At UFC Fight Night 76 in Dublin on Saturday, the main event between Louis Smolka and Paddy Holohan lifted the pall cast over a lackluster card plagued by scrapped bouts. After almost two rounds of skilled grappling from both fighters, Smolka caught the rapidly-tiring Dubliner in a rear naked choke from back mount, following a punishing ground and pound flurry, and got the tap in the last minute.
Fight Night 76 didn't get much buzz even before misfortune befell it. Initially headlined by Joe Duffy and Dustin Poirier, that fight was canceled entirely after Duffy suffered a concussion.