It started with two eye pokes and ended with a nasty swollen eye (see the gnarly pic here).
Travis Browne (18-3-1) defeated Matt Mitrione (9-5) by technical knockout at UFC Fight Night 81 earlier tonight inside TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The Hawaiian got Mitrione down in the third round and never let him up, wailing away with big strikes until referee Gary Forman called it a wrap.
The official stoppage came at 4:09 of the third. Mitrione's eye swelled up like a balloon after the bout ended.
Mitrione was the aggressor early, but was not able to land on Browne, who sat back and waited to counter.