Saturday, June 28, 2008

UFC Wired 6/21 Re-Cap

UFC Wired 6/21 Re-Cap

Middleweight Fight- Scott Smith (11-2) vs. Pete Sell (7-2) Ultimate Fighter Finale 4- 11/11/06

R1- About a minute in they start landing some nice shots on one another. Smith hit a couple of shots that looked to rock Sell but Sell clinch to avoid any more damage. This round is all stand up with both guys swinging for the fences. Sell has a cut under one of his eyes and Smith is doing some damage to his face. Smith knocks him down with about a minute left in the round. Really good opening round with both guys swinging for the fences and having some fun.

R2- Sell starts to come back in Round 2 as he is getting in some good shots but then gets caught with a nice punch. Sell catches Smith with a punch to the side and then goes in and gets knocked out by Scott Smith. Tremendous finish and knock out punch by Smith.

Winner: Scott Smith by KO R2

Welterweight Fight- Marcus Davis (17-4) vs. Paul Taylor (8-1)- UFC 75- 9/8/07

R1- This is a good back and forth fight and Taylor nails Davis with a kick and jumps on him and starts to nail him with Ground and Pound and was almost finished but somehow survived. Taylor hits some more big right hands up against the cage. Davis somehow comes back and with about a minute left in the round gets side control and then gets full mount and is nailing Taylor with Ground and Pound of his own. Taylor flips him over but gets caught in an arm bar and taps out. Good fight.

Winner: Marcus Davis by Submission (Arm Bar) R1

Middleweight Fight- Kendall Grove (8-3) vs. Chris Price (8-0)- UFC The Final Chapter- 10/10/06

R1- Kendall mounts up Price up against the cage with about a minute and a half left and gets some really good shots in on him. Kendall with lots of elbows and the ref stops the fight. Price had some nasty cuts on his eyebrows. The announcement is that the win was by tap out.

Winner: Kendall Grove by Submission (strikes) R1

Light Heavyweight Fight- Jason Lambert (22-6) vs. Renato Sobral (27-6)- UFC 68- 3/3/07

R1- Sobral opens up with some early strikes and takes Lambert down quickly. Sobral controls the fight on the ground. Sobral briefly had a Rear Naked Choke but Lambert got out of it. Lambert got back to his feet and got in some nice shots and took Sobral down and did some Ground and Pound to end the round.

R2- Sobral hits some early knees but Lambert gets a take down. Sobral gets back to his feet but gets take down again. The ref stands them up and almost immediately Lambert nails Sobral and just floors him and ends the fight.

Winner: Jason Lambert by KO R2

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