Here are the quick preliminary card results:

• James Te Huna defeated Igor Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) - Round 3, 3:26
• C.B. Dollaway defeated Goran Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Chris Lytle defeated Brian Foster via submission (knee-bar) - Round 1, 1:41
• Krzysztof Soszynski defeated Stephan Bonnar via TKO (cut) - Round 3, 1:04

Big wins for Dollaway and Lytle. C.B. moves up in the middleweight division, while Lytle pulls off a rarely-seen submission. His return from injury hiatus is a big success. Meanwhile, Soszynski’s win has to be considered a little hollow, as a cut Bonnar sustained from an accidental head-butt proved to be his undoing. Here are the full results of the main card, along with my pre-event predictions:

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (26-7-2-1) defeated Anthony Perosh (10-6) via TKO (cut) - Round 2, 5:00: A dominant win for the Croation sensation, though most would probably stop short of saying that the “old Cro Cop” is back. Perosh was simply overwhelmed, and could only attempt to shoot for futile takedown attempts. After winning the first round easily, overcoming some apparent fatigue in the process, Cro Cop cut his Australian opponent deeply with an elbow in the second round. Laying on his back, Perosh could do nothing but bleed. The doctor stopped the fight between rounds, and Cro Cop gets to go home a winner.

Ryan “Darth” Bader (11-0) defeated “The Dean of Mean” Keith Jardine (15-7-1) via KO (punch) - Round 3, 2:10: “The Dean of Mean” did better than many expected, but in the end, his suspect chin was his undoing. Bader won the first round in exciting if sloppy fashion. In the second round, Jardine tightened up his takedown defense, and was probably able to take the round virtue of his defense. But the third round revealed why Jardine’s days as a legit contender are over: his can’t take chin-checks. Bader landed a right hand that wobbled Jardine, then followed it up with a flying knee to the chest. The Greg Jackson fighter backs up, and a left hook ends his night. It’s now three straight losses for Jardine. Could he be done in the UFC? - Prediction: Bader by TKO (if you consider KO’s and TKO’s to be the same thing, I was right on)

George Sotiropoulos (12-2) defeated Joe “Daddy” Stevenson (31-11) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27): In what has to be considered a big upset, Australia native Sotiropoulos made sure that the crowd will go home happy regardless of the outcomes of the rest of the night’s fights. In running his record to 5-0 in the Octagon by defeating an upper-echelon fighter like “Daddy,” Sotiropoulos virtually assures himself an even higher level of his opponent in his next bout. As for the fight itself, he was able to hurt Stevenson on both the feet and the ground. It was a close fight, but Sotiropoulos was definitely the winner. Where does Stevenson go from here? Probably not back to the drawing board…I think he’s still on the right path. But for now, Australia and Sotiropoulos get to celebrate - Prediction: Stevenson by TKO (very wrong)

“The Axe Murderer” Wanderlei Silva (33-10-1-1) defeated Michael “The Count” Bisping (18-3) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28): In a fight that will likely win the “Fight of the Night” award for both fighters, Wanderlei and Bisping went to war. After splitting two action-packed rounds, the Brazilian overcame an accidental shot to the genitals, which was later followed by and accidental eye-poke. Undeterred, Silva put Bisping down with a right hand to the temple as the round was heading toward its conclusion. The Brit was likely saved by the bell. This sealed the round and the fight for Wanderlei, as he broke a two-fight win streak in his middleweight debut. As for Bisping, he’s lost two of three. - Prediction: Silva by KO (right winner, wrong route to victory)

Cain Velasquez (8-0) defeated Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (32-6-1-1) via KO - Round 1, 2:20: My, my, my…perhaps it’s time for “experts” such as myself to start believing the hype. San Jose fighter Cain Velasquez refused to be overwhelmed by the mystique of a legend like “Minotauro,” and showed that the power in his fists is not exclusive to just his ground and pound. Going to the ground with a submission wizard like Nogueira didn’t seem to be on Velasquez’s to-do list for the evening as he immediately tested out his standup game. He caught Big Nog with a couple nice combos, who seemed to be caught off-guard. Another brutal combo followed, and a big right hand put Nogueira down. A few punches on the ground later, and he was out cold. His record drops to 3-2 in the Octagon, while Velasquez sets himself up for a possible title shot against the winner of Brock Lesnar and either Frank Mir or Shane Carwin - Prediction: Nogueira by decision (not a good night on my predictions)

A huge night for Bay Area fight fans, as Velasquez propelled himself into rarified air at the top of the UFC’s heavyweight division. Check back this week for exclusive interviews with some of the fighters from UFC 110.