On Saturday, November 8th the UFC held UFC Fight Night 56: Shogun vs. Saint Preux from Ginasio Municipal Tancredo Neves in Uberlandia, Brazil.

In the night’s main event light heavyweights Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Ovince Saint Preux looked to get back on the right track. Most believed Shogun was in the twilight of his career until his brutal knockout of James Te Huna last December. In his bout following that the Brazilian was dominating Dan Henderson before he was knocked out by one of Henderson’s signature “H-Bombs” in the third round. Shogun was originally slated to face Jimi Manuwa in this bout, but Saint Preux now steps in due to an injury to Manuwa. Saint Preux’s original opponent, Rafael Cavalcante was also forced to withdraw from this card leaving the two fighters without an opponent an easy choice for the new main event. This will be Saint Preux’s second taste of the main event spotlight. His last fight was a main event bout against Ryan Bader. Saint Preux fell via decision in a bout that ended a stellar five fight win streak.

FULL RESULTS
Ovince Saint Preux def. Maurcio Rua by TKO (punches). Round 1, 0:34
Warlley Alves  def. Alan Jouban by Unanimous Decision (29-28 3x)
laudio Silva def. Leon Edwards by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
Dhiego Lima def. Jorge Oliveira by Unanimous Decision (30-27 3x)
Juliana Lima def. Nina Ansaroff by Unanimous Decision (29-28 3x)
Diego Rivas  def. Rodolfo Rubio by Unanimous Decision (30-27 3x)
Caio Magalhaes def. Trevor Smith by TKO (punches). Round 1, 0:31
Leandro Silva def. Charlie Brenneman by Submission. Round 1, 4:15
Thomas Almeida def. Tim Gorman by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Colby Covington def. Wagner Silva by Submission. Round 3, 3:26

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