“Bam Bam” Pat Healy (19-14) took this fight for the Maximum Fighting Championship welterweight title on short notice and pulled the upset win over hometown favourite “The Real Deal” Ryan Ford (6-1) Friday in Edmonton. Ford looked dominant for most of the fight but Healy defended well; Healy attempted submissions, but Ford escaped using brute strength. In the end, Ford left himself vulnerable one too many times as Healy secured the armbar and forced Ford to tap at 3:02 of round three. One punch was all it took for light heavyweight Aron Lofton (3-0) to defeat Dwayne Lewis (3-5). After faking a jab, Lofton threw an overhand right to knock out his opponent at 0:17 of round one. Lightweight Benson Henderson (5-1) dominated the first round with strikes, Ricardo Tirloni (3-1) controlled the second, but it was Henderson who jumped on Tirloni, locked in a guillotine, and ended the fight at 3:49 of the second round. ...

Two No Contests marred Thursday's King of the Cage Opposing Force card at San Manuel Casino in Highland, California, outside of San Bernardino. The card's main event between welterweight champion "Slam" Aaron Wetherspoon (7-2) and challenger Anthony Lapsley (11-3) was one of the false starts. Top super heavyweight contender "Rhino" Mike Bourke's (8-11-1) match-up versus "King of the Streets" Chance Williams (6-2) never had a chance, also ending in a No Contest. In the match-ups that actually got off, top 205-pound contender "Kryptonite" Tony Lopez (8-2) submitted Joey Beltran (4-2) by Kimura at 3:15 of the first round. Donald Sanchez (11-7) TKO'd William Sriyrapai (10-4) at 3:41 of round two to climb into the lightweight rankings. Lightweight "Dynamite" Gregg Dalton (5-2) exploded on Dave Rivas (8-7-1) for a second round knockout at 3:41. "Insane" Georgi Karakhanyan (5-1-1) won a unanimous decision over "Mando" Armando Sanchez at lightweight. Light heavyweight Ben Fuimaono (2-1) tapped lanky kickboxer Miguel Cosio (1-5) in an armbar at 2:11 of round two. Daniel Hernandez (2-3) scored a first round TKO of Daniel Mancha at 1:10. ...