure why, but we won’t let the getup fool us.

Round 1

Guillard comes out pushing the pace, but they spend the first 30 seconds feeling each other out. Lowe goes in for a hard right and lands on the mat, but gets right back to his feet. Lowe attempts a single and after a small struggle gets Guillard to the ground, but not for long. Guillard lands a knee to the face and then another one. Lowe is still struggling with Guillard against the cage and Guillard lands yet another knee to his face. Now he’s punishing him with hammer fists to the face while Lowe continues to hang on to his right leg. Finally Lowe smartens up and lets the leg go and they’re back to a toe-to-toe stance. Guillard is swinging hard and lands an inside kick. Lowe attempts another take down and gets caught with a solid knee to the chest. The knee sends Lowe straight to his knees, where he stays hunched over. Guillard gets in a few more punches before the ref stops the fight. In three minutes and 28 seconds of the first round, Guillard gets his win by TKO.