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LAS VEGAS -- Demetrious Johnson has drawn comparisons to former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Now he shares a distinct number with him.Johnson (25-2) defended the UFC flyweight championship for the ninth consecutive time at The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale on Saturday, defeating Tim Elliott via unanimous decision. All three judges scored it for Johnson: 49-46, 49-46, 49-45.The win moves Johnson into a tie with St-Pierre for the second-longest title reign in UFC history. He is just one away from tying the all-time record of 10, held by former middleweight champion Anderson Silva.The victory was mostly a foregone conclusion for Johnson, with the major exception the opening round. In the first, Elliott locked in a guillotine and then transitioned to a DArce choke. The submission looked tight, but Johnson gave a thumbs up to the referee.I wasnt going out, Johnson said. I said, Hey, hey, hey, [referee Herb Dean], dont you stop this fight. And he said, I got you dog.He blitzes on you. I stayed composed like a champion. I knew my grappling would be the best way to beat him.In addition to the choke, Elliott dropped Johnson with a left hand later in the round. Despite that strong start, it was Johnsons fight from that point on. Elliott showed heart and drew a positive response from the crowd with his unorthodox striking but was badly outwrestled.According to Fightmetric, Johnson was credited with five of six takedowns and a whopping 16:52 of control time. He spent the majority of the fight in top position, landing short punches and elbows and hunting submissions.He threatened Elliott with rear-naked chokes in several rounds and appeared to have it locked up in the fourth. Johnson had his hooks in and the right arm under the neck, with Elliott grimacing. Somehow, the challenger wriggled out.Elliott also stayed very active from the bottom, landing enough elbows himself to keep things competitive. He created several scrambles but ultimately forfeited dominant position to Johnson too often to turn the tide.The matchup was unique in that Elliott, 29, was not publicly revealed as Johnsons opponent until Wednesday. Elliott earned the shot by winning the 24th season of The Ultimate Fighter. The UFC actually cut Elliott in 2015 after he lost three in a row.Man, I know I can get in there with anybody and compete, Elliott said. Even this fight, even though I was down when the time ran out, if its a fight to the death, I beat everybody.ESPN.com ranked Johnson the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world coming into the event. A Washington-based fighter, he has not lost since 2011. His only loss in the UFC came at 135 pounds to current bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.Johnsons next challenge will likely come in the form of Joseph Benavidez, whom he has defeated twice, in 2012 and 2013. Benavidez won his sixth straight fight Saturday by defeating Henry Cejudo by split decision. 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MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Senior Katie Frerking scored a season-high 22 points, but No. 23 Auburn could not overcome foul trouble and a big rebounding deficit Thursday night in a 71-66 loss at Kansas State in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.The Tigers (6-2) had three players - two key rebounders - foul out and saw an early rebounding advantage turned into a big deficit by the end of the game. Despite that, the Tigers rallied to take a five-point lead midway through the fourth quarter but could not hang on.When our starting five player gets in foul trouble, then were coming off the bench smaller than what we were already, that hurt us, Auburn head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said. But at the end of the day, weve got to box out. And boxing out is effort, youve got to make an effort to get in front of somebody. Weve got to defend and rebound, thats how we win basketball games.Frerkings 22 points led all scorers as the Tigers shot 37 percent (23-of-62) from the field. Auburn hit a season-high eight 3-pointers, three of them from Brandy Montgomery, who finished with 11 points. Janiah McKay added 15, and Emari Jones finished with a season-high eight. Auburn also had its best free-throw shooting night of the season, hitting 12-of-14 attempts (85.7%).K-State (7-0) was 47 percent from the floor (24-of-51), led by a 16-point night from Kindred Wesemann. The Wildcats pulled down 39 rebounds to Auburns 25, and the much taller Wildcats scored 32 points in the paint to Auburns 22.ddddddddddddAuburn moved ahead by five with just over five minutes to play after a sequence where McKay got a steal and a score, then Frerking got fouled and was the beneficiary of a K-State technical. She made all four free throws to put Auburn ahead 62-57. Wesemann answered quickly with a 3-pointer, and the Tigers made just one of their final seven field goal attempts as the Wildcats finished the game on a 15-4 run.K-State led 34-32 after a first half that featured big runs by both teams. The Tigers, who outrebounded the Wildcats in the first quarter 14-3, led by as many as 10 early in the second quarter. However, the Wildcats stormed back with a 13-2 run to take a 26-25 lead with 4:00 to play. The teams traded buckets the rest of the way as the lead changed hands four times in the first half.Auburn dealt with foul trouble early as Erica Sanders picked up three in the first half and both Jazmine and Jessica Jones had two by halftime. The trouble continued as all three fouled out and Frerking finished with four fouls.After a nine-day break for final exams, the Tigers return to action Sunday, Dec. 11, as Savannah State visits Auburn Arena. Game time is set for 2 p.m., and tickets are available at AUBTix.com. ' ' '