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PORTLAND, Ore. - In a fight eight years in the making, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira beat fellow former champion Randy Couture via unanimous decision to win the main event of UFC 102 on Saturday at the Rose Garden.

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Thiago Silva showed Saturday night that he's one of the best knockout artists in mixed martial arts, knocking Keith Jardine out cold with a series of devastating punches in the first round at UFC 102.

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This is the UFC 102 live blog for Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva, the light heavyweight co-headliner on the pay-per-view card.

Jardine and Silva are both looking to avoid back-to-back losses. Jardine dropped a unanimous decision to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson in March and Silva suffered a first-round knockout at the hands of current champion Lyoto Machida in January.

The live blog is below.

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FanHouse has UFC 102 results for all of the August 29 UFC 102 fights, plus live coverage from Portland, live blogs of all the fights and live UFC Twitter updates.

Fights featured on the UFC 102 fight card include Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in a battle of former UFC heavyweight champions, middleweights Demian Maia and Nate Marquardt in a clash of potential No. 1 contenders, and light heavyweights Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva.

Get the complete results below.

Follow us for live updates of the UFC 102 pre-fight press conference at 4 p.m. ET and hear what UFC president Dana White and the headliners have to say about this Saturday's UFC 102 event at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

Scheduled to participate are White, Oregon commission executive director Brad Darcy, Rose Garden general manager Chris Oxley, Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira, Keith Jardine and Thiago Silva.

Live video will also be available here at FanHouse.

UFC President Dana White and fighters Randy Couture, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira met with the press Thursday afternoon in Portland for the UFC 102 pre-fight press conference.

The UFC had technical difficulties in streaming the conference live but the taped video is now online. Check it out below.

No one can confidently say Keith Jardine's UFC 102 fight against Thiago Silva is a must-win situation for "The Dean of Mean." Sure, he's coming off a unanimous decision loss to Rampage Jackson at UFC 96, but he also seemed to raise his stock in standing toe-to-toe with the hard-hitting Jackson for three full rounds.

FanHouse spoke to Jardine about reinventing his game for his fight against Silva and the balancing act when it comes to marketing oneself to the fans. The full interview is below.

In his first fight since dispelling the EliteXC myth of Kimbo Slice, Seth Petruzelli returns Saturday against IFL veteran Chris Baten at Art of Fighting 4 in Tampa, Fla.

Last October, Petruzelli (10-4) became an unlikely hot topic when he accepted a main event fight against Slice on a few hours notice and proceeded to stop the EliteXC main draw in 14 seconds. Although the event on CBS turned out to be the third most watched MMA card ever, Slice's loss in credibility and Petruzelli's controversial comments following the fight heavily contributed to the company's closure within the end of the month.

The UFC 102 card was finalized Monday with the confirmation that American Top Team lightweight Marcus Aurelio will return to the organization in a preliminary bout against the undefeated Evan Dunham.

UFC 102 features the long-awaited Randy Couture vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira confrontation and a light heavyweight battle between Keith Jardine and Thiago Silva from the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Ore.