UFC 87: Seek and Destroy
Middleweight Fight- Jason MacDonald (21-9) vs. Demian Maia (8-0)
MacDonald has an 8" reach advantage.
R1- Maia pulls guard 30 seconds into the fight. Maia is going for a triangle early. Rogan says it's over. Maia also hitting him with elbows. MacDonald flips out and gets Maia's back. Incredible reversal and he had a Rear Naked Choke but lost it. MacDonald gets some shots in and then gets a guillotine and Maia flips him over and takes side control. Maia takes MacDonald's back with 45 seconds left. Maia is bleeding. Maia looks like he's got it in pretty good. And the first round ends. Great first round. A very thinking man's grappling match on the ground. Maia 10 MacDonald 9.
R2- They mix it up for a couple of seconds before they tie up. Maia goes for some knees and connects lightly to the body with some. Maia gets a take down. Maia is landing some nice punches on MacDonald and then some elbows. Maia with more elbows. Maia dominating this round so far. Maia is landing more punches. MacDonald has been busted open now, but not too badly. Maia goes for an arm bar as McDonald tried to escape. MacDonald gets out and takes Maia's guard with about 15 seconds left in the round. Maia just dominated this round. Maia 20 MacDonald 18. MacDonald needs a submission or a knockout to win.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is shown in the crowd between rounds.
R3- Maia gets a take down early and MacDonald reverses it. MacDonald controlled for about a minute and then Maia rolled him over and took full mount. Maia hitting some elbows. MacDonald gives up his back and Maia continues to punch him. Maia goes for a Rear Naked Choke and MacDonald taps out. Wanderlei Silva was in Maia's corner for the fight.
Pretty decent opening fight with a great first round. Maia looks like a good fighter based on this fight. It will be interesting to see him progress as he fights guys up the ladder.
"The only reason he escapes is cause the other guy is trying to kill him"- Joe Rogan
Winner: Demian Maia by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R3 2:44
Lightweight Fight- Roger Huerta (22-1-1) vs. Kenny Florian (11-3)
This should be fun. Florian has looked really good lately and Huerta is coming off of a big lay off. It will be interesting to see how much this hurts Huerta. Florian has a 4" reach advantage. Huerta is from Minneapolis so he gets a big reaction and Florian doesn't get much in the way of cheers.
R1- They trade some leg kicks early and then Florian gets a take down and mounts Huerta about a minute and a half into the fight. Huerta gives up his back with 3 minutes left in the round and gets out of the hold. Huerta catches Florian with a good combo then they clinch with no one with a distinct advantage. Close first round. Not nearly as much action as I thought that there would be. I've got to give the round to Florian based on getting the only take down, mounting Huerta and then taking his back although he didn't really do much damage in the sequence. Florian 10 Huerta 9.
R2- Pretty even action early in the round. Florian went for a take down, got stuffed but stayed with it and got Huerta down and quickly took his back but Huerta got out again. Florian got a leg sweep on Huerta and then got in a couple of good shots. They mix it up at the end of the round and seems like they are starting to get going. I've got Florian taking this round as well. Both rounds are fairly close but Florian looks like he's starting to pull away as Huerta looks real rusty to me. He keeps trying to use the Superman punch. Looks to me like Florian has a much better game plan. Florian 20 Huerta 18.
R3- Lots of action early in this round. Florian hit a front kick to start the round off then got a take down but couldn't hold it, hit a knee and then hit a flying knee on Huerta. Huerta looked pissed but got taken down by Florian. Huerta got back to his feet again. Three minutes left and both guys are standing up and punching now. Florian hit another front kick. Florian kind of running away from Huerta a little here towards the end with a minute and a half left in the fight- maybe knowing that he's got this one in the bag if it goes to a decision. Huerta lands a right hand and keeps moving forward. Florian keeps backing up fighting this round to win by decision. Florian hits a knee and Huerta comes at him and Florian backs off. Huerta slips on a kick and then Florian takes him down as Huerta looks like he hurt himself. Florian much more aggressive right at the end of the round. I've got this round going to Huerta just based on Florian backing away for about 4 minutes of the round. I've got it scored 29-28 Florian, not a convincing victory due to the lack of effort to get a finish and a little disappointing fight based on what I was expected.
All three judges score the fight 30-27 in favor of Florian.
Winner: Kenny Florian by Decision (Unanimous)
BJ Penn is in attendance tonight.
Lightweight Fight- Manvel Gamburyan (10-3) vs.Rob Emerson (9-6)
R1- Both guys swinging big early and Rob Emerson hits Manvel hard and he goes down and then he eats some more punches and this one is over.
Winner: Rob Emerson by KO R1 0:12
Laura Prepon from That 70s Show is at the fights again tonight.
Heavyweight Fight- Cheick Kongo (21-4-1) vs. Dan Evensen (10-2)
R1- Kongo got a take down against the cage about a minute into the fight but doesn't do anything. Evensen has a standing guillotine against the cage but Kongo pops out pretty easily. Kongo gets another take down about 4 minutes into the round and this time gets some shots in on Evensen but then gave up his advantage. Kongo hits some kicks and then sticks Evensen with a punch that floors him and then jumps on him for some Ground & Pound and the ref steps in with about five seconds left in the fight. Great finishing flurry by Kongo. He controlled the fight although wasn't doing much damage until that end flurry.
Winner: Cheick Kongo by TKO (strikes) R1 4:55
Heavyweight Fight- Heath Herring (28-13) vs. Brock Lesnar (1-1)
Brock gets a huge pop. Herring is the heel. This should be fun.
R1- Lesnar misses a big knee to start out and then sticks Herring with a big straight right hand punch that knocks him down. Lesnar runs in but Herring gets to his feet. Brock has him in a guillotine against the cage. Herring is bleeding. Heath gets out but Brock gets a take down. Brock nails Heath with a punch but then stands up and then gets back down on Heath. Lesnar with a couple of punches in as Heath is ducking into the canvas and trying to slide out. Brock with a big knee to the side. Brock just kind of riding Heath at this point and not letting him up and hitting some strikes. Lesnar with punches to Herrings back or side. Lesnar just dominated Heath in the first round. Lesnar ends the round with knees to the side. I don't remember Herring even getting in one offensive move in this round so it's got to be a 10-8 round. Herring just did nothing offensively. That being said, Herring is very experienced so he could still easily pull out this fight but Lesnar looked awesome in the first round.
They show Jessie Ventura in between rounds and it looks like he's sitting next to BJ Penn!
R2- Lesnar goes for an immediate take down but Herring denies him. Lesnar with a leg kick. They clinch and Lesnar just muscled him down. Herring again kind of ducks his head into the canvas and gives Brock his back. Lesnar moves into side control. Lesnar hits a couple of punches and Herring again goes into the turtle trying to survive. Brock mounts and Herring gives up his back and then goes back into the turtle before Brock can do anything. Lesnar with some knees to the side of Heath. Herring looks exhausted. Brock moves to side control but Heath again moves to the turtle. Heath works his way back to his feet. Lesnar with a knee while in the clinch and then another and you can just see Herring hurt when he hits those. Herring with a couple of knees.Herring missed a couple of punches and then got taken down again. Almost another 10-8 round but I'll go 10-9. Lesnar just dominating 20-17 on my score card. Herring needs to finish this fight in order to win. Herring looks rough in the corner.
R3- Lesnar lands a kick to the side. Herring rushes him against the cage and they clinch. Lesnar with a knee and another. Herring comes back with a couple of small knees and then gets muscled down by Brock. Lesnar hits some knees to the body. Herring trying to go for an arm lock but Lesnar denies him and gets full mount. Herring rolls over and turtles up again. Lesnar with a big knee. Herring gets back to his feet gets in a couple of shots and gets taken down again. Lesnar getting some shots in to the side. Lesnar mounts with about 10 seconds left and gets some punches in. Lesnar looked great in this fight. He acted like a jackass after he won but he still looked great. I've got this an easy Lesnar 30-26 win. If Lesnar could work on his ground game he's going to be a real problem for the fighters he's up against. Herring looked messed up badly after this fight.
Judges score cards are all 30-26 in favor of Lesnar.
Winner: Brock Lesnar by Decision (Unanimous)
Welterweight Title Fight- Georges St. Pierre (c) (16-2) vs. Jon Fitch (21-2)
R1- GSP gets an immediate take down about 5 seconds into the fight. Fitch got to his feet after two minutes but got taken down again. Fitch back to his feet and GSP just nailed him with a punch and Ftich went down. GSP is all over Fitch and is reigning down punches on him in his guard. GSP with big elbows. Fitch back to his feet and he gets rocked again by GSP. GSP just totally dominating Fitch. GSP with some big time elbows and Fitch is busted open. GSP passes Fitch's guard and gets side control. GSP mounts with 10 seconds left but doesn't get anything before the round ends. GSP just totally ate up Fitch in this round. A borderline 10-8 round.
R2- Fitch trying to stay in this fight as he gets a couple of body shots but GSP comes back with a good combo. GSP hit him with a good solid jab. Fitch gets in some shots with about a minute and a half left in the round. GSP gets a take down stuffed. Good come back round for Fitch as GSP changed up his game plan and let Fitch back into the fight. This round could have gone either way.
R3- GSP rocks Fitch about 15 seconds into the round with a solid punch and then takes Fitch's back. Fitch rolls him over and is in GSP's guard. Fitch eventually turns him back over and takes Fitch's guard. They stand up. GSP with a big right and then a big knee, a head kick and another knee. GSP with another shot and he's measuring Fitch and this point and then picks him up and slams him to the ground as the round is ending. GSP clearly took this round.
R4- Pretty even stand up for the first minute or two of this round. Fitch had a take down stuffed. Fitch went for another take down but GSP stood up and rode him to the cage. GSP got a take down at the end of the round. Overall, an uneventful round that goes to GSP. Both guys have cuts but neither are bad. Fitch needs a knockout or submission to win.
R5- GSP hit a nice spinning back fist about a minute into the round and then took Fitch down.GSP lands some solid shots on Fitch while in his guard. GSP controls this round. GSP took every round except maybe Round 2 and was never in danger in this fight. Good win for GSP. Fitch got dominated in Round 1 and then showed a lot of heart and came back and fought a closer fight but again never really put GSP in a position of danger.
Scorecards are 50-43, 50-44 and 50-44 for GSP
Winner: Georges St. Pierre by Decision (Unanimous)
BJ Penn comes into the ring post match as they tease the fight.
Overall, a little bit disappointing of a show as the Big 3 fights that I came in really wanted to see where all lopsided victories (Brock, GSP and KFlo).
Sunday, August 17, 2008
ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 8/15/08 Re-Cap
ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 8/15/08
Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros are the announcers.
They show highlights of the Suganuma/Hamman fight from 4 months ago when they fought and Suganuma quickly finished Hamman with a big knee and then the ref quickly stopped the fight. They will have a re-match tonight as Hamman is disputing the stoppage.
Catchweight Fight (190 lbs)- Keith Berry (7-2) vs. Ray Lizama (5-5)
Berry is the reigning King of the Cage Middleweight Champion. Berry is training at Extreme Couture. Lizama took this fight on short notice. Lizama has a win over Fabio Nagao (who recently lost to Matt Lindland by Decision at the Affliction Banned show).
R1- Lizama lands a nice punch that staggered Berry about a minute into the fight. About 3 and a half minutes in Berry lands a shot and Lizama goes down and Berry wastes no time and takes Lizama’s back and goes for a choke. He then releases the choke and hits some Ground and Pound. Lizama knocks Berry’s mouthpiece out and both guys are really swinging at each other. Really good first round with both guys really throwing some wild shots. I’ve got Berry winning the round based on the knock down and submission attempt. Berry 10-9.
R2- Lots of action early with Berry pushing the pace and hitting a nice shot that buckled Lizama against the cage. Lizama recovers and comes back and lands some really nice punches and Berry looks like he’s in trouble. Lizama just unloading on Berry, but Berry is staying on his feet. Berry is bloody but starts fighting back. Very Chris Leben type performance in that Berry really seems to bring it after he’s been rocked. Lizama again comes back with a body punch and again is unloading on Berry and Berry is finally beginning to sink and drops down to the canvas and the ref calls the fight.
Great opening fight.
Winner: Ray Lizama by TKO (strikes) R2 2:15
Women’s Fight (130 lbs)- Debi Purcell (4-1) vs. Rosi Sexton (8-1)
Purcell has a 4.5” reach advantage. Purcell is the first woman to compete and win in King of the Cage. Sexton has 5 submission victories out of her 8 wins. Rosi looks tiny.
R1- The first round was pretty much spent in a clinch with Rosi trying to take down Debi. Really close round but would have to give it to Rosi since she was the one that was causing the clinches and trying to get the take downs where as Debi was mostly on defense.
R2- Purcell starts with some kicks trying to keep Sexton off of her so she can strike but Rosi gets a take down and takes Debi’s guard. Rosi hitting some Ground and Pound. Purcell kicks her off and gets back to her feet. Purcell gets a take down with about 30 seconds left. Another close round, gotta give this one to Rosi as well as she did more damage on her take down. I’ve got it Rosi 20-18 right now.
R3- Purcell hit a spinning back fist. Lots of clinching. Sexton reverses a Purcell take down for one of her own then basically does a handspring trying to get better position. Purcell spends the last minute or so on her back..
I’ve got Sexton 30-27 in three very close rounds. Entertaining Fight.
The judges score the fight a split decision. 30-27 for Sexton, 29-28 Purcell and 30-27 for Sexton. Kind of crazy how two judges can have it 30-27 for one fight and the other judge 29-28 for the other fighter.
Winner: Rosi Sexton by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Cyrille Diabate (14-6-1) vs. Jaime Fletcher (9-3)
This is Cyrille’s first fight in the US. Cyrille has a huge height advantage of 7” and a huge reach advantage of 9”.
R1- Fletcher starting with leg kicks. Lots of clinching against the cage. Diabate hits a flying knee after they separated. Diabate hits a nice right hand and Fletcher bails out Diabate starting to hit some kicks. Fletcher goes for a take down and gets one with 25 seconds left in the round but basically just uses it to rest. He tried to lock in an ankle lock right at the buzzer. I’ve got Diabate with a 10-9 round as he landed more effective and damaging strikes.
R2- Diabate hits some nice body kicks early in the round after a brief stoppage for a low blow. Fletcher gets another take down. This time he’s got 4 minutes in order to work with. Diabate goes for a kimura from the bottom but let’s go of it. Jamie goes for a guillotine but Diabate passes it and comes out with side control on Fletcher. Diabate with some short elbows. Fletcher rolls out of side control and acts like Heath Herring by turtling up. Diabate hitting some elbows. Fletcher escapes but Diabate takes him back down in side control. Diabate with elbows and now punches to the face. Fletcher gives up his back again and is turtling up. Diabate with elbows to the side. Fletcher stands up and his face is covered in blood. Diabate 20-18 so far.
R3- Diabate hitting some strikes in the early part of the round. Fletcher grabs a guillotine attempt and pulls guard but Fletcher cannot hold the move. Diabate with some elbows from the guard position. Fletcher turtles up and is dripping blood on to the canvas. Diabate won this round as well and takes this fight 30-27.
All three judges score the fight 30-27 in favor of Diabate.
Winner: Cyrille Diabate by Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Fabricio Camoes (10-4) vs. Sammy Morgan (19-10)
Morgan has fought for Strikeforce, King of the Cage, and was on Season 2 of the Ultimate Fighter UFC show. Camoes once fought Anderson Silva in Brazil and went 27 minutes before losing. Morgan has a 3” height advantage. 14 of Morgan’s 19 wins have come by submission. Camoes has won 5 straight fights. Diego Sanchez is in Camoes corner for the fight.
R1- Morgan hits some leg kicks and then some punches and Camoes shoots in the take down and gets it via slam and moves into full mount. Morgan gives up his back and Camoes goes for a choke and this one is over. Short and to the point for Camoes.
Camoes basically calls out KJ Noons in his post-fight interview.
Winner: Fabricio Camoes by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 0:47
Light Heavyweight Fight- Po’ai Suganuma (9-1) vs. Jared Hamman (10-1)
Their last fight lasted 15 seconds and they are fighting again due to a “controversial decision.” Po’ai trains with BJ Penn.
R1- Po’ai gets a quick take down via punch and takes side control. Hamman gets to his feet and then gets a take down of his own but then they stand up and he gets taken down again. Po’ai in Hamman’s guard. Hamman goes for an arm bar but is denied. Hamman gets back to his feet and gets in a couple of good punches and Po’ai goes to his knees and Hamman hits him with punches and Po’ai is out. Hamman gets the surprise victory.
Good fight.
Winner: Jared Hamman by TKO (punches) R1 2:34
Upcoming Elite XC shows:
September 26th: ShoXC Elite Challenger Series on Showtime
October 4th: CBS Saturday Night Fights
October 10th: ShoXC Elite Challenger Series on Showtime
Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros are the announcers.
They show highlights of the Suganuma/Hamman fight from 4 months ago when they fought and Suganuma quickly finished Hamman with a big knee and then the ref quickly stopped the fight. They will have a re-match tonight as Hamman is disputing the stoppage.
Catchweight Fight (190 lbs)- Keith Berry (7-2) vs. Ray Lizama (5-5)
Berry is the reigning King of the Cage Middleweight Champion. Berry is training at Extreme Couture. Lizama took this fight on short notice. Lizama has a win over Fabio Nagao (who recently lost to Matt Lindland by Decision at the Affliction Banned show).
R1- Lizama lands a nice punch that staggered Berry about a minute into the fight. About 3 and a half minutes in Berry lands a shot and Lizama goes down and Berry wastes no time and takes Lizama’s back and goes for a choke. He then releases the choke and hits some Ground and Pound. Lizama knocks Berry’s mouthpiece out and both guys are really swinging at each other. Really good first round with both guys really throwing some wild shots. I’ve got Berry winning the round based on the knock down and submission attempt. Berry 10-9.
R2- Lots of action early with Berry pushing the pace and hitting a nice shot that buckled Lizama against the cage. Lizama recovers and comes back and lands some really nice punches and Berry looks like he’s in trouble. Lizama just unloading on Berry, but Berry is staying on his feet. Berry is bloody but starts fighting back. Very Chris Leben type performance in that Berry really seems to bring it after he’s been rocked. Lizama again comes back with a body punch and again is unloading on Berry and Berry is finally beginning to sink and drops down to the canvas and the ref calls the fight.
Great opening fight.
Winner: Ray Lizama by TKO (strikes) R2 2:15
Women’s Fight (130 lbs)- Debi Purcell (4-1) vs. Rosi Sexton (8-1)
Purcell has a 4.5” reach advantage. Purcell is the first woman to compete and win in King of the Cage. Sexton has 5 submission victories out of her 8 wins. Rosi looks tiny.
R1- The first round was pretty much spent in a clinch with Rosi trying to take down Debi. Really close round but would have to give it to Rosi since she was the one that was causing the clinches and trying to get the take downs where as Debi was mostly on defense.
R2- Purcell starts with some kicks trying to keep Sexton off of her so she can strike but Rosi gets a take down and takes Debi’s guard. Rosi hitting some Ground and Pound. Purcell kicks her off and gets back to her feet. Purcell gets a take down with about 30 seconds left. Another close round, gotta give this one to Rosi as well as she did more damage on her take down. I’ve got it Rosi 20-18 right now.
R3- Purcell hit a spinning back fist. Lots of clinching. Sexton reverses a Purcell take down for one of her own then basically does a handspring trying to get better position. Purcell spends the last minute or so on her back..
I’ve got Sexton 30-27 in three very close rounds. Entertaining Fight.
The judges score the fight a split decision. 30-27 for Sexton, 29-28 Purcell and 30-27 for Sexton. Kind of crazy how two judges can have it 30-27 for one fight and the other judge 29-28 for the other fighter.
Winner: Rosi Sexton by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Cyrille Diabate (14-6-1) vs. Jaime Fletcher (9-3)
This is Cyrille’s first fight in the US. Cyrille has a huge height advantage of 7” and a huge reach advantage of 9”.
R1- Fletcher starting with leg kicks. Lots of clinching against the cage. Diabate hits a flying knee after they separated. Diabate hits a nice right hand and Fletcher bails out Diabate starting to hit some kicks. Fletcher goes for a take down and gets one with 25 seconds left in the round but basically just uses it to rest. He tried to lock in an ankle lock right at the buzzer. I’ve got Diabate with a 10-9 round as he landed more effective and damaging strikes.
R2- Diabate hits some nice body kicks early in the round after a brief stoppage for a low blow. Fletcher gets another take down. This time he’s got 4 minutes in order to work with. Diabate goes for a kimura from the bottom but let’s go of it. Jamie goes for a guillotine but Diabate passes it and comes out with side control on Fletcher. Diabate with some short elbows. Fletcher rolls out of side control and acts like Heath Herring by turtling up. Diabate hitting some elbows. Fletcher escapes but Diabate takes him back down in side control. Diabate with elbows and now punches to the face. Fletcher gives up his back again and is turtling up. Diabate with elbows to the side. Fletcher stands up and his face is covered in blood. Diabate 20-18 so far.
R3- Diabate hitting some strikes in the early part of the round. Fletcher grabs a guillotine attempt and pulls guard but Fletcher cannot hold the move. Diabate with some elbows from the guard position. Fletcher turtles up and is dripping blood on to the canvas. Diabate won this round as well and takes this fight 30-27.
All three judges score the fight 30-27 in favor of Diabate.
Winner: Cyrille Diabate by Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Fabricio Camoes (10-4) vs. Sammy Morgan (19-10)
Morgan has fought for Strikeforce, King of the Cage, and was on Season 2 of the Ultimate Fighter UFC show. Camoes once fought Anderson Silva in Brazil and went 27 minutes before losing. Morgan has a 3” height advantage. 14 of Morgan’s 19 wins have come by submission. Camoes has won 5 straight fights. Diego Sanchez is in Camoes corner for the fight.
R1- Morgan hits some leg kicks and then some punches and Camoes shoots in the take down and gets it via slam and moves into full mount. Morgan gives up his back and Camoes goes for a choke and this one is over. Short and to the point for Camoes.
Camoes basically calls out KJ Noons in his post-fight interview.
Winner: Fabricio Camoes by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 0:47
Light Heavyweight Fight- Po’ai Suganuma (9-1) vs. Jared Hamman (10-1)
Their last fight lasted 15 seconds and they are fighting again due to a “controversial decision.” Po’ai trains with BJ Penn.
R1- Po’ai gets a quick take down via punch and takes side control. Hamman gets to his feet and then gets a take down of his own but then they stand up and he gets taken down again. Po’ai in Hamman’s guard. Hamman goes for an arm bar but is denied. Hamman gets back to his feet and gets in a couple of good punches and Po’ai goes to his knees and Hamman hits him with punches and Po’ai is out. Hamman gets the surprise victory.
Good fight.
Winner: Jared Hamman by TKO (punches) R1 2:34
Upcoming Elite XC shows:
September 26th: ShoXC Elite Challenger Series on Showtime
October 4th: CBS Saturday Night Fights
October 10th: ShoXC Elite Challenger Series on Showtime
Saturday, August 02, 2008
UFC Unleashed 7/19 Re-Cap
UFC Unleashed 7/19 Re-Cap
This was a double shot of UFC Unleashed.
Lightweight Fight- Tyson Griffin (8-0) vs. Frankie Edgar (5-0)- UFC 67- 2/3/07
This was on the 7/13 episode of UFC Wired.
This is Edgar’s UFC debut. Both guys are undefeated coming into this fight.
R1- Edgar gets the first take down but Tyson gets a guillotine but Edgar gets out of it. Tyson picks him up and slams him and they sprawl. The stand up is pretty even in this round. Edgar gets another take down and is in Griffin’s guard. Edgar lands some good shots. Edgar 10-9 in a good first round.
R2- Griffin lands a really nice uppercut early in the round. Edgar gets a take down with about 2 minutes left after Griffin had been winning the round. Back on their feet and Griffin knocks Edgar down with a leg kick and then goes for another but Edgar takes him down. They sprawl and Tyson gets his back but Edgar transitions into a mount. This was a really close round. Edgar finished it really well and Griffin had trouble getting back to his corner and I think that and the take downs ultimately won the round for Edgar. I’ve got Edgar 20-18 in a really close fight so far.
R3- They are pretty even at the stand up at the beginning of the round. Edgar gets some knees and Griffin looks like he complains about a low blow but the ref tells him to fight on. Edgar starts to control the fight and has Griffin in the corner and is hitting him with punches. Edgar gets a take down. Edgar gets some more punches in as they stand up. Edgar gets another take down and is controlling this round. Edgar with more punches as they stand up and then gets another take down. Griffin reverses into a knee bar and Edgar looks like he’s going to hold on for the rest of the fight. Really good fight. Edgar really dominated this round with Griffin almost getting a submission at the end. Really good fight, I’ve got Edgar winning 30-27, but a really close 30-27.
Judges score the fight: 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28 in favor of Edgar.
Winner: Frankie Edgar by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Michael Bisping (12-0) vs. Eric Schafer (9-1-2)- UFC 66- 12/30/06
Looks like this is pre Bisping/Evans.
R1- First part of the fight is Bisping trying to strike and Schafer trying to take him down. Schafer got a good take down about a minute and a half into the round. Schafer went for Bisping's back and Bisping dropped him on his head but Schafer held on and remained at an advantage. They got back to their feet and Bisping hit a big kick and then grabbed a guillotine but lost it quickly. Bisping hit a couple of nice punches but Schafer got another take down. Bisping turns him over and hit some nice punches. Bisping is starting to lay into Schafer and the ref stops the fight.
Winner: Michael Bisping by TKO (strikes) 4:24
Welterweight Fight- Thiago Alves (13-2) vs. Spencer Fisher (15-1)- UFC Ultimate Fight Night 2- 10/3/05
This should be a good fight. It’s interesting seeing Fisher fight at Welterweight.
R1- Both guys throwing early and providing some exciting action. Fisher gets an early take down. Fisher got an ankle lock on Alves but Alves flips over and gets in half guard. Alves controls the round but Fisher does almost get a couple submissions. Alves hits an illegal knee right at the end of the round and Herb Dean takes a point away from him. Round would have gone to Alves 10-9, instead it’s 9-9.
R2- Alves gets a take down fairly quickly into the round. Alves hits some really nice elbows. Fisher got back to his feet and landed a couple of punches. Alves got another take down with one minute left in the round. Alves lands some good punches in full guard. Fisher gets a triangle with 30 seconds left and Alves taps.
Wow, what a surprising finish. I was expecting Alves to take this one but Fisher got the triangle out of nowhere and won the fight.
Winner: Spencer Fisher by Submission (Triangle)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Jason Lambert (22-6) vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (27-6)- UFC 68- 3/3/07
This was on the 6/21 UFC Wired show.
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 3:36
Light Heavyweight Fight- Keith Jardine (12-3-1) vs. Houston Alexander (6-1)- UFC 71- 5/26/07
This was on the UFC Wired 4/26 Show.
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
Heavyweight Fight- Brandon Vera (5-0) vs. Justin Eilers (9-4-1- UFC 57- 2/4/06
R1- They clinch for about a minute until the ref separates them. Vera starts to try some kicks and hits one and Eilers does what is almost a Flair flop and on the way down Vera hits him with a knee for the KO.
Winner: Brandon Vera KO (Knee Strike) R1 1:25
Heavyweight Fight- Brandon Vera (6-0) vs. Assuerio Silva (30-3)- UFC 60- 5/27/06
R1- Vera slipped and went down about 2 minutes into the fight but quickly got back to his feet. Vera got a guillotine, got slammed but held on and Silva tapped.
Winner: Brandon Vera by Submission (Guillotine) R1 2:39
Heavyweight Fight- Frank Mir (9-2) vs. Brandon Vera (7-0)
R1- Vera hit a nice left and then came back with another good punch that rocked Mir a little bit 30 seconds into the round. Vera then hit a big knee and followed with a smaller knee blow. Vera took half guard and Mir’s nose is bleeding. Vera with some nice right hands and the ref steps in and stops the fight. Impressive showing by Vera.
Winner: Brandon Vera by TKO (strikes) R1 1:09
This was a double shot of UFC Unleashed.
Lightweight Fight- Tyson Griffin (8-0) vs. Frankie Edgar (5-0)- UFC 67- 2/3/07
This was on the 7/13 episode of UFC Wired.
This is Edgar’s UFC debut. Both guys are undefeated coming into this fight.
R1- Edgar gets the first take down but Tyson gets a guillotine but Edgar gets out of it. Tyson picks him up and slams him and they sprawl. The stand up is pretty even in this round. Edgar gets another take down and is in Griffin’s guard. Edgar lands some good shots. Edgar 10-9 in a good first round.
R2- Griffin lands a really nice uppercut early in the round. Edgar gets a take down with about 2 minutes left after Griffin had been winning the round. Back on their feet and Griffin knocks Edgar down with a leg kick and then goes for another but Edgar takes him down. They sprawl and Tyson gets his back but Edgar transitions into a mount. This was a really close round. Edgar finished it really well and Griffin had trouble getting back to his corner and I think that and the take downs ultimately won the round for Edgar. I’ve got Edgar 20-18 in a really close fight so far.
R3- They are pretty even at the stand up at the beginning of the round. Edgar gets some knees and Griffin looks like he complains about a low blow but the ref tells him to fight on. Edgar starts to control the fight and has Griffin in the corner and is hitting him with punches. Edgar gets a take down. Edgar gets some more punches in as they stand up. Edgar gets another take down and is controlling this round. Edgar with more punches as they stand up and then gets another take down. Griffin reverses into a knee bar and Edgar looks like he’s going to hold on for the rest of the fight. Really good fight. Edgar really dominated this round with Griffin almost getting a submission at the end. Really good fight, I’ve got Edgar winning 30-27, but a really close 30-27.
Judges score the fight: 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28 in favor of Edgar.
Winner: Frankie Edgar by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Michael Bisping (12-0) vs. Eric Schafer (9-1-2)- UFC 66- 12/30/06
Looks like this is pre Bisping/Evans.
R1- First part of the fight is Bisping trying to strike and Schafer trying to take him down. Schafer got a good take down about a minute and a half into the round. Schafer went for Bisping's back and Bisping dropped him on his head but Schafer held on and remained at an advantage. They got back to their feet and Bisping hit a big kick and then grabbed a guillotine but lost it quickly. Bisping hit a couple of nice punches but Schafer got another take down. Bisping turns him over and hit some nice punches. Bisping is starting to lay into Schafer and the ref stops the fight.
Winner: Michael Bisping by TKO (strikes) 4:24
Welterweight Fight- Thiago Alves (13-2) vs. Spencer Fisher (15-1)- UFC Ultimate Fight Night 2- 10/3/05
This should be a good fight. It’s interesting seeing Fisher fight at Welterweight.
R1- Both guys throwing early and providing some exciting action. Fisher gets an early take down. Fisher got an ankle lock on Alves but Alves flips over and gets in half guard. Alves controls the round but Fisher does almost get a couple submissions. Alves hits an illegal knee right at the end of the round and Herb Dean takes a point away from him. Round would have gone to Alves 10-9, instead it’s 9-9.
R2- Alves gets a take down fairly quickly into the round. Alves hits some really nice elbows. Fisher got back to his feet and landed a couple of punches. Alves got another take down with one minute left in the round. Alves lands some good punches in full guard. Fisher gets a triangle with 30 seconds left and Alves taps.
Wow, what a surprising finish. I was expecting Alves to take this one but Fisher got the triangle out of nowhere and won the fight.
Winner: Spencer Fisher by Submission (Triangle)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Jason Lambert (22-6) vs. Renato “Babalu” Sobral (27-6)- UFC 68- 3/3/07
This was on the 6/21 UFC Wired show.
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 3:36
Light Heavyweight Fight- Keith Jardine (12-3-1) vs. Houston Alexander (6-1)- UFC 71- 5/26/07
This was on the UFC Wired 4/26 Show.
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
Heavyweight Fight- Brandon Vera (5-0) vs. Justin Eilers (9-4-1- UFC 57- 2/4/06
R1- They clinch for about a minute until the ref separates them. Vera starts to try some kicks and hits one and Eilers does what is almost a Flair flop and on the way down Vera hits him with a knee for the KO.
Winner: Brandon Vera KO (Knee Strike) R1 1:25
Heavyweight Fight- Brandon Vera (6-0) vs. Assuerio Silva (30-3)- UFC 60- 5/27/06
R1- Vera slipped and went down about 2 minutes into the fight but quickly got back to his feet. Vera got a guillotine, got slammed but held on and Silva tapped.
Winner: Brandon Vera by Submission (Guillotine) R1 2:39
Heavyweight Fight- Frank Mir (9-2) vs. Brandon Vera (7-0)
R1- Vera hit a nice left and then came back with another good punch that rocked Mir a little bit 30 seconds into the round. Vera then hit a big knee and followed with a smaller knee blow. Vera took half guard and Mir’s nose is bleeding. Vera with some nice right hands and the ref steps in and stops the fight. Impressive showing by Vera.
Winner: Brandon Vera by TKO (strikes) R1 1:09
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