This first match of the night is Justin Buchholz vs. Corey Hill in a lightweight bout.
Hill starts out a little more aggressive, using his four inch height advantage to put Buchholz on his back. Buchholz goes for a kick and his leg gets caught by Hill who pushes him down and strikes. Buchholz works his way up, but goes down again. Buchholz again goes down and gets up. Buchholz goes for kick and is caught again but this time wraps up and pulls Hill down with him. As the round goes on, Buchholz is beginning to score, but has a kick caught again and is dropped as the round ends.

Both fighters are a little slower to start the second round. Buchholz gets the action started two minutes in when he lands a kick to the head of Hill that stuns him for a second. Buchholz attacks but can't do much. Both fighters lock up and Buchholz pulls Hill down with him. Hill goes for a choke but can't get locked in. During that time, Buchholz uses his legs to push off the Octagon and is able to reverse the position to then get in position for a rear naked choke. At 3:57 of second round, Hill taps out.
Buchholz is now 9-2 while Hill falls to 2-1.