UFC 138: Terry Etim and Che Mills star, Mark Munoz calls out Anderson Silva, Brad Pickett beaten by Renan Barao

Notes from UFC 138 in Birmingham:

UFC 138: Mark Munoz admits he had “a Bruce Lee moment with Anderson Silva” VIDEO TO FOLLOW on the night he retired Chris Leben on his stool after two rounds. But Munoz is also looking for a UFC middleweight title fight with team-mate Anderson Silva.

Leben had had a difficult weight cut, looked exhausted and was badly cut on the eye, and the side of his face.

The LG Arena was sold out, 10,000 seats.

Dana White – there are 40 fighters in the UFC who are millionaires

UFC president Dana White, after answering personal view and general questions from a broad European group of journalists, reckoned there are 40 US dollar millionaire fighters in the UFC.

White also expressed relief that the fan who ran into the Octagon – to be ejected like a rag doll by Referee Marc Goddard – ‘wasn't naked’. White may have jinxed himself for the next time.

Disappointment for Brad Pickett, Renan Barao brilliant

There was huge disappointment for Brad Pickett, beaten by Brazilian Renan Barao. It earned ‘fight of the night’ honours. A deflated Pickett told The Telegraph that he would have taken the ‘W’ instead of a $500,000 bonus. Pickett was submitted by Barao after being knocked down by right knee. Pickett scrambled but was tapped out by rear naked choke. Both fighters had gone heavily for each other for the first three minutes of the opening round, Barao having more accuracy in his strikes, though both men enjoyed success.

Great striking and submission from Terry Etim over Edward Faaloloto 17 seconds. Earns fight of the night.

Great to see Terry Etim show his personality after the win. One of the shyest men in MMA, and also one of the most dangerous lightweights. Etim had the chance to call out Donald Cerrone, after it was suggested the Liverpudlian was a better muay thai fighter that ‘The Cowboy’, but Etim’s response was simply that he “will fight anyone” Joe Silva, the UFC matchmaker, puts in front of him.

British fighters Che Mills [KO of the night 70K] over Chris Cope, and John Maguire, with points victory over Justin Edwards, performed brilliantly.

Mills put Cope away with a devastating knee to the chin, Maguire was knocked down early but then grappled his way to victory to win 30-27 unanimous decision.

Vaughan Lee lost 29-28 on the cards in a very technical fight against Chris Cariaso and Jason Young lost to Michihiro Omigawa in a close contest, which was even going into the third round.

Thiago Alves is back in the UK with a vengeance, enacting a vicious knockdown, ground and pound then submission of Papi Abedi.

I had picked Rob Broughton for the win in the all-British heavyweight fight, but was clearly wrong, Phil DeFries grinding out a 29-28 unanimous win, mainly on the ground.