Time of the stoppage on the Franca fight was 3:31 of the third round.

The Parisian Kongo made a memorable UFC debut at UFC 61 by tearing apart Gilbert Aldana. Wellisch, from Sacramento, is a student of the American Kickboxing Academy. Franca's got ankle braces on both ankles ... maybe one's hurt and he's trying to decoy?

Wellisch goes for a takedown early, Kongo escapes and backs Wellisch into the fence, but Wellisch reverses. Wellisch scores a takedown. Kongo uses brute force to power out of it but Wellisch goes for an armbar. The two end up back on their feet. Wellisch goes for a choke standing and walks into a couple knees.

Here we go again. Kongo's explosive side comes through, dropping Wellisch to the mat. Wellisch manages to regain his wits on the mat, but Kongo's still on him. Timeout called as Wellisch lost his mouthguard. And we're all done ... Wellisch walked right what is quickly becoming Kongo's trademark, as Kongo clobbered him with the big knee, bloodying him, and then follows up with a couple punches before Mario Yamasaki calls the fight at 2:51.

I think we have ourselves a legit contender for the heavyweight title, here ...