The Ultimate Fighter 7- Episode 8 Re-Cap
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first seven shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
3. Nick Klein
4. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
5. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
6. Amir Sadollah (beat Gerald Harris in Round 2)
7. Cale Yarbrough (beat Patrick Schultz in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
Rampage was not happy with the judging of the last fight. Rampage talks trash about his upcoming fight with Forrest and Forrest takes it out on one of the doors in the training center and just destroys it. The last fight of the second round will be CB Dollaway against Nick Klein. Both guys looked real good in the first round and I’m real eager to see Dollaway fight again because I think he might be the top guy on the show.
Team Forrest has a net gun and they are going to shoot the gun at Rampage and capture him in the net. This should be interesting. They catch Rampage in the net and he takes it pretty good but says he won’t let Forrest get away with it.
CB Dollaway (6-0) vs. Nick Klein (4-0)
R1- Klein gets a take down but CB quickly reverses it and is getting in some shots. CB gets caught in a leg submission but gets out. CB has his back. Klein is going for an arm bar but can’t get it. Dollaway dominating the round from a position and damage stand point. Klein is doing a pretty decent job in guard but is starting to get overwhelmed. Klein did a good job in going for submissions from a defensive position. Dollaway wins round one 10 to 9.
R2- They exchange on their feet to start the round and then Klein basically jumps into the guard position and Dollaway is on top now. The sprawl and Dollaway catches Klein in a guillotine and he taps.
Winner: CB Dollaway by Submission (Guillotine)
They foreshadow a possible match with CB and Cale as Cale is getting on CBs nerves. Forrest gets his hair cut by Amir as payback for Amir winning his fight with Gerald. Rampage exacts his revenge on Forrest by spraying him down with a water gun.
Team Forrest has 6 guys and Team Rampage has 2 guys left. Rampage is still confident that one of his fighters will win. Dana, Forrest and Rampage are in a room together and Dana says that they will call the guys in one by one and see who they want to fight and then they will make their decisions.
CB says he wants to fight Cale Yarbrough. I can’t pick the rest of the guys out of a line-up. They should have probably just put their names on the screen when they were in the room. Tim Credeur says he wants Daniel Cramer.
Here are the fights:
Jesse Taylor (#7) vs. Dante Rivera (#8)
Amir Sadollah (#5) vs. Matt Brown (#3)
Daniel Cramer (#4) vs. Tim Credeur (#2)
CB Dollaway (#1) vs. Cale Yarbrough (#6)
“I think I’m gonna have to beat him and I think I’m gonna bring tears to the eyes of 16 year old girls nation wide”- Tim Credeur
“I don’t think Cale wanted that match-up. Now he is regretting some of the stuff that he said and I’m ready to kick the leaving sh*t out of him in the octagon.”
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first eight shows:
1. CB Dollaway (beat Nick Klein in Round 2)
2. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
3. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
4. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
5. Amir Sadollah (beat Gerald Harris in Round 2)
6. Cale Yarbrough (beat Patrick Schultz in Round 2)
7. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
8. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
Fourth Elimination: Brandon Sene (lost to Dante Rivera, was ranked # 12)
Fifth Elimination: Jeremy May (lost to Matt Brown, was ranked #11)
Sixth Elimination: Gerald Harris (lost to Amir Sadollah, was ranked #5)
Seventh Elimination: Patrick Schultz (lost to Cale Yarbrough, was ranked #10)
Eighth Elimination: Nick Klein (lost to CB Dollaway, was ranked #3)
Saturday, May 31, 2008
UFC 84 "Ill Will" Re-Cap/Thoughts
UFC 84: "Ill Will"
Lightheavyweight Fight- Thiago Silva (12-0) vs. Antonio Mendes (14-2)
Mendes is on an 11 fight win streak. Silva is undefeated. Mendes has a height and reach advantage.
David Spade is in the house and looks like he has a bottle of something that he snuck in.
R1- Mendes hits a big kick early that floors Silva but he survives. Mendes with another kick and Silva is down again. Mendes in control early. Mendes slips and allows Silva to get the advantage. Silva is controlling the fight on the ground and gets the win via ref stoppage. This just goes to show you what can happen if you just make one mistake as Mendes was in total control until he slipped doing a judo throw and then Silva just ate him up on the ground.
Winner: Thiago Silva via TKO (strikes) R1
Urijah Faber is in the house and they briefly talk about his fight live on Versus next week in what Mike Goldberg calls "the biggest WEC fight ever."
Lightheavyweight Fight: Tito Ortiz (16-5-1) vs. Lyoto Machida (12-0)
There has been a great pure pro wrestling build to this match that featured a war of the words between Tito and Dana White with Lyoto Machida being the man caught in the middle. Ortiz gets a good pop and Machida gets boo'd.
R1- Big but brief "Tito" chant as they feel each other out in the beginning. Ortiz went for a take down but was denied. Not much action. Ortiz unable to take down Machida. Machida with a couple of leg licks but not many strikes at all in this one so far. Machida hit a nice combo kick but Ortiz blocked it. Machida hitting another kick and then took Tito down and got side control and was really beating up on him until the bell rung. Round goes to Machida due to late take down and dominance once he took Ortiz down. Ortiz didn't do any damage in the round although he did control the ring for the first 3 or so minutes but all of his take downs failed.
Chuck Lidell is in the house and gets a pop.
R2- Ortiz missed a take down and got a kick for his trouble. Machida hitting a couple of punches now. Machida with a nice high kick. Tito just seems a step too slow to catch up with Machida. Tito shoots in for a take down but is denied again and Machida is in Tito's guard. They stand back up. Machida hits a knee. Tito stands back and tells Machida to come on. Machida hits two punches to Tito. Tito tried to come back and may have gotten in a kick. This round also goes to Machida as he got in more strikes and ultimately Tito got very little offense in. Tito is cut open. Machida 20 Ortiz 18.
R3- The ref falls down about 45 seconds into the round and gets pop. They clinch and Tito got a couple of shots in but nothing substantial. Ortiz just too slow to take down Machida so far. Ortiz went for a knee but came up short. Ortiz with a clinch and is getting in a couple of shots but can't take Machida down. With a buck 30 left Machida nails Tito with a knee to the body. Tito buckles and Machida reigns down punches. Tito defends and somehow grabs an arm triangle with about half a minute left. It looks like Machida is going to have to tap but he twists out of it and survives the rest of the fight.
Overall, Machida definitely won this fight. 30-27 on my scorecard and on the judges. Tito just wasn't quick enough to catch up to Machida during the fight and couldn't get any take downs. Good showing for Machida as he beat a big name.
Winner: Lyoto Machida by Decision (Unanimous)
Shaquille O'Neal was spotted during the last fight. Jamie Presley was shown during Tito Ortiz's interview (he went out a lot classier than I thought he would. He definitely took the high road).
Silva and Machida are both Light Heavyweights and are both undefeated. Could be a good match-up.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Goran Reljic (7-0) vs. Wilson Gouveia (10-4)
This is Reljic's first fight in the UFC. Gouveia has won 4 straight in the UFC and 10 straight overall since a loss to Keith Jardine. Reljic has a big reach advantage in this fight.
The Rock is at ringside!
R1- Reljic is throwing some nice high kicks. Gouveia is blocking most of them but they've got to hurt. Other than Reljic's kicks the first round was pretty even through the first 3 minutes of the round. Gouveia is getting in some nice punches and Reljic pounces on him and takes him down into his guard to avoid more punishment. Gouveia is in Reljic's guard. Even first round. Reljic got in a bunch of nice kicks and Gouveia came on strong at the end of the round to even things out.
R2- Reljic hits a nice high kick about a minute into the round. Gouveia hits Reljic as he is going for a kick and gets an advantage and takes him down and is pounding on him up against the fence. Reljic gets back to his feet but took a lot of damage. Reljic caught him and is throwing a ton of punches and trying to finish the fight and the ref stops it. Great comeback for Reljic.
Reljic threw some great kicks in this fight. Took a couple of big flurries and withstood and nailed Gouveia with a left to the temple and then took him out. Great debut for Reljic.
Winner: Goran Reljic by TKO (strikes) R2
Heavyweight Fight: Christian Wellisch (9-2) vs. Shane Carwin (8-0)
This was from the pre-show. This is Carwin's UFC debut.
R1- Carwin hits him with a good square punch a little over a minute in and it crumples Wellisch. Hit him right on the chin and his mouthpiece went flying. Nice knockout as the ref steps in and stops the fight.
Winner: Shane Carwin by TKO (punches) R1
Light Heavyweight Fight: Wanderlei Silva (31-8-1) vs. Keith Jardine (13-4-1)
This would be a huge win for Jardine. This should be a great fight. Jardine gets a mixed reaction and seemed to get mostly boos. Wanderlei gets a good reaction. Both these guys look ready to go.
R1- They trade good to start and Silva is all over Jardine and just destroying him and this is over. Wanderlei Silva just overwhelmed Jardine and looked amazing. Shaq and The Rock are brought to their feet. Jardine is still down. David Spade is shown saying "Holy sh*t". Jardine is a tough guy, he just got caught and then got destroyed. Silva was just an animal.
Winner: Wanderlei Silva by KO R1
Middleweight Fight- Ivan Salaverry (12-5-1) vs. Rousimar Palhares (16-1)
This is a fight from the pre-show.
R1- Salaverry hits a kick to start off but immediately gets taken down by Palhares. Palhares quickly gets a full mount. Salaverry gives up his back. Palhares gets an armbar shortly thereafter and he looks real good. Palhares just showed some great BJJ and took this one easily.
Winner: Rousimar Palhares by Submission (Armbar) R1
Joe Rogan interviews Urijah Faber at ringside and also interviews his opponent Jens Pulver. Then they show a hype video for Faber vs. Pulver.
Lightweight Title Fight: BJ Penn (c) (13-4-1) vs. Sean Sherk (36-2-1)
This is the second fight tonight that had a pro wrestling build to it with both guys jawing back and forth mostly focused on Sherk's earlier suspension due to drugs that cost him the Lightweight belt. The fan poll puts BJ Penn at the winner by 55% to 45%.
Jason Statham's in the crowd.
R1- Sherk goes for a quick take down but is denied. Real quick pace to start compared to a lot of the fights tonight. Big "BJ" chant by the crowd. Both guys are throwing pretty good. BJ jabbing a lot. Sherk is throwing some hard punches but BJ is hitting some nice jabs. BJ really starting to control this first round the longer that it goes. Good first round. Sherk is cut under his eye. I think Penn gets the first round as he was hitting his jabs pretty regularly.
R2- They trade pretty good. Sherk seems more active at the beginning of this fight. Good exchanges in the first minute as both guys landing some punches. BJ seems more controlled and Sherk more wild in terms of punches. BJ still landing some good jabs. Sherk has 2 or 3 cuts that he is bleeding out of. Another good round. I think this one was a little closer than the first but i've still got to give it to BJ due to his jabs and the damage that he's done to Sherk.
R3- A little of the same in this round as Sherk comes out strong and then BJ starts to re-gain the advantage throughout the round. They are throwing really good with BJ looking like the more controlled striker and Sherk throwing wild, hard punches. The announcers pick up on a possible right hand injury for Sherk as he's really just using his left and kicking. BJ opens up with an amazing flurry at the end of Round 3. Sherk came off the cage and BJ nailed him with a running knee and then punches and the horn sounded to end the round. And the ref calls the fight. Great finish by BJ Penn.
Winner: BJ Penn by TKO (Strikes) R3
Welterweight Fight- Jon Koppenhaver (6-1) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (9-2)
Another pre-show match.
Yoshida drilled him early with a nice take down and then clamped on a guillotine. And this one was over before it started.
Winner: Yoshiyuki Yoshida by Submission (Anaconda Choke) R1
Light Heavyweight Fight- Rameau Sokoudjou (4-2) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-7)
Decent first round and then right at the end of the round Soko nails Nakamura and pounces on him and can't finish him but the match is called during the break as Nakamura can't continue.
Winner: Rameau Sokoudjou by TKO R1
This was a real good show. A very good Main Event in the Penn/Sherk match. I thought Machida/Ortiz was a good fight, Wanderlei put on an amazing performance, and I really enjoyed Silva/Mendes as well. There were some quick fights but I think Mendes and Silva looked really good in their fights. Reljic also looked really good. It will be interesting to see how some of the young guys like Reljic, Thiago Silva and Loyoto Machida can build on these victories. It will also be interesting to see what happens with Ortiz as he left the door open for a possible return to UFC. They teased GSP/Penn after the Penn/Sherk fight.
Lightheavyweight Fight- Thiago Silva (12-0) vs. Antonio Mendes (14-2)
Mendes is on an 11 fight win streak. Silva is undefeated. Mendes has a height and reach advantage.
David Spade is in the house and looks like he has a bottle of something that he snuck in.
R1- Mendes hits a big kick early that floors Silva but he survives. Mendes with another kick and Silva is down again. Mendes in control early. Mendes slips and allows Silva to get the advantage. Silva is controlling the fight on the ground and gets the win via ref stoppage. This just goes to show you what can happen if you just make one mistake as Mendes was in total control until he slipped doing a judo throw and then Silva just ate him up on the ground.
Winner: Thiago Silva via TKO (strikes) R1
Urijah Faber is in the house and they briefly talk about his fight live on Versus next week in what Mike Goldberg calls "the biggest WEC fight ever."
Lightheavyweight Fight: Tito Ortiz (16-5-1) vs. Lyoto Machida (12-0)
There has been a great pure pro wrestling build to this match that featured a war of the words between Tito and Dana White with Lyoto Machida being the man caught in the middle. Ortiz gets a good pop and Machida gets boo'd.
R1- Big but brief "Tito" chant as they feel each other out in the beginning. Ortiz went for a take down but was denied. Not much action. Ortiz unable to take down Machida. Machida with a couple of leg licks but not many strikes at all in this one so far. Machida hit a nice combo kick but Ortiz blocked it. Machida hitting another kick and then took Tito down and got side control and was really beating up on him until the bell rung. Round goes to Machida due to late take down and dominance once he took Ortiz down. Ortiz didn't do any damage in the round although he did control the ring for the first 3 or so minutes but all of his take downs failed.
Chuck Lidell is in the house and gets a pop.
R2- Ortiz missed a take down and got a kick for his trouble. Machida hitting a couple of punches now. Machida with a nice high kick. Tito just seems a step too slow to catch up with Machida. Tito shoots in for a take down but is denied again and Machida is in Tito's guard. They stand back up. Machida hits a knee. Tito stands back and tells Machida to come on. Machida hits two punches to Tito. Tito tried to come back and may have gotten in a kick. This round also goes to Machida as he got in more strikes and ultimately Tito got very little offense in. Tito is cut open. Machida 20 Ortiz 18.
R3- The ref falls down about 45 seconds into the round and gets pop. They clinch and Tito got a couple of shots in but nothing substantial. Ortiz just too slow to take down Machida so far. Ortiz went for a knee but came up short. Ortiz with a clinch and is getting in a couple of shots but can't take Machida down. With a buck 30 left Machida nails Tito with a knee to the body. Tito buckles and Machida reigns down punches. Tito defends and somehow grabs an arm triangle with about half a minute left. It looks like Machida is going to have to tap but he twists out of it and survives the rest of the fight.
Overall, Machida definitely won this fight. 30-27 on my scorecard and on the judges. Tito just wasn't quick enough to catch up to Machida during the fight and couldn't get any take downs. Good showing for Machida as he beat a big name.
Winner: Lyoto Machida by Decision (Unanimous)
Shaquille O'Neal was spotted during the last fight. Jamie Presley was shown during Tito Ortiz's interview (he went out a lot classier than I thought he would. He definitely took the high road).
Silva and Machida are both Light Heavyweights and are both undefeated. Could be a good match-up.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Goran Reljic (7-0) vs. Wilson Gouveia (10-4)
This is Reljic's first fight in the UFC. Gouveia has won 4 straight in the UFC and 10 straight overall since a loss to Keith Jardine. Reljic has a big reach advantage in this fight.
The Rock is at ringside!
R1- Reljic is throwing some nice high kicks. Gouveia is blocking most of them but they've got to hurt. Other than Reljic's kicks the first round was pretty even through the first 3 minutes of the round. Gouveia is getting in some nice punches and Reljic pounces on him and takes him down into his guard to avoid more punishment. Gouveia is in Reljic's guard. Even first round. Reljic got in a bunch of nice kicks and Gouveia came on strong at the end of the round to even things out.
R2- Reljic hits a nice high kick about a minute into the round. Gouveia hits Reljic as he is going for a kick and gets an advantage and takes him down and is pounding on him up against the fence. Reljic gets back to his feet but took a lot of damage. Reljic caught him and is throwing a ton of punches and trying to finish the fight and the ref stops it. Great comeback for Reljic.
Reljic threw some great kicks in this fight. Took a couple of big flurries and withstood and nailed Gouveia with a left to the temple and then took him out. Great debut for Reljic.
Winner: Goran Reljic by TKO (strikes) R2
Heavyweight Fight: Christian Wellisch (9-2) vs. Shane Carwin (8-0)
This was from the pre-show. This is Carwin's UFC debut.
R1- Carwin hits him with a good square punch a little over a minute in and it crumples Wellisch. Hit him right on the chin and his mouthpiece went flying. Nice knockout as the ref steps in and stops the fight.
Winner: Shane Carwin by TKO (punches) R1
Light Heavyweight Fight: Wanderlei Silva (31-8-1) vs. Keith Jardine (13-4-1)
This would be a huge win for Jardine. This should be a great fight. Jardine gets a mixed reaction and seemed to get mostly boos. Wanderlei gets a good reaction. Both these guys look ready to go.
R1- They trade good to start and Silva is all over Jardine and just destroying him and this is over. Wanderlei Silva just overwhelmed Jardine and looked amazing. Shaq and The Rock are brought to their feet. Jardine is still down. David Spade is shown saying "Holy sh*t". Jardine is a tough guy, he just got caught and then got destroyed. Silva was just an animal.
Winner: Wanderlei Silva by KO R1
Middleweight Fight- Ivan Salaverry (12-5-1) vs. Rousimar Palhares (16-1)
This is a fight from the pre-show.
R1- Salaverry hits a kick to start off but immediately gets taken down by Palhares. Palhares quickly gets a full mount. Salaverry gives up his back. Palhares gets an armbar shortly thereafter and he looks real good. Palhares just showed some great BJJ and took this one easily.
Winner: Rousimar Palhares by Submission (Armbar) R1
Joe Rogan interviews Urijah Faber at ringside and also interviews his opponent Jens Pulver. Then they show a hype video for Faber vs. Pulver.
Lightweight Title Fight: BJ Penn (c) (13-4-1) vs. Sean Sherk (36-2-1)
This is the second fight tonight that had a pro wrestling build to it with both guys jawing back and forth mostly focused on Sherk's earlier suspension due to drugs that cost him the Lightweight belt. The fan poll puts BJ Penn at the winner by 55% to 45%.
Jason Statham's in the crowd.
R1- Sherk goes for a quick take down but is denied. Real quick pace to start compared to a lot of the fights tonight. Big "BJ" chant by the crowd. Both guys are throwing pretty good. BJ jabbing a lot. Sherk is throwing some hard punches but BJ is hitting some nice jabs. BJ really starting to control this first round the longer that it goes. Good first round. Sherk is cut under his eye. I think Penn gets the first round as he was hitting his jabs pretty regularly.
R2- They trade pretty good. Sherk seems more active at the beginning of this fight. Good exchanges in the first minute as both guys landing some punches. BJ seems more controlled and Sherk more wild in terms of punches. BJ still landing some good jabs. Sherk has 2 or 3 cuts that he is bleeding out of. Another good round. I think this one was a little closer than the first but i've still got to give it to BJ due to his jabs and the damage that he's done to Sherk.
R3- A little of the same in this round as Sherk comes out strong and then BJ starts to re-gain the advantage throughout the round. They are throwing really good with BJ looking like the more controlled striker and Sherk throwing wild, hard punches. The announcers pick up on a possible right hand injury for Sherk as he's really just using his left and kicking. BJ opens up with an amazing flurry at the end of Round 3. Sherk came off the cage and BJ nailed him with a running knee and then punches and the horn sounded to end the round. And the ref calls the fight. Great finish by BJ Penn.
Winner: BJ Penn by TKO (Strikes) R3
Welterweight Fight- Jon Koppenhaver (6-1) vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida (9-2)
Another pre-show match.
Yoshida drilled him early with a nice take down and then clamped on a guillotine. And this one was over before it started.
Winner: Yoshiyuki Yoshida by Submission (Anaconda Choke) R1
Light Heavyweight Fight- Rameau Sokoudjou (4-2) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (11-7)
Decent first round and then right at the end of the round Soko nails Nakamura and pounces on him and can't finish him but the match is called during the break as Nakamura can't continue.
Winner: Rameau Sokoudjou by TKO R1
This was a real good show. A very good Main Event in the Penn/Sherk match. I thought Machida/Ortiz was a good fight, Wanderlei put on an amazing performance, and I really enjoyed Silva/Mendes as well. There were some quick fights but I think Mendes and Silva looked really good in their fights. Reljic also looked really good. It will be interesting to see how some of the young guys like Reljic, Thiago Silva and Loyoto Machida can build on these victories. It will also be interesting to see what happens with Ortiz as he left the door open for a possible return to UFC. They teased GSP/Penn after the Penn/Sherk fight.
Strikeforce on NBC 5/25 Re-Cap
Strikeforce on NBC 5/25 Re-Cap
Ryan Healy (9-2-1) vs. Jorge Masvidal (12-2)
R1- They point out that Healy has the height advantage in this one. Ken Shamrock point out during commentary that he has trained with Healy. Healy pushes the pace early and is the aggressor. Masvidal gets a take down but no damage is done. Healy takes down Masvidal with a knee and then strikes him and Masvidal is on the ground and they sprawl until Healy has him in a guillotine but Masvidal takes Healy and dumps him onto the ground. They are back to their feet and Healy has Masvidal up against the cage and getting in some shots and then Healy takes him down to the mat. Masvidal gains an advantage with a take down and is really hitting Healy with shots but Healy toughs it out and then takes down Masvidal. Very back and forth fight with both guys really giving it their all. They put over that this is Healy’s first fight since he blew out his ACL. Masvidal has an advantage with one minute left in the round as he is in Healy’s guard and is hitting Healy with some punches. The ref stands them up. This was a very even round. Healy controlled early and then Masvidal won the second part of the round. Judges could have scored this either way. The round probably went to Masvidal.
R2- Masvidal hits a nice combo to start off the second round. Healy has some blood on the bridge of his nose. Masvidal takes Healy down. Matt Lindland is in Healy’s corner. Masvidal is really controlling the first part of this round. They are stood up and Healy takes down Masvidal by falling into his guard. Masvidal looks to have grabbed an arm bar but losses it. They end the round with Masvidal at the advantage. Masvidal won this round. I’ve got it 20-18 in favor of Masvidal but could definitely see a judge giving Healy round one and scoring the fight 19-19 so far. Both guys (especially Healy) looked a little winded in this round and the action really died down.
R3- Healy has Masvidal up against the cage and gets a couple of shots in before he gets clinched. Masvidal takes Healy down. Healy’s cut is opened up and the doctor is going to take a look at it. They continue with Masvidal back on top and he’s landing some punches as Healy is trying to defend. The ref stands the fighters up. Masvidal takes down Healy again. They stand back up. Masvidal hits a knee. Masvidal gets another take down. Unspectacular but solid third round by Masvidal. Masvidal definitely takes this fight, probably 30-27. All three judges score the fight 30-27.
Winner: Jorge Masvidal by Decision (Unanimous)
This was a decent fight. But not really worthy of being the only fight featured on a 30 minute show.
Ryan Healy (9-2-1) vs. Jorge Masvidal (12-2)
R1- They point out that Healy has the height advantage in this one. Ken Shamrock point out during commentary that he has trained with Healy. Healy pushes the pace early and is the aggressor. Masvidal gets a take down but no damage is done. Healy takes down Masvidal with a knee and then strikes him and Masvidal is on the ground and they sprawl until Healy has him in a guillotine but Masvidal takes Healy and dumps him onto the ground. They are back to their feet and Healy has Masvidal up against the cage and getting in some shots and then Healy takes him down to the mat. Masvidal gains an advantage with a take down and is really hitting Healy with shots but Healy toughs it out and then takes down Masvidal. Very back and forth fight with both guys really giving it their all. They put over that this is Healy’s first fight since he blew out his ACL. Masvidal has an advantage with one minute left in the round as he is in Healy’s guard and is hitting Healy with some punches. The ref stands them up. This was a very even round. Healy controlled early and then Masvidal won the second part of the round. Judges could have scored this either way. The round probably went to Masvidal.
R2- Masvidal hits a nice combo to start off the second round. Healy has some blood on the bridge of his nose. Masvidal takes Healy down. Matt Lindland is in Healy’s corner. Masvidal is really controlling the first part of this round. They are stood up and Healy takes down Masvidal by falling into his guard. Masvidal looks to have grabbed an arm bar but losses it. They end the round with Masvidal at the advantage. Masvidal won this round. I’ve got it 20-18 in favor of Masvidal but could definitely see a judge giving Healy round one and scoring the fight 19-19 so far. Both guys (especially Healy) looked a little winded in this round and the action really died down.
R3- Healy has Masvidal up against the cage and gets a couple of shots in before he gets clinched. Masvidal takes Healy down. Healy’s cut is opened up and the doctor is going to take a look at it. They continue with Masvidal back on top and he’s landing some punches as Healy is trying to defend. The ref stands the fighters up. Masvidal takes down Healy again. They stand back up. Masvidal hits a knee. Masvidal gets another take down. Unspectacular but solid third round by Masvidal. Masvidal definitely takes this fight, probably 30-27. All three judges score the fight 30-27.
Winner: Jorge Masvidal by Decision (Unanimous)
This was a decent fight. But not really worthy of being the only fight featured on a 30 minute show.
Strikeforce on NBC 5/18 Re-Cap
Strikeforce on NBC 5/18 Re-Cap
Last week we saw Gilbert Melendez victorious. This week it’s Cung Le, Luke Stewart and Daniel Puder.
Cung Le (0-0) vs. Mike Altman (101)
R1- This is apparently Cung Le’s debut in MMA. Le hits a nice kick to start and another. Definitely popping the crowd with some “ohhhs and ahhhs”. Le keeps him at bay by throwing kicks. Le hits a nice back kick to the stomach. Le just misses with a couple of spinning back kicks. Three minutes in and Le hits another nice kick. Le hits a couple of punches and then hits a spinning back kick and just nails Altman with a punch right to the chin to end the fight. Great finish by Cung Le and he looked real good in his debut. This is the third fight I’ve seen of Cung Le and he’s looked good in all of his fights and he is a very exciting fighter. I would love to see him in there with more experienced and competitive fighters as his career continues.
Winner: Cung Le by KO R1 3:51
Luke Stewart (3-0) vs. Sam Liera (4-1)
Stewart has a ton of tattoos. They do a small video package of him. He owns a tattoo shop and likes to tap people out.
R1- They clinch and go to the ground. Liera is on top and in slight control of the fight. Stewart reverses and is in full mount. Stewart is throwing punches down and Liera trying to defend. Stewart continuing to punch and throwing some hammer punches. Stewart is continuing to punch and Liera is not fighting back but just covering up and the ref steps in as Liera just couldn’t get out of Stewart’s full mount.
Winner: Luke Stewart by TKO (punches) R1
Daniel Puder (1-0) vs. Jesse Fujarczyk (2-0)
They talk about the Daniel Puder/Kurt Angle incident from WWE.
R1- Jesse hits a punch to start off the fight and Puder takes him down to the ground and has him against the cage. Puder isn’t doing too much and the crowd is growing restless so the ref stands them up. Puder hits a kick and then they clinch. They throw some punches and Puder gets the best of it and Puder continues to pound away and then gets his back and puts him away with a quick Rear Naked Choke for the tap. They show 2 fans in the crowd with “I Hurt Kurt” t-shirts on.
Winner: Daniel Puder by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 1:54
This was a pretty good show as it featured 3 fights with 3 young and new fighters. The only thing I didn’t like was that you knew who was going to win the fights due to the three guys being featured at the top of the show. I would prefer a more UFC style (UFC Wired or UFC Unleashed) where they introduce all the fighters and you don’t know who is going to win unless you’ve already read or heard the results elsewhere.
Last week we saw Gilbert Melendez victorious. This week it’s Cung Le, Luke Stewart and Daniel Puder.
Cung Le (0-0) vs. Mike Altman (101)
R1- This is apparently Cung Le’s debut in MMA. Le hits a nice kick to start and another. Definitely popping the crowd with some “ohhhs and ahhhs”. Le keeps him at bay by throwing kicks. Le hits a nice back kick to the stomach. Le just misses with a couple of spinning back kicks. Three minutes in and Le hits another nice kick. Le hits a couple of punches and then hits a spinning back kick and just nails Altman with a punch right to the chin to end the fight. Great finish by Cung Le and he looked real good in his debut. This is the third fight I’ve seen of Cung Le and he’s looked good in all of his fights and he is a very exciting fighter. I would love to see him in there with more experienced and competitive fighters as his career continues.
Winner: Cung Le by KO R1 3:51
Luke Stewart (3-0) vs. Sam Liera (4-1)
Stewart has a ton of tattoos. They do a small video package of him. He owns a tattoo shop and likes to tap people out.
R1- They clinch and go to the ground. Liera is on top and in slight control of the fight. Stewart reverses and is in full mount. Stewart is throwing punches down and Liera trying to defend. Stewart continuing to punch and throwing some hammer punches. Stewart is continuing to punch and Liera is not fighting back but just covering up and the ref steps in as Liera just couldn’t get out of Stewart’s full mount.
Winner: Luke Stewart by TKO (punches) R1
Daniel Puder (1-0) vs. Jesse Fujarczyk (2-0)
They talk about the Daniel Puder/Kurt Angle incident from WWE.
R1- Jesse hits a punch to start off the fight and Puder takes him down to the ground and has him against the cage. Puder isn’t doing too much and the crowd is growing restless so the ref stands them up. Puder hits a kick and then they clinch. They throw some punches and Puder gets the best of it and Puder continues to pound away and then gets his back and puts him away with a quick Rear Naked Choke for the tap. They show 2 fans in the crowd with “I Hurt Kurt” t-shirts on.
Winner: Daniel Puder by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 1:54
This was a pretty good show as it featured 3 fights with 3 young and new fighters. The only thing I didn’t like was that you knew who was going to win the fights due to the three guys being featured at the top of the show. I would prefer a more UFC style (UFC Wired or UFC Unleashed) where they introduce all the fighters and you don’t know who is going to win unless you’ve already read or heard the results elsewhere.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
DREAM.2 Middleweight Grand Prix 4/29/08 Re-Cap/Thoughts
DREAM.2 Middleweight Grand Prix 4/29/08
Lightweight Tournament Rematch:
Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante
R1- Aoki just kind of latches onto JZ throughout the early parts of this match and just tries not to get hit. Aoki grabs a leg hold about 2 minutes in and JZ responds with lots of stiff strikes and Aoki is in danger but Aoki got to his feet and tied up JZ again. Aoki's strategy seems to be just to be so close to JZ that JZ can't strike and to them try to grab onto a submission. Aoki rides JZ's back and is trying for a headlock/choke type move. Aoki hits his first strikes of the night at around 5 minutes as he's hitting JZ in the back of the head and then again goes for the choke from behind. Aoki is effective but man he's tremendously boring. JZ slumps down to the mat and Aoki still has him hooked and has his back. JZ finally gets out of the move with about a minute and a half left. Aoki just lays on his back and refuses to come to his feet. Man, I hate Aoki. He's just no fun. Unfortunately, he's winning this fight.
R2- Aoki gets JZ in his guard early in this round and just looks like his plan is to hang on and back into a victory here this evening. Aoki goes for an armbar but loses. Aoki lays on his back until the ref makes him come to his feet and fight. Aoki goes for a flying submission but JZ grabs him but once again Aoki gets him in his guard and basically just hugs him so he can't do anything. Great defense by Aoki as he looks like he's going to ride to a decision here. Aoki lays on the ground again until the ref makes him get to his feet and fight. Aoki jumps onto his own back but the ref makes him get to his feet again and fight. Aoki just trying to kill time here as he's on his back again. Practicing his best "look at me I'm a hooker" pose. Aoki ends up grabbing an effective armbar and is going for a submission. JZ rolls through very nicely and gets out.
And the fight ends. Man, Aoki is just so so so so boring. He's going to advance but if I never see him fight again it will be too soon.
Winner: Shinya "yawn" Aoki via Decision
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Taiei Kin
R1- Not much going on early. Minowa has a dominate position but Kin just kind of sits back and defends in full guard. Kin hits a nice kick but Minowa takes him down again. Kin gets a yellow card for stalling (which the announcers say takes away 10% of his purse). This wakes up Kin and he starts to get in some strikes. Minowa takes him down again but isn't doing any damage. Really uneventful first down. Minowa got a bunch of takedowns but did nothing. Kin got a yellow card for stalling but did get some nice kicks.
R2- Minowa takes down Kin early in the round and lays on him. Then the round ends. This just wasn't a very good fight.
Winner: Taiei Kin via Decision (Unanimous)
Two real snoozefest fights to start off this show.
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Yoon Dong Sik vs. Shungo Oyama
R1- Both of these guys have losing records but the announcers are pimping them as "underrated" so it will be interesting to see who can live up to they hype the announcers are giving them. Yoon takes him down pretty quickly and is actually trying to do damage to his opponent (unlike the last fight). Oyama grabs an arm lock but can't hold it. Yoon continues to hold a dominant position over Oyama on the mat throughout the first half of Round One. Decent first round that I would give to Yoon as he dominated ring control throughout the round.
R2- Yoon drops Oyama at the beginning of the round but couldn't follow up. Yoon continues to control this fight with take downs. Yoon nailing Oyama with Ground and Pound punches in the final minute of the fight.
Winner: Yoon Dong Sik by Decision (Unanimous)
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Zeig Galesic vs. Magomed Sultanakhmedov
R1- Magomed is sporting a "Volk Han" T-Shirt so he is immediately the guy I want to win this fight. Zeig came at Magomed early but Magomed took him down. Zeig quickly reversed and this one looks like it might be a pretty active fight. Zeig grabs an armbar and Magomed has to tap early.
Winner: Zeig Galesic via Submission (Armbar) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Ian Murphy
R1- This is Ian Murphy's first MMA fight. Souza is 7-1 gaining mostly first round submissions. Souza flies at Murphy at the beginning and Murphy is able to take him down but can't get an advantage. Souza just nailing him with knees. Souza takes him down and is going for an armbar. Souza is dominating since he got taken down that one time. Souza finally grabs a Rear Naked Choke and Murphy taps out. Murphy was just overmatched in this fight.
Winner: Ronald Jacare Souza via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
R1- Both of these guys have over 30 wins under the belt and both are over 30 years of age (38 and 39). Interesting how some relatively inexperienced guys got matched up against each other and then these two got matched up against each other. These guys mix it up pretty good early and Tamura is getting in a lot of shots and then takes down Funaki and is just destroying him and the ref calls for the bell. Impressive win by Tamura.
Winner: Kiyoshi Tamura by TKO (punches) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Denis Kang vs. Gegard Mousasi
R1- Kang takes him down early after hitting a couple of punches. Kang is controlling the fight from the top. Mousasi grabs a triangle armbar from the bottom and taps Kang! Wow, this was a shocking upset in my book. Kang dominated but got caught with a submission and lost the fight.
Winner: Gegard Mousasi via Submission (triangle) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara
R1- This is Nakahara's MMA debut. Sakuraba and his crew come in wearing pro wrestling masks and keep them on until the introductions. Sakuraba goes for a take down but Nakahara denies him early. Sakuraba gets kicked low and they stop the fight for a while. Nakahura hits a nice kick and then barely misses another after they re-start. This is a surprisingly even fight so far. Sakuraba grabs a rear naked choke and wins this one in a fairly competitive first round.
Winner: Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Overall Thoughts: This was a decent show. No great fights but after the first two clunkers it picked up. Surprise of the night was the Denis Kang upset. I'm thinking Souza looks like he might go on to win this one but there are also some real experienced fighters like Sakuraba and Tamura that will definitely have a say in this tournament.
Lightweight Tournament Rematch:
Shinya Aoki vs. Gesias "JZ" Calvancante
R1- Aoki just kind of latches onto JZ throughout the early parts of this match and just tries not to get hit. Aoki grabs a leg hold about 2 minutes in and JZ responds with lots of stiff strikes and Aoki is in danger but Aoki got to his feet and tied up JZ again. Aoki's strategy seems to be just to be so close to JZ that JZ can't strike and to them try to grab onto a submission. Aoki rides JZ's back and is trying for a headlock/choke type move. Aoki hits his first strikes of the night at around 5 minutes as he's hitting JZ in the back of the head and then again goes for the choke from behind. Aoki is effective but man he's tremendously boring. JZ slumps down to the mat and Aoki still has him hooked and has his back. JZ finally gets out of the move with about a minute and a half left. Aoki just lays on his back and refuses to come to his feet. Man, I hate Aoki. He's just no fun. Unfortunately, he's winning this fight.
R2- Aoki gets JZ in his guard early in this round and just looks like his plan is to hang on and back into a victory here this evening. Aoki goes for an armbar but loses. Aoki lays on his back until the ref makes him come to his feet and fight. Aoki goes for a flying submission but JZ grabs him but once again Aoki gets him in his guard and basically just hugs him so he can't do anything. Great defense by Aoki as he looks like he's going to ride to a decision here. Aoki lays on the ground again until the ref makes him get to his feet and fight. Aoki jumps onto his own back but the ref makes him get to his feet again and fight. Aoki just trying to kill time here as he's on his back again. Practicing his best "look at me I'm a hooker" pose. Aoki ends up grabbing an effective armbar and is going for a submission. JZ rolls through very nicely and gets out.
And the fight ends. Man, Aoki is just so so so so boring. He's going to advance but if I never see him fight again it will be too soon.
Winner: Shinya "yawn" Aoki via Decision
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Ikuhisa Minowa vs. Taiei Kin
R1- Not much going on early. Minowa has a dominate position but Kin just kind of sits back and defends in full guard. Kin hits a nice kick but Minowa takes him down again. Kin gets a yellow card for stalling (which the announcers say takes away 10% of his purse). This wakes up Kin and he starts to get in some strikes. Minowa takes him down again but isn't doing any damage. Really uneventful first down. Minowa got a bunch of takedowns but did nothing. Kin got a yellow card for stalling but did get some nice kicks.
R2- Minowa takes down Kin early in the round and lays on him. Then the round ends. This just wasn't a very good fight.
Winner: Taiei Kin via Decision (Unanimous)
Two real snoozefest fights to start off this show.
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Yoon Dong Sik vs. Shungo Oyama
R1- Both of these guys have losing records but the announcers are pimping them as "underrated" so it will be interesting to see who can live up to they hype the announcers are giving them. Yoon takes him down pretty quickly and is actually trying to do damage to his opponent (unlike the last fight). Oyama grabs an arm lock but can't hold it. Yoon continues to hold a dominant position over Oyama on the mat throughout the first half of Round One. Decent first round that I would give to Yoon as he dominated ring control throughout the round.
R2- Yoon drops Oyama at the beginning of the round but couldn't follow up. Yoon continues to control this fight with take downs. Yoon nailing Oyama with Ground and Pound punches in the final minute of the fight.
Winner: Yoon Dong Sik by Decision (Unanimous)
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Zeig Galesic vs. Magomed Sultanakhmedov
R1- Magomed is sporting a "Volk Han" T-Shirt so he is immediately the guy I want to win this fight. Zeig came at Magomed early but Magomed took him down. Zeig quickly reversed and this one looks like it might be a pretty active fight. Zeig grabs an armbar and Magomed has to tap early.
Winner: Zeig Galesic via Submission (Armbar) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Ian Murphy
R1- This is Ian Murphy's first MMA fight. Souza is 7-1 gaining mostly first round submissions. Souza flies at Murphy at the beginning and Murphy is able to take him down but can't get an advantage. Souza just nailing him with knees. Souza takes him down and is going for an armbar. Souza is dominating since he got taken down that one time. Souza finally grabs a Rear Naked Choke and Murphy taps out. Murphy was just overmatched in this fight.
Winner: Ronald Jacare Souza via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kiyoshi Tamura
R1- Both of these guys have over 30 wins under the belt and both are over 30 years of age (38 and 39). Interesting how some relatively inexperienced guys got matched up against each other and then these two got matched up against each other. These guys mix it up pretty good early and Tamura is getting in a lot of shots and then takes down Funaki and is just destroying him and the ref calls for the bell. Impressive win by Tamura.
Winner: Kiyoshi Tamura by TKO (punches) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Denis Kang vs. Gegard Mousasi
R1- Kang takes him down early after hitting a couple of punches. Kang is controlling the fight from the top. Mousasi grabs a triangle armbar from the bottom and taps Kang! Wow, this was a shocking upset in my book. Kang dominated but got caught with a submission and lost the fight.
Winner: Gegard Mousasi via Submission (triangle) R1
Middleweight Gran Prix Tournament Round One Fight: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Andrews Nakahara
R1- This is Nakahara's MMA debut. Sakuraba and his crew come in wearing pro wrestling masks and keep them on until the introductions. Sakuraba goes for a take down but Nakahara denies him early. Sakuraba gets kicked low and they stop the fight for a while. Nakahura hits a nice kick and then barely misses another after they re-start. This is a surprisingly even fight so far. Sakuraba grabs a rear naked choke and wins this one in a fairly competitive first round.
Winner: Kazushi Sakuraba by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Overall Thoughts: This was a decent show. No great fights but after the first two clunkers it picked up. Surprise of the night was the Denis Kang upset. I'm thinking Souza looks like he might go on to win this one but there are also some real experienced fighters like Sakuraba and Tamura that will definitely have a say in this tournament.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
UFC Unleashed 5/14 Re-Cap
UFC Unleashed 5/14 Re-Cap
This show featured 4 fights from 2008.
Welterweight Fight- George Sotiropoulos (8-2) vs. Roman Mitichyan (9-1)- Fight Night 13- 4/2/08
Both of these guys were in The Ultimate Fighter Season 6. Roman had to drop out before the first right due to injury and George made it to the semis.
R1- Roman looks wild early and George looks more controlled. George takes his back pretty quickly and is in control. Roman to his feet and tries to dump George but instead he gives up position and George has him in a choke. Roman gets out of the choke and flips it over but George goes for the arm bar. Roman finally slips out. George goes after some punches and then takes down Roman and gets his back again. George is now hitting some elbows and is going after the arm. Somebody is cut pretty good, I think George got cut on the back or the neck. George ends the round in full mount. George controlled Round 1 and took it pretty easily. Overall this was a pretty entertaining first round.
R2- George quickly gets control in this round as he takes Roman’s back again. Roman rolls over and George has full mount now and is laying in punches. The ref stops the fight as Roman really wasn’t defending himself. George pretty much dominated this fight and looked good.
Winner: George Sotiropoulos by TKO R2
Lightweight Fight- Clay Guida (22-6) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)- Fight Night 13- 4/2/08
R1- Long feeling out process as Schiavo is going for some punches and Guida just kind of trying to get the timing down. Guida moves in and absorb some punches but gets a take down. Guida moves into full mount with a minute and a half left in Round One. Schiavo can’t get out of being pinned against the cage and Guida quickly finished him with strikes on the ground. Schiavo looked good on stand up but just got controlled on the ground.
Winner: Clay Guida by TKO (strikes) R1
Welterweight Fight- Marcus Davis (18-4) vs. Jess Liaduin (12-8)- UFC 80- 1/19/08
R1- Davis has won 10 straight fights going into the one. Jess with some kicks early. Davis just nails Jess with a solid left about one minute into the fight and this one is over. Great punch.
Winner: Marcus Davis by KO R1
Lightweight Title Fight- Joe Stevenson (33-7) vs. BJ Penn 12-4-1)- UFC 80- 1/19/08
R1- BJ Penn comes out and land some punches immediately and quickly takes Stevenson down. BJ is in Joe’s half guard. BJ is just kind of smothering Joe so far. Stevenson gets some shots in from the bottom but BJ nails Stevenson with an elbow and he is a bloody mess with that one shot. Just a ton of blood. That was amazing that this one shot caused so much blood. First round goes to BJ Penn easily.
“That’s like a broken fire hydrant”- Joe Rogan (in reference to Stevenson cut from BJ Penn’s one elbow shot)
R2- Stevenson comes out more aggressive in this round. They fight pretty evenly on their feet for the first couple minutes of the round. Ref calls for a time to check out Stevenson, who has blood dripping down his face. They continue the fight. BJ jumps on Stevenson as he punches him and Stevenson drops into the fetal position. BJ grabs his back and Stevenson rolls over so now BJ is in full mount and blood is everywhere. BJ grabs his back and clamps in the choke and Stevenson taps out. BJ just dominated this fight from start to finish.
Winner and new Lightweight Champion: BJ Penn by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2
This show featured 4 fights from 2008.
Welterweight Fight- George Sotiropoulos (8-2) vs. Roman Mitichyan (9-1)- Fight Night 13- 4/2/08
Both of these guys were in The Ultimate Fighter Season 6. Roman had to drop out before the first right due to injury and George made it to the semis.
R1- Roman looks wild early and George looks more controlled. George takes his back pretty quickly and is in control. Roman to his feet and tries to dump George but instead he gives up position and George has him in a choke. Roman gets out of the choke and flips it over but George goes for the arm bar. Roman finally slips out. George goes after some punches and then takes down Roman and gets his back again. George is now hitting some elbows and is going after the arm. Somebody is cut pretty good, I think George got cut on the back or the neck. George ends the round in full mount. George controlled Round 1 and took it pretty easily. Overall this was a pretty entertaining first round.
R2- George quickly gets control in this round as he takes Roman’s back again. Roman rolls over and George has full mount now and is laying in punches. The ref stops the fight as Roman really wasn’t defending himself. George pretty much dominated this fight and looked good.
Winner: George Sotiropoulos by TKO R2
Lightweight Fight- Clay Guida (22-6) vs. Samy Schiavo (10-4)- Fight Night 13- 4/2/08
R1- Long feeling out process as Schiavo is going for some punches and Guida just kind of trying to get the timing down. Guida moves in and absorb some punches but gets a take down. Guida moves into full mount with a minute and a half left in Round One. Schiavo can’t get out of being pinned against the cage and Guida quickly finished him with strikes on the ground. Schiavo looked good on stand up but just got controlled on the ground.
Winner: Clay Guida by TKO (strikes) R1
Welterweight Fight- Marcus Davis (18-4) vs. Jess Liaduin (12-8)- UFC 80- 1/19/08
R1- Davis has won 10 straight fights going into the one. Jess with some kicks early. Davis just nails Jess with a solid left about one minute into the fight and this one is over. Great punch.
Winner: Marcus Davis by KO R1
Lightweight Title Fight- Joe Stevenson (33-7) vs. BJ Penn 12-4-1)- UFC 80- 1/19/08
R1- BJ Penn comes out and land some punches immediately and quickly takes Stevenson down. BJ is in Joe’s half guard. BJ is just kind of smothering Joe so far. Stevenson gets some shots in from the bottom but BJ nails Stevenson with an elbow and he is a bloody mess with that one shot. Just a ton of blood. That was amazing that this one shot caused so much blood. First round goes to BJ Penn easily.
“That’s like a broken fire hydrant”- Joe Rogan (in reference to Stevenson cut from BJ Penn’s one elbow shot)
R2- Stevenson comes out more aggressive in this round. They fight pretty evenly on their feet for the first couple minutes of the round. Ref calls for a time to check out Stevenson, who has blood dripping down his face. They continue the fight. BJ jumps on Stevenson as he punches him and Stevenson drops into the fetal position. BJ grabs his back and Stevenson rolls over so now BJ is in full mount and blood is everywhere. BJ grabs his back and clamps in the choke and Stevenson taps out. BJ just dominated this fight from start to finish.
Winner and new Lightweight Champion: BJ Penn by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2
UFC Wired 5/10 Re-Cap
UFC Wired 5/10 Re-Cap
Light Heavyweight Fight- Rashad Evans (14-0) vs. Sean Salmon (9-1)- UFC Fight Night 8- 1/25/07
R1- Salmon goes for a Karate Kid type move early that looks hilarious. Not much contact in the first minute. Neither guy really looks like they want to fight early. Evans is content to counter punch. They tie up 2 minutes in and Salmon takes Evans down and gets half guard. Salmon got side control but Evans quickly got to his feet. Salmon gets a couple of punches in on the cage. Salmon grabs a leg and takes down Evans again. Salmon is landing some blows on Evans. Round 1 easily goes to Salmon as Rashad didn’t really do anything and got taken down twice and sustained more damage.
R2- Salmon comes in and slips and Evans hits a knee and then attacks and gets his first advantage of the fight. After this Evans looks like the aggressor as he’s started to take control of the ring and then he just DESTROYS Salmon with a kick to the head. Awesome finish to the fight after a very poor first round by Evans. Evans started really slow, seemed very nervous but after he got that one knee his demeanor kind of changed and then he just nailed the finish.
Winner: Rashad Evans via KO (kick) R2
Light Heavyweight Fight- Thiago Silva (11-0) vs. Houston Alexander (8-1)- UFC 78- 11/17/07
R1- Alexander gets a really strong ovation at introductions. Alexander is stalking Silva early and Silva is trying to jab and kick to keep Alexander away. Silva is tying up when Alexander gets close. Alexander slams Silva but Silva reverses it and takes Alexander down. Silva’s got full mount. Silva getting in some decent shots, Alexander showing some good defense as he’s not opening himself up for damage. And just as I say that Silva lands 5 or 6 punches. And Sliva hits 5 or 6 more and the ref stops it. Real impressive fight for Silva as he got Alexander down on the mat and finished him.
Winner: Thiago Silva via TKO (strikes) R1
Light Heavyweight Fight- Chuck Liddell (20-4) vs. Keith Jardine (12-4-1)- UFC 76- 9/22/07
R1- This is the battle of the cool nicknames. “The Dean of Mean” versus “The Iceman”. Liddell gets a superstar intro, which is expected, so it will be interesting to see how Jardine can hang with him. This looks like it’s going to be fun as we are only 20 seconds in and both guys are swinging. Both guys also have awkward styles compared to most MMA guys. Liddell definitely the aggressor and landing more shots early. Liddell looks real good early. Jardine hits a couple of kicks trying to slow down Liddell a little. Liddell is controlling the octagon. Jardine starting to even out the fight a little and is gaining more confidence. Both guys really throwing and hitting good shots on each other. Jardine is really effectively using kicks to slow down Liddell a little bit. Just as I say that Liddell gets a good combo in on Jardine. Liddell really pushing the pace towards the end of the round and hitting some shots and stalking Jardine. Really entertaining first round. Liddell takes this one although Jardine looked good once he got settled. Liddell finished strong just making this round easier for the judges to score.
R2- Jardine looks a lot more comfortable starting this round out as he takes the middle of the octagon. Jardine nails a shot and Liddell went down but he got to his feet pretty quickly. Jardine with a big body kick. Jardine really taking over here in the second round as the body language of both guys are really showing it. Jardine is bleeding down the side of his head. Chuck seems to be trying to take back the octagon. Chuck counter punches and Jardine goes down to his knees. Chuck hits with a knee that wobbles Jardine but Jardine is back up. Liddell’s cardio looks a lot better at this point and it’s helping him get back into this round. I think Jardine took this round due to the first 3 minutes but Liddell did a good job seizing control back and getting back into the round. Liddell definitely has the momentum going into Round 3 as Jardine looks spent.
R3- Jardine starts out this round like round 2 as he takes the center of the octagon. Liddell stalks down Jardine but he’s getting nailed with leg kicks. Jardine with a good combo leg kick and right hook. Jardine with a couple more kicks. Chuck starting to stalk Jardine. This fight is real even right now so I think the guy that takes this last 2 minutes will take this fight. Jardine is continuing to hit leg kicks and seems to be in control. Both guys with a flurry to finish the fight as Lidell lands some good punches.
Really good and entertaining fight. Almost too close to call. I’m going to give this to Jardine as I felt he won rounds 2 and 3. Round 3 was a lot closer but he controlled the round and landed more body kicks and strikes.
Jardine 29-28, Liddell 29-28, and Jardine 29-28. Very just decision.
Winner: Keith Jardine via decision (split)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Rashad Evans (14-0) vs. Sean Salmon (9-1)- UFC Fight Night 8- 1/25/07
R1- Salmon goes for a Karate Kid type move early that looks hilarious. Not much contact in the first minute. Neither guy really looks like they want to fight early. Evans is content to counter punch. They tie up 2 minutes in and Salmon takes Evans down and gets half guard. Salmon got side control but Evans quickly got to his feet. Salmon gets a couple of punches in on the cage. Salmon grabs a leg and takes down Evans again. Salmon is landing some blows on Evans. Round 1 easily goes to Salmon as Rashad didn’t really do anything and got taken down twice and sustained more damage.
R2- Salmon comes in and slips and Evans hits a knee and then attacks and gets his first advantage of the fight. After this Evans looks like the aggressor as he’s started to take control of the ring and then he just DESTROYS Salmon with a kick to the head. Awesome finish to the fight after a very poor first round by Evans. Evans started really slow, seemed very nervous but after he got that one knee his demeanor kind of changed and then he just nailed the finish.
Winner: Rashad Evans via KO (kick) R2
Light Heavyweight Fight- Thiago Silva (11-0) vs. Houston Alexander (8-1)- UFC 78- 11/17/07
R1- Alexander gets a really strong ovation at introductions. Alexander is stalking Silva early and Silva is trying to jab and kick to keep Alexander away. Silva is tying up when Alexander gets close. Alexander slams Silva but Silva reverses it and takes Alexander down. Silva’s got full mount. Silva getting in some decent shots, Alexander showing some good defense as he’s not opening himself up for damage. And just as I say that Silva lands 5 or 6 punches. And Sliva hits 5 or 6 more and the ref stops it. Real impressive fight for Silva as he got Alexander down on the mat and finished him.
Winner: Thiago Silva via TKO (strikes) R1
Light Heavyweight Fight- Chuck Liddell (20-4) vs. Keith Jardine (12-4-1)- UFC 76- 9/22/07
R1- This is the battle of the cool nicknames. “The Dean of Mean” versus “The Iceman”. Liddell gets a superstar intro, which is expected, so it will be interesting to see how Jardine can hang with him. This looks like it’s going to be fun as we are only 20 seconds in and both guys are swinging. Both guys also have awkward styles compared to most MMA guys. Liddell definitely the aggressor and landing more shots early. Liddell looks real good early. Jardine hits a couple of kicks trying to slow down Liddell a little. Liddell is controlling the octagon. Jardine starting to even out the fight a little and is gaining more confidence. Both guys really throwing and hitting good shots on each other. Jardine is really effectively using kicks to slow down Liddell a little bit. Just as I say that Liddell gets a good combo in on Jardine. Liddell really pushing the pace towards the end of the round and hitting some shots and stalking Jardine. Really entertaining first round. Liddell takes this one although Jardine looked good once he got settled. Liddell finished strong just making this round easier for the judges to score.
R2- Jardine looks a lot more comfortable starting this round out as he takes the middle of the octagon. Jardine nails a shot and Liddell went down but he got to his feet pretty quickly. Jardine with a big body kick. Jardine really taking over here in the second round as the body language of both guys are really showing it. Jardine is bleeding down the side of his head. Chuck seems to be trying to take back the octagon. Chuck counter punches and Jardine goes down to his knees. Chuck hits with a knee that wobbles Jardine but Jardine is back up. Liddell’s cardio looks a lot better at this point and it’s helping him get back into this round. I think Jardine took this round due to the first 3 minutes but Liddell did a good job seizing control back and getting back into the round. Liddell definitely has the momentum going into Round 3 as Jardine looks spent.
R3- Jardine starts out this round like round 2 as he takes the center of the octagon. Liddell stalks down Jardine but he’s getting nailed with leg kicks. Jardine with a good combo leg kick and right hook. Jardine with a couple more kicks. Chuck starting to stalk Jardine. This fight is real even right now so I think the guy that takes this last 2 minutes will take this fight. Jardine is continuing to hit leg kicks and seems to be in control. Both guys with a flurry to finish the fight as Lidell lands some good punches.
Really good and entertaining fight. Almost too close to call. I’m going to give this to Jardine as I felt he won rounds 2 and 3. Round 3 was a lot closer but he controlled the round and landed more body kicks and strikes.
Jardine 29-28, Liddell 29-28, and Jardine 29-28. Very just decision.
Winner: Keith Jardine via decision (split)
Saturday, May 17, 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 7- Episode 7 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 7- Episode 7 Re-Cap
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first six shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
4. Nick Klein
5. Gerald Harris
6. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
7. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
9. Amir Sadollah
11. Cale Yarbrough
12. Patrick Schultz
Team Rampage finally won last week so they have control of the fight this week. Quinton is shown in a much better mood- says he feels like a “rock star.” Rampage picks Gerald Harris against Amir Sadollah. Gerald Harris is shown. Says he feels that he is well rounded but his strength is wrestling and he likes to slam people. Quinton says that Gerald is a mini version of him. Team Forrest is shown training, Forrest questions Amir’s confidence. Forrest tells Amir that if he wins the fight that he will shave half of his head.
Gerald Harris vs. Amir Sadollah
R1- Gerald rushes in quickly and takes down Amir. He has Amir up against the cage with Amir in the guard position. Amir doing a good job defending. Gerald moves to half guard and starts to get in some offense but then Amir gets to his feet. Gerald picks up Amir and nails him with a huge power slam. Amir sprawls back to his feet though. Gerald picks up Amir and slams him again with a spine buster looking move. Harris moves from half guard to guard and Amir sprawls forward and then explodes and barely misses a knee. Amir is now in a dominate position as he is on Gerald’s back. This round definitely went to Gerald as he controlled the fight and nailed two big slams but he has been unable to finish Amir and Amir, while very inexperienced, has shown flashes of being close to catching Harris and has good instincts and defense.
R2- Amir has some blood around one of his eyes. Amir hits some leg kicks to start off with. Gerald goes in and attempts a takedown but Amir denies him. Gerald perseveres and gets the takedown and he has Amir up against the cage. Amir gets to his feet. Harris looks like he’s going for a slam but instead eats a knee. Harris tries for another takedown but is denied and Amir rolls through and gets Gerald’s back. They are both on their feet now and Gerald hits a couple of punches and takes Amir down and is in his guard. They stand up and Amir hits another big knee and he’s punching Harris and this one is stopped by the ref.
Amir showed a lot of heart in this one as Gerald just couldn’t finish and Amir made him pay. Amir is very inexperienced but shows good instincts and defense and that saved him in this fight. I think this was probably the best fight so far of the first two rounds.
Winner: Amir Sadollah via TKO (ref stoppage- punches) R2
Post-Match they show Gerald Harris with a mental breakdown in the dressing room. Rampage consoles him.
So now we are down to 4 guys that have not fought in the second round yet including the guy that I think is going to be the favorite in CB Dollaway. I’ve also got Nick Klein left and have him ranked highly so it will be interesting to see how he does.
Forrest picks Cale Yarborough to fight Patrick Schultz. This leaves Dollaway versus Klein for the final fight of Round 2, which I think will be real solid. Forrest talks about Cale not being strong on the ground but says that Schultz also likes the stand-up game. Cale talks about how he likes to stay on his feet and is looking for the knockout. Tim Credeur says that he thinks this one is going to be a swing for the fences barn burner. Patrick Schultz says his strength is Muy Thai, says he’s looking to go out their and swing and have a good fight. Rampage says Schultz is under the radar since he’s the guy that actually lost in Round One but was brought back by Team Rampage.
“Cale Yarbrough…my momma could beat him”- Rampage Jackson
Cale Yarbrough vs. Patrick Schultz
R1- Schultz shoves Cale down early but cannot follow up on the advantage. I’m glad that Schultz took his goofy hat off for this fight. Both guys swinging and neither guy showing any defense. Schultz lands a good punch and Cale goes down but Schultz doesn’t pounce and allows Cale to get back up. Not much defense at all in this fight. They are swinging pretty wildly. Cale landing some kicks but is leaving himself wide open whenever he does in for a strike. Cale bull rushes Schultz and takes him down and lands in his guard. Cale hitting a couple of strikes but nothing strong. Cale lets him up even though he was clearly dominating while on the top. Cale takes him down again. Schultz controlled early but Cale dominated the second half of the round and was clearly in control during the two take downs.
R2- Cale hits a good knee about 30 seconds into the round and follows it up with another take down. Cale moves to half guard and is hitting some nice elbows. Cale has now moved Schultz up against the cage and is dominating this round and ends up dominating.
Cale definitely takes this one and looked much better in this fight. Yarbrough wins by decision- good decision IMO.
Winner: Cal Yarbrough via Decision (Majority)
Rampage is pissed and says that he bets his purse that his fight with Forrest won’t go to a decision. Next week should be fun with Dollaway versus Klein and the Forrest/Rampage rivalry heating up.
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first seven shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
3. Nick Klein
4. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
5. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
6. Amir Sadollah (beat Gerald Harris in Round 2)
7. Cale Yarbrough (beat Patrick Schultz in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
Fourth Elimination: Brandon Sene (lost to Dante Rivera, was ranked # 12)
Fifth Elimination: Jeremy May (lost to Matt Brown, was ranked #11)
Sixth Elimination: Gerald Harris (lost to Amir Sadollah, was ranked #5)
Seventh Elimination: Patrick Schultz (lost to Cale Yarbrough, was ranked #10)
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first six shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
4. Nick Klein
5. Gerald Harris
6. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
7. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
9. Amir Sadollah
11. Cale Yarbrough
12. Patrick Schultz
Team Rampage finally won last week so they have control of the fight this week. Quinton is shown in a much better mood- says he feels like a “rock star.” Rampage picks Gerald Harris against Amir Sadollah. Gerald Harris is shown. Says he feels that he is well rounded but his strength is wrestling and he likes to slam people. Quinton says that Gerald is a mini version of him. Team Forrest is shown training, Forrest questions Amir’s confidence. Forrest tells Amir that if he wins the fight that he will shave half of his head.
Gerald Harris vs. Amir Sadollah
R1- Gerald rushes in quickly and takes down Amir. He has Amir up against the cage with Amir in the guard position. Amir doing a good job defending. Gerald moves to half guard and starts to get in some offense but then Amir gets to his feet. Gerald picks up Amir and nails him with a huge power slam. Amir sprawls back to his feet though. Gerald picks up Amir and slams him again with a spine buster looking move. Harris moves from half guard to guard and Amir sprawls forward and then explodes and barely misses a knee. Amir is now in a dominate position as he is on Gerald’s back. This round definitely went to Gerald as he controlled the fight and nailed two big slams but he has been unable to finish Amir and Amir, while very inexperienced, has shown flashes of being close to catching Harris and has good instincts and defense.
R2- Amir has some blood around one of his eyes. Amir hits some leg kicks to start off with. Gerald goes in and attempts a takedown but Amir denies him. Gerald perseveres and gets the takedown and he has Amir up against the cage. Amir gets to his feet. Harris looks like he’s going for a slam but instead eats a knee. Harris tries for another takedown but is denied and Amir rolls through and gets Gerald’s back. They are both on their feet now and Gerald hits a couple of punches and takes Amir down and is in his guard. They stand up and Amir hits another big knee and he’s punching Harris and this one is stopped by the ref.
Amir showed a lot of heart in this one as Gerald just couldn’t finish and Amir made him pay. Amir is very inexperienced but shows good instincts and defense and that saved him in this fight. I think this was probably the best fight so far of the first two rounds.
Winner: Amir Sadollah via TKO (ref stoppage- punches) R2
Post-Match they show Gerald Harris with a mental breakdown in the dressing room. Rampage consoles him.
So now we are down to 4 guys that have not fought in the second round yet including the guy that I think is going to be the favorite in CB Dollaway. I’ve also got Nick Klein left and have him ranked highly so it will be interesting to see how he does.
Forrest picks Cale Yarborough to fight Patrick Schultz. This leaves Dollaway versus Klein for the final fight of Round 2, which I think will be real solid. Forrest talks about Cale not being strong on the ground but says that Schultz also likes the stand-up game. Cale talks about how he likes to stay on his feet and is looking for the knockout. Tim Credeur says that he thinks this one is going to be a swing for the fences barn burner. Patrick Schultz says his strength is Muy Thai, says he’s looking to go out their and swing and have a good fight. Rampage says Schultz is under the radar since he’s the guy that actually lost in Round One but was brought back by Team Rampage.
“Cale Yarbrough…my momma could beat him”- Rampage Jackson
Cale Yarbrough vs. Patrick Schultz
R1- Schultz shoves Cale down early but cannot follow up on the advantage. I’m glad that Schultz took his goofy hat off for this fight. Both guys swinging and neither guy showing any defense. Schultz lands a good punch and Cale goes down but Schultz doesn’t pounce and allows Cale to get back up. Not much defense at all in this fight. They are swinging pretty wildly. Cale landing some kicks but is leaving himself wide open whenever he does in for a strike. Cale bull rushes Schultz and takes him down and lands in his guard. Cale hitting a couple of strikes but nothing strong. Cale lets him up even though he was clearly dominating while on the top. Cale takes him down again. Schultz controlled early but Cale dominated the second half of the round and was clearly in control during the two take downs.
R2- Cale hits a good knee about 30 seconds into the round and follows it up with another take down. Cale moves to half guard and is hitting some nice elbows. Cale has now moved Schultz up against the cage and is dominating this round and ends up dominating.
Cale definitely takes this one and looked much better in this fight. Yarbrough wins by decision- good decision IMO.
Winner: Cal Yarbrough via Decision (Majority)
Rampage is pissed and says that he bets his purse that his fight with Forrest won’t go to a decision. Next week should be fun with Dollaway versus Klein and the Forrest/Rampage rivalry heating up.
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first seven shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
3. Nick Klein
4. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
5. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
6. Amir Sadollah (beat Gerald Harris in Round 2)
7. Cale Yarbrough (beat Patrick Schultz in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
Fourth Elimination: Brandon Sene (lost to Dante Rivera, was ranked # 12)
Fifth Elimination: Jeremy May (lost to Matt Brown, was ranked #11)
Sixth Elimination: Gerald Harris (lost to Amir Sadollah, was ranked #5)
Seventh Elimination: Patrick Schultz (lost to Cale Yarbrough, was ranked #10)
UFC Unleashed 5/7 Re-Cap
UFC Unleashed 5/7 Re-Cap
Lightweight Fight- Clay Guida (21-4) vs. Tyson Griffin (8-1)
R1- Griffin gets him in a guillotine early but Guida eventually escapes. Griffin got Guida’s back, Guida countered with a leg lock and then they scrambled to a clinch against the cage. They exchange some nice shots as they open up and then Guida goes for a take down but it’s denied. Griffin hit a nice combo and then Guida dove in for a take down to save himself. Griffin denied the take down and they exchanged with Guida knocking down Griffin but Griffin sprawling to the top as the round ended. Real good round. Very close. I would probably give a slight, slight advantage to Griffin for Round 1.
R2- They wrestle early. Griffin gets in some shots a little after a minute in. Griffin gives Guida a back suplex but Guida lands on Griffin. Griffin has Guida’s back but not doing any damage. Guida rolls over and gets a knee bar but Griffin rolls over and is hitting shots to Guida’s back. Griffin reverses and grabs a leg lock. Guida gets out and gets Griffin’s back. Griffin face plants Guida but Guida somehow hangs on and still has Griffin’s back. Round 2 was about the same as the first but I think this one was more up in the air than the first round. Guida may have snuck this round.
R3- Griffin attacks early and hits a nice knee. Griffin really trying to take it to Guida and Guida goes in for a take down but is denied. Griffin with jabs. Guida’s take down is denied again. Guida grabbed Griffin’s back but then Griffin rolled through and they are exchanging some punches. Guida on top but struggling to get any sustained damage. Griffin is doing a good job defending from the bottom. Guida ends the fight with a couple of punches. Really close fight. Guida may have won the fight by staying on top for the last 2 minutes.
Winner: Tyson Griffin by Decision (Split)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Stephan Bonnar (12-3) vs. Forrest Griffin (12-3)
This is the re-match from the fantastic fight that they had at the Ultimate Fighter Season 1 Finale that landed both of these guys UFC contracts.
R1- Forrest is the aggressor in the first round as Bonnar seems to be fighting more out of reaction instead of aggression. Both guys land a couple of nice shots and then Griffin catches Bonnar and he falls to the ground and Griffin rushes him but they get back to their feet pretty quickly. Decent first round, pretty much a long feel out process with some good action thrown in. In my estimation Forrest took this round.
R2- This round is pretty even through the first half but Forrest seems to be moving forward more and Bonnar seems to be ducking and moving and counter punching more. Forrest has a cut on his cheek and Bonnar hits a nice combo of several punches about 3 minutes into the round. Bonnar ends the even round nicely by landing a couple of shots. This round could have gone either way, it was very close.
R3- Forrest comes out in this round with a sense of urgency. Both guys are cut but nothing bad. About 2 minutes in and the round has been really even. They clinched for the first time in the fight but Forrest missed a knee. Forrest seems to be coming on towards the end of the fight. They end the fight in the clinch.
Real solid fight. Forrest just seemed to barely get the better of Bonnar and seemed to push the pace more and be in control of the fight. Griffin wins 30-27 on all scorecards but it felt a little closer than that.
Winner: Forrest Griffin by Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Clay Guida (21-4) vs. Tyson Griffin (8-1)
R1- Griffin gets him in a guillotine early but Guida eventually escapes. Griffin got Guida’s back, Guida countered with a leg lock and then they scrambled to a clinch against the cage. They exchange some nice shots as they open up and then Guida goes for a take down but it’s denied. Griffin hit a nice combo and then Guida dove in for a take down to save himself. Griffin denied the take down and they exchanged with Guida knocking down Griffin but Griffin sprawling to the top as the round ended. Real good round. Very close. I would probably give a slight, slight advantage to Griffin for Round 1.
R2- They wrestle early. Griffin gets in some shots a little after a minute in. Griffin gives Guida a back suplex but Guida lands on Griffin. Griffin has Guida’s back but not doing any damage. Guida rolls over and gets a knee bar but Griffin rolls over and is hitting shots to Guida’s back. Griffin reverses and grabs a leg lock. Guida gets out and gets Griffin’s back. Griffin face plants Guida but Guida somehow hangs on and still has Griffin’s back. Round 2 was about the same as the first but I think this one was more up in the air than the first round. Guida may have snuck this round.
R3- Griffin attacks early and hits a nice knee. Griffin really trying to take it to Guida and Guida goes in for a take down but is denied. Griffin with jabs. Guida’s take down is denied again. Guida grabbed Griffin’s back but then Griffin rolled through and they are exchanging some punches. Guida on top but struggling to get any sustained damage. Griffin is doing a good job defending from the bottom. Guida ends the fight with a couple of punches. Really close fight. Guida may have won the fight by staying on top for the last 2 minutes.
Winner: Tyson Griffin by Decision (Split)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Stephan Bonnar (12-3) vs. Forrest Griffin (12-3)
This is the re-match from the fantastic fight that they had at the Ultimate Fighter Season 1 Finale that landed both of these guys UFC contracts.
R1- Forrest is the aggressor in the first round as Bonnar seems to be fighting more out of reaction instead of aggression. Both guys land a couple of nice shots and then Griffin catches Bonnar and he falls to the ground and Griffin rushes him but they get back to their feet pretty quickly. Decent first round, pretty much a long feel out process with some good action thrown in. In my estimation Forrest took this round.
R2- This round is pretty even through the first half but Forrest seems to be moving forward more and Bonnar seems to be ducking and moving and counter punching more. Forrest has a cut on his cheek and Bonnar hits a nice combo of several punches about 3 minutes into the round. Bonnar ends the even round nicely by landing a couple of shots. This round could have gone either way, it was very close.
R3- Forrest comes out in this round with a sense of urgency. Both guys are cut but nothing bad. About 2 minutes in and the round has been really even. They clinched for the first time in the fight but Forrest missed a knee. Forrest seems to be coming on towards the end of the fight. They end the fight in the clinch.
Real solid fight. Forrest just seemed to barely get the better of Bonnar and seemed to push the pace more and be in control of the fight. Griffin wins 30-27 on all scorecards but it felt a little closer than that.
Winner: Forrest Griffin by Decision (Unanimous)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Strikeforce on NBC 5/11 Re-Cap
Strikeforce on NBC 5/11 Re-Cap
Last week we saw Josh “The Punk” Thomson featured for the second consecutive week.” This week it’s Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion! It will be Gilbert Melendez versus Tetsuji Kato.
Gilbert Melendez (12-0) vs. Tetsuji Kato (18-7)- 9/29/07
R1- Melendez goes for a take down early but is denied. Melendez lands a right hand and then another as Kato goes down and Melendez goes in for the kill but Kato takes the guard position to protect himself. Melendez is landing some good shots and hammer fists from the top. They get back to their feet but no real action besides some jabs. Melendez controlled this round as Kato got in very little offense.
R2- They stand up at the beginning of the round with both guys looking for an opening. They exchange some nice shots about 2 minutes in. Gilbert landing a couple of jabs. Kato swinging a lot but not hitting much. Kato goes for a take down but is denied. Kato is cut and loses his mouthpiece so there is a brief stoppage. This round was not as clear cut for Melendez as he didn’t seem to do as much damage but he was clearly the winner of this round.
R3- My feed is interrupted by a weather alert (booo!), so I miss round three and when they come back they are in the middle of the ring for the judges decision. Melendez wins 30-27 for all three judges. Melendez looked good here just seemed to be lacking that killer instinct and knockout power.
Post-Match Frank Shamrock interviews Melendez and they talk about his hand that he seemed to be favoring throughout the fight.
Winner: Gilbert Melendez by Decision (Unanimous)
Last week we saw Josh “The Punk” Thomson featured for the second consecutive week.” This week it’s Strikeforce at the Playboy Mansion! It will be Gilbert Melendez versus Tetsuji Kato.
Gilbert Melendez (12-0) vs. Tetsuji Kato (18-7)- 9/29/07
R1- Melendez goes for a take down early but is denied. Melendez lands a right hand and then another as Kato goes down and Melendez goes in for the kill but Kato takes the guard position to protect himself. Melendez is landing some good shots and hammer fists from the top. They get back to their feet but no real action besides some jabs. Melendez controlled this round as Kato got in very little offense.
R2- They stand up at the beginning of the round with both guys looking for an opening. They exchange some nice shots about 2 minutes in. Gilbert landing a couple of jabs. Kato swinging a lot but not hitting much. Kato goes for a take down but is denied. Kato is cut and loses his mouthpiece so there is a brief stoppage. This round was not as clear cut for Melendez as he didn’t seem to do as much damage but he was clearly the winner of this round.
R3- My feed is interrupted by a weather alert (booo!), so I miss round three and when they come back they are in the middle of the ring for the judges decision. Melendez wins 30-27 for all three judges. Melendez looked good here just seemed to be lacking that killer instinct and knockout power.
Post-Match Frank Shamrock interviews Melendez and they talk about his hand that he seemed to be favoring throughout the fight.
Winner: Gilbert Melendez by Decision (Unanimous)
Saturday, May 10, 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 7- Episode 6 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 7- Episode 6 Re-Cap
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first five shows:
1. Tim Credeur
2. CB Dollaway
3. Nick Klein
4. Luke Zachrich
5. Gerald Harris
6. Matt Brown
7. Daniel Cramer
8. Jesse Taylor
9. Dante Rivera (previously #3)
10. Amir Sadollah
11. Jeremy May
12. Cale Yarbrough
13. Patrick Schultz
Jeremy May vs. Matt Brown is the first fight that’s going to be up and I’ve got a feeling that Matt Brown is going to destroy Jeremy.
Matt Brown (9-6) vs. Jeremy May (6-5)
R1- May has the height and reach advantage, Brown has the intensity and is 6 years older. Jeremy comes out swinging wildly and then gets nailed by a Matt Brown punch. Brown quickly gets full mount but Jeremy is doing a decent job defending. Brown is going after the arm but gets slammed instead. Jeremy is in a dominate position now but Matt Brown reverses. On their feet and Brown hits some good punches on their feet and is landing some shots now on May. Big knee and then a kick by Brown and this one is over. May put up a better fight then I thought he would and Brown looked a little lost at times. Not sure if Brown won because he’s a good fighter or because Jeremy May just isn’t that good.
Winner: Matt Brown
Team Forrest is up 4-0 on Team Rampage. Forrest picks Luke Zachrich to fight Daniel Cramer. According to my rankings that’s #5 (Zachrich) vs. #8 (Cramer). Should be a good fight. A lot of talk about how Luke was the last guy picked.
Luke Zachrich (7-1) vs. Daniel Cramer (3-0)
R1- Reach and height are relatively equal in this one. Cramer is on him pretty quickly and they clinch up. Cramer is very aggressive but Luke is mixing up with him. Luke hits a nice punch and then they clinch again. They are mixing it up and Luke gets in a couple more shots. Cramer charges at him and gets some light shots. Luke slams him against the cage and they clinch. Luke looks real tired but is winning so far. Cramer with several short punches and Luke responds with a couple. Cramer is in control now as Luke is real tired. Both guys seem to have punched themselves out. Cramer getting the better of Luke here in the second part of the round. Luke takes him down with one minute left. This round was real close and could go either way. I thought Luke won the first part of the round and the last minute and Cramer was in solid control of the middle portion. Lots of action early on and then they just punched themselves out. Whoever can dig down and find their second wind will win this one.
R2- They slug early with Cramer being the aggressor and then Cramer takes him down. Cramer with some short elbows but they don’t look tremendously effective. Luke gives up his back. Cramer now with punches and Luke is barely defending himself. Ref calls it and Cramer gets the win. A good fight but not a particularly impressive win by Cramer as he punched himself out early and if his opponent would have had some cardio then he would have finished Cramer early. This was Team Rampage’s first win.
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first six shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
4. Nick Klein
5. Gerald Harris
6. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
7. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
9. Amir Sadollah
11. Cale Yarbrough
12. Patrick Schultz
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
Fourth Elimination: Brandon Sene (lost to Dante Rivera, was ranked # 12)
Fourth Elimination: Jeremy May (lost to Matt Brown, was ranked #11)
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first five shows:
1. Tim Credeur
2. CB Dollaway
3. Nick Klein
4. Luke Zachrich
5. Gerald Harris
6. Matt Brown
7. Daniel Cramer
8. Jesse Taylor
9. Dante Rivera (previously #3)
10. Amir Sadollah
11. Jeremy May
12. Cale Yarbrough
13. Patrick Schultz
Jeremy May vs. Matt Brown is the first fight that’s going to be up and I’ve got a feeling that Matt Brown is going to destroy Jeremy.
Matt Brown (9-6) vs. Jeremy May (6-5)
R1- May has the height and reach advantage, Brown has the intensity and is 6 years older. Jeremy comes out swinging wildly and then gets nailed by a Matt Brown punch. Brown quickly gets full mount but Jeremy is doing a decent job defending. Brown is going after the arm but gets slammed instead. Jeremy is in a dominate position now but Matt Brown reverses. On their feet and Brown hits some good punches on their feet and is landing some shots now on May. Big knee and then a kick by Brown and this one is over. May put up a better fight then I thought he would and Brown looked a little lost at times. Not sure if Brown won because he’s a good fighter or because Jeremy May just isn’t that good.
Winner: Matt Brown
Team Forrest is up 4-0 on Team Rampage. Forrest picks Luke Zachrich to fight Daniel Cramer. According to my rankings that’s #5 (Zachrich) vs. #8 (Cramer). Should be a good fight. A lot of talk about how Luke was the last guy picked.
Luke Zachrich (7-1) vs. Daniel Cramer (3-0)
R1- Reach and height are relatively equal in this one. Cramer is on him pretty quickly and they clinch up. Cramer is very aggressive but Luke is mixing up with him. Luke hits a nice punch and then they clinch again. They are mixing it up and Luke gets in a couple more shots. Cramer charges at him and gets some light shots. Luke slams him against the cage and they clinch. Luke looks real tired but is winning so far. Cramer with several short punches and Luke responds with a couple. Cramer is in control now as Luke is real tired. Both guys seem to have punched themselves out. Cramer getting the better of Luke here in the second part of the round. Luke takes him down with one minute left. This round was real close and could go either way. I thought Luke won the first part of the round and the last minute and Cramer was in solid control of the middle portion. Lots of action early on and then they just punched themselves out. Whoever can dig down and find their second wind will win this one.
R2- They slug early with Cramer being the aggressor and then Cramer takes him down. Cramer with some short elbows but they don’t look tremendously effective. Luke gives up his back. Cramer now with punches and Luke is barely defending himself. Ref calls it and Cramer gets the win. A good fight but not a particularly impressive win by Cramer as he punched himself out early and if his opponent would have had some cardio then he would have finished Cramer early. This was Team Rampage’s first win.
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first six shows:
1. Tim Credeur (beat Matthew Riddle in Round 2)
2. CB Dollaway
4. Nick Klein
5. Gerald Harris
6. Matt Brown (beat Jeremy May in Round 2)
7. Daniel Cramer (beat Luke Zachrich in Round 2)
8. Jesse Taylor (beat Mike Dolce in Round 2)
9. Dante Rivera (beat Brandon Sene in Round 2)
9. Amir Sadollah
11. Cale Yarbrough
12. Patrick Schultz
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
Fourth Elimination: Brandon Sene (lost to Dante Rivera, was ranked # 12)
Fourth Elimination: Jeremy May (lost to Matt Brown, was ranked #11)
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Strikeforce on NBC 5/4 Re-Cap
Strikeforce on NBC 5/4 Re-Cap
Last week we saw Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson and a very impressive showing from Josh “The Punk” Thomson.” This week looks like we will have another Josh Thomson match against Nam Phan.
They show a hype video for Josh Thomson. Focusing on how much he enjoys what he does.
Lightweight Fight- Josh “The Punk” Thomson (10-2-1) vs. Nam Phan (12-2)
R1- Phan leads with jabs to start. Thomson gets some knees in and then they clinch against the cage. Phan is a BJJ fighter who is coming in with 7 straight wins. No clear advantage so far but Phan takes Thomson down. They mention that Thomson was a wrestler at Stanford and then joke about what a Stanford man is doing in MMA. Thomson does well on the bottom and then goes after Phan when they get to their feet with knees and strikes and really pushes Phan. Phan clinches him up but Thomson takes him down. Thomson is in Phan’s guard and is getting some decent shots in. Back to their feet after a sprawl and Thomson nails two knees and then another. R1 I’ll give to Thomson but Phan is still very much in this fight and has avoided any bad damage.
R2- Thomson connects early in R1 and Phan falls to the ground. Phan grabs a guillotine but Thomson gets out quickly and is in Phan’s guard. Phan gets Thomson’s back but Thomson quickly gets out of it. They are exchanging on their feet now, Thomson gets a knee and then they clinch again. Thomson with 2 or 3 really nice punches in stand up before they clinch. They are mixing it up pretty good and fighting pretty evenly in the later stages of this round. Thomson grabs a brief Muy Thai clinch and hits a knee. Thomson takes this round also as he got a knockdown, hit several good clean punches and just overall pushed the pace of the round and controlled the action. He’s not quite dominating but he is controlling.
R3- Round Three they are standing up and throwing. Thomson with some kicks. About mid-way through the round and Thomson lands three knees in a row. Phan is having more luck this round with strikes but just as I say that Thomson lands a nice spinning heel kick and then clamps on a guillotine but it doesn’t look to be applying enough pressure. Thomson lets go and know he’s in full mount with Phan against the cage and Thomson is landing some blows. Phan gets back in guard but Thomson still landing blows and finishes the round strong.
I’ve got Thomson 30-27 in this fight. Thomson looked good and Phan looked good in defeat as he hung with Thomson for the most part although he never really had control of the match. And the judges agree with me- 30-27 across the board.
Winner: Josh Thomson by Decision (Unanimous)
Last week we saw Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson and a very impressive showing from Josh “The Punk” Thomson.” This week looks like we will have another Josh Thomson match against Nam Phan.
They show a hype video for Josh Thomson. Focusing on how much he enjoys what he does.
Lightweight Fight- Josh “The Punk” Thomson (10-2-1) vs. Nam Phan (12-2)
R1- Phan leads with jabs to start. Thomson gets some knees in and then they clinch against the cage. Phan is a BJJ fighter who is coming in with 7 straight wins. No clear advantage so far but Phan takes Thomson down. They mention that Thomson was a wrestler at Stanford and then joke about what a Stanford man is doing in MMA. Thomson does well on the bottom and then goes after Phan when they get to their feet with knees and strikes and really pushes Phan. Phan clinches him up but Thomson takes him down. Thomson is in Phan’s guard and is getting some decent shots in. Back to their feet after a sprawl and Thomson nails two knees and then another. R1 I’ll give to Thomson but Phan is still very much in this fight and has avoided any bad damage.
R2- Thomson connects early in R1 and Phan falls to the ground. Phan grabs a guillotine but Thomson gets out quickly and is in Phan’s guard. Phan gets Thomson’s back but Thomson quickly gets out of it. They are exchanging on their feet now, Thomson gets a knee and then they clinch again. Thomson with 2 or 3 really nice punches in stand up before they clinch. They are mixing it up pretty good and fighting pretty evenly in the later stages of this round. Thomson grabs a brief Muy Thai clinch and hits a knee. Thomson takes this round also as he got a knockdown, hit several good clean punches and just overall pushed the pace of the round and controlled the action. He’s not quite dominating but he is controlling.
R3- Round Three they are standing up and throwing. Thomson with some kicks. About mid-way through the round and Thomson lands three knees in a row. Phan is having more luck this round with strikes but just as I say that Thomson lands a nice spinning heel kick and then clamps on a guillotine but it doesn’t look to be applying enough pressure. Thomson lets go and know he’s in full mount with Phan against the cage and Thomson is landing some blows. Phan gets back in guard but Thomson still landing blows and finishes the round strong.
I’ve got Thomson 30-27 in this fight. Thomson looked good and Phan looked good in defeat as he hung with Thomson for the most part although he never really had control of the match. And the judges agree with me- 30-27 across the board.
Winner: Josh Thomson by Decision (Unanimous)
4/30 UFC Unleashed Re-Cap
UFC Unleashed 4/30 Re-Cap
Middleweight Fight: Drew McFedries (5-1) vs. Martin Kampmann (11-1)- UFC 68- 3/3/07
McFedries get a shot in early. Kampmann shots a couple of kicks but misses. McFedries hits him with another punch and downs him and then pounces but Kampmann gets back to his feet. McFedries nails another punch. Kampmann looks to be in trouble in this fight as McFedries is just overwhelming him. Kampmann comes back with a couple of shots but McFedries is landing some really strong damaging blows. Kampmann showing a lot of heart and takes McFedries down and has side control but isn’t really doing anything with it. Kampmann with a couple of knees to the side. Kampmann with an arm triangle and gets the win. Great comeback for Kampmann. McFedries was just dominate at the beginning of the match and was overwhelming Kampmann when they were on their feet. Kampmann took a ton of shots and then took McFedries down and eventually got the submission.
Winner: Martin Kampmann by Submission (Arm Triangle) R1 4:06
Welterweight Fight: Jason Tan (5-1) vs. Marcus Davis (16-4)- UFC 72- 6/16/07
This is Jason Tan’s debut in the UFC. Davis has won 9 straight fights prior to this one. Tan missing with some leg kicks early trying to keep Davis at bay. Tan misses a high kick. Davis gets in and lands a couple of shots. Davis gets close again and finishes with punches. Tan tries to continue by grabbing Davis’s leg but the ref stopped the fight. Tan had some nice kicks but just got overwhelmed when Davis got to him and nailed him with a vicious right hook and then pounced for the finish.
Winner: Marcus Davis by KO R1 1:15
Middleweight Fight- Rich Franklin (22-2) vs. Jason MacDonald (19-7)- UFC 68- 3/3/07
This was on the UFC Wired 4/19 Show.
MacDonald is coming off of 2 straight submission of the night awards and Franklin is trying to comeback from his title loss.
R1- McDonald went for an early take down and almost got it but then Franklin peppered him with punches. They battled a lot up against the cage for position. Franklin pretty much controlling when they were on their feet. Franklin gets him to the ground and really goes after him. McDonald got a take down with 20 seconds left but did nothing and Franklin flipped it over and got a couple of elbows in. R1 to Franklin.
R2- The story of the early part of this round is McDonald trying to take down Franklin and Franklin trying to keep it on their feet. McDonald gets him down and gets a submission and is trying to tap Rich but doesn’t quite have a triangle. Franklin escapes and is now in the dominant position. Franklin gets full mount with 2 minutes left and gets in some good punches. With 1 minute left Franklin is again peppering him and is now punching him as he has his back. McDonald not doing much here at all in this round. Franklin dominating. The round ends as Franklin is just dominating McDonald and punching him for the last 10 to 15 seconds of the round in full mount. Franklin wins this round and McDonald actually taps out after the round is over and that’s the fight.
Winner: Rich Franklin via TKO (Corner Stoppage) R2 5:00
Middleweight Fight- Travis Lutter (12-3) vs. Anderson Silva (17-4)- UFC 67- 2/3/07
This was also on the UFC Wired 4/19 show.
R1- This is a non-title match due to Lutter’s inability to make weight. Silva is pretty much the best P4P fighter in the world. This is Silva’s first fight since he won the title. Long feeling out process. Anderson hits a flying knee but Lutter gets in Anderson’s guard. Anderson is a great fighter from the guard and is very hard to take advantage of. Anderson gets up with very little damage if any but Lutter takes him back down. Travis got side control and then got full mount and was pounding on Silva but Silva brilliantly reversed it. Lutter ends the round on the ground. Really close first round. Silva did a great job in fighting and defending from the bottom and Lutter got in the one really good series of punches from the mount but it was quickly reversed. Almost too close to call.
R2- Lutter takes him down but Silva hits an up kick then grabs a triangle and is choking Lutter out from the bottom. Anderson hits elbows and Lutter taps. What a brilliant reversal by Silva. He’s just too tough a defender and counter attacker.
Winner: Anderson Silva by Submission (Triangle Choke) R2 2:12
Middleweight Fight: Drew McFedries (5-1) vs. Martin Kampmann (11-1)- UFC 68- 3/3/07
McFedries get a shot in early. Kampmann shots a couple of kicks but misses. McFedries hits him with another punch and downs him and then pounces but Kampmann gets back to his feet. McFedries nails another punch. Kampmann looks to be in trouble in this fight as McFedries is just overwhelming him. Kampmann comes back with a couple of shots but McFedries is landing some really strong damaging blows. Kampmann showing a lot of heart and takes McFedries down and has side control but isn’t really doing anything with it. Kampmann with a couple of knees to the side. Kampmann with an arm triangle and gets the win. Great comeback for Kampmann. McFedries was just dominate at the beginning of the match and was overwhelming Kampmann when they were on their feet. Kampmann took a ton of shots and then took McFedries down and eventually got the submission.
Winner: Martin Kampmann by Submission (Arm Triangle) R1 4:06
Welterweight Fight: Jason Tan (5-1) vs. Marcus Davis (16-4)- UFC 72- 6/16/07
This is Jason Tan’s debut in the UFC. Davis has won 9 straight fights prior to this one. Tan missing with some leg kicks early trying to keep Davis at bay. Tan misses a high kick. Davis gets in and lands a couple of shots. Davis gets close again and finishes with punches. Tan tries to continue by grabbing Davis’s leg but the ref stopped the fight. Tan had some nice kicks but just got overwhelmed when Davis got to him and nailed him with a vicious right hook and then pounced for the finish.
Winner: Marcus Davis by KO R1 1:15
Middleweight Fight- Rich Franklin (22-2) vs. Jason MacDonald (19-7)- UFC 68- 3/3/07
This was on the UFC Wired 4/19 Show.
MacDonald is coming off of 2 straight submission of the night awards and Franklin is trying to comeback from his title loss.
R1- McDonald went for an early take down and almost got it but then Franklin peppered him with punches. They battled a lot up against the cage for position. Franklin pretty much controlling when they were on their feet. Franklin gets him to the ground and really goes after him. McDonald got a take down with 20 seconds left but did nothing and Franklin flipped it over and got a couple of elbows in. R1 to Franklin.
R2- The story of the early part of this round is McDonald trying to take down Franklin and Franklin trying to keep it on their feet. McDonald gets him down and gets a submission and is trying to tap Rich but doesn’t quite have a triangle. Franklin escapes and is now in the dominant position. Franklin gets full mount with 2 minutes left and gets in some good punches. With 1 minute left Franklin is again peppering him and is now punching him as he has his back. McDonald not doing much here at all in this round. Franklin dominating. The round ends as Franklin is just dominating McDonald and punching him for the last 10 to 15 seconds of the round in full mount. Franklin wins this round and McDonald actually taps out after the round is over and that’s the fight.
Winner: Rich Franklin via TKO (Corner Stoppage) R2 5:00
Middleweight Fight- Travis Lutter (12-3) vs. Anderson Silva (17-4)- UFC 67- 2/3/07
This was also on the UFC Wired 4/19 show.
R1- This is a non-title match due to Lutter’s inability to make weight. Silva is pretty much the best P4P fighter in the world. This is Silva’s first fight since he won the title. Long feeling out process. Anderson hits a flying knee but Lutter gets in Anderson’s guard. Anderson is a great fighter from the guard and is very hard to take advantage of. Anderson gets up with very little damage if any but Lutter takes him back down. Travis got side control and then got full mount and was pounding on Silva but Silva brilliantly reversed it. Lutter ends the round on the ground. Really close first round. Silva did a great job in fighting and defending from the bottom and Lutter got in the one really good series of punches from the mount but it was quickly reversed. Almost too close to call.
R2- Lutter takes him down but Silva hits an up kick then grabs a triangle and is choking Lutter out from the bottom. Anderson hits elbows and Lutter taps. What a brilliant reversal by Silva. He’s just too tough a defender and counter attacker.
Winner: Anderson Silva by Submission (Triangle Choke) R2 2:12
The Ultimate Fighter 7 Episode 5 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 7- Episode 5 Re-Cap
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Preliminary rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first three shows:
1. Tim Credeur
2. CB Dollaway
3. Dante Rivera
4. Nick Klein
5. Matthew Riddle
6. Luke Zachrich
7. Gerald Harris
8. Matt Brown
9. Daniel Cramer
10. Jesse Taylor
11. Amir Sadollah
12. Jeremy May
13. Brandon Sene
14. Cale Yarbrough
15. Patrick Schultz
Matthew Riddle and Dante Rivera are going after each other verbally. Both guys seem to be doing it seriously but in a kind of kidding type of way. They could be setting the stage here for something down the line.
“Forrest looks stupid. But he ain’t as stupid as he looks”- Rampage Jackson
Team Rampage thinks that Forrest will pick Patrick Schultz to fight since he lost in the first round (and was brought back due to injury). So Team Rampage is discussing some preliminary strategy if Schultz was to fight someone like Dante Rivera.
They discuss Jesse Taylor’s body fungus and spray him with tenactin. Matthew Riddle is talking about wanting to fight. Riddle is still talking about Dante. Fight Announcement is made and they choose Tim Credeur versus Matthew Riddle. This should be a good one as I have Tim ranked #1 and Riddle ranked #5 based on their fights in the preliminary round. Riddle is glad that he’s fighting; he seems ready to go although he looks like a kid. Tim Credeur says he wants to fight guys that will make him better. Credeur thinks he has more experience and that Riddle is riding high on his knockout from the preliminary round. Dante and Matthew are still verbally sparring throughout the show. Credeur seems more business like in his approach says that he is here to prove that he belongs in the UFC and that he’s been working on it for a long time. Credeur says this show is “Do or Die” for him. Rampage has given Matthew the nickname of “Chipper.”
Tim Credeur (10-2) vs. Matthew Riddle (1-0)
R1- Credeur has a ton of experience here compared to Chipper and is 8 years older. Riddle takes him down and gets his back early, he’s not in a dominant position but he does have control. Tim with come kicks. Riddle misses a take down but then defends well and takes down Tim. Back to their feet and they mix it up. Tim gets control and slams down Chipper in the corner. Tim is working to get a submission but Chipper slips out and gets his back. They are going back and forth and Chipper gets in a couple of good shots. Tim flips it over and has full mount. Tim with punches and is getting him good. This is going to win him the round. Chipper flips over and Tim takes his back and the round is over. Chipper had this round until the last minute with Tim took Full Mount and really dominated and got in a lot of damage. Credeur 10 Riddle 9. Good round, Riddle did a good job but his inexperience really showed as he was in position on the ground several times to inflict damage or go for a submission and failed to do any damage when he had the advantage on the mat.
R2- Riddle gets a takedown early but it’s reversed and Tim has Chipper against the cage. Tim is getting in a couple of shots. Riddle gets him with an up kick and the ref gives him a warning. Tim with elbows. Tim is delivering some good shots. Chipper gets up and comes out swinging and throwing knees. Chipper showing a lot of heart and takes down Tim. Chipper might be busted open. Chipper is in good position and is doing some damage but not a lot. Tim rolls over and is back on top. Chipper’s nose is definitely busted open. Tim still on top and is going for arm bar. Chipper taps. Real good fight.
Winner: Tim Credeur by Submission (arm bar) R2
“If he’d have listened to me he’d be five grand poorer”- Forrest Griffin
Forrest was calling for Tim not to go for the arm bar near the end of the fight because he felt Tim needed to stay on top but Tim went for the arm bar and nailed it. Tim said he wasn’t here to play it safe and ultimately it looked like Forrest agreed with him since he was successful in getting the tap.
Rampage gives Chipper a talking to post match. Says he made a huge mistake by taking a wrestler down when he was hurt and winded. Rampage was not happy with the loss. Especially since he was calling for Chipper to get the guy back to his feet near the end.
In his fight I think Tim Credeur looked good but didn’t look like a dominant #1 fighter of this group so he currently stays at #1 due to his win but if someone else can get an impressive victory they will definitely take his top spot from him.
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first four shows:
1. Tim Credeur
2. CB Dollaway
3. Dante Rivera
4. Nick Klein
5. Luke Zachrich
6. Gerald Harris
7. Matt Brown
8. Daniel Cramer
9. Jesse Taylor
10. Amir Sadollah
11. Jeremy May
12. Brandon Sene
13. Cale Yarbrough
14. Patrick Schultz
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest
Preliminary rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first three shows:
1. Tim Credeur
2. CB Dollaway
3. Dante Rivera
4. Nick Klein
5. Matthew Riddle
6. Luke Zachrich
7. Gerald Harris
8. Matt Brown
9. Daniel Cramer
10. Jesse Taylor
11. Amir Sadollah
12. Jeremy May
13. Brandon Sene
14. Cale Yarbrough
15. Patrick Schultz
Matthew Riddle and Dante Rivera are going after each other verbally. Both guys seem to be doing it seriously but in a kind of kidding type of way. They could be setting the stage here for something down the line.
“Forrest looks stupid. But he ain’t as stupid as he looks”- Rampage Jackson
Team Rampage thinks that Forrest will pick Patrick Schultz to fight since he lost in the first round (and was brought back due to injury). So Team Rampage is discussing some preliminary strategy if Schultz was to fight someone like Dante Rivera.
They discuss Jesse Taylor’s body fungus and spray him with tenactin. Matthew Riddle is talking about wanting to fight. Riddle is still talking about Dante. Fight Announcement is made and they choose Tim Credeur versus Matthew Riddle. This should be a good one as I have Tim ranked #1 and Riddle ranked #5 based on their fights in the preliminary round. Riddle is glad that he’s fighting; he seems ready to go although he looks like a kid. Tim Credeur says he wants to fight guys that will make him better. Credeur thinks he has more experience and that Riddle is riding high on his knockout from the preliminary round. Dante and Matthew are still verbally sparring throughout the show. Credeur seems more business like in his approach says that he is here to prove that he belongs in the UFC and that he’s been working on it for a long time. Credeur says this show is “Do or Die” for him. Rampage has given Matthew the nickname of “Chipper.”
Tim Credeur (10-2) vs. Matthew Riddle (1-0)
R1- Credeur has a ton of experience here compared to Chipper and is 8 years older. Riddle takes him down and gets his back early, he’s not in a dominant position but he does have control. Tim with come kicks. Riddle misses a take down but then defends well and takes down Tim. Back to their feet and they mix it up. Tim gets control and slams down Chipper in the corner. Tim is working to get a submission but Chipper slips out and gets his back. They are going back and forth and Chipper gets in a couple of good shots. Tim flips it over and has full mount. Tim with punches and is getting him good. This is going to win him the round. Chipper flips over and Tim takes his back and the round is over. Chipper had this round until the last minute with Tim took Full Mount and really dominated and got in a lot of damage. Credeur 10 Riddle 9. Good round, Riddle did a good job but his inexperience really showed as he was in position on the ground several times to inflict damage or go for a submission and failed to do any damage when he had the advantage on the mat.
R2- Riddle gets a takedown early but it’s reversed and Tim has Chipper against the cage. Tim is getting in a couple of shots. Riddle gets him with an up kick and the ref gives him a warning. Tim with elbows. Tim is delivering some good shots. Chipper gets up and comes out swinging and throwing knees. Chipper showing a lot of heart and takes down Tim. Chipper might be busted open. Chipper is in good position and is doing some damage but not a lot. Tim rolls over and is back on top. Chipper’s nose is definitely busted open. Tim still on top and is going for arm bar. Chipper taps. Real good fight.
Winner: Tim Credeur by Submission (arm bar) R2
“If he’d have listened to me he’d be five grand poorer”- Forrest Griffin
Forrest was calling for Tim not to go for the arm bar near the end of the fight because he felt Tim needed to stay on top but Tim went for the arm bar and nailed it. Tim said he wasn’t here to play it safe and ultimately it looked like Forrest agreed with him since he was successful in getting the tap.
Rampage gives Chipper a talking to post match. Says he made a huge mistake by taking a wrestler down when he was hurt and winded. Rampage was not happy with the loss. Especially since he was calling for Chipper to get the guy back to his feet near the end.
In his fight I think Tim Credeur looked good but didn’t look like a dominant #1 fighter of this group so he currently stays at #1 due to his win but if someone else can get an impressive victory they will definitely take his top spot from him.
Rankings so far based on what has been shown in the first four shows:
1. Tim Credeur
2. CB Dollaway
3. Dante Rivera
4. Nick Klein
5. Luke Zachrich
6. Gerald Harris
7. Matt Brown
8. Daniel Cramer
9. Jesse Taylor
10. Amir Sadollah
11. Jeremy May
12. Brandon Sene
13. Cale Yarbrough
14. Patrick Schultz
Eliminated:
First Elimination: Paul Bradley (sent home, was ranked #15)
Second Elimination: Mike Dolce (lost to Jesse Taylor, was ranked #11)
Third Elimination: Matthew Riddle (lost to Tim Credeur, was ranked #5)
UFC Wired 5/3 Re-Cap
UFC Wired 5/3 Re-Cap
Lightweight Fight- Roger Huerta (18-1) vs. Leonard Garcia (13-1)- UFC 69- 4/7/07
I’ve seen this fight before and it’s a good one.
R1- Some good combos by both guys as they go after each other early and some wild swinging. Really action packed first minute. Huerta gets an advantage on the ground and gets his back and then the full mount but Garcia somehow comes back and is swinging hard. Garcia gets a guillotine but Huerta slams him real hard to the mat with Garcia still hanging onto the guillotine. Huerta gets out and is hitting with some good shots. Garcia taking a lot of punches and finally counters by going for a kimura and then they stand up and both guys are just swinging at each other until they go to the match. Huerta again getting a lot of punches in but Garcia is coming back with a couple of shots trying to defend himself. Garcia flips it over to end the round. Great first round, definitely goes to Huerta but Garcia showed a lot of heart and hung in the fight and came back despite taking a lot of punishment.
R2- They got toe to toe to start the round and lots of swinging. Huerta gets a take down and hits some nice elbows. Back to their feet and Garcia hits a knee. Good action on the feet as both guys are really swinging at each other. Huerta hits a nice knee and Huerta getting some combos in with Garcia hitting a couple of shots here and there as well. Garcia is getting hurt bad but he’s taking the punches. Garcia looks to be tiring and Huerta takes him down and is in the mount. They get to their feet again and they are again swinging wildly. Huerta with another takedown. Another really good round that goes to Huerta as he is controlling the fight. Garcia is taking a ton of punishment and is gassed but continues to come back for more.
R3- Garcia went for the take down early but missed it and they really go after each other again. Lots of swings and Huerta eventually takes Garcia down. Huerta is controlling on the mat in this round. Garcia reversed for a while but Huerta got his position back and really delivered some strikes to Garcia. Garcia really on the brink of having the match ended. Huerta runs out of steam a little bit as Garcia just takes a ton of punishment and rides this one out.
Really great fight and a fight that in my opinion puts both guys over, Huerta in victory and Garcia in defeat. This is one that you should definitely watch if you haven’t seen it.
Winner: Roger Huerta via Decision (Unanimous)
Welterweight Fight- Karo Parisyan (24-4) vs. Josh Burkman (19-3)- UFC 71- 5/26/07
R1- They come right at each other and are swinging for the fences. Great first minute of action. Burkman gets a take down half way through the round after some even stand up. Burkman gets in a nice shot but Karo gets back to his feet. Karo with a big throw after a combo. Back to their feet. Burkman goes for a take down but Karo counters with an attempted kimura and they battle as the round ends. Really close round, if I had to pick a winner it would be Karo. Really competitive and action packed first round.
R2- A little more of a feeling out process to start this round. They aren’t swinging as wildly in this round but they are still exchanging really well. Burkman landed a nice shot that hurt Karo but didn’t knock him down. Karo landed a great shot himself about 20 seconds later. Good back and forth in this round. Karo got another nice shot in on a combo. Karo seems to be taking control of this round and hits Burkman with a combo on the cage and then another shot. Burkman seems to be losing his cardio. Karo with another good combo. Karo really getting the better of Burkman in the last 2 minutes of this round. This round definitely goes to Karo.
R3- They show Burkman in the corner with his corner encouraging him to finish the fight. Burkman comes out firing. Karo getting in some nice counter punches. Burkman rushes him against the cage and gets a slam. Karo gets out after a minute or so and then gets a sweep and is going for a kimura. They are back to their feet and Karo seems to be regaining the advantage as Burkman has expelled a lot of energy in this round. Really close round as they end the round but with Karo winning the first two rounds this fight is going to him.
Winner: Karo Parisyan via Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Roger Huerta (18-1) vs. Leonard Garcia (13-1)- UFC 69- 4/7/07
I’ve seen this fight before and it’s a good one.
R1- Some good combos by both guys as they go after each other early and some wild swinging. Really action packed first minute. Huerta gets an advantage on the ground and gets his back and then the full mount but Garcia somehow comes back and is swinging hard. Garcia gets a guillotine but Huerta slams him real hard to the mat with Garcia still hanging onto the guillotine. Huerta gets out and is hitting with some good shots. Garcia taking a lot of punches and finally counters by going for a kimura and then they stand up and both guys are just swinging at each other until they go to the match. Huerta again getting a lot of punches in but Garcia is coming back with a couple of shots trying to defend himself. Garcia flips it over to end the round. Great first round, definitely goes to Huerta but Garcia showed a lot of heart and hung in the fight and came back despite taking a lot of punishment.
R2- They got toe to toe to start the round and lots of swinging. Huerta gets a take down and hits some nice elbows. Back to their feet and Garcia hits a knee. Good action on the feet as both guys are really swinging at each other. Huerta hits a nice knee and Huerta getting some combos in with Garcia hitting a couple of shots here and there as well. Garcia is getting hurt bad but he’s taking the punches. Garcia looks to be tiring and Huerta takes him down and is in the mount. They get to their feet again and they are again swinging wildly. Huerta with another takedown. Another really good round that goes to Huerta as he is controlling the fight. Garcia is taking a ton of punishment and is gassed but continues to come back for more.
R3- Garcia went for the take down early but missed it and they really go after each other again. Lots of swings and Huerta eventually takes Garcia down. Huerta is controlling on the mat in this round. Garcia reversed for a while but Huerta got his position back and really delivered some strikes to Garcia. Garcia really on the brink of having the match ended. Huerta runs out of steam a little bit as Garcia just takes a ton of punishment and rides this one out.
Really great fight and a fight that in my opinion puts both guys over, Huerta in victory and Garcia in defeat. This is one that you should definitely watch if you haven’t seen it.
Winner: Roger Huerta via Decision (Unanimous)
Welterweight Fight- Karo Parisyan (24-4) vs. Josh Burkman (19-3)- UFC 71- 5/26/07
R1- They come right at each other and are swinging for the fences. Great first minute of action. Burkman gets a take down half way through the round after some even stand up. Burkman gets in a nice shot but Karo gets back to his feet. Karo with a big throw after a combo. Back to their feet. Burkman goes for a take down but Karo counters with an attempted kimura and they battle as the round ends. Really close round, if I had to pick a winner it would be Karo. Really competitive and action packed first round.
R2- A little more of a feeling out process to start this round. They aren’t swinging as wildly in this round but they are still exchanging really well. Burkman landed a nice shot that hurt Karo but didn’t knock him down. Karo landed a great shot himself about 20 seconds later. Good back and forth in this round. Karo got another nice shot in on a combo. Karo seems to be taking control of this round and hits Burkman with a combo on the cage and then another shot. Burkman seems to be losing his cardio. Karo with another good combo. Karo really getting the better of Burkman in the last 2 minutes of this round. This round definitely goes to Karo.
R3- They show Burkman in the corner with his corner encouraging him to finish the fight. Burkman comes out firing. Karo getting in some nice counter punches. Burkman rushes him against the cage and gets a slam. Karo gets out after a minute or so and then gets a sweep and is going for a kimura. They are back to their feet and Karo seems to be regaining the advantage as Burkman has expelled a lot of energy in this round. Really close round as they end the round but with Karo winning the first two rounds this fight is going to him.
Winner: Karo Parisyan via Decision (Unanimous)
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Heavyweight Fight- Mirko Cro Cop (22-5-2) vs. Cheick Kongo (20-3-1)- UFC 75- 9/8/07
R1- Cro Cop is coming off of a knockout at the hands of Gonzaga and Kongo is coming off of a win. Cro Cop got a pretty good ovation at introduction. Mirko is kind of stalking him early- continually moving forward- and got in a couple of punches. Kongo slipped and Mirko jumped all over him but didn’t get any damage as they clinched against the cage. Mirko takes him down and is in control as he slides him up against the cage. Mirko gets full mount with about 50 seconds left in the round. Kongo is doing a pretty good job defending and actually reverses the position at the end of the round. R1 goes to Mirko as he controlled the cage and got more damage. Not a dominate performance but a good first round from him. Still anybody’s fight.
R2- Kongo is the aggressor in Round 2 as he’s throwing jabs and kicks. Kongo gets a take down on Mirko. Kongo controlling the round but not inflicting too much damage. Kongo with some nice knees while in the clinch. This round was all Kongo as he controlled from start to finish.
R3- This round will decide the fight. Kongo gets some nice strikes in right off the bat. Kongo with some knees and there is a low blow by Kongo and we have a break. Kongo with more kicks and jabs. Mirko trying to come back with a couple of kicks but Kongo is the aggressor again in this round. One minute left and Kongo with some knees and a nice kick and ties up Mirko on the cage. Kongo controlled this round and I’ve got him with a 29-28 win on my scorecard. Judges scorecards are all 29-28 in favor of Kongo
Rogan puts over that Kongo broke one of Cro Cop’s ribs in the first round.
Winner: Cheick Kongo via Decision (unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Keith Jardine (12-3-1) vs. Houston Alexander (6-1)- UFC 71- 5/26/07
This is Alexander’s UFC debut and they put Jardine over as being heavily favored coming off of his win against Forrest Griffin.
R1- Jardine starts off with some shots and gets Alexander down. He charges but Alexander catches him and just swarms on him laying down a ton of punches and a knee and more punches and Jardine just crumbles. Alexander takes time to scream at him after he’s knocked out. Just a wild one minute fight. Alexander landed a ton of brutal shots.
Winner: Houston Alexander by KO R1 0:41
Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin
This was on the UFC Unleashed 4/16 show.
Middleweight Title Match: Anderson Silva © vs. Rich Franklin
R1- This is the re-match and it’s in Franklin’s hometown of Cincinnati. Long feeling out process to start. Franklin trying to exchange. Anderson going for the clinch. Doesn’t get it but has Franklin against the cage. Anderson with some knees. Franklin gets the takedown and is in Anderson’s guard but Anderson is real active and they are standing up again with Franklin holding one of Anderson’s legs. Franklin has him up against the cage now. Anderson with some knees. They separate. Anderson with a spinning back kick. They are exchanging on their feet now. Anderson with a nice kick and some punches and knees. Anderson is taking it to him now. Franklin looking at the clock and trying to survive. Franklin with a couple knees. Anderson responds with a knee. Franklin is cut. Franklin with an attempted combo and Anderson dances around it. Anderson with a huge knee and some nice punches and Franklin gets destroyed with a punch at the end of the round and needs help getting back to his corner. Round to Silva- period.
R2- Franklin with some jabs, Anderson goes for the Muy Thai Clinch but misses. Anderson destroys Franklin with a knee and is now pelting him with kicks, knees and punches and it’s over.
Anderson Silva is just so impressive. He waits for his spot and when he attacks he’s so overwhelming. He’s got to be the best fighter in the world right now.
Winner: Anderson Silva by TKO R2 1:07
Heavyweight Fight- Mirko Cro Cop (22-5-2) vs. Cheick Kongo (20-3-1)- UFC 75- 9/8/07
R1- Cro Cop is coming off of a knockout at the hands of Gonzaga and Kongo is coming off of a win. Cro Cop got a pretty good ovation at introduction. Mirko is kind of stalking him early- continually moving forward- and got in a couple of punches. Kongo slipped and Mirko jumped all over him but didn’t get any damage as they clinched against the cage. Mirko takes him down and is in control as he slides him up against the cage. Mirko gets full mount with about 50 seconds left in the round. Kongo is doing a pretty good job defending and actually reverses the position at the end of the round. R1 goes to Mirko as he controlled the cage and got more damage. Not a dominate performance but a good first round from him. Still anybody’s fight.
R2- Kongo is the aggressor in Round 2 as he’s throwing jabs and kicks. Kongo gets a take down on Mirko. Kongo controlling the round but not inflicting too much damage. Kongo with some nice knees while in the clinch. This round was all Kongo as he controlled from start to finish.
R3- This round will decide the fight. Kongo gets some nice strikes in right off the bat. Kongo with some knees and there is a low blow by Kongo and we have a break. Kongo with more kicks and jabs. Mirko trying to come back with a couple of kicks but Kongo is the aggressor again in this round. One minute left and Kongo with some knees and a nice kick and ties up Mirko on the cage. Kongo controlled this round and I’ve got him with a 29-28 win on my scorecard. Judges scorecards are all 29-28 in favor of Kongo
Rogan puts over that Kongo broke one of Cro Cop’s ribs in the first round.
Winner: Cheick Kongo via Decision (unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Keith Jardine (12-3-1) vs. Houston Alexander (6-1)- UFC 71- 5/26/07
This is Alexander’s UFC debut and they put Jardine over as being heavily favored coming off of his win against Forrest Griffin.
R1- Jardine starts off with some shots and gets Alexander down. He charges but Alexander catches him and just swarms on him laying down a ton of punches and a knee and more punches and Jardine just crumbles. Alexander takes time to scream at him after he’s knocked out. Just a wild one minute fight. Alexander landed a ton of brutal shots.
Winner: Houston Alexander by KO R1 0:41
Anderson Silva vs. Rich Franklin
This was on the UFC Unleashed 4/16 show.
Middleweight Title Match: Anderson Silva © vs. Rich Franklin
R1- This is the re-match and it’s in Franklin’s hometown of Cincinnati. Long feeling out process to start. Franklin trying to exchange. Anderson going for the clinch. Doesn’t get it but has Franklin against the cage. Anderson with some knees. Franklin gets the takedown and is in Anderson’s guard but Anderson is real active and they are standing up again with Franklin holding one of Anderson’s legs. Franklin has him up against the cage now. Anderson with some knees. They separate. Anderson with a spinning back kick. They are exchanging on their feet now. Anderson with a nice kick and some punches and knees. Anderson is taking it to him now. Franklin looking at the clock and trying to survive. Franklin with a couple knees. Anderson responds with a knee. Franklin is cut. Franklin with an attempted combo and Anderson dances around it. Anderson with a huge knee and some nice punches and Franklin gets destroyed with a punch at the end of the round and needs help getting back to his corner. Round to Silva- period.
R2- Franklin with some jabs, Anderson goes for the Muy Thai Clinch but misses. Anderson destroys Franklin with a knee and is now pelting him with kicks, knees and punches and it’s over.
Anderson Silva is just so impressive. He waits for his spot and when he attacks he’s so overwhelming. He’s got to be the best fighter in the world right now.
Winner: Anderson Silva by TKO R2 1:07
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