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UFC lightweight “The Real Deal” Corey Hill (2-2) underwent surgery Thursday morning for his broken leg and will be out of action for twelve to eighteen months, according to the UFC.

Hill suffered a clean but shockingly gruesome break to his right shin when he threw a kick that was checked by opponent Dale Hartt (5-1) during Fight for the Troops in Fayetteville, NC, Wednesday night.

Hill’s was not the only injury that required a visit to the hospital.  Razak Al-Hassan’s (7-1) right elbow was dislocated when “Robot” Steve Cantwell (7-1) had him in an armbar and Al-Hassan refused to tap.  He was treated and released from the hospital Wednesday night.

Fighters.com’s ninth-ranked welterweight “Zenko” Yoshiyuki Yoshida (10-3), who was brutally KO’d by fourth-ranked Josh Koscheck (12-3) in round one, and Jonathan Goulet (22-11), who was TKO’d by “Quick” Mike Swick (13-2) in 33 seconds, were both treated and released for concussions.

Welterweight “Quick” Mike Swick (13-2) defeated “The Road Warrior” Jonathan Goulet (22-10, 1 NC) via TKO in only 33 seconds on Wednesday night near Fort Bragg during the UFC Fight for the Troops event.

Over a year of trash talking between the two fighters (which started when the two were first set to meet in September 2007, a fight Swick had to back out of due to a rib injury) culminated in a 33 second win for Swick in his third fight since dropping from a middleweight to a welterweight.

As the fight began, the two fighters danced around each other, each posed to shoot in or throw a shot, but it was Swick that opened up first with a cross-jab-cross combination to the head of Goulet.  Goulet dropped to his knees and grabbed one of Swick’s legs in an attempt to buy some time.

Instead, Swick landed left crosses and hammer fists to the side of Goulet’s face in a flurry until the referee was forced to step in and end the fight.

The official announcement was Swick winning via TKO at 0:33 of the first round.

Middleweight Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt “Crazy” Timothy Credeur (12-4) defeated Nate Loughran (9-1) via TKO at 5:00 of the second round Wednesday night at Fight for the Troops in Fayetteville, NC, near Fort Bragg.

Round one opened with Loughran landing an unintentional low kick to the groin of Credeur, who shook it off and nodded his understanding that it was an accident.  Both fighters then traded roundhouse kicks to the legs and front kicks to the stomach before Credeur landed a jab and cross to the head of Loughran.

Loughran forced a clinch and Credeur pushed him back against the cage where he landed several knees to the body of Loughran before breaking the clinch.  Then Credeur began to unleash several wild punches including overhand right crosses and wide left hooks to the head of Loughran.

Loughran seemed to have no answer for the unorthodox punches and was unable to capitalize on Credeur dropping his hands and exposing his chin.

As the round ended, Credeur threw Loughran to the mat and immediately took side control landing a couple of right crosses to the head as the bell sounded.

Round two opened with Loughran shooting in on Credeur and attempting a takedown.  Credeur went with the takedown, ending up in Loughran’s open guard.  From the top, Credeur stayed active with several combinations of jabs and right crosses to the head as he worked to get side control.

Loughran tried repeatedly to pivot his hips from side to side, hoping to attempt an armbar on Credeur, even going so far as to control him with a brief attempt at rubber guard.  Soon, the referee stood the two fighters up.

It then appeared that Credeur got a finger to the eye from one of Loughran’s jabs; however, as Credeur tried to signal the referee, Loughran continued to push forward with punches and Credeur had to circle away.  Credeur continued to rub at his eye then landed several overhand right crosses and left hooks to the head of Loughran who was visibly shaken.

The round ended with Credeur on the offensive and Loughran just attempting to avoid being knocked out despite several unanswered punches to the head.

Loughran was unable to come out for the third round, vocally submitting to the referee from his corner.