In one of the marquee matchups in UFC's first San Jose event, bantamweight superstar Urijah Faber defeated Brian Bowles via submission in 1:27 of round 2.
After a 10-9 first round by Faber, he came out swinging in round 2. A big early uppercut rocked Bowles and he pounced, unloading with a flurry of punches. Bowles survived the assault, but Faber was able to lock on a guillotine choke, and Bowles tapped soon after.Faber's career record improves to 26-5.
In the second match on the main card, welterweight Martin Kampmann won a split decision in three rounds over Rick Story on scores of (28-29, 30-27, 29-28).
Next up on the card is the co-main event, a middleweight bout putting Wanderlei Silva against local San Jose hero Cung Le. After that will be the main event of Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua.
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