Correira broke his right arm during the fight, and the bout was stopped after two rounds based on the advice of the ringside doctors. It was scheduled for three five-minute rounds.

The two heavyweights exchanged numerous blows throughout the first two rounds, although neither gained a significant advantage.

Esch weighed 394 pounds, 133 more than the 261-pound Correira. Esch improved his mixed martial arts record to 2-1-1. He also has a boxing record of 71-7-4. Correira dropped to 17-9.

The main event highlighted an eight-bout card that included a welterweight (175 pounds)elimination tournament.

In the eight-man tournament, New Mexico's Carlos Condit upset Renato "Charuto" Verissimo de Oliveira with a stunning first-round knockout; Japan's Yushin Okami won by disqualification in the first round when Brazil's Anderson Silva, ranked No. 4 in the world, used an illegal kick; Jake Shields of California earned a three-round unanimous decision over Minnesota's Dave Menne; and Frank Trigg of New York defeated Hawaii's Ronald Jhun by unanimous decision.

The four quarterfinal winners -- Condit, Okami, Shields and Trigg -- advanced to the semifinals at the next ROTR show on April 7.

In the preliminary bouts:

-- Heavyweight Scott Junk (1-2) of Kailua earned his first professional victory with a first-round TKO of Honolulu's Vilatonu Vonakalaifi (4-1). The referee stopped the bout 3:32 into the round when Junk worked his way on top of Vonakalaifi and unleashed a series of unanswered punches.

-- Hilo's Ross Ebanez (10-3) defeated Arizona's Josh Donahue (5-3) by TKO, 1:38 into the first round of a 170-pound match.