UFC 96 kicked-off with former contestant from TV reality show The Ultimate Fighter Gray Maynard dominating his opponent, Jim Miller, in London's O2 octagon. With his wrestling expertise and his stunning display of boxing prowess, Miller clearly didn't even have a chance. Admirably, Miller made it to the third round, even coming out of his beaten down daze to put in a few last licks, but it wasn't enough, as the judges handed Maynard the night's decisive--and deserved--lightweight division victory.

In the next bout, light heavyweight Matt Hamill showed the same absence of mercy to his opponent Mark Munoz, knocking him out in minute 5 of round one with a kick to the head.

The welterweights were up next, and in an interesting turn of event, it was victor Matt Brown begging the referee to end the fight as opponent Pete Sell looked increasingly like he couldn't take it anymore. Eventually the referee caved in and Brown was finally declared the winner by TKO.

Framed by a little filler action before and after (middleweights Kendall Grove beating Jason Day before; welterweights Tomoan McCrory beating Ryan Madigan after) was the heavyweights, with Gabriel Gonzaga losing his religion to Shane Carwin.

Finally, it was time for the main event, and it was an exciting match to the end, when the judges gave Quinton Jackson the unanimous win over Keith Jardine.

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