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Cerrone knocks out Miller on UFC card in Atlantic City

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
July 16, 2014 - 8:14 pm
 

Donald Cerrone knocked out Jim Miller with a head kick in the second round of the main event of an Ultimate Fighting Championship card Wednesday in Atlantic City.

It was the fourth straight victory for the lightweight and the first time Miller had been knocked out in 30 career fights.

Also on the card, lightweight Edson Barboza stopped Las Vegan Evan Dunham with a body kick in the first round, and welterweight Rick Story submitted Leonardo Mafra in the first round with an arm-triangle choke.

Claudia Gadelha won a decision over Tina Lahdemaki in the first-ever women’s strawweight bout in the UFC.

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