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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
In his first fight since getting kicked out of the UFC following his sucker punch of Josh Koscheck at UFC 113 in May, Paul Daley picked up a victory at the Impact FC event last night in Australia.
Taking on Pride veteran Daniel Acacio, Daley opened up a cut with a vicious elbow that forced the Brazilian to quit in the third round.
In the night's main event, Pedro Rizzo broke down Ken Shamrock with a series of punches and kicks, finally dropping him to a knee and landing some more punches to force a stoppage in the first round.
In other action, Denis Kang and Paulo Filho finally faced off after being set to meet nearly four years ago in the finals of the Pride 183 lb. Grand Prix. Going to the judges scorecards in an even back and forth bout, the two fought to a split draw.
Full results for the night's event are below:
• Pedro Rizzo def. Ken Shamrock via TKO at 3:33 of the first round
• Paul Daley def. Daniel Acacio via submission (elbow) at 1:15 of third round
• Soa Palelei def. Brad Morris via submission (keylock) at 4:20 of the first round
• Denis Kang vs. Paulo Filho fought to a split draw (29-28 Filho, 30-27 Kang, 29-29)
• Murilo "Ninja" Rua def. Jeremy May via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:02 of the first round
• Jesse Taylor def. Murilo Bustamante via submission at 2:10 of the second
• Jim York def. Peter Graham via submission at 3:44 of the first round
• Glover Teixeira def. Marko Peselj via TKO (punches) at 2:55 of the first round
• Richie "Vas" Vaculik def. Glenn Taylor-Smith via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:16 of the second round
Manuel Rodriguez def. Shane Nix via technical submission (north-south choke) at 4:22 of the first round
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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