Koscheck wins

Former NCAA Division I college wrestling champs Johny Hendricks and Josh Koscheck came out winners in their matches at UFC 113 Saturday evening at Bell Centre in Montreal.

Hendricks, a two-time NCAA champ (and four-time NCAA All-American) at 165 pounds in 2005 and 2006 for Oklahoma State, won a majority decision over T.J. Grant of Canada. While the MMA website Sherdog.com scored the bout with Grant winning the first and second of three rounds, the official scores were 29-27, 29-27 and 28-28 for the former Cowboy wrestler. Hendricks now improves to 8-0 in professional MMA competition.

Koscheck, a Waynesburg High School graduate who won the 174-pound crown at the 2001 NCAAs for Edinboro University in Pennsylvania (and like Hendricks, earned All-American honors four times), earned a unanimous decision over Paul Daley in what was one of the two main events of UFC 113. All three officials scored the match 30-27 for the former Fighting Scot, whose MMA record now stands at 15-4.

The fight was marred at the end when, after time had expired, Daley threw a left hook that connected with Koscheck's right eye, opening a small cut. The referee restrained Daley, who apparently has been booted from the UFC.

With the win, Koscheck is expected to be next in line to challenge current UFC welterweight champ Georges St. Pierre later this year.