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MACAU, China - Perennial contender Michael Bisping earned a fourth-round TKO victory over Cung Le on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Macau, China.Bisping (25-6) admitted his back was against the wall heading into his matchup with Le (9-3). Fortunately for The Count, his performance left little doubt that hes still among the worlds best middleweights.Bisping and Le both looked to strike from the start, with Le firing powerful blows and Bisping preferring a volume-based attack. Bisping appeared the quicker fighter to start, and it paid off in short order.At the start of the second frame, a crisp Bisping punch scored directly to Les right eye, which instantly began to close. Le initially thought he was poked in the eye, but replays showed it was a clean blow that caused the damage. Bisping immediately realized his opponents limitations and continued to attack at every opportunity.Le showed incredible heart as he continued to look for a potential power shot that could sway the momentum, but Bisping was simply too much as he continued to push the pace. Early in the fourth, Bisping unleashed a flurry of punches that saw Le wilt against the cage. A brutal knee then sent Le crashing to the canvas, and Bisping pounced with additional punches to seal the result 57 seconds into the round.Afterward, Bisping said he would welcome a bout with Luke Rockhold as a means of working his way to a shot at the UFC middleweight belt.I want to be a world champion, and I know I have to back it, Bisping said. This is backing it up. … Im beating Luke Rockhold, and then Im winning the title.In the nights co-feature, Tyron Woodley (14-3) picked up an impressive win over Korean welterweight Dong Hyun Kim (19-3-1), needing just 61 seconds to pick up a TKO victory.Kim was the aggressor early, walking forward from the start and looking to engage. Woodley countered by working into the clinch and hoping for a takedown that wouldnt come. When they separated, Kim gambled with a big spinning elbow, but Woodley scored flush with a punch that caught his opponent mid-turn. Kim tried desperately to recover, but Woodley pounced with heavy ground-and-pound blows, forcing referee Steve Perceval to intervene just 61 seconds into the fight.My whole gameplan was to stay close and dictate how the fight went, Woodley said after the fight. When I saw him start to spin, I knew I could unload and catch him. 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PAUL, Minn.BUFFALO, N.Y. - Told he had again moved up a notch in the record books with his latest shutout in Buffalo, Florida Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo had just one question:When do we come back?Luongo made 30 saves for his 68th career shutout -- and third-straight in Buffalo -- to lead the Panthers past the Sabres 2-0 on Friday night.The shutout moved him past Roy Worters for 13th all-time after he passed Patrick Roy with a win on Oct. 17 in Buffalo.I enjoy playing in this building and Im having success, Luongo said. Maybe sometimes you get in another teams head or whatnot, but I just try to do my job and take the wins.Brad Boyes and Nick Bjugstad scored for Florida, which won for the first time in three games.No. 1 overall draft pick Aaron Ekblad picked up his 21st assist to tie Ed Jovanovskis franchise scoring record for rookie defencemen.Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves for Buffalo, which has lost three in a row.The Panthers came out of the gate fast, outshooting Buffalo 19-7 in the first period and coaxing Luongo into joking that I was tweeting during an inactive first 20 minutes.The first period was great, Panthers head coach Gerrard Gallant said. If we can play like that every period, wed be real happy.Florida started the scoring at the 3:29 mark when Sabres defenceman Tyson Strachan missed the puck on a clearing attempt and the Panthers worked the puck to Boyes, who scored alone in front of the net.The former Sabre has points in five straight games against Buffalo, and has a 6-2 record against his old team since joining Florida.Whether we win by playing well or we win by being outplayed, were at a point now where we need points — and we won, Boyes said.With Mike Weber in the box for an interference penalty, Bjugstad made itt 2-0 with a power-play goal at 11:51 when he tapped home Jimmy Hayes rebound.ddddddddddddThe opening period didnt sit well with Sabres head coach Ted Nolan.Our first period was God-awful, Nolan said. We tried a little bit in the second and got better as the game went, but not enough.Buffalo started to come around in the second period, putting 11 shots on goal.Luongo made a left pad save on Tyler Ennis shot midway through the second to keep Floridas two-goal lead.Patrick Kaleta intercepted a bad clearing attempt in the Florida slot moments later, only for Luongo to push the puck out of play.Luongo keeps us in it, Bjugstad said. They are usually really close, low-scoring games (with Buffalo). Luongo played great tonight and its a big shutout for him.Buffalos best chances of an otherwise stagnant third period came with about 6 minutes to play as Luongo used his blocker to stop Zemgus Girgensons backhand shot.Mikhail Grigorenko redirected two point shots at Luongo, but the Panthers netminder turned aside both.Nolan pulled Neuvirth with just under three minutes to play, and Luongo was quickly tested by Girgensons and Chris Stewart.Luongo also has shut out the Sabres in four of his last five starts, all wins. He hasnt allowed a goal in Buffalo since Feb. 11, 2006.Thats unbelievable, Gallant said. Hes played well, hes focused. And he gets prepared for every game the same way.Webers penalty was the only infraction called in the game until Dave Bolland was called for tripping with 38 seconds to play.NOTES: With Rasmus Ristolainen back in the lineup, Sabres D Mark Pysyk was sent back to Rochester of the AHL. ... Panthers LW Tomas Fleischmann missed the game after suffering an undisclosed injury in the morning skate. ' ' '