UFC Wired 6/8 Re-Cap

UFC Wired 6/8 Re-Cap

Lightweight Fight- Joe Stevenson (30-7) vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (17-4-2)- UFC 65- 11/18/06

I’ve liked Mishima ever since I saw him wrestle for U-Style in Japan. He’s got good charisma and some really funky mat work. That being said, the only MMA fight I’ve seen him in he pretty much got destroyed and I’m expecting Stevenson to take him out in this fight.

R1- Mishima gets a take down early but Stevenson wraps him up nicely in a guillotine. Mishima slams him down but can’t slip out. Finally he gets out. Stevenson is working a good active guard and Mishima keeps trying to get into a better position. Stevenson finally taps Mishima with the guillotine. Interesting fight as Stevenson was on the bottom for the whole fight but was in a dominant position for a majority of it.

Winner: Joe Stevenson by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 2:07

Lightweight Fight- Tyson Griffin (7-0) vs. David Lee (5-1)- UFC 63- 9/23/06

R1- Lee went for a jumping knee early and Tyson quickly took his back. It takes a minute but Tyson gets him in a Rear Naked Choke and taps him out.

Winner: Tyson Griffin by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 1:50

This is squash night on UFC Wired.

Catchweight Fight- Matt Hughes (40-4) vs. Royce Gracie (11-0)- UFC 60- 5/27/06

They are fighting at 175 lbs. Gracie has a 6” reach advantage. Gracie won the UFC 1, 2 and 4 tournaments. Hughes was the UFC Welterweight Champion at the time of this fight. Gracie gets a big ovation, Hughes not so much.

R1- Long feeling out process. Hughes gets a take down about a minute and a half into the fight. Royce gives up his back briefly to get to half guard but Hughes then grabs a kimura type move. Hughes really worked over the arm but Royce didn’t tap. Hughes gets Royce’s back and stretches him out. Hughes is hitting some punches in and the ref stops the fight.

Winner: Matt Hughes by TKO (strikes) R1 4:39

Light Heavyweight Championship Fight- Chuck Liddell © (19-3) vs. Tito Ortiz (16-4)- UFC 66- 12/30/06

R1- Good opening round with Chuck drawing first blood on Tito and then taking over the round and becoming more aggressive. Tito goes down and Liddell is just destroying him in the corner and Tito now has a big cut. Round One goes to Liddell as he came on strong towards the end of the round and almost ended Tito at one point.

R2- Even round with Tito getting Chuck’s back with about a minute left and taking him down but Liddell quickly got back up. Close Round.

R3- Tito went for a take down but ate a couple of punches for his trouble. Tito countered with a punch. Liddell hits some body shots. Chuck hits Tito with a barrage of punches towards the end of the round and gets him down and starts throwing punches and hammer punches on Tito and the ref stops the fight. Good fight, nice showing from Liddell.

Winner and still champion: Chuck Liddell by TKO (strikes) R3 3:59