10. Martin Kampmann vs. Carlos Condit
UFC Fight Night 18
April 1, 2009 | Nashville, Tennessee
Kampmann played the role of spoiler to perfection. The well-rounded Dane welcomed former World Extreme Cagefighting champion Condit into the Octagon in the UFC Fight Night 18 main event and slipped away with a split decision victory at the Sommet Center. Scores were 29-28 from all three judges, two of them siding with Kampmann.

Kampmann almost ended the match quickly, as he locked up a guillotine choke in the first round. The submission- savvy Condit, however, kept his lower body mobile and twisted free. Condit opened a cut below Kampmann’s left eye with a standing punch on the grounded welterweight late in the first round and followed up with a powerful knee against the cage. Kampmann kept coming, even under duress. Condit finished strong with a head kick and flying knee in the final 30 seconds and gained a foothold in the match.

Condit threatened his counterpart with a rear-naked choke in Round 2, but whatever momentum he attained was soon lost. Kampmann scored with a takedown inside the first minute of the third round and kept Condit on his back and on the defensive for several minutes. A steady stream of ground-and-pound ensued, and Condit was all but shut out of the round until he cinched a guillotine choke of his own in the final seconds. Even so, Kampmann had left his stamp on the fight.

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