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Ultimate Chaos MMA results

For undefeated heavyweight prospect Bobby Lashley (4-0), things went according to plan at "Ultimate Chaos" – just not the plan he had promised all week.

After Lashley said he planned to stand and trade with massive super-heavyweight Bob Sapp (10-5-1), the American Top Team fighter instead let wisdom dictate his strategy, electing to take the fight to the floor and ground-and-pound his way to victory.

The bout capped off a fast-paced night of action at the Treasure Bay Casino in Biloxi, Miss. The main card aired live on pay-per-view.

Lashley wasted little time in implementing his gameplan, shooting a successful double-leg takedown immediately after the opening bell and wrestling the 77-pound-larger Sapp to the mat. Lashley quickly unleashed a ground-and-pound attack reminiscent of Brock Lesnar's panicked offense against Frank Mir in their 2008 bout, but the 32-year-old quickly calmed his assault in favor of a more methodical approach.

The blows continued to rain down in steady fashion, and Sapp simply maintained half-guard while offering no offense or escape attempt from the floor. It was a familiar site as the massive Sapp simply could not, or would not, return to his feet, somehow gassing while lying on his back and eventually tapping out to Lashley's strikes.

"The Beast's" first attempt to surrender wasn't seen by the referee, but a second set of timid taps halted the bout at 3:17 of the opening round.

Following the bout, Lashley said the fight went just as he and his team had planned.

"Going out there with somebody like Bob, you've got to be prepared," Lashley said. "I was expecting him to come out there and throw those big bulls, so I just wanted to get him down.

"I knew I could go out there, take him down, cover him, keep him flat and pound him. That was our gameplan. I stuck with it and went out successful."

Lashley, who has now fought four times in 18 months, said he hopes to fight twice more before the end of the year.

In the evening's co-feature, Dutch striker Gilbert Yvel (36-13-1) showed why he is still among the sport's most-dangerous strikers 12 years after the beginning of his MMA career.

Brazilian slugger Pedro Rizzo (16-9) opened the fight with a perfect sweep that knocked Yvel on his back, but "The Hurricane" remained patient on the floor and kicked "The Rock" off of him when the opportunity presented itself. Once back on the feet, the momentum changed dramatically.

After a missed high kick from Yvel, Rizzo shot in but slipped on the attempt. Yvel avoided the takedown and delivered a series of five stunning right hands to Rizzo's dome. The third blow in the series turned off Rizzo's lights, but the referee was slow to intervene and two more damaging, unnecessary blows left the former UFC champ on the ground for several minutes after the end of the fight.

The official end of the fight came 2:10 after it began.

While Yvel will now face fellow striker Paul Buentello at "Affliction: Trilogy," the soon-to-be-33-year-old said after the contest that he has his sights set on the UFC.

"From there, (I want to go) up to the UFC, up to the champions, because I want that belt," Yvel said. "I want the big-ass belt."

The win was Yvel's first since a January loss to Josh Barnett snapped a previous seven-fight win streak. Yvel now has 31 career wins by knockout or TKO, while the 35-year-old Rizzo has now lost two-straight contests and four of his past six.

In a swing bout moved to the evening's main card, Colin McKee (4-2) earned his fourth-straight win over previously undefeated Lance Thompson (1-1). After fighting on his back for much of the opening round, McKee took advantage of a restart to earn top position and rained down a series of run-of-the-mill ground-and-pound blows that coerced Thompson to tap.

Vazquez and Horodecki take care of business, Spiritwolf makes statement by shocking Cooper

While Javier Vazquez became the unquestioned favorite in his contest when original opponent Din Thomas was forced to bow out of the card at the last minute, "Showtime" wasted little time in displaying the skills he was known for in 2007.

In his first bout in 18 months, Vazquez resisted a takedown from Mark Kergosien locked in a guillotine choke, dropped to the ground, rolled to top position, and forced the tap in just 59 seconds.

Smooth and efficient, Vazquez won his fourth-straight contest and 11th of his past 12.

With just three total submissions in Chris Horodecki (13-1) and William Sriyapai's (12-5) 29 prior combined contests, a stand-up affair seemed guaranteed. Instead, "The Polish Hammer" threw a curveball and took "The Bull" to the floor.

The nine-time IFL veteran moved swiftly to Sriyapai's back, and though the 10-year veteran defended the move deftly, Horodecki maintained his composure while chasing a submission. The Canadian was able to work in a rear-naked choke after much persistence, and Sriyapai was forced to tap with 58 seconds remaining in the opening round.

Horodecki wins for the first time after a 14-month layoff and will look forward to a shot at fellow young gun Dan Lauzon at "Affliction: Trilogy" in August. Sriyapai loses for just the second time in his past 11 contests.

Prior to their contest, welterweight Waachiim Spiritwolf (6-4) accused the heavily favored Brett Cooper (9-5) of looking ahead to an Aug. 1 bout at Affliction in favor of Saturday's contest. Following Saturday's main-card contest, Cooper was having trouble focusing on the referee standing two feet in front of him.

After a moderate pace in the first-half of the opening frame, Spiritwolf punished his opponent with a devastating right hand that ended Cooper's night early and endangered the California resident's potential appearance at "Affliction: Trilogy."

Spiritwolf followed with a few short blows on the ground before the fight could be halted, but the opening strike had already sealed the result.

The loss snapped a six-fight winning streak for Cooper, while Spiritwolf has now won two-straight.

"T-Shirt guy" Atencio outlasts Hedderick in rousing contest, Harder and Orso win in openers

Regardless of one's position on Affliction as a clothing brand or MMA promotion, respect has to be given to 42-year-old Tom Atencio (2-0) for simply stepping into the cage with a much-younger Randy Hedderick (1-1). And if there was any doubt as to Atencio's motivation or commitment, it was quickly answered when Hedderick unloaded on the Affliction executive in the opening frame.

Atencio was dropped twice in the opening round and visibly rocked on several occasions. Atencio somehow made it through the attack, standing and clinching to last the full five minutes. Atencio's fortunes changed in the second stanza.

Atencio was more effective on the feet in the second round, and scored several times with straight right hands. Hedderick's nose was bloodied, and his gas tank empty, as Atencio tried in vain to end the fight with submissions. Despite being unable to close the content, Atencio evened the score with his second-round performance – but the best news was yet to come.

Exhausted, Hedderick was unable to answer the bell for the final frame. After being awarded the TKO victory, Atencio took to the mic and defended his opponent from an apparent verbal attack from UFC president Dana White.

"Randy, thank you very much," Atencio said. "You're a tough kid. And Randy, screw Dana White for what he said about you, bro. Screw him. He's not in the ring, OK?

"Anybody that steps into this ring, I've got a lot of respect for. It's not the critic that counts. It's that person that comes in here and puts their heart on the line. Win, lose or draw, at least they have the balls in their life to step in here."

Atencio, who said prior to the contest that the bout would be his last, admitted Hedderick provided a tough test.

"I was scared," Atencio said. "The kid is tough, man. He rocked me a couple of times. Obviously you saw him drop me."

While not a clinic in technical ability, Brandon Harder (1-0) and John Harris (0-1) certainly got the spirits of the crowd going with a hard-fought affair.

Harris opened with a go-for-broke flurry, but Harder weathered the storm and forced the fight to the ground after multiple attempts. There wasn't much action on the floor, but that changed in the second round.

With both men apparently exhausted on the floor in the second frame, Harder took advantage of a lazy scramble to move to mount. A series of flailing punches mostly scored, but Harder transitioned to an arm-triangle and squeezed tight until Harris went under with 29 seconds remaining in the round.

The evening's main card opened with a rematch of an April 2007 bout between James Orso (5-2) and "The Ultimate Fighter 3" cast member Danny Abbadi (3-5). The first contest ended with Orso claiming a unanimous decision, and there was little in the second affair that would suggest a different outcome.

While not necessarily exciting throughout the 15-minute contest, Orso kept himself in top position for most of the bout. In the rare moments that Abbadi found himself on top, Orso kept him busy defending guillotine choke and kimura attempts.

Abbadi showed little interest in returning to his feet, and the strategy cost him another unanimous-decision loss. Orso improves to 2-2 in his past four contests, while Abbadi has now gone 2-3 since his stint in the UFC.

OFFICIAL MAIN CARD RESULTS
•Bobby Lashley def. Bob Sapp via submission (strikes) - Round 1, 3:17
•Gilbert Yvel def. Pedro Rizzo via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 2:10
•Colin McKee def. Lance Thompson via submission (punches) - Round 1, 4:16
•Javier Vazquez def. Mark Kergosien via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 1, 0:59
•Chris Horodecki def. William Sriyapai via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 1, 4:02
•Waachim Spiritwolf def. Brett Cooper via knockout (punches) - Round 1, 3:41
•Tom Atencio def. Randy Hedderick via TKO (did not answer bell) - Round 2, 5:00
•Brandon Harder def. John Harris via technical submission (arm-triangle choke) - Round 2, 4:31
•James Orso def. Danny Abbadi via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)