LAS VEGAS, Sept. 1 -- For the second time this year, the IFO's Steele Cage promotion provided Sin City a night of solid mixed martial arts action. With a card stacked with relatively popular MMA veterans who have appeared in top-shelf organizations, it seems that as long as the IFO is smart with how it orchestrates events, the fledgling group will be one of the leading smaller shows on the circuit.

In the main event, Travis Wiuff (Pictures), who was in a now-or-never situation, submitted fellow UFC vet Sean Salmon (Pictures) just 2:37 into the fight, though that's not to say that he walked through the tough light heavyweight.

Salmon clearly got the better of Wiuff early as his striking was crisper. Salmon landed several stinging rights and lefts and for a brief time, Wiuff was a little puzzled about how to attack his adversary.

Whenever Wiuff tried a takedown shot, Salmon expertly sprawled to keep the fight standing. About two minutes into the contest, Wiuff was badly wobbled by a looping right hand and it appeared as though Salmon was going to score a relatively quick knockout.

Salmon rushed in to close the show after hurting Wiuff and charged in for a powerful double-leg takedown. But once he scooped Wiuff up, the Minnesotan latched on the choke. When the two fighters hit the canvas, Wiuff closed his guard and nabbed the submission.

With the win, Wiuff not only snatched up the vacant IFO light heavyweight title, he also kept his career near the limelight.

Zac George continued to impress fans and media alike as the lightweight destroyed the slightly larger Chris Mickle in the co-main event, winning with a highlight-reel knockout 2:28 into the first round.

Mickle and George met at center cage and traded blows with reckless abandonment, but it was clear right away that George was the better striker.

Two minutes in Mickle backed away toward his own corner and when he tried to throw a right hand, he was dealt a crippling left hook than landed dead on his jaw. Mickle collapsed to his knees and George raised his hands in triumph.

Referee Steve Mazzagatti couldn't stop the fight quick enough so George landed two more punches for good measure as an unconscious Mickle slumped down the cage.

The impressive and emphatic knockout allowed George to scoop up the vacant IFO lightweight title, a belt he and his promoters expect to hold for a very long time. George is without question someone to keep an eye on.

"The Ultimate Fighter" 4 alum Rich Clementi (Pictures), who is still under contract to the UFC, made quick work of Kyle Gibbons, submitting him with a textbook rear-naked choke just 2:18 into the fight. Clementi, who said this was his last bout at 170, quickly pressed the action and easily took Gibbons down. Clementi was too much for Gibbons on the ground and in a matter of 30 or so seconds, Clementi was forcing him to tap out.

Justin Levens (Pictures) stunk up the ballroom in what was the opening bout of the main card when he dropped a lackluster unanimous decision to Nate James.

Levens looked out of character throughout the bout and seemed distracted. James took advantage of the situation, pressed the action and pretty much dominated the UFC and IFL veteran for three rounds.

Though James wasn't overly impressive, he clearly dominated Levens in the light heavyweight showdown and wound scoring the win via tallies of 30-27 (twice) and 29-28.

Featherweight Dennis Davis (Pictures) bombarded opponent Matt Williams right from the opening bell and quickly proceeded to slam Williams down onto the mat. Davis unleashed a hellish fury of elbows and strikes and, after a rather lengthy ground-and-pound assault, Williams finally tapped due to strikes. The official time of the submission came at 1:39 of the first round.

Eric Thompson scored a win over Evan Landry in the middleweight bout, but too bad for the crowd it came due to a lousy disqualification. After a riveting opening round where both men traded vicious strikes, Landry inadvertently landed two knees to a downed Thompson's head, resulting in point deduction. After a several minute delay, it was ruled that Thompson couldn't continue and Landry was DQ'ed.

Middleweight prospect CB Dallaway has potential but he still has some work to do in the gym. Dallaway dominated opponent Joe Bunch from the start but he had a difficult time in finishing off his overwhelmed foe.

Bunch was taken down repeatedly and Dallaway did a great job in pinning him down, but his inexperienced ground-and-pound technique allowed the fight to continue longer than it probably should have. Nevertheless, Dallaway scored a second round TKO when the referee finally pulled him off of Bunch, the official time being 4:31.

Welterweights Tyler Stinson and Ken Jackson opened the night with an entertaining back-and-forth battle but it was unfortunately cut short when Jackson suffered an injury. Stinson had his hands full from the outset as Jackson attempted numerous submissions ranging from triangles to armbars, but Stinson was able to stave off Jackson's attacks.

During a scramble after Stinson escaped an armbar, Jackson ducked his head down and lay on the canvas on his hands and knees. The fight was immediately waived off as Jackson suffered an injury and could not continue, which awarded Stinson with a TKO victory. The official time of the stoppage was 2:24 of the first round. The injury wasn't immediately identified as the jumbo screens didn't show a replay of the incident.

The fight between light heavyweights Ryan Bader and Rafael Real (Pictures) was altogether scrapped when Real failed to make weight on Friday.