LAS VEGAS, Sept. 21 -- Rob Kimmons (Pictures) and Eric Pele (Pictures) easily dispatched opponents in early first-round stoppages Friday inside the spacious-yet-quaint Orleans Arena.

The raucous crowd clearly enjoyed the International Fighting Organization's third card, as every fight on the bill was action-packed, without a single match going to the judges.

In the main event, Kimmons submitted Tristan Yunker (Pictures) at 2:55 of the opening round. "The Rosedale Reaper," as Kimmons is nicknamed, earned the vacant IFO welterweight title with the win.

Yunker seemed lethargic in the bout. He didn't put up much of a fight after Kimmons delivered his first powerful right hand.

Kimmons dazed him when he unleashed his ground-and-pound, and it looked as though Yunker would be knocked out. After backing away from him, though, Kimmons swept Yunker's legs to the right and quickly moved into the full mount.

Yunker rolled to avoid the approaching onslaught of strikes but couldn't escape the vicious right hands and elbows. Seeing an opening, Kimmons easily applied a rear-naked choke. Yunker tapped immediately, without trying to defend the submission.

Kimmons, who will get married Saturday, had waged a war of words with Yunker in the weeks leading up to the contest. He stopped the trash talk, though, and declared that he'd prefer instead to let his fists do the talking.

With the win Kimmons bounced back from a disappointing loss to Marvin Eastman (Pictures). His return to 170 pounds for this bout paid dividends.

It's unclear whom the IFO will pit Kimmons against in his first defense, which may take place in December at the Riviera in Las Vegas.

Super heavyweight contender "Big E" Eric Pele (Pictures) scored a first-round drubbing of over-matched opponent Antoine Hayes. Pele dropped his foe with a crisp right hand seconds into the fight, then quickly jumped on him.

Hayes fended off the stoppage and battled his way back to his feet. However, Pele uncorked another furious right hand that dropped him again.

This time the trimmed-down tattoo artist would not let his nemesis escape. Pele unloaded a barrage of punches that prompted referee Mario Yamasaki to halt the mugging at the 2:00 mark.

Reigning IFO heavyweight champion Chris Guillen (Pictures), who won the championship in July by notching a TKO over a gassed and beaten Wes Sims (Pictures), retained his belt with a rear-naked choke in the second round against Josh Diekman (Pictures).

Diekman nearly took the title when he dropped Guillen with a right hand in the first round. Immediately he seized Guillen's back and unloaded a series of strikes.

However, Diekman landed a few illegal punches to the back of the head. He lost a point for the blows, and when the fight restarted on the feet, he lost his momentum.

Guillen cleared his head and took control of the bout. As the minutes wore away, so did Diekman's stamina.

Early in the second stanza, Guillen took down his tiring opponent, quickly got his back and applied a rear-naked choke. Diekman didn't try too hard to prevent the submission, tapping quickly 40 seconds into the round, possibly due to fatigue.

Cut under his left eye and having much more difficulty with John Cornett than he probably expected, "The Ultimate Fighter 4" veteran Josh Haynes (Pictures) delivered a highlight-reel knockout 2:37 into the third round.

The fight was basically a glorified boxing match, as neither fighter wanted to take it to the canvas. Cornett withstood everything Haynes launched in his direction and even had the blue mohawked fighter staggered a few times.

The bout was even going into the third round on Sherdog.com's scorecard. Haynes' stamina and offense appeared to be slipping away, and an upset was in the making until he uncorked an overhand right that would have knocked out a bull.

After the punch connected, Cornett fell to the canvas like an imploded casino. Before referee Steve Mazzagatti could intervene, Haynes landed two more rights for good measure.

K-1 veteran Dan Evensen (Pictures) made quick work of John George, stopping him just 54 seconds into the fight.

Evensen used his superior Muay Thai skills and delivered two brutal leg kicks that dropped his adversary. He then quickly pounced on George and wailed away until Herb Dean (Pictures) stopped the contest.

George had quit quickly after Evensen jumped on him. It seemed as if he had tapped from the leg kicks, but he was escorted out of the cage on his feet sporting a neck brace. Replays were inconclusive regarding how the injury occurred.

Anthony Marti and JR Sims (Pictures) fought one of the most entertaining battles in years.

Sims, slick and dangerous on his feet, lit up his Chicago-based opponent with sizzling punches that dropped him several times and sliced up his face. Marti was a bit too tough to be taken out, though, and scored several takedowns.

The two featherweights took turns pressing their own game plans, but Sims was the all-around better fighter. He had Marti hurt on numerous occasions with stinging right hands, and a stoppage looked imminent.

However, Marti's resilience kept him alive, though he was bleeding profusely at his mouth, nose and eyebrow. Still, he kept plugging away and scored takedowns whenever he could to stave off the stoppage.

Seconds into the third round of the tremendous battle, Sims dropped Marti with a crushing right uppercut -- a punch that made the shorter fighter crumble to the canvas. Sims closed in to end the fight, but he made the mistake of kicking his downed opponent in the head.

The fight was paused 32 seconds into the round for Marti to recover. During the rest period, though, his corner threw in the towel.

Marti's corner disputed the loss, but it was correct, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer.

Welterweight prospect James Giboo was impressive against Joey Gorczynski. The fight quickly became a grappling match after a Giboo takedown, and it was evident whose submission skills were superior.

Giboo escaped an armbar attempt and moments later took Gorczynski's back for a rear-naked choke at 2:54.

Joey Varner, a Couture-trained fighter, wasted little time in defeating welterweight opponent Josh Marker. Marker scored a swift takedown early and then quickly achieved full mount.

Varner swept him, though, and transitioned the roll into a triangle. Marker defended the choke well, but Varner maneuvered into a picture-perfect armbar 1:07 into the match.

In the opening bout, heavyweights Mark Rommel and Phil Friedman shared the cage for their professional debuts. The two big men rushed at each other from the get-go, but Friedman was a bit quicker.

After a terse scrum on the canvas, Friedman seized his opponent's back, flattened him out and pounded away until referee Mario Yamasaki called the bout at 2:21.