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Tim Sylvia v. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera Round 3

Fighters circle each other, Nog pulls guard and quickly gets side control. Nog gets side control and quickly slaps on the Anaconda choke to which Big Tim quickly taps. Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera wins by tapout to become the Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. Correct me if I’m wrong but is Nog the first guy to win a PRIDE and UFC belt? Rampage is the only other guy who I can think of who *might* qualify but I don’t think he ever held a belt in PRIDE. Anyway, nice win for Nog…..Rogan informs us that he’s the first to have held the PRIDE and UFC heavyweight championships but I’m not sure about the other weight classes….Nog evokes the name of Randy Couture which I’m sure pleases Dana White and the UFC brass to no end. Nog’s eyes look awful, indicating that he ate a bunch of leather before pulling guard and working into the submission. Credit to Minotauro for his tenacity. Nog plugs his afterparty at Pure.

Sylvia interviewed next and booms out a funny line “That’s Nogueira–he gets his ass kicked for the first ten minutes and just when you get comfortable fighting him he taps you out.” Tim’s partying at LAX tonight–that’s the nightclub in the Luxor, not the LA Airport though there’s at least a slight chance that Sylvia will make the mistake and be seen looking balefully around baggage claim looking for a party. Alas, there will be no sex wearing the UFC belt tonight for Tim Sylvia….

Credit to the UFC roster for looking past their fighting career–they’ll all be qualified party promoters by the time they hang up the gloves.

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