UFC 204 results: Gegard Mousasi stops Vitor Belfort in second round

For the better part of a round and change, the UFC 204 co-main event between middleweights Gegard Mousasi and Vitor Belfort seemed like a placeholder, an exercise for the crowd to simply endure before the main event.
And then Mousasi sprung to life.
The 31-year old former Strikeforce light heavyweight champion rocked Belfort with a big head kick, which led to a violent finish. Mousasi scored the TKO victory at Manchester Arena at 2:43 of the second round as he won for the fifth time in his past