Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will kickoff the 2009 fight season with its first-ever event in Dublin, Ireland, on January 17.

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Without further delay, see below for the latest UFC 93 results. (Note: This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest detailed round-by-round action!)

UFC 93 QUICK RESULTS:

Dan Henderson defeats Rich Franklin via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defeats Mark Coleman via technical knockout (strikes) at 4:36 of round three
Alan Belcher defeats Denis Kang via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:36 of round two
Marcus Davis defeats Chris Lytle via split decision
Rousimar Palhares defeats Jeremy Horn via unanimous decision
Martin Kampmann defeats Alexandre Barros via technical knockout (strikes) at 3:09 of round two
Eric Schafer defeats Antonio Mendes via technical knockout (strikes) at 3:35 of round one
Tomasz Drwal defeats Ivan Serati via knockout (strikes) at 2:02 of round one
John Hathaway defeats Thomas Egan via technical knockout (strikes) at 4:36 of round one
Dennis Siver defeats Nate Mohr via technical knockout (strikes) at 3:47 of round three

UFC 93 BLOW-BY-BLOW LIVE MAIN CARD COMMENTARY:

Rich Franklin vs. Dan Henderson (205-pound limit)

First round: Gloves touch and we're underway. Leg kick from Henderson. Another. Nice jab and body kick from Franklin. He attempts another and Henderson charges. Henderson throws a high kick and slips to the mat. Franklin jumps on him, but Henderson takes the top position. He's working from half guard. Henderson pushes him against the cage and lands some nasty elbows. Big shots now from Henderson. Franklin is trying to get to his feet, but Henderson is relentless with knees, punches and elbows. Franklin gets up and he's free. He takes a deep breath and then starts stalking Henderson again. Nice body kick from Franklin. Henderson answers with one of his own followed by a right hand. Nice exchange and uppercut from Henderson, but Franklin stays composed. More kicks to the body and legs from Franklin. Superman punch from Franklin. Leg kick from Franklin. Another body kick and a beautiful left hand. Henderson returns with a big right of his own. Henderson misses a leg kick and Franklin counters with a high kick. Franklin clinches now and looks for a takedown. They separate and Franklin charges. Henderson lands one last combo as the bell rings. Great round. We score a close one 10-9 for Henderson. A camera shot of Rich Franklin's corner shows a huge gash on Rich's forehead.

Second round: Franklin starts in with the jabs. Henderson lands a hard leg kick. He charges forward and hits Franklin with a big punch. Henderson with a nice kick to the body now. Big exchange and Franklin lands a big punch followed up with a knee. Henderson swings wildy, they clinch and Franklin pushes out. Nice jab from Franklin. Henderson charges in again and lands a combo. Now a leg kick. Franklin with a one two, then a hard body kick. Henderson clinches, pushes Franklin to the fence, then takes him to the ground. He's in Rich Franklin's full guard now. He pushes Franklin to the fence and starts looking to pass. Elbow from Henderson. He postures, throws some punches, then gets half guard. More ground and pound from here from Henderson. Franklin works back to full guard, but Henderson continues to use a strong ground and pound attack. Henderson stands and tries one last flurry right before the bell, but Franklin defends nicely and the round ends. MMAmania.com scores another close round for Henderson 10-9.

Third round: Leg kick from Henderson. Franklin with a big right hand, left hand combination. Nice left hand from Franklin, answered by a left from Henderson. Franklin looks for an opening and unloads a flurry. Henderson stays composed and fights through for a takedown. He pushes Franklin against the fence and works some more ground and pound. Franklin scrambles out, gets back to his feet and takes Henderson's back. He lands some big shots before Henderson spins out and stands. They stay clinched with Henderson's back against the fence. Franklin pushes out now and throws a three punch combo. Henderson with a leg kick. Body kick, punch combo from Franklin. More jabs and punches from Franklin and he now moves in for a takedown. Henderson shrugs it off and they clinch again with Henderson's back against the fence. Franklin punches out and circles. Another big right from Franklin. Henderson tries a high kick and slips to the mat again. Franklin lets him get up and stays aggressive with his strikes. He leans in for to jab Henderson and gets a finger directly in his eye. The ref stops the action and tells Franklin he gets no time to recover. Now he tells him he has 2 minutes. His eye looks very blurry. The action starts back up again and there's 37 seconds left. Leg kick from Henderson. Franklin stalks and attempts one last exchange before the bell rings. We score that round for Franklin, but the fight to Dan Henderson. Good fight.

Final result: Dan Henderson defeats Rich Franklin via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)

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Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Mark Coleman (205-pound limit)

First round: A friendly hand shake during the referee instructions. Nice right hand from Coleman after a huge leg kick from Shogun. Coleman follows up with a double leg takedown and he's landing some nasty ground and pound. Rua tries to stand, but he's back on his back now. Shogun's looking for a knee bar, but Coleman turns and he's out of there. Back on their feet now and Shogun has a Muay Thai clinch. He lands one knee before Coleman puts him back on his back. Shogun looks for a triangle from there, but Coleman stands. Shogun gets to his feet and chases after Coleman. He shoots and gets a takedown putting Coleman on his back. He passes immediately to side control. He's landing elbows and knees to the body from there. Coleman tries to use the cage to escape, but Rua stays on him and continues the ground and pound assault. Knee to the belly now from Shogun and he lands a few shots before Coleman gets back to his feet. Coleman lands a huge right hand, but Rua stays in there. Rua with big leg kicks and now he has another Thai clinch. He lands a few knees and Coleman goes to a knee. Shogun eventually circles out, size up Coleman and lands a huge right hand that floors Coleman. Coleman hangs in there and recovers. Both guys are throwing punches now and Rua grabs another Thai clinch and lands two or three knees before the bell ends. Coleman has to be helped back to his corner. He looks exhausted. We give it to Rua 10-9. Action packed round!

Second round: Coleman is very tired, but Shogun looks gassed a little himself. Rua misses a low kick then delivers a nice body kick. Coleman with a nice jab and rua follows up with a wild swinging left hand that connects. Coleman felt that for sure. He immediately goes for the takedown and gets it. Shogun scrambles and gets back to his feet. Shogun now looks for a takedown but Coleman defends. Big jab from Coleman. Another. Rua connects on a wild right hand. Coleman has his hands by his hips and Rua is looking to land the big shot. Both guys are very tired. Shougun's punches at this point are very lazy. If he had anything left he would probably be able to finish off Coleman here. But he's giving Coleman time to recover and in the meantime he's landing some nice punches of his own. Shogun grabs for another clinch and Coleman gets a takedown. Back on their feet and Coleman gets another takedown. A tired Shogun grabs Coleman's arm and is looking for a umaplata. He looks to have it locked up, but he appears too tired to finish him off. The round ends with Rua just kind of sitting there with Coleman's arm locked up between his legs. That was a very lazy round, but a close round. Shogun probably squeaked it out 10-9.

Third round: They slowly walk out towards each other and exchange some lazy punches right away. Nice body shot by Coleman and Rua stumbles momentarily. Coleman shoots again but Rua defends nicely with his back against the fence. He lands some elbows from there, but Coleman stays locked on the leg and eventually gets the takedown. Coleman working some decent ground and pound from here and Shogun looks to be tired and in trouble. Shogun is trying to sweep and now he has a knee bar attempt. Coleman is trying to defend, but he's in a bad spot. Coleman finally frees his leg and now has Rua's back. Big punches now from The Hammer. Shogun lazily tries to roll into a knee bar, but Coleman stays on top. Again he takes his back and Shogun looks frustrated. Now Shogun gets to his feet and has Coleman on his knees in a Thai clinch. He appears to throw an illegal knee to the head and the action is stopped for a short time and he gets warned. Back on their feet now and Shogun is swinging for the fences, albeit lazily. Coleman eats a few big ones and finally a nasty uppercut from Rua stiffens him up and he starts to fall. Shogun goes in for the kill and the ref steps in to stop the fight. Not an impressive win for Shogun, but a win nonetheless.

Final result: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua defeats Mark Coleman via technical knockout (strikes) at 4:36 of round three

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Denis Kang vs. Alan Belcher (185-pound limit)

First round: Here we go, no gloves touching here. Kang jabs right away. They cirlce a bit and then exchange. Kang lands two or three hard shots. Kang shoots and scores a nice slam takedown. Belcher is in full guard and Kang passes pretty easily to half guard. A brief side control and Belcher tries to sweep out. Kang stay under control and maintains the top position with some strikes, but Belcher gets back to full guard. Now Belcher pushes out and gets back to his feet. Immediately Kang lands a couple of jabs. They back off and Belcher looks to land a combination, but Kang counters and lands some hard punches. Belcher backs out and Kang shoots again. Again he easily gets it to the mat. He stands over Belcher and tries to land a right hand and lands back in Belcher's full guard. He stands again and Belcher tries to escape, but Kang maintains control and now has half guard. Kang is looking for a kimura from here. Belcher frees his arm, but Kang now has side control. Elbows from Kang now, followed up with some knees to the body. The round ends with more elbows from Kang. 10-9 Kang.

Second round: Belcher is stalking Kang down and eats a right hand. They clinch and he has Kang against the fence. Kang looks to trip him. Belcher stays on his feet and lands a nice body kick. Kang misses with a right hand and eats a right hand from Belcher. Kang fakes a kick then shoots and scores another takedown. He's working the ground and pound from Belcher's guard. Kang tries to sweep to half guard but Belcher defends. Kang stands now and looks for another big shot but Belcher pulls him back into his guard. After a lull the ref stands them up. A lot of circling and lazy kicks now. Kang lands a jab as Belcher stalks him down. Kang tries to shoot for one more takedown with less than a minute left. Belcher tries to sprawl and Kang falls right into a deep guillotine. Belcher squeezes and Kang has no choice but to tap. Wow! Kang was controlling that fight, nice job by Belcher to stay in there.

Final result: Alan Belcher defeats Denis Kang via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:36 of round two

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Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle (170-pound limit)

First round: Nice! Marcus Davis vs. Chris Lytle is up first! Joe Rogan says he thinks this fight has all the ingredients to be the best fight ever. Hopefully it lives up to the hype. Here we go. Gloves touch and we're underway. Leg kick from Lytle as Davis cirles to the left. Lytle charges with a big right and and a flurry. Davis uses the fence to bounce off and get away. Lytle is stalking him, loading up his right hand. Davis starts working some kicks. The crowd comes in with the chants for Davis and he gains a little bit of confidence, landing a few shots. Lytle again charges in and Davis lands a nice left hook. Nice leg kick from Lytle. Davis has gone to a counter punching style to answer Lytle's wild charges. Nice body kick from Lytle but Davis catches it and throws him to the ground. He's right back up. Davis again tosses Lytle to the mat, but again he circles out and gets right back up. Davis with a nice knee and kick. Lytle answers with an inside leg kick and a nice right hand. Lytle charges again with a wild right hand and Davis circles away to avoid it. Big body kick and flurry from Lytle to end the round. We'll score it 10-9 Lytle because of aggression but could easily go either way.

Second round: Lytle takes the center and there's a small exchange. Lytle is stalking as Davis is back pedaling. Lytle moves in and has Davis in a little bit of trouble. Davis literally runs out of there. Davis gathers himself and lands a kick then a nice left hook that floors Lytle. He bounces right back up, but Davis is there with another big kick followed up by two knees to the body. Lytle continues to stay aggressive though and keeps charging at Davis with swinging punches. Davis is starting to find a home for his counter punches now and it's looking like it's starting to take it's toll on Lylte. He continues to walk forward though and stay aggressive. He's working the leg kicks now and throws a wild uppercut that misses. High kick misses from Lytle. More exchanges in the center with both guys landing hard shots. Nice body kick from Davis and then a big left hand when Lytle charged. Big knee from Davis. Lytle keeps charging forward though. Davis bounces off the cage and gets back to the center of the cage. He's bleeding from his nose pretty bad. The round ends after a couple more exchanges. Davis dropped Lytle in that round and was productive with the counter punches, but Lytle again was far and away the aggressor. Again we give it to Lytle 10-9.

Third round: They hug to start the round. Lytle stalks and lands a nice right hand but gets drilled with a kick to the gut. Nice left hand now from Davis and a leg kick. Nice body kick and left hand combo now from Davis. Lytle stays on the attack and eats a big counter left hand from Davis. Lytle swings wide with a big right and eats a nasty left hand from Davis. Davis is out boxing Lytle. Lytle's face is starting to swell pretty bad. He throws a lazy kick and gets hit with an immediate follow up leg kick from Davis. Nice body kick from Davis and a big inside leg kick. Another kick and knee combo from Davis. Lytle is really looking lazy with his punches. Davis with another hard inside leg kick and a left hand. Lytle keeps walking forward and lands a big body shot with his right hand. With thirty seconds to go they both stand in the center and the crowd begs for a big finish. Davis lands another kick. Lylte gives one last charge and Davis exchanges with him for the last few seconds before the final bell rings. Definitely Marcus Davis' round.

Final result: Marcus Davis defeats Chris Lytle via split decision

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Rousimar Palhares vs. Jeremy Horn (185-pound limit)

First round: Horn takes the center. He throws a few jabs out there. Palhares throws a big right hand, they clinch and hit the mat. Palhares takes to top position. He stands, jumps on Horn and then takes his back. He's land punches to the side of Horn's head. Horn finally turns around, but Palhares stays on him and takes side control. Palhares is working some nice ground and pound, but Horn works back to full guard. Palhares tries to posture up and works some more ground and pound. Horn pushes him onto his back and Palhares tries to grab a leg, then gets back to the top. Horn looks for a triangle, then gets back to his feet momentarily before Palhares slams him right back to the mat. Horn tries to escape, but Palhares grabs his back. He's standing and raining down punches. Horn recovers and turns out. They get tangled up for a moment and Palhares looks to take his leg again. Palhares keeps control and again has Horn's back and again he's landing big shots to a turtled up Horn as the bell rings. We score it for Palhares, possibly 10-8.

Second round: Leg kick from Horn but he heats a right hand. Palhares shoots, grabs a leg and picks Horn up and slams him hard to the mat. More ground and pound from Palhares and Horn again gives up his back. This is identical to the first round where Palhares is just landing big shots to the side of Horn's head while on his back. Horn now tries to stand, but Palhares stays on top. Horn now sweesp and takes half guard. Easily he moves right to full mount. He's looking for an arm triangle now. He looks like he might have it, but Palhares frees himself. Horn stays mounted though. Eventually Palhares pushes him off and gets to his feet. Horn goes right to working his jab and Palhares looks tired. Nice jab from Palhares now and he shoots. Horn sprawls and stays on his feet. He lands a nice high kick, then throws and misses another. Palhares takes advantage and grabs the kick and slams Horn to the ground again. From his back Horn looks for another triangle, but Palhares frees himself and starts working more ground and pound from half guard. The round ends there. Palhares scored more takedowns and controlled more of the round. Horn was competitive, but we'll score this round for Palhares as well.

Third round: Palhares misses a big right hand, but takes Horn's back and slams him to the mat. He's in Horn's half guard now looking to pass. Horn scrambles and gives up his back. North south position for Palhares and he stands but takes Horn right back down. Closed guard for Horn. Palhares isn't doing much in Horn's guard. He looks tired and Horn looks for a triangle. That gives Palhares an opportunity though and he takes Horn's back again. More strikes to the side of Horn's head now. Horn tries to stand again, but Palhares grabs both legs and takes him right back down. Elbows now from Palhares. Horn tries to stay active from the bottom with punches. The ref finally stands them up. Palhares helps Horn to his feet. Horn right back to his jab. Less than a minute remaining now. Big head kick from Horn. Horn then shoots and Palhares strikes and takes Horn down himself landing in his guard. The round ends from the position and that was probably another round for Palhares. Horn was a game opponent, but Palhares was just too strong.

Final result: Rousimar Palhares defeats Jeremy Horn via unanimous decision

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