Welcome to MMAFightLine.com's live coverage of UFC 78: Validation. We will have basic coverage of the preliminary fights and detailed round by round coverage of the PPV fights. Make sure to keep refreshing this page to get the most recent results.

The preliminary fights are up first (not shown on PPV). We will give quick match results for the undercard below:

-Akihiro Gono def. Tamdan McCrory via Submission (armbar) at 3:19 of Round 2.

-Marcus Aurelio def. Luke Caudillo via TKO (strikes) at 4:29 of Round 1.

-Joe Lauzon def. Jason Reinhardt via Submission (rear naked choke) at 1:14 of Round 1.

-Thiago Alves def. Chris Lytle via TKO (cut stoppage) after 2 Rounds.

Quick match results for the PPV card:

-Frank Edgar def. Spencer Fisher via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26) after 3 Rounds.

-Ed Herman def. Joe Doerksen via KO (left hook) at 0:39 of Round 3.

Karo Parisyan def. Ryo Chonan via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after 3 Rounds.

-Thiago Silva def. Houston Alexander via TKO (strikes) at 3:25 of Round 1.

-Rashad Evans def. Michael Bisping via Split Decision (29-28 Evans, 29-28 Bisping, 29-28 Evans) after 3 Rounds.

PPV Round-By-Round Coverage:

Fight #1: Spencer Fisher vs. Frank Edgar

Round 1: Small feeling out period, Edgar shoots and gets into Fishers guard. Doesn't land much and Fisher gets up briefly before being shot on again by Edgar and taken down. Edgar is back in Fishers guard. Fisher is defending well but Edgar gets a few nice shots in. Edgar isn't landing anything big but he's dominating position and staying active. They go back to the feet and Edgar land a nice knee. Fisher goes for a head kick and falls, Edgar jumps on him and gets back into Fishers guard. He postures up and lands some nice shots then goes into half guard and lands some nice elbows. I give that round to Edgar 10-9. Fisher didn't do much.

Round 2: Fisher comes out fast and goes for a knee but gets taken down again. Edgar gets side control and goes for a choke. But Fisher gets free, now the fighters are back on their feet. They briefly exchange before Edgar gets another takedown. They go back to the guard. Edgar passes to side control briefly and postures up to land a couple shots. Now Edgar goes back to half guard and lands some nice shots to Fishers head. He opens up a nice cut over Fishers left eye. Edgar is dominating position and landing potshots. Fisher can't appear to do much. Edgar takes Spencers back and has a hook in. Spencer avoids the mount and pull guard. Edgar wins that round as well, I had it 10-9.