LAS VEGAS – It took K.J. Noons more than two rounds to stop looking for the perfect striking opportunity and just throw. When Josh Burkman slammed him to the mat and roughed him up on the mat, it became easy to see why. On paper, the matchup of two experienced vets offered an exciting scrap. But it was ultimately Burkman (28-12 MMA, 6-7 UFC) who took the fight to Noons (13-9 MMA, 2-3 UFC), giving the judges little choice other than to award him a decision. The lightweight bout closed out the preliminary card of today’s UFC Fight Night 82 event at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.