Tonight at UFC 158 in Montreal, top welterweight contenders Johny Hendricks and Carlos Condit engaged in a total dogfight that will go down as one of the best bouts of 2013. Hendricks ended up winning a unanimous decision, but Condit has nothing to hang his head about. Here’s what our own Brent Brookhouse about the final round in the bout, and you can check out the full fight video highlights above.
Round 3 -Hendricks has an injured hand and he gets a takedown right away because of it. Hendricks with some decent ground and pound, Condit uses the threat of a kimura to get the takedown and Hendricks responds by blasting him with his injured hand. Hendricks has the back standing now. Hendricks gets the takedown again. Condit lands a hard shot and Hendricks grabs on to him. Hendricks with another takedown. Condit does manage to get back up and he lands a big left hand and a knee and Hendricks is trying for another takedown. He manages to get the takedown but Condit rolls back to his feet and they’re trading knees and punches. Great fight. 10-9 Condit for me makes it 29-28 Hendricks.