UFC Wired 11/30/08
Lightweight Fight- Melvin Guillard (37-6-3) vs. Rick Davis (3-0-1)- UFC 60- 5/27/06
Davis’s nickname is “The Flying Squirrel.” This is Davis’s first UFC fight. Melvin was on season 2 of The Ultimate Fighter. Davis is 13 years older than Guillard. This was Guillard’s first fight as a lightweight- dropping down from welterweight.
R1- Davis seems like a pretty unorthodox fighter. Guillard grabs an early clinch and lands some knees. Guillard is showing some good quick hands so far and connected on one good shot and then landed some knees. Guillard then hit a highlight reel right hand that knocked Davis right out. Tremendous punch. Guillard looked real good in this fight.
Winner: Melvin Guillard by KO R1 1:37
Welterweight Fight- Karo Parisyan (22-3) vs. Nick Thompson (22-8)- UFC 59- 4/15/06
Thompson has a 2 inch height advantage and a 3 inch reach advantage. Parisyan’s first two losses were to Sean Sherk, Thompson’s training partner.
R1- Karo immediately went for a knockout punch but missed so instead he took Thompson down to the mat. Karo mainly stayed in guard and half guard trying to look for an opening. He briefly got caught in a leg lock but quickly got out. Karo hit some strikes and then got turned over by Thompson. They went back to their feet and Karo got another take down. Karo is basically taking this fight where he wants to in terms of controlling the cage. Karo took side control and then moved to the mount position. Karo drew blood with some good strikes and Karo took his back and kept delivering shots and the ref stopped the fight when Thompson tapped out.
Winner: Karo Parisyan by TKO (strikes) R1 4:44
Middleweight Fight- Chris Leben (16-2) vs. Jason MacDonald (18-7)- UFC 66- 12/30/06
The Crippler versus The Athlete. MacDonald is a jiu jitsu fighter and Leben is a stand up fighter. MacDonald has a 4 inch height advantage and 4 and a half inch reach advantage.
R1- Leben immediately caught MacDonald’s leg kick and it almost seems like MacDonald pulls guard. Leben gets back to his feet and hits a couple of shots but MacDonald definitely wants to keep this on the ground. They clinched against the cage but the ref broke them up and re-started. MacDonald keeps going for the take down but isn’t getting it so far. MacDonald clinches Leben against the cage again but Leben escapes. Leben gets in a couple of shots with about a minute left in the round. Both guys exchange shots and then MacDonald goes for another take down. This was a tough round to score. MacDonald controlled more of the round but never really got in any offense. Leben 10-9.
R2- Leben catches a MacDonald kick and takes him down. Almost a repeat of the beginning of the first round. Leben moves to side control but can’t accomplish anything and they stand back up and MacDonald clinches Leben against the cage but it’s broken up again. They exchanged shots and then MacDonald finally got a take down and quickly moved to half guard. MacDonald went for a guillotine and Leben passed out in the move. Nice finish by MacDonald. He had to struggle to get the position that he wanted but when he finally got it he finished the fight.
Winner: Jason MacDonald by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R2 4:03
Lightweight Fight- Spencer Fisher (18-2) vs. Matt Wiman (6-2)- UFC 60- 5/27/06
This is Matt Wiman’s UFC debut. His nickname is “Handsome.”
R1- Wiman worked hard and finally got a take down after working for it for about a minute. Wiman got some punches and then clamped in a guillotine on Spencer. Wiman lost it and took full mount and Spencer quickly gave up his back. Wiman went for a Rear Naked Choke but Spencer blocked. Spencer spun out and got back to his feet. Both guys hit some punches and then Fisher hit a knee and took Wiman’s guard. Fisher ended up opening a good cut on Wiman’s forehead at the end of the round and then gave him a nice push after the bell rung. I’ve got Wiman 10-9 but Spencer did a good job recovering and coming back at the end of this round and setting himself up for round two.
R2- The exchanged a couple of strikes to open the round. Wiman went for a take down but Fisher got it instead and landed a couple of shots. Fisher stands up and hits some knees and punches and then hits a flying knee to take out Wiman. Great finish by Fisher. Good fight.
Winner: Spencer Fisher by KO (Flying Knee Strike) R2 1:43
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Strikeforce on NBC 11/30 Show Re-Cap
Strikeforce on NBC 11/30 Show Re-Cap
This weeks show features a compilation of the 10 best knockouts of the season.
10. Cung Le vs Mike Altman- This was Cung Le’s MMA debut. Le hit a spinning back kick to knock Altman up against the cage and then popped him in the chin with a right hook for the KO. Cung Le did a back flip after the win.
9. Frank Shamrock vs Cesar Gracie- This was just 21 seconds into the fight and Frank nailed him with a right and then hit some Ground and Pound and the ref stopped it as Gracie’s corner threw in the white towel.
8. Luke Stewart vs Bryson Kamaka- Stewart hit a couple of knees. One to the chest and one to the forehead and this one was over. This one only lasted 19 seconds.
7. Joe Riggs vs. Eugene Jackson- Riggs hit some Ground and Pound on Jackson and then postured up and nailed Jackson with several punches from the half guard position and Jacksons lights went out.
6. Kazuo Misaki vs. Joe Riggs- Riggs got a shot that floored Misaki and Misaki answered and knocked Riggs down and then got a Ground and Pound victory. Not really a good “knockout.”
5. Duane Ludwig vs. Tony Fryklund- Ludwig just nailed Fryklund with some Ground and Pound and then when they stood up he delivered a tough left hand that knocked him out.
4. Terry Martin vs. Cory Devela- Devela was winning this fight but walked in to a Martin left that floored him and then Martin hit him with a right on the ground to finish him off.
3. Paul Buentello vs. Tank Abbott- Buentello hit him with a big right hand and Tank fell over like a tree being chopped.
2. Paul Buentello vs. Carter Williams- Buentello hit several uppercuts coming out to start a round and this one was over.
1. Cung Le vs. Brian Warren- Le hit several punches and Warren stumbled and then Le knocked him out with a good right hand. The funny thing is that this was about 30 seconds after Warren mocking Cung Le.
This weeks show features a compilation of the 10 best knockouts of the season.
10. Cung Le vs Mike Altman- This was Cung Le’s MMA debut. Le hit a spinning back kick to knock Altman up against the cage and then popped him in the chin with a right hook for the KO. Cung Le did a back flip after the win.
9. Frank Shamrock vs Cesar Gracie- This was just 21 seconds into the fight and Frank nailed him with a right and then hit some Ground and Pound and the ref stopped it as Gracie’s corner threw in the white towel.
8. Luke Stewart vs Bryson Kamaka- Stewart hit a couple of knees. One to the chest and one to the forehead and this one was over. This one only lasted 19 seconds.
7. Joe Riggs vs. Eugene Jackson- Riggs hit some Ground and Pound on Jackson and then postured up and nailed Jackson with several punches from the half guard position and Jacksons lights went out.
6. Kazuo Misaki vs. Joe Riggs- Riggs got a shot that floored Misaki and Misaki answered and knocked Riggs down and then got a Ground and Pound victory. Not really a good “knockout.”
5. Duane Ludwig vs. Tony Fryklund- Ludwig just nailed Fryklund with some Ground and Pound and then when they stood up he delivered a tough left hand that knocked him out.
4. Terry Martin vs. Cory Devela- Devela was winning this fight but walked in to a Martin left that floored him and then Martin hit him with a right on the ground to finish him off.
3. Paul Buentello vs. Tank Abbott- Buentello hit him with a big right hand and Tank fell over like a tree being chopped.
2. Paul Buentello vs. Carter Williams- Buentello hit several uppercuts coming out to start a round and this one was over.
1. Cung Le vs. Brian Warren- Le hit several punches and Warren stumbled and then Le knocked him out with a good right hand. The funny thing is that this was about 30 seconds after Warren mocking Cung Le.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Strikeforce on NBC 11/9 Show Re-Cap
Strikeforce on NBC 11/9 Show Re-Cap
Strikeforce has been back with some new shows recently and this show will focus on Frank Shamrock.
Frank Shamrock vs. Cesar Gracie
This is Cesar Gracie’s first MMA fight and he is 40 years old.
R1- Frank lands a big right about 30 seconds into the fight then gets some Ground and Pound and this one is over. You can see a white towel flying from Gracie’s corner as Frank is on top of him.
Winner: Frank Shamrock by TKO (strikes) R1
Strikeforce Middleweight Fight- Frank Shamrock © vs. Phil Baroni
This is actually one of the first fights that I saw when I started to get into MMA.
R1- Shamrock landed a big combo around one minute into the fight and Baroni went down. Mazzagatti takes a point away from Shamrock after a punch to the back of the head on the mat. Baroni came back and got some Ground and Pound but looked like he really gassed. Frank got him up against the cage and looked like he was kind of toying with Baroni. Baroni gets a take down with about 30 seconds left and rests the round out. Shamrock 10-9.
R2- Baroni comes out and gets in a couple of shots. The first half of the round was pretty even. Sharmrock lands a couple of shots against the cage and Baroni tries to dive in to stop the onslaught but Frank stuffs him and goes for a choke. Frank gets the choke in and Baroni doesn’t tap out but goes limp and the ref stops the fight.
Winner and still champ: Frank Shamrock by TKO (Rear Naked Choke) R2
Strikeforce has been back with some new shows recently and this show will focus on Frank Shamrock.
Frank Shamrock vs. Cesar Gracie
This is Cesar Gracie’s first MMA fight and he is 40 years old.
R1- Frank lands a big right about 30 seconds into the fight then gets some Ground and Pound and this one is over. You can see a white towel flying from Gracie’s corner as Frank is on top of him.
Winner: Frank Shamrock by TKO (strikes) R1
Strikeforce Middleweight Fight- Frank Shamrock © vs. Phil Baroni
This is actually one of the first fights that I saw when I started to get into MMA.
R1- Shamrock landed a big combo around one minute into the fight and Baroni went down. Mazzagatti takes a point away from Shamrock after a punch to the back of the head on the mat. Baroni came back and got some Ground and Pound but looked like he really gassed. Frank got him up against the cage and looked like he was kind of toying with Baroni. Baroni gets a take down with about 30 seconds left and rests the round out. Shamrock 10-9.
R2- Baroni comes out and gets in a couple of shots. The first half of the round was pretty even. Sharmrock lands a couple of shots against the cage and Baroni tries to dive in to stop the onslaught but Frank stuffs him and goes for a choke. Frank gets the choke in and Baroni doesn’t tap out but goes limp and the ref stops the fight.
Winner and still champ: Frank Shamrock by TKO (Rear Naked Choke) R2
Strikeforce "Destruction" 11/21/08 Re-Cap
Strikeforce "Destruction" Re-Cap
This show is from San Jose. The main fights will be a Strikeforce Light Heavyweight fight where Bobby Southworth defends against Renato "Babalu" Sobral and then Scott Smith fights Terry Martin in the Main Event. Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten are the announcers as usual. Jimmy Lennon Jr is the ring announcer.
Middleweight Fight- Nik Theotikos (5-1) vs. Luke Rockhold (2-1)
5 of Nik's first 6 fights have ended in the first round. He is 2-0 in Strikeforce fights. Luke comes out to a Metallica song. He's from San Jose. Luke has never been past the first round in a fight. Looks like this one will be a quick one.
R1- Nik quickly grabs Luke in a guillotine and seems to have it in really tight. Luke gets out and is in Nik's guard. Rockholt gets in a lot of strikes while in Nik's guard. Rockholt takes Nik's guard and wins via Rear Naked Choke. Good win by Luke as he had to escape an early submission and then dominated after that point.
Winner: Luke Rockhold by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Gina Carano is interviewed after the fight.
Welterweight Fight- Joe Riggs (28-10) vs. Luke Stewart (6-1)
Riggs is 10-10 since losing to Matt Hughes. Riggs is a 3-1 favorite in this fight. Big John McCarthy is the ref for this fight (he had previously retired but has now returned).
R1- Stewart gets a quick take down but they quickly stood back up. Stewart is controlling the pace of the fight and got Riggs back on the mat at the three minute mark of the round. Not a lot of damage done in the first round but it goes to Stewart as he controlled the fight. Stewart landed 10 strikes in round one to Riggs one strike and Stewart got 2 take downs to zero of Riggs. Stewart has a bunch of hotties in the crowd cheering for him.
R2- Riggs takes Stewart's guard early in the round and is laying in some punches. Riggs is landing some good shots now and Stewart dives at Riggs legs to try and hold on but McCarthy stops the fight.
Winner: Joe Riggs by TKO (strikes) R2 2:05
Woman's Fight- Kim Couture (0-1) vs. Lina Kvokov (0-1)
This is Couture's second professional fight. Both of these women are 0-1 so basically the only reason this fight is on the show tonight is due to Kim's last name. Randy and Gina Carano are both in Kim's corner for the fight.
R1- They come out throwing punches. Kvokov with horrible defense. Kim is pulling her hair and punching her and Kvokov is basically just in this fight to be a punching bag. They have a split screen on Randy for the first minute of the fight. The ref stops the fight a couple of minutes into it. Kvokov just didn't look like she belonged in the ring or wanted to be there.
"The first thing you should do is keep your eye on your opponent. That way you can see the punches coming."- Bas Rutten
Winner: Kim Couture by TKO (strikes) R1 1:44
Josh Thomson was originally going to fight but he injured his toe. So Duane Ludwig is stepping in to take his place.
Lightweight Fight- Duane Ludwig (17-8) vs. Yves Edwards (34-14-1)
Edwards was last seen getting demolished at the hands of KJ Noons. Ludwig defeated Sammy Morgan in his last fight. Josh Thomson joins Bas and Kenny to help announce the fight. Mike Brown (WEC Featherweight Champ) is in the corner of Edwards for the fight.
R1- Yves gets a quick take down. Yves looks like he's bleeding even though he hasn't been hit with a punch yet. Not a lot of action but Yves basically stays on top of Ludwig for the entire first round. Yves 10-9 in round one.
R2- Edwards got a take down but Ludwig got right up. Yves got another take down about one and a half minutes into the round. Ludwig gets back to his feet and slams Edwards to the mat but Edwards gets back up and takes Ludwig down again.
R3- Ludwig fought off Yves and got a take down about a minute and a half into the round. I've got it 20-18 Yves so Ludwig needs to finish. Not a very exciting fight, kind of disappointing. I've got Yves 29-28 for the decision win.
The judges score cards say: 29-28 in favor of Duane Ludwig for all judges. surprising. Duane did out strike Yves. I'm just very surprised that it was "unanimous".
Winner: Duane Ludwig by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Title Fight- Bobby Southworth (c) (9-5) vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (30-7)
Southworth's strategy in every fight I've ever seen him in is to simply grab his opponent and lean on them for 5 rounds. Babalu has won 13 of his last 15 fights.
R1- Southworth gets a quick take down and lays on Babalu. Babalu gets up and they clinch against the cage. Three and a half minutes gone in the fight and little to no action so far. Babalu hits an elbow and Southworth's nose is busted open. McCarthy pauses the fight to take a look at the cut. The announcers are surprised that the fight is continuing. Southworth pushes Babalu to the ground and jumps on top as the bell rings to end the fight.I think you have to give this round to Babalu due to damage inflicted on Southworth.
During the intermission they stop the fight due to the cut (it was actually over his eye) and give Babalu the TKO victory.
Winner and new champion: Babalu Sobral TKO (cut) R1 5:00
Middleweight Fight- Terry Martin (18-5) vs. Scott Smith (13-5)
Cung Le joins Bas and Kenny to call the fight.
R1- Scott Smith hit a big shot early in the round and Terry Martin got KO'd. Quick work by Scott Smith. That was a big time KO. Smith hit him on the temple as he leaned in and Martin just fell where he was standing.
Winner: Scott Smith by KO R1 0:24
This show is from San Jose. The main fights will be a Strikeforce Light Heavyweight fight where Bobby Southworth defends against Renato "Babalu" Sobral and then Scott Smith fights Terry Martin in the Main Event. Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten are the announcers as usual. Jimmy Lennon Jr is the ring announcer.
Middleweight Fight- Nik Theotikos (5-1) vs. Luke Rockhold (2-1)
5 of Nik's first 6 fights have ended in the first round. He is 2-0 in Strikeforce fights. Luke comes out to a Metallica song. He's from San Jose. Luke has never been past the first round in a fight. Looks like this one will be a quick one.
R1- Nik quickly grabs Luke in a guillotine and seems to have it in really tight. Luke gets out and is in Nik's guard. Rockholt gets in a lot of strikes while in Nik's guard. Rockholt takes Nik's guard and wins via Rear Naked Choke. Good win by Luke as he had to escape an early submission and then dominated after that point.
Winner: Luke Rockhold by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Gina Carano is interviewed after the fight.
Welterweight Fight- Joe Riggs (28-10) vs. Luke Stewart (6-1)
Riggs is 10-10 since losing to Matt Hughes. Riggs is a 3-1 favorite in this fight. Big John McCarthy is the ref for this fight (he had previously retired but has now returned).
R1- Stewart gets a quick take down but they quickly stood back up. Stewart is controlling the pace of the fight and got Riggs back on the mat at the three minute mark of the round. Not a lot of damage done in the first round but it goes to Stewart as he controlled the fight. Stewart landed 10 strikes in round one to Riggs one strike and Stewart got 2 take downs to zero of Riggs. Stewart has a bunch of hotties in the crowd cheering for him.
R2- Riggs takes Stewart's guard early in the round and is laying in some punches. Riggs is landing some good shots now and Stewart dives at Riggs legs to try and hold on but McCarthy stops the fight.
Winner: Joe Riggs by TKO (strikes) R2 2:05
Woman's Fight- Kim Couture (0-1) vs. Lina Kvokov (0-1)
This is Couture's second professional fight. Both of these women are 0-1 so basically the only reason this fight is on the show tonight is due to Kim's last name. Randy and Gina Carano are both in Kim's corner for the fight.
R1- They come out throwing punches. Kvokov with horrible defense. Kim is pulling her hair and punching her and Kvokov is basically just in this fight to be a punching bag. They have a split screen on Randy for the first minute of the fight. The ref stops the fight a couple of minutes into it. Kvokov just didn't look like she belonged in the ring or wanted to be there.
"The first thing you should do is keep your eye on your opponent. That way you can see the punches coming."- Bas Rutten
Winner: Kim Couture by TKO (strikes) R1 1:44
Josh Thomson was originally going to fight but he injured his toe. So Duane Ludwig is stepping in to take his place.
Lightweight Fight- Duane Ludwig (17-8) vs. Yves Edwards (34-14-1)
Edwards was last seen getting demolished at the hands of KJ Noons. Ludwig defeated Sammy Morgan in his last fight. Josh Thomson joins Bas and Kenny to help announce the fight. Mike Brown (WEC Featherweight Champ) is in the corner of Edwards for the fight.
R1- Yves gets a quick take down. Yves looks like he's bleeding even though he hasn't been hit with a punch yet. Not a lot of action but Yves basically stays on top of Ludwig for the entire first round. Yves 10-9 in round one.
R2- Edwards got a take down but Ludwig got right up. Yves got another take down about one and a half minutes into the round. Ludwig gets back to his feet and slams Edwards to the mat but Edwards gets back up and takes Ludwig down again.
R3- Ludwig fought off Yves and got a take down about a minute and a half into the round. I've got it 20-18 Yves so Ludwig needs to finish. Not a very exciting fight, kind of disappointing. I've got Yves 29-28 for the decision win.
The judges score cards say: 29-28 in favor of Duane Ludwig for all judges. surprising. Duane did out strike Yves. I'm just very surprised that it was "unanimous".
Winner: Duane Ludwig by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Title Fight- Bobby Southworth (c) (9-5) vs. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (30-7)
Southworth's strategy in every fight I've ever seen him in is to simply grab his opponent and lean on them for 5 rounds. Babalu has won 13 of his last 15 fights.
R1- Southworth gets a quick take down and lays on Babalu. Babalu gets up and they clinch against the cage. Three and a half minutes gone in the fight and little to no action so far. Babalu hits an elbow and Southworth's nose is busted open. McCarthy pauses the fight to take a look at the cut. The announcers are surprised that the fight is continuing. Southworth pushes Babalu to the ground and jumps on top as the bell rings to end the fight.I think you have to give this round to Babalu due to damage inflicted on Southworth.
During the intermission they stop the fight due to the cut (it was actually over his eye) and give Babalu the TKO victory.
Winner and new champion: Babalu Sobral TKO (cut) R1 5:00
Middleweight Fight- Terry Martin (18-5) vs. Scott Smith (13-5)
Cung Le joins Bas and Kenny to call the fight.
R1- Scott Smith hit a big shot early in the round and Terry Martin got KO'd. Quick work by Scott Smith. That was a big time KO. Smith hit him on the temple as he leaned in and Martin just fell where he was standing.
Winner: Scott Smith by KO R1 0:24
WEC 36: "Faber vs Brown" 11/5/08
WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown- 11/5/08
This looks like a real good show with Faber/Brown, Filho/Sonnen, Garcia/Pulver and Rosholt and Cerrone on the show. Paulo Filho failed to make weight so this will not be a title fight. Kind of a weird situation where the champ didn’t make weight.
Middleweight Fight- Jake Rosholt (4-0) vs. Nissen Osterneck (5-0)
Rosholt was one of the fighters showcased on the last season of Tapout and he looked very impressive in his fight on that show if my memory serves correct. This is the WEC debut of both fighters and they are both undefeated so far in their professional careers.
R1- Nissen charges early and hit some punches but Jake recovers and slams Nissen to the mat and takes side control. Rosholt threw some punches but then almost got caught in an arm bar and Nissen got back to his feet and delivered some more punches to Rosholt. Nissen is landing some good punches and shots. Rosholt got another take down and again landed some good punches. Rosholt hit a bunch of punches towards the end of the round but Nissen held on as Rosholt attempted a choke at the end of the round. Very good first round. Rosholt owned the fight when it was on the ground and Nissen controlled when it was on the feet. Rosholt 10-9 in my book as he controlled more of the round.
R2- Rosholt went for a take down early but Nissen grabbed a kimura and took the advantage. Jake escaped and took half guard. They got back to their feet and Nissen hit a bunch of good solid shots. Then he went for a spinning back fist and missed and Rosholt took him down and mounted him. Great chin by Rosholt. Rosholt finished him as Nissen just burnt himself out and then Rosholt took advantage.
Really good fight and good showing by Rosholt as he controlled when on the ground and took a bunch of shots. Rosholt showed a really good shin and good conditioning. Rosholt needs a lot of work on his stand up- specifically his defense.
Winner: Jake Rosholt by TKO (Strikes) R2 3:48
Hermes Franca, Miguel Torres, Jamie Varner and Carlos Conduit are all at the show tonight in attendance.
Featherweight Fight- Leonard Garcia (15-3) vs. Jens Pulver (22-9-1)
On paper this looks like the most exciting fight of the night. Jens gets a good response from the fans.
R1- Jens hits a couple of shots early. Garcia answers about a minute into the round and rocks Pulver against the cage. Jens is down and Garcia is nailing him and Garcia gets a quick victory. Very impressive showing for Garcia and it looks like he steps right up in line to face the winner of Faber/Brown.
Winner: Leonard Garcia by TKO (Strikes) R1 1:12
Middleweight Fight- David Avellan (2-0) vs. Aaron Simpson (3-0)
Both of these guys are undefeated.
R1- Aaron Simpson just levels Avellan with a fantastic right hand and knocked Avellan out right at the beginning of the fight. That was a highlight reel knockout.
Winner: Aaron Simpson by KO R1 0:18
NON-TITLE- Middleweight Fight- Paulo Filho (16-0) vs. Chael Sonnen (22-9-1)
Filho is one of the top ranked Middleweight fighters in the world being ranked as high as #2 behind Anderson Silva in some of the rankings. Filho did not make weight. Sonnen gets a good response from the fans. Filho gets a round of boos upon his introduction.
R1- Filho grabs a single leg and fights hard for a take down but Sonnen does a good job of denying. Filho slips going for a punch but stays on his back seeing if Sonnen wants to come down and fight him on the ground. Filho pretty much spends the whole round on his back trying to catch Sonnen with a submission. Round One is slow paced and Sonnen is up 10-9.
R2- Filho missed on a single leg and Sonnen got a take down about one minute into the round but then quickly gave up his position. Sonnen gave Filho a good leg kick when he tried to shoot. Sonnen got a slam in when Filho tried to pull guard. Filho started to get in some offense towards the end of the round but right now it’s Sonnen 20-18.
R3- This is Sonnen’s fight to lose. Sonnen using the jab to keep Filho away. Filho looking like he doesn’t even want to be in the cage tonight. What a boring fight. Filho is just doing and trying to do nothing.
Sonnen is going to win this dud of a fight 30-27. Filho definitely didn’t live up to his hype. Not really looking forward to the re-match for the title either.
All three judges score the fight 30-27
Winner: Chael Sonnen by Decision (Unanimous)
WEC Featherweight Title Fight- Urijah Faber (21-1) © vs. Mike Brown (19-4)
Brown is from Florida so he gets a good reaction from the crowd.
R1- Faber lands some punches early. Brown muscled Faber against the cage and tried for a take down but Faber caught him in a clinch and delivered a big knee. Faber hit a jab and then Brown took Faber down and Faber popped right back up. Faber went for an elbow but got caught with a good clean punch from Brown and knocked down. Brown is just nailing Faber on the ground and this one is in danger of being stopped and the ref stops the fight. Wow. Really good, short fight. Would like to see a re-match as Faber got caught in a weird position and would be very interested to see if Brown can do it again.
Winner and new WEC Featherweight Champion: Mike Brown by TKO (strikes) R1 2:23
Overall, this was a pretty decent show that had only 1 stinker. Leonard Garcia and Mike Brown came up as the biggest winners tonight. They might face each other down the road very shortly.
This looks like a real good show with Faber/Brown, Filho/Sonnen, Garcia/Pulver and Rosholt and Cerrone on the show. Paulo Filho failed to make weight so this will not be a title fight. Kind of a weird situation where the champ didn’t make weight.
Middleweight Fight- Jake Rosholt (4-0) vs. Nissen Osterneck (5-0)
Rosholt was one of the fighters showcased on the last season of Tapout and he looked very impressive in his fight on that show if my memory serves correct. This is the WEC debut of both fighters and they are both undefeated so far in their professional careers.
R1- Nissen charges early and hit some punches but Jake recovers and slams Nissen to the mat and takes side control. Rosholt threw some punches but then almost got caught in an arm bar and Nissen got back to his feet and delivered some more punches to Rosholt. Nissen is landing some good punches and shots. Rosholt got another take down and again landed some good punches. Rosholt hit a bunch of punches towards the end of the round but Nissen held on as Rosholt attempted a choke at the end of the round. Very good first round. Rosholt owned the fight when it was on the ground and Nissen controlled when it was on the feet. Rosholt 10-9 in my book as he controlled more of the round.
R2- Rosholt went for a take down early but Nissen grabbed a kimura and took the advantage. Jake escaped and took half guard. They got back to their feet and Nissen hit a bunch of good solid shots. Then he went for a spinning back fist and missed and Rosholt took him down and mounted him. Great chin by Rosholt. Rosholt finished him as Nissen just burnt himself out and then Rosholt took advantage.
Really good fight and good showing by Rosholt as he controlled when on the ground and took a bunch of shots. Rosholt showed a really good shin and good conditioning. Rosholt needs a lot of work on his stand up- specifically his defense.
Winner: Jake Rosholt by TKO (Strikes) R2 3:48
Hermes Franca, Miguel Torres, Jamie Varner and Carlos Conduit are all at the show tonight in attendance.
Featherweight Fight- Leonard Garcia (15-3) vs. Jens Pulver (22-9-1)
On paper this looks like the most exciting fight of the night. Jens gets a good response from the fans.
R1- Jens hits a couple of shots early. Garcia answers about a minute into the round and rocks Pulver against the cage. Jens is down and Garcia is nailing him and Garcia gets a quick victory. Very impressive showing for Garcia and it looks like he steps right up in line to face the winner of Faber/Brown.
Winner: Leonard Garcia by TKO (Strikes) R1 1:12
Middleweight Fight- David Avellan (2-0) vs. Aaron Simpson (3-0)
Both of these guys are undefeated.
R1- Aaron Simpson just levels Avellan with a fantastic right hand and knocked Avellan out right at the beginning of the fight. That was a highlight reel knockout.
Winner: Aaron Simpson by KO R1 0:18
NON-TITLE- Middleweight Fight- Paulo Filho (16-0) vs. Chael Sonnen (22-9-1)
Filho is one of the top ranked Middleweight fighters in the world being ranked as high as #2 behind Anderson Silva in some of the rankings. Filho did not make weight. Sonnen gets a good response from the fans. Filho gets a round of boos upon his introduction.
R1- Filho grabs a single leg and fights hard for a take down but Sonnen does a good job of denying. Filho slips going for a punch but stays on his back seeing if Sonnen wants to come down and fight him on the ground. Filho pretty much spends the whole round on his back trying to catch Sonnen with a submission. Round One is slow paced and Sonnen is up 10-9.
R2- Filho missed on a single leg and Sonnen got a take down about one minute into the round but then quickly gave up his position. Sonnen gave Filho a good leg kick when he tried to shoot. Sonnen got a slam in when Filho tried to pull guard. Filho started to get in some offense towards the end of the round but right now it’s Sonnen 20-18.
R3- This is Sonnen’s fight to lose. Sonnen using the jab to keep Filho away. Filho looking like he doesn’t even want to be in the cage tonight. What a boring fight. Filho is just doing and trying to do nothing.
Sonnen is going to win this dud of a fight 30-27. Filho definitely didn’t live up to his hype. Not really looking forward to the re-match for the title either.
All three judges score the fight 30-27
Winner: Chael Sonnen by Decision (Unanimous)
WEC Featherweight Title Fight- Urijah Faber (21-1) © vs. Mike Brown (19-4)
Brown is from Florida so he gets a good reaction from the crowd.
R1- Faber lands some punches early. Brown muscled Faber against the cage and tried for a take down but Faber caught him in a clinch and delivered a big knee. Faber hit a jab and then Brown took Faber down and Faber popped right back up. Faber went for an elbow but got caught with a good clean punch from Brown and knocked down. Brown is just nailing Faber on the ground and this one is in danger of being stopped and the ref stops the fight. Wow. Really good, short fight. Would like to see a re-match as Faber got caught in a weird position and would be very interested to see if Brown can do it again.
Winner and new WEC Featherweight Champion: Mike Brown by TKO (strikes) R1 2:23
Overall, this was a pretty decent show that had only 1 stinker. Leonard Garcia and Mike Brown came up as the biggest winners tonight. They might face each other down the road very shortly.
WEC 35 8/3/08 Re-Cap
WEC: 8/3/08
Three title fights tonight. Let’s see if this show can live up to the “Faber vs. Pulver” card from June.
Bantamweight Fight- Damacio Page (10-3) vs. Brian Bowles (5-0)
Page was one of the TapouT fighters from the TV show last year if my memory serves me correctly. Bowles is from Georgia, so he’s a hometown boy for me.
R1- Both guys come out ready to fight. Page misses a flying kick and Bowles jumps on top. Mistake by Page and Bowles is in his full guard. Bowles grabs a guillotine against the cage. Page slips out of it and flips Bowles over in one motion and is now in Bowles guard and hits a couple of elbows. Page lets him up after not being able to improve his position. Both guys swinging and Page sticks his tongue out at Bowles after Bowles hits him with a combination. Bowles shoots in but Page stuffs him and picks him up but Bowles clamps on a guillotine while being elevated by Page. Page can’t get him off and taps to the guillotine. Quick and unexpected finish by Bowles. Very solid opening fight as it was only one round but was a good, exciting fight.
Winner: Brian Bowles by Submission (Guillotine)
Rashad Evans, Miguel Torres, Cain Velasquez, and Urijah Faber are all shown in attendance for the event.
Lightweight Title Fight- Jamie Varner (14-2) © vs. Marcus Hicks (8-0)
R1- They clinch early and Varner went for a knee and Hicks took him down but Varner quickly got back to his feet. Hicks powered him back to the ground and then hooked in a guillotine but Varner got out of it. Hicks slams Varner but Varner again quickly got up. Hicks is controlling the fight early. Varner went for a high kick and Hicks blocked it and shook is head no. Varner then hit a mid kick and got in what looked to be some nice knees but Hicks held on. Varner gets in a couple of shots and Hicks looks a bit wobbled. Varner is getting nailed with shots now and leaving himself open. Varner is laying it on him but Hicks is somehow keeping his composure and defending himself and trying to get back to his feet. Varner with more knees. Varner looks like he’s punching himself out. He might have made a mistake by not actually jumping on top of Hicks and instead letting him get back to his feet. But just as I type that Varner nails Hicks with a straight punch and the ref calls it. Hicks was controlling but got caught with those two knees and after that it was all Varner. Hicks has a really good chin.
Winner and still champion: Jamie Varner by TKO (strikes)
So far so good as we’ve had two solid (if short) under card fights.
Welterweight Fight- Brock Larson (24-2) vs. Carlo Prater (23-6-1)
R1- Both guys start out tentative. Larson is jabbing about 5 feet away from Prater. Prater misses a kick. They stand off and Larson jumps at Prater and nails a big left hand and jumps on Prater and is throwing punches down on him and Mazzagatti stops the fight. Huge explosion from Larson and a big finish.
Winner: Brock Larson by TKO (strikes) R1
Next up they interview Urijah Faber at ringside. They talk about the Jens Pulver fight and the upcoming Mike Brown fight.
Light Heavyweight Title Fight- Brian Stann (6-0) © vs. Steve Cantwell (5-1)
Cantwell’s only loss came at the hands of Brian Stann.
R1- Decent start to the fight as both guys seem to want to keep the fight standing. First big strike is dealt by Cantwell at about a minute in a half as he dives in and gets some shots and a knee in on Stann and they throw down and Cantwell seems to be hitting on more shots. Cantwell goes in for a take down but Stann stuffs him and they clinch against the cage basically resting from their flurry. Cantwell comes in with a Superman punch which leads to both guys throwing down against the cage and then they clinch again. Cantwell has looked really good so far. Cantwell slips and lands on his back and Stann gets in between his legs and is landing some good punches on Cantwell. Cantwell gets back to his feet and they clinch. Good, exciting first round. Cantwell really controlled the round with the exception of slipping and Stann getting in some good punches at the end of the round. Cantwell 10-9 after one round.
R2- Stann hits a low kick early in the round and we will take a short break. Cantwell hits a good combo up against the cage and Stann clinches him. Cantwell has Stann up against the cage again and hits a flurry of good strikes. Stann looks real tired. Cantwell hits some more strikes and Stann staggers back against the cage. Stann somehow staying on his feet and finally gets taken out by a right hand.
Another good fight. So far we are 4 for 4 on entertaining fights on the show.
Winner and new champion: Steve Cantwell by TKO (strikes) R2 4:01
Featherweight Fight- Micah Miller (11-1) vs. Josh Grispi (11-1)
R1- Grispi hits a leg kick early as Miller was going for a punch and it takes Miller down off his feet. Grispi going after a lot of kicks early and hitting a good number of them. Grispi hits Miller with a big right hand and then jumps on him and hits some shots and Herb Dean stops the fight. Micah Miller jumps up pretty quickly kind of like the Werdum/Vera fight finish. Dean stopped the fight early but Miller was in a lot of trouble.
Winner: Josh Grispi by TKO (strikes) R1 0:50
Welterweight Title Fight- Carlos Condit (22-4) © vs. Hiromitsu Miura (9-4)
Condit comes out to Rage Against The Machine.
R1- Pretty even fight in the first couple of minutes. Condit gets Miura in the clinch but Miura gets a nice judo throw and is immediately in side control but Condit quickly gets up. Miura gets a nice trip but again Condit gets back up. So Miura with some real nifty take downs but other than surprising Condit it hasn’t really done much in terms of damage. Condit pops Miura with a big right hand. Condit hits a body kick and then faked a kick and hit a punch that looked like it missed but I guess it connected because Miura went straight to the ground and Condit jumped on top. Condit is hitting some elbows and punches on Miura. Condit is smothering Miura and grabs an arm bar but Miura gets out and then hits Condit with a judo throw. This was a good first round and could have gone either way depending on how the judges score the fight. Do they score it for Miura based on his take downs or for Condit based on the fact that he did more damage in round one. I go for damage so I’ve got Condit up 10-9 in a close round one.
R2- Condit hits a few strikes early and then basically throws Miura down. Condit jumps on top in full guard. Miura hits an up kick but Condit gets back to the ground and is in half guard now. Condit gets full mount and is hitting some elbows and punches. Miura gives up his back and Condit goes for an arm bar. Miura gets out and gets into Condit full guard with about a minute and a half left in the round. Miura basically rests and the ref stands them back up. Miura goes for a throw but misses and Condit takes his back. Miura is able to get him back to full guard as the round ends with Condit at advantage. Condit really controlled this round. I’ve got Condit 20-18 through two rounds.
R3- Miura comes after Condit in this round with a little more vigor but Condit takes his back and then gets a guillotine choke in. Condit releases the choke and now has full mount. Condit hitting with some punches and elbows. Miura flips Condit over and gets in some shots. Miura is landing some really good punches while in full mount. Miura is unloading on Condit but Condit takes the punishment and rises to his feet. Condit hits a big knee and both guys are really throwing right now. Condit hits a right hand and takes Miura down. Condit in full mount and laying in some punches and elbows. Miura gives up his back and Condit is trying for a Rear Naked Choke but he runs out of time. Really great round. Condit controlled early, Miura then had Condit in danger and then Condit saved the round by coming back and owning the last minute and a half or so of the fight. Condit is up 30-27 in my book. Rounds 1 and 3 have been close but I’ve got Condit taking them.
R4- Miura hits a big right hand and then lands another on Condit early in the round. Miura gets a take down but Condit reverses it and has taken some good shots from Miura and is now on top. Miura flips him over again. Miura hits some punches and Condit rolls through and goes after a knee bar but Miura slips out and is back in Condit’s guard. Both guys are winded at this point and the ref stands them up. Both guys are a little slow to their feet. Both guys are really throwing at each other almost like they are trying to end it in one punch. Condit sweeps Miura down and mounts him but isn’t doing much damage as he’s mostly resting. Miura flips him over again. Miura hits some punches in on Condit and is really laying it in on him. Condit barely holds on and locks him up. Miura lets Condit get up and as he’s getting up barely misses a punch and Condit lands a nice knee in retaliation. Condit is landing some punches and the ref stops the fight. Kind of a weird finish as Condit didn’t really have a dominate position to finish the fight but Miura was on his stomach and not really defending after getting rocked by that knee. Miura was winning this round before eating that big knee. He made a huge mistake in missing that one big punch as Condit was getting up and Condit made him pay.
Really great fight. Definitely a low end FOTY candidate.
Winner and still champion: Carlos Condit by TKO (strikes) R4 4:43
Really good show with a great Main Event to cap off the night. Another really good performance for
Three title fights tonight. Let’s see if this show can live up to the “Faber vs. Pulver” card from June.
Bantamweight Fight- Damacio Page (10-3) vs. Brian Bowles (5-0)
Page was one of the TapouT fighters from the TV show last year if my memory serves me correctly. Bowles is from Georgia, so he’s a hometown boy for me.
R1- Both guys come out ready to fight. Page misses a flying kick and Bowles jumps on top. Mistake by Page and Bowles is in his full guard. Bowles grabs a guillotine against the cage. Page slips out of it and flips Bowles over in one motion and is now in Bowles guard and hits a couple of elbows. Page lets him up after not being able to improve his position. Both guys swinging and Page sticks his tongue out at Bowles after Bowles hits him with a combination. Bowles shoots in but Page stuffs him and picks him up but Bowles clamps on a guillotine while being elevated by Page. Page can’t get him off and taps to the guillotine. Quick and unexpected finish by Bowles. Very solid opening fight as it was only one round but was a good, exciting fight.
Winner: Brian Bowles by Submission (Guillotine)
Rashad Evans, Miguel Torres, Cain Velasquez, and Urijah Faber are all shown in attendance for the event.
Lightweight Title Fight- Jamie Varner (14-2) © vs. Marcus Hicks (8-0)
R1- They clinch early and Varner went for a knee and Hicks took him down but Varner quickly got back to his feet. Hicks powered him back to the ground and then hooked in a guillotine but Varner got out of it. Hicks slams Varner but Varner again quickly got up. Hicks is controlling the fight early. Varner went for a high kick and Hicks blocked it and shook is head no. Varner then hit a mid kick and got in what looked to be some nice knees but Hicks held on. Varner gets in a couple of shots and Hicks looks a bit wobbled. Varner is getting nailed with shots now and leaving himself open. Varner is laying it on him but Hicks is somehow keeping his composure and defending himself and trying to get back to his feet. Varner with more knees. Varner looks like he’s punching himself out. He might have made a mistake by not actually jumping on top of Hicks and instead letting him get back to his feet. But just as I type that Varner nails Hicks with a straight punch and the ref calls it. Hicks was controlling but got caught with those two knees and after that it was all Varner. Hicks has a really good chin.
Winner and still champion: Jamie Varner by TKO (strikes)
So far so good as we’ve had two solid (if short) under card fights.
Welterweight Fight- Brock Larson (24-2) vs. Carlo Prater (23-6-1)
R1- Both guys start out tentative. Larson is jabbing about 5 feet away from Prater. Prater misses a kick. They stand off and Larson jumps at Prater and nails a big left hand and jumps on Prater and is throwing punches down on him and Mazzagatti stops the fight. Huge explosion from Larson and a big finish.
Winner: Brock Larson by TKO (strikes) R1
Next up they interview Urijah Faber at ringside. They talk about the Jens Pulver fight and the upcoming Mike Brown fight.
Light Heavyweight Title Fight- Brian Stann (6-0) © vs. Steve Cantwell (5-1)
Cantwell’s only loss came at the hands of Brian Stann.
R1- Decent start to the fight as both guys seem to want to keep the fight standing. First big strike is dealt by Cantwell at about a minute in a half as he dives in and gets some shots and a knee in on Stann and they throw down and Cantwell seems to be hitting on more shots. Cantwell goes in for a take down but Stann stuffs him and they clinch against the cage basically resting from their flurry. Cantwell comes in with a Superman punch which leads to both guys throwing down against the cage and then they clinch again. Cantwell has looked really good so far. Cantwell slips and lands on his back and Stann gets in between his legs and is landing some good punches on Cantwell. Cantwell gets back to his feet and they clinch. Good, exciting first round. Cantwell really controlled the round with the exception of slipping and Stann getting in some good punches at the end of the round. Cantwell 10-9 after one round.
R2- Stann hits a low kick early in the round and we will take a short break. Cantwell hits a good combo up against the cage and Stann clinches him. Cantwell has Stann up against the cage again and hits a flurry of good strikes. Stann looks real tired. Cantwell hits some more strikes and Stann staggers back against the cage. Stann somehow staying on his feet and finally gets taken out by a right hand.
Another good fight. So far we are 4 for 4 on entertaining fights on the show.
Winner and new champion: Steve Cantwell by TKO (strikes) R2 4:01
Featherweight Fight- Micah Miller (11-1) vs. Josh Grispi (11-1)
R1- Grispi hits a leg kick early as Miller was going for a punch and it takes Miller down off his feet. Grispi going after a lot of kicks early and hitting a good number of them. Grispi hits Miller with a big right hand and then jumps on him and hits some shots and Herb Dean stops the fight. Micah Miller jumps up pretty quickly kind of like the Werdum/Vera fight finish. Dean stopped the fight early but Miller was in a lot of trouble.
Winner: Josh Grispi by TKO (strikes) R1 0:50
Welterweight Title Fight- Carlos Condit (22-4) © vs. Hiromitsu Miura (9-4)
Condit comes out to Rage Against The Machine.
R1- Pretty even fight in the first couple of minutes. Condit gets Miura in the clinch but Miura gets a nice judo throw and is immediately in side control but Condit quickly gets up. Miura gets a nice trip but again Condit gets back up. So Miura with some real nifty take downs but other than surprising Condit it hasn’t really done much in terms of damage. Condit pops Miura with a big right hand. Condit hits a body kick and then faked a kick and hit a punch that looked like it missed but I guess it connected because Miura went straight to the ground and Condit jumped on top. Condit is hitting some elbows and punches on Miura. Condit is smothering Miura and grabs an arm bar but Miura gets out and then hits Condit with a judo throw. This was a good first round and could have gone either way depending on how the judges score the fight. Do they score it for Miura based on his take downs or for Condit based on the fact that he did more damage in round one. I go for damage so I’ve got Condit up 10-9 in a close round one.
R2- Condit hits a few strikes early and then basically throws Miura down. Condit jumps on top in full guard. Miura hits an up kick but Condit gets back to the ground and is in half guard now. Condit gets full mount and is hitting some elbows and punches. Miura gives up his back and Condit goes for an arm bar. Miura gets out and gets into Condit full guard with about a minute and a half left in the round. Miura basically rests and the ref stands them back up. Miura goes for a throw but misses and Condit takes his back. Miura is able to get him back to full guard as the round ends with Condit at advantage. Condit really controlled this round. I’ve got Condit 20-18 through two rounds.
R3- Miura comes after Condit in this round with a little more vigor but Condit takes his back and then gets a guillotine choke in. Condit releases the choke and now has full mount. Condit hitting with some punches and elbows. Miura flips Condit over and gets in some shots. Miura is landing some really good punches while in full mount. Miura is unloading on Condit but Condit takes the punishment and rises to his feet. Condit hits a big knee and both guys are really throwing right now. Condit hits a right hand and takes Miura down. Condit in full mount and laying in some punches and elbows. Miura gives up his back and Condit is trying for a Rear Naked Choke but he runs out of time. Really great round. Condit controlled early, Miura then had Condit in danger and then Condit saved the round by coming back and owning the last minute and a half or so of the fight. Condit is up 30-27 in my book. Rounds 1 and 3 have been close but I’ve got Condit taking them.
R4- Miura hits a big right hand and then lands another on Condit early in the round. Miura gets a take down but Condit reverses it and has taken some good shots from Miura and is now on top. Miura flips him over again. Miura hits some punches and Condit rolls through and goes after a knee bar but Miura slips out and is back in Condit’s guard. Both guys are winded at this point and the ref stands them up. Both guys are a little slow to their feet. Both guys are really throwing at each other almost like they are trying to end it in one punch. Condit sweeps Miura down and mounts him but isn’t doing much damage as he’s mostly resting. Miura flips him over again. Miura hits some punches in on Condit and is really laying it in on him. Condit barely holds on and locks him up. Miura lets Condit get up and as he’s getting up barely misses a punch and Condit lands a nice knee in retaliation. Condit is landing some punches and the ref stops the fight. Kind of a weird finish as Condit didn’t really have a dominate position to finish the fight but Miura was on his stomach and not really defending after getting rocked by that knee. Miura was winning this round before eating that big knee. He made a huge mistake in missing that one big punch as Condit was getting up and Condit made him pay.
Really great fight. Definitely a low end FOTY candidate.
Winner and still champion: Carlos Condit by TKO (strikes) R4 4:43
Really good show with a great Main Event to cap off the night. Another really good performance for
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 10 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 10 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
This is the show that will have John Polakowski versus George Roop, which is the last of the Lightweight Fights of the second round.
Roop injures his hand during training. Part of the show focuses in on Roop trying to overcome his injury and get his hand healed.
Polakowski is upset because someone messed with his Lucky Charms! It’s on now!!!!! No one messes with his Lucky Charms!
Big Nog shows up to the house the day before the fight and jokes around with the guys.
Lightweight Fight- George Roop vs. John Polakowski
R1- Roop has a big reach advantage and is throw a bunch of high kicks early. Roop gets a take down about a minute and a half into the round and gets some elbows landed. Roop takes John’s back but John turns over and takes Roop’s guard. Good first round that was pretty even. I think Roop took this 10-9 but John came back to get back in the round at the end.
R2- John pushes the pace at the beginning of the round as Roop looks a little tired. Roop got a take down about two minutes into the round. Roop busted John open with an elbow and then tried to take his back again. I’ve got Roop taking this round as well so I’ve got him up 20-18 on my score card.
Winner: George Roop by Decision (Unanimous)
Post-fight back at the house some of the guys throw eggs down at Team Mir at the pool and Junie goes off.
Semi-Final fight selections are up next and they bring the fighters in and ask them who they want to fight.
Here are the selections:
Ryan Bader vs. Eliot Marshall
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Phillipe Nover vs. George Roop
Efrain Escudero vs. Junie Browning
I think well get Bader and Nover definitely winning their fights and then the other two fights should be really solid.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Junie Browning
4. George Roop
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Kyle Kingsbury (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Krzysztof Soszynski (Round Two)
John Polakowski (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by George Roop (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
This is the show that will have John Polakowski versus George Roop, which is the last of the Lightweight Fights of the second round.
Roop injures his hand during training. Part of the show focuses in on Roop trying to overcome his injury and get his hand healed.
Polakowski is upset because someone messed with his Lucky Charms! It’s on now!!!!! No one messes with his Lucky Charms!
Big Nog shows up to the house the day before the fight and jokes around with the guys.
Lightweight Fight- George Roop vs. John Polakowski
R1- Roop has a big reach advantage and is throw a bunch of high kicks early. Roop gets a take down about a minute and a half into the round and gets some elbows landed. Roop takes John’s back but John turns over and takes Roop’s guard. Good first round that was pretty even. I think Roop took this 10-9 but John came back to get back in the round at the end.
R2- John pushes the pace at the beginning of the round as Roop looks a little tired. Roop got a take down about two minutes into the round. Roop busted John open with an elbow and then tried to take his back again. I’ve got Roop taking this round as well so I’ve got him up 20-18 on my score card.
Winner: George Roop by Decision (Unanimous)
Post-fight back at the house some of the guys throw eggs down at Team Mir at the pool and Junie goes off.
Semi-Final fight selections are up next and they bring the fighters in and ask them who they want to fight.
Here are the selections:
Ryan Bader vs. Eliot Marshall
Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Phillipe Nover vs. George Roop
Efrain Escudero vs. Junie Browning
I think well get Bader and Nover definitely winning their fights and then the other two fights should be really solid.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Junie Browning
4. George Roop
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Kyle Kingsbury (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Krzysztof Soszynski (Round Two)
John Polakowski (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by George Roop (Round Two)
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 9 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 9 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Krzysztof Soszynski faces Kyle Kingsbury this week in the last Light Heavyweight fight before the semi-finals. Krzysztof has an injured hand and this is the focal point of the first segment of the show. Dave Kaplan gets drunk and eggs someone on to hit him and he gets knocked out.
The guys decide to get Krzysztof back and prank him since he pranks the fighters each week when they fight. Krzysztof can’t help himself and pranks the team back.
Dan Henderson comes to help Mir train his guys. Henderson says he came down due to Krzysztof.
This week is the Coach’s Challenge. The sport they are playing is soccer. Big Nog wins. Mir is just awful at soccer.
Mir says that Krzysztof is the best striker in the house and is head and shoulders above everybody else in this aspect.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Kyle Kingsbury
R1- Kyle gets an early warning for throwing low knees. Krzysztof lands some decent punches. Kyle got a take down about two and a half minutes into the round after a long clinch- this might have actually been Krzysztof pulling guard. Krzysztof went for the arm bar and finishes the fight. Krzysztof looking pretty good and didn’t really take any damage from Kingsbury during the fight.
Winner: Krzysztof Soszynski by Submission (Arm Bar) R1
Looks like we’ve got George Roop versus John Polakowski in the last lightweight fight of the second round next week.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Junie Browning
4. George Roop
5. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Kyle Kingsbury (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Krzysztof Soszynski (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Krzysztof Soszynski faces Kyle Kingsbury this week in the last Light Heavyweight fight before the semi-finals. Krzysztof has an injured hand and this is the focal point of the first segment of the show. Dave Kaplan gets drunk and eggs someone on to hit him and he gets knocked out.
The guys decide to get Krzysztof back and prank him since he pranks the fighters each week when they fight. Krzysztof can’t help himself and pranks the team back.
Dan Henderson comes to help Mir train his guys. Henderson says he came down due to Krzysztof.
This week is the Coach’s Challenge. The sport they are playing is soccer. Big Nog wins. Mir is just awful at soccer.
Mir says that Krzysztof is the best striker in the house and is head and shoulders above everybody else in this aspect.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Kyle Kingsbury
R1- Kyle gets an early warning for throwing low knees. Krzysztof lands some decent punches. Kyle got a take down about two and a half minutes into the round after a long clinch- this might have actually been Krzysztof pulling guard. Krzysztof went for the arm bar and finishes the fight. Krzysztof looking pretty good and didn’t really take any damage from Kingsbury during the fight.
Winner: Krzysztof Soszynski by Submission (Arm Bar) R1
Looks like we’ve got George Roop versus John Polakowski in the last lightweight fight of the second round next week.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Junie Browning
4. George Roop
5. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Kyle Kingsbury (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Krzysztof Soszynski (Round Two)
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 8 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 8 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Team Nog had been eating Tom Lawlor’s fruit tray every day (I thought he was eliminated). So Lawler decides to get back at them by pissing in his own fruit tray.
Light Heavyweight fight is selected by Frank Mir and he choices Dave Kaplan to take on Phillip Nover. Should be a good fight as I have these guys as the top 2 based on my limited exposure to them.
Team Nog comes home and starts snacking on the pee filled fruit platter and they are eating it! Wow.
“The fruit tasted completely normal. In fact, it may have tasted better than normal”- Kyle Kingsbury
Dave Kaplan was a division 1 wrestler and has a background in Tai Boxing.
Now, somebody is eating Phillipe Nover’s sushi and they plan to add a very special surprise to Nover’s sushi and whoever is eating it. They add some sperm to the sushi. Wow, this is getting rough. Dave Kaplan eats it! Kaplan tells them that they will have his fecal matter on them within 3 days.
Junie gets pissed off during practice and is upset because no one wants to train with him.
Lightweight Fight- Dave Kaplan vs. Phillipe Nover
Nover has a huge 8” reach advantage in this fight. He also has a 3” height advantage.
R1- Nover lands some really good shots early and Kaplan crumples to the ground and Nover jumps on top but Kaplan defends well. Phillipe hits some shots and then rolls over to a Rear Naked Choke and destroys Kaplan in short order. Very impressive victory for Nover and he just became the odds on favorite to win the Lightweight Division of this seasons Ultimate Fighter. Dana White compares Nover to GSP.
Winner: Phillipe Nover by Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Krzysztof Soszynski faces Kyle Kingsbury next week in the last Light Heavyweight fight before the semi-finals.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Junie Browning
4. George Roop
5. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Team Nog had been eating Tom Lawlor’s fruit tray every day (I thought he was eliminated). So Lawler decides to get back at them by pissing in his own fruit tray.
Light Heavyweight fight is selected by Frank Mir and he choices Dave Kaplan to take on Phillip Nover. Should be a good fight as I have these guys as the top 2 based on my limited exposure to them.
Team Nog comes home and starts snacking on the pee filled fruit platter and they are eating it! Wow.
“The fruit tasted completely normal. In fact, it may have tasted better than normal”- Kyle Kingsbury
Dave Kaplan was a division 1 wrestler and has a background in Tai Boxing.
Now, somebody is eating Phillipe Nover’s sushi and they plan to add a very special surprise to Nover’s sushi and whoever is eating it. They add some sperm to the sushi. Wow, this is getting rough. Dave Kaplan eats it! Kaplan tells them that they will have his fecal matter on them within 3 days.
Junie gets pissed off during practice and is upset because no one wants to train with him.
Lightweight Fight- Dave Kaplan vs. Phillipe Nover
Nover has a huge 8” reach advantage in this fight. He also has a 3” height advantage.
R1- Nover lands some really good shots early and Kaplan crumples to the ground and Nover jumps on top but Kaplan defends well. Phillipe hits some shots and then rolls over to a Rear Naked Choke and destroys Kaplan in short order. Very impressive victory for Nover and he just became the odds on favorite to win the Lightweight Division of this seasons Ultimate Fighter. Dana White compares Nover to GSP.
Winner: Phillipe Nover by Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Krzysztof Soszynski faces Kyle Kingsbury next week in the last Light Heavyweight fight before the semi-finals.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Junie Browning
4. George Roop
5. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Monday, November 17, 2008
UFC 91 "Couture vs Lesnar" Re-Cap
UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar
Kenny Florian vs Joe Stevenson and Brock Lesnar versus Randy Couture headline this show. These are two fights that I am really looking forward to watching.
Middleweight Fight- Nate Quarry (16-2) vs. Demian Maia (9-0)
Maia is a jiu-jitsu fighter. Maia's last fight was a victory over Jason MacDonald by submission in the third round back at UFC 87. Nate Quarry was last seen humbling and chasing Khalib Starnes at UFC 83. This should be a good fight. If Maia wins this then he could really step up towards the top of the UFC Middleweights. Quarry gets a good pop from the crowd.
R1- Maia immediately went to the mat and tried to pull guard and then got on top of Quarry. Maia takes Quarry's back about one minutes into the fight. He has him in a triangle and is looking for a choke. Maia clamped it on and Quarry tapped. Dominate performance by Maia.
Winner: Demian Maia by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 2:13
Heavyweight Fight- Gabriel Gonzaga (9-3) vs. Josh Hendricks (18-4)
This is the debut of Hendricks. He's been training with Randy Couture for a couple of weeks helping Couture prepare for Lesnar. Gonzaga has a 20 lb weight advantage and a 2 inch reach advantage.
R1- They start off with some dirty boxing. Gonzaga hits with some knees and then just pops Hendricks with a big punch and Hendricks hits the mat like a ton of bricks. Gonzaga hits him with another punch and the ref doesn't step in so Gonzaga hits him again and the fight is stopped. Gonzaga looked great in this fight.
Winner: Gabriel Gonzaga by TKO (Strikes) R1 1:01
GSP is at the fight tonight, as is BJ Penn.
Welterweight Fight- Matt Brown vs. Ryan Thomas
They jump right into this fight so it looks like it's a pre-show fight. Matt Brown took this fight on short notice.
R1- Matt Brown goes right after him and hit a couple of shots. Thomas recovered and got a take down and took side control fairly quickly. Thomas landing a lot of punches. Brown gets back to his feet. Matt Brown grabs an arm bar and then tries to move it to a triangle but Thomas slides to side control again. Brown grabbed a guillotine but couldn't finish and then went for a triangle right at the buzzer. Good first round. Thomas got in more punches but Brown got more near submission attempts.
R2- Brown clamped in an arm bar attempt early in the round and eventually turned Thomas over and got him to tap. Good fight and good showing by Brown.
Winner: Matt Brown by Submission (Arm Bar) R2 0:57
Tamdan McCrory (11-1) vs. Dustin Hazelett (13-4)
McCrory beat Luke Cuomo at UFC 87 by unanimous decision. Hazlett fell to Josh Koshcheck at UFC 82 and a victory against Josh Burkman. Hazelett comes out to some CCR. McCrory has a 3 inch height advantage.
R1- McCrory swings for the fences early and hit with some shots. Hazelett pushed McCrory down with a front kick and then missed a flying knee. Hazelett pushes forward and hits some nice strikes. McCrory comes back with some strikes of his own. They go to the ground and Hazelett ties McCrory up like a pretzel and eventually get the tap. Good fight.
Winner: Dustin Hazelett by Submission (Arm Bar) R1 3:59
Anderson Silva is at the show.
Lightweight Fight- Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael Dos Anjos
This is another pre-show fight.
R1- Dos Anjos took Stephens down in this round and controlled the majority of the round. He got a near submission towards the end of the round but Stephens held on.
R2- Stephens looked better in the second round. Dos Anjos has had opportunities to finish the fight but he just hasn't been able to get it done yet.
R3- Jeremy Stephens just explodes at the beginning of this round and destroys Dos Anjos. He just nailed him with an uppercut that rocked Dos Anjos. After that shot it was just a couple of shots on the ground and this one was over. Great punch.
Winner: Jeremy Stephens by KO R3 0:39
Wanderlei Silva is in the house tonight. Lots of big guns here to watch Couture/Lesnar.
Joe Rogan interviews 50 Cent during the break. 50 Cent seems to think that Brock is going to win the fight tonight.
Lightweight Fight- Kenny Florian (12-3) vs. Joe Stevenson (34-8)
This is potential fight of the night. But then again I thought that with Florian/Huerta and that one was pretty much a stinker. Stevenson just got his BJJ black belt. Florian has a 3 inch height advantage and a 4 inch reach advantage.
R1- Florian gets some strikes in early but Stevenson stalks him down against the cage. Stevenson went for a slam but Florian grabbed onto the cage to avoid the slam but still got taken down. Florian quickly sprawled back up to avoid damage. Florian got a take down and took half guard. Florian mounted and began to ground and pound on Stevenson and then Stevenson turned over and Florian took his back. Stevenson went to stand up and Florian got a Rear Naked Choke and tapped him out. Fantastic finish by Florian. Good fight.
Winner: Kenny Florian by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 4:03
Post-fight Florian says he wants BJ's belt.
UFC Heavyweight Title Fight- Randy Couture © (16-8) vs. Brock Lesnar (2-1)
Brock comes out to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica. Lesnar has a huge 45 pound weight advantage and a 6 inch reach advantage. Lesnar has a 81 inch reach. Lesnar is the heel in this fight as he got a round of boos when he was introduced. Couture got a heroes welcome. Big "Randy" chant by the crowd right before the round starts.
R1- They clinched almost immediately. Crowd chants "Randy". Not much in the first minute and a half. Brock landed some knees and Randy got in a good punch when they clinch was broken. Lesnar dove in and went for a take down. Brock finishes the take down with a slam and Randy grabs half guard but Brock slips out and Randy slips out the back also and reverses position and tries to take Brocks back but Brock dumped him back on the ground and took half guard again. Lesnar lands some good punches in half guard. Couture gets back to his feet with about 45 seconds left in the round. Good first round. Brock controlled most of the action so I'll give him the round 10-9. Couture hung in there and kept away from getting a lot of damage.
R2- Lesnar stuck Randy with an elbow about 15 seconds into the round and he looked a little stunned. Brock rushed in but Randy clinched him against the cage. Brock hit a knee and Randy responded with a punch cutting Brock under the eye. Brock caught Randy with a knee as they broke clinch and then hit him with a couple of punches and he went down and Lesnar just nailed Randy with hammer punches and then the ref stopped the fight. Great finish by Lesnar. Ref probably could have let the fight go on a little longer but it's tough to call something like that.
Winner and new champion: Brock Lesnar R2 3:07
Lightweight Fight- Jorge Gurgel vs. Aaron Riley
Another undercard fight
R1- Good even first round. Gurgel started to come on towards the end of the round. Gurgel didn't try to take down Riley at all.
R2- Riley definitely took this round as he dominated until about the last 30 seconds when Gurgel took Riley down.
R3- Riley opened up about a minute into this round with a great combo that almost finished Gurgel. Good fight. Aaron Riley is going to win this one via decision.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 in favor of Aaron Riley on all 3 judges score cards.
Winner: Aaron Riley by Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Alvin Robinson vs. Mark Bocek
Under card fight.
R1- Bocek gets a take down early into the fight. Robinson reversed the position after about a minute and a half and then Bocek took the advantage right back. Bocek lands some good elbows from the half guard position. Bocek clamped on a submission at the end of the round but Robinson lasted. Bocek takes this round 10-9.
R2- Bocek gets a quick take down and gets side control. Bocek got a guillotine in on Robinson. Bocek then took his back and looked for a Rear Naked Choke. Robinson fought back and got on top of Bockek with about 30 seconds left but Bocek moved him back over onto his back. Bocek up 20-18 so far and has dominated on the ground.
R3- Bocek slammed Robinson without 30 seconds of the round starting. Bocek got in some good Ground and Pound about half way through the round and then got a Rear Naked Choke and tapped out Robinson. Great showing by Bocek.
Winner: Mark Bocek by Rear Naked Choke R3 3:16
Just a great show from UFC. Definitely the best show UFC has put on this year. Brock/Randy was a good fight. Florian/Stevenson delivered a good one round fight. Maia and Gonzaga looked great in victory. Jeremy Stephens got a highlight reel knockout. Brown/Thomas, Hazelett/McCrory, Bocek/Robinson and Riley/Gurgel were all decent to good fights. Not a bad fight on the show and we got 4 under card fights.
Kenny Florian vs Joe Stevenson and Brock Lesnar versus Randy Couture headline this show. These are two fights that I am really looking forward to watching.
Middleweight Fight- Nate Quarry (16-2) vs. Demian Maia (9-0)
Maia is a jiu-jitsu fighter. Maia's last fight was a victory over Jason MacDonald by submission in the third round back at UFC 87. Nate Quarry was last seen humbling and chasing Khalib Starnes at UFC 83. This should be a good fight. If Maia wins this then he could really step up towards the top of the UFC Middleweights. Quarry gets a good pop from the crowd.
R1- Maia immediately went to the mat and tried to pull guard and then got on top of Quarry. Maia takes Quarry's back about one minutes into the fight. He has him in a triangle and is looking for a choke. Maia clamped it on and Quarry tapped. Dominate performance by Maia.
Winner: Demian Maia by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 2:13
Heavyweight Fight- Gabriel Gonzaga (9-3) vs. Josh Hendricks (18-4)
This is the debut of Hendricks. He's been training with Randy Couture for a couple of weeks helping Couture prepare for Lesnar. Gonzaga has a 20 lb weight advantage and a 2 inch reach advantage.
R1- They start off with some dirty boxing. Gonzaga hits with some knees and then just pops Hendricks with a big punch and Hendricks hits the mat like a ton of bricks. Gonzaga hits him with another punch and the ref doesn't step in so Gonzaga hits him again and the fight is stopped. Gonzaga looked great in this fight.
Winner: Gabriel Gonzaga by TKO (Strikes) R1 1:01
GSP is at the fight tonight, as is BJ Penn.
Welterweight Fight- Matt Brown vs. Ryan Thomas
They jump right into this fight so it looks like it's a pre-show fight. Matt Brown took this fight on short notice.
R1- Matt Brown goes right after him and hit a couple of shots. Thomas recovered and got a take down and took side control fairly quickly. Thomas landing a lot of punches. Brown gets back to his feet. Matt Brown grabs an arm bar and then tries to move it to a triangle but Thomas slides to side control again. Brown grabbed a guillotine but couldn't finish and then went for a triangle right at the buzzer. Good first round. Thomas got in more punches but Brown got more near submission attempts.
R2- Brown clamped in an arm bar attempt early in the round and eventually turned Thomas over and got him to tap. Good fight and good showing by Brown.
Winner: Matt Brown by Submission (Arm Bar) R2 0:57
Tamdan McCrory (11-1) vs. Dustin Hazelett (13-4)
McCrory beat Luke Cuomo at UFC 87 by unanimous decision. Hazlett fell to Josh Koshcheck at UFC 82 and a victory against Josh Burkman. Hazelett comes out to some CCR. McCrory has a 3 inch height advantage.
R1- McCrory swings for the fences early and hit with some shots. Hazelett pushed McCrory down with a front kick and then missed a flying knee. Hazelett pushes forward and hits some nice strikes. McCrory comes back with some strikes of his own. They go to the ground and Hazelett ties McCrory up like a pretzel and eventually get the tap. Good fight.
Winner: Dustin Hazelett by Submission (Arm Bar) R1 3:59
Anderson Silva is at the show.
Lightweight Fight- Jeremy Stephens vs. Rafael Dos Anjos
This is another pre-show fight.
R1- Dos Anjos took Stephens down in this round and controlled the majority of the round. He got a near submission towards the end of the round but Stephens held on.
R2- Stephens looked better in the second round. Dos Anjos has had opportunities to finish the fight but he just hasn't been able to get it done yet.
R3- Jeremy Stephens just explodes at the beginning of this round and destroys Dos Anjos. He just nailed him with an uppercut that rocked Dos Anjos. After that shot it was just a couple of shots on the ground and this one was over. Great punch.
Winner: Jeremy Stephens by KO R3 0:39
Wanderlei Silva is in the house tonight. Lots of big guns here to watch Couture/Lesnar.
Joe Rogan interviews 50 Cent during the break. 50 Cent seems to think that Brock is going to win the fight tonight.
Lightweight Fight- Kenny Florian (12-3) vs. Joe Stevenson (34-8)
This is potential fight of the night. But then again I thought that with Florian/Huerta and that one was pretty much a stinker. Stevenson just got his BJJ black belt. Florian has a 3 inch height advantage and a 4 inch reach advantage.
R1- Florian gets some strikes in early but Stevenson stalks him down against the cage. Stevenson went for a slam but Florian grabbed onto the cage to avoid the slam but still got taken down. Florian quickly sprawled back up to avoid damage. Florian got a take down and took half guard. Florian mounted and began to ground and pound on Stevenson and then Stevenson turned over and Florian took his back. Stevenson went to stand up and Florian got a Rear Naked Choke and tapped him out. Fantastic finish by Florian. Good fight.
Winner: Kenny Florian by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 4:03
Post-fight Florian says he wants BJ's belt.
UFC Heavyweight Title Fight- Randy Couture © (16-8) vs. Brock Lesnar (2-1)
Brock comes out to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica. Lesnar has a huge 45 pound weight advantage and a 6 inch reach advantage. Lesnar has a 81 inch reach. Lesnar is the heel in this fight as he got a round of boos when he was introduced. Couture got a heroes welcome. Big "Randy" chant by the crowd right before the round starts.
R1- They clinched almost immediately. Crowd chants "Randy". Not much in the first minute and a half. Brock landed some knees and Randy got in a good punch when they clinch was broken. Lesnar dove in and went for a take down. Brock finishes the take down with a slam and Randy grabs half guard but Brock slips out and Randy slips out the back also and reverses position and tries to take Brocks back but Brock dumped him back on the ground and took half guard again. Lesnar lands some good punches in half guard. Couture gets back to his feet with about 45 seconds left in the round. Good first round. Brock controlled most of the action so I'll give him the round 10-9. Couture hung in there and kept away from getting a lot of damage.
R2- Lesnar stuck Randy with an elbow about 15 seconds into the round and he looked a little stunned. Brock rushed in but Randy clinched him against the cage. Brock hit a knee and Randy responded with a punch cutting Brock under the eye. Brock caught Randy with a knee as they broke clinch and then hit him with a couple of punches and he went down and Lesnar just nailed Randy with hammer punches and then the ref stopped the fight. Great finish by Lesnar. Ref probably could have let the fight go on a little longer but it's tough to call something like that.
Winner and new champion: Brock Lesnar R2 3:07
Lightweight Fight- Jorge Gurgel vs. Aaron Riley
Another undercard fight
R1- Good even first round. Gurgel started to come on towards the end of the round. Gurgel didn't try to take down Riley at all.
R2- Riley definitely took this round as he dominated until about the last 30 seconds when Gurgel took Riley down.
R3- Riley opened up about a minute into this round with a great combo that almost finished Gurgel. Good fight. Aaron Riley is going to win this one via decision.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 in favor of Aaron Riley on all 3 judges score cards.
Winner: Aaron Riley by Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Alvin Robinson vs. Mark Bocek
Under card fight.
R1- Bocek gets a take down early into the fight. Robinson reversed the position after about a minute and a half and then Bocek took the advantage right back. Bocek lands some good elbows from the half guard position. Bocek clamped on a submission at the end of the round but Robinson lasted. Bocek takes this round 10-9.
R2- Bocek gets a quick take down and gets side control. Bocek got a guillotine in on Robinson. Bocek then took his back and looked for a Rear Naked Choke. Robinson fought back and got on top of Bockek with about 30 seconds left but Bocek moved him back over onto his back. Bocek up 20-18 so far and has dominated on the ground.
R3- Bocek slammed Robinson without 30 seconds of the round starting. Bocek got in some good Ground and Pound about half way through the round and then got a Rear Naked Choke and tapped out Robinson. Great showing by Bocek.
Winner: Mark Bocek by Rear Naked Choke R3 3:16
Just a great show from UFC. Definitely the best show UFC has put on this year. Brock/Randy was a good fight. Florian/Stevenson delivered a good one round fight. Maia and Gonzaga looked great in victory. Jeremy Stephens got a highlight reel knockout. Brown/Thomas, Hazelett/McCrory, Bocek/Robinson and Riley/Gurgel were all decent to good fights. Not a bad fight on the show and we got 4 under card fights.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
UFC 88 "Breakthrough" Re-Cap
UFC 88 "Breakthrough"
Welterweight Fight- Dong Hyun Kim (10-0-1) vs. Matt Brown (10-6)
Matt Brown comes out to "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band. Dong Hyun Kim counters with "Higher Ground" by the Chilli Peppers.
R1- They clinched early and Kim took him down and then took his back but Brown stood him up. Kim grabbed a choke while on Brown's back as brown was standing but Brown broke it up. Kim controlled early but the middle portion of the match is even and then with about a minute left in the round Brown got a choke in on Kim that looks kind of like a head lock but Kim takes Brown's back again. Good first round that was close but I give to Kim due to him having control of Brown and his back for at least half the round.
R2- They stand up early in the round and Brown gets some good knees in on Kim. Brown is controlling early and is getting in some decent shots on Kim. Kim hits on up kick but Brown retaliates with some Ground & Pound. Brown really controlled this round and was in a dominate position at the end of the round, could have maybe finished him but he wasn't aggressive enough. Right now Kim looks real tired. I've got the fight 19-19 right now with Brown with the momentum.
R3- Matt Brown forgot his mouth piece to start the round so they stop the fight for a minute after he eats a punch. Kim gets a take down about a minute into the round and gets side control rather quickly but Brown gets out of the position without any damage. Brown gets some shots in as they clinched. Kim going for judo throws but Brown doing a good job stopping them. Kim gets another take down with 2 minutes left and is in Brown's guard. Kim hits some elbows and cuts Brown. Kim wins this round rather handily so i've got him taking Round 1 and 3 and Brown taking Round 3. Really close fight. I give it to Kim but not by much. Kim 29 Brown 28.
Judges score cards are 29-28 Kim, 29-28 Brown, and 29-28 Kim. Split Decision win for Kim. That's pretty much how I had it. Crowd doesn't really like the result.
Winner: Dong Hyun Kim by Decision (Split)
UFC fighter Yoshiyuki Yoshida is shown in the crowd. He was supposed to fight Karo Parisyan tonight but Karo pulled out due to injury.
Middleweight Fight- Martin Kampmann (13-1) vs. Nate Marquardt (29-8-2)
Kampmann is undefeated in the UFC and Marquardt is coming off a controversial loss in which he lost 2 points due to an illegal move and a questional punch to the back of his opponents head. Marquardt comes out to the theme that UFC uses at the beginning of it's PPVs and Kampmann comes out to what sounds like an Eminem song. Kampmann is the first Condomdepot.com fighter of the evening.
R1- They stand up early and Kampmann got in a good close punch. Nate rebounded with a nice kick to the head that sent Kampmann reeling. Nate hit a knee and was throwing a nuch of punches. Nate is all over him and has him in the corner and Kampmann sits down in the corner and the ref stops the fight. Fantastic showing by Marquardt as he was just all over Kampmann after he hit that kick.
Winner: Nate Marquardt by TKO (strikes) R1 1:22
Urijah Faber is at the show tonight. I think he actually attends every single MMA event no matter what company it's for (DREAM, UFC, WEC, etc).
They announce that Faber's fight is being rescheduled due to the hurricanes and will now be on Nov 5th. NO!
Miguel Torres is also with Faber at the fight.
Middleweight Fight- Dan Henderson (22-7) vs. Rousimarr Palhares (17-1)
Henderson is 10 years older than Palhares, about 5 inches taller and has a 3 inch reach advantage. Henderson gets the largest reaction of the evening so far. Palhares is our second condomdepot.com fighter of the evening. Matt Lindland is in Henderson's corner.
Big Boi from Outkast (they are from Atlanta) is shown in the crowd. He is sitting next to Rampage Jackson.
R1- They start out very carefully. No touching for the first 30 seconds. Rousimarr goes for a take down and Henderson nails him with a shot. Back to their feet. Henderson stops a take down and then another and then another and another. Henderson gets some good shots in as they mixed it up. They mix it up again and Palhares gets in a couple of shots and throws some wild kicks. Henderson connecting with some jabs. Palhares finally got a take down with 30 seconds left. Palhares can't get anything and then the bell rings. He looked like he was in position to get a knee bar but didn't have enough time. Henderson takes Round 1 but Palhares started to come on at the end of the round. Good, entertaining first round once it got started.
R2- Palhares picked up Henderson and slammed him down about one minute into the round and is in Henderson's guard. Palhares goes for a leg lock and gets it but Henderson gets out of the move. Palhares goes for a take down but gets caught by Henderson and Henderson locks him up and then they stand back up. Henderson with some strikes. Another take down stuffed by Henderson and he takes Palhares guard. The ref stands them up due to inactivity. This was a really close round. Palhares controlled the opening stanza and then Henderson the last half. I think Palhares was more dominant in his portion of the fight and almost finished Henderson with that leg lock so I think he takes the round. 19-19 so far with one round left.
R3- Henderson stuffs an early take down. Not a whole lot of action in this round. Henderson has connected on a couple of strikes. Two minutes left in the round. Palhares went for a take down but it was stuffed and Henderson got in a shot or two. Henderson went for a punch and looked like a slipped and Palhares almost caught him in a leg lock but Henderson slipped out. Henderson gets a good strike and then stuffs a take down. Henderson ends the fight with three or four good strikes. Not a good final round but Henderson will win this 29-28. Good first two rounds but a very unurgent third round. Not a very impressive victory for Henderson but still a victory.
Judges score cards: 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28 in favor of Henderson.
Winner: Dan Henderson by Decision (Unanimous)
Randy Couture is at the event and Joe Rogan interviews him about the Brock Lesnar fight.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Tim Boetsch (7-2) vs. Michael Patt (15-2)
R1- Boetch hits a big right hand about 2 minutes into the round and then Ground and Pounds until the ref stops the fight.
Winner: Tim Boetsch by TKO (strikes) R1 2:03
Light Heavyweight Fight- Rich Franklin (25-3) vs. Matt Hamill (6-1)
Matt Hamill comes out to the Skynard's "Simple Man." Hamill gets a good response from the crowd. Franklin gets a good pop.
R1- They stand up at the beginning of the fight. Franklin getting more strikes in but Hamill got in a nice right hand. Franklin is hitting leg kicks. Hamill gets a take down with about a minute left in the round and Franklin goes for an arm bar but Hamill breaks free and they are back to their feet. Both guys are cut open. Franklin hits a big knee. Close first round. I think Franklin took this one 10-9 as he was more agressive during the round and landed more shots. Hamill got a take down but didn't get much offense in during the take down and Franklin got a submission attempt (although he never really locked it in) which led to him getting out of the hold pretty quickly).
R2- Franlin landed a good combination in the first minute and is landing some leg kicks. The ref is checking the cut on Franklin but the fight continues, he's not bleeding but the announcers seem to think that he lost a chunk of skin near his eye. Franklin landed a nice kick to Hamill and then follows it up with a kick to the family jewels which causes a stop in the action. Nice slow mo instant reply of the crotch kick and the groan by the crowd. Franklin landing more leg kicks. Franklin gets a good kick to the midsection. Franklin really controlled this fight and is up 2 rounds to nothing. Franklin 20 Hamill 18.
R3- Franklin hits a kick to the midsection and hits a couple of punches and this ones over. Good showing for Rich Franklin.
Winner: Rich Franklin by TKO (strikes) R3 0:39
Light Heavyweight Fight- Chuck Liddell (21-5) vs. Rashad Evans (16-0-1)
Evans gets some heel heat from the crowd, probably more because they are pro-Liddell than anti-Evans.
R1- They just kind of dance around each other for the first 30 seconds. Liddell got in a shot or two in the first minute or so. Evans then got one and Liddell answers. Not much action in the first two minutes. One of the more lackluster opening rounds I think I've ever seen. If I had to pick someone to give this round with it would be Liddell but he didn't do anything to deserve it. Liddell 10 Evans 9.
R2- They mix it up a little on the cage with Liddell attacking and Evans countering. Evans hitting some combos now. Evans drills Liddell with a right hand and Liddell drops like a sack of potatoes. Nice punch. Evans really had not shown much at all until that one punch but what a punch it was.
On the replay Chuck got caught with a slow looping hook and Rashad just came over the top and hit him with a quick overhand right that just rocked Liddell. This was a case of Liddell underestimating Liddell and leaving himself open and Rashad capitalizing on the mistake. Although it didn't make for a good first round Rashad did a good job not giving into Liddell and making Liddell be the aggressor in the first two rounds instead of the counter puncher.
Winner: Rashad Evans by KO R2 1:51
Rampage and Forrest are shown. Forrest gets a good pop. I think Rashad winning opens things up for a Rampage rematch quicker than he would have gotten one if Liddell won the fight.
Middleweight Fight- Jason MacDonald vs. Jason Lambert
R1- Lambert pulled guard early and took a guillotine. MacDonald popped out after about a minute and a half in the move. MacDonald controlled for the rest of the round until the last 15 seconds as Lambert grabbed another tight guillotine but MacDonald rode it out.
R2- They mix it up right at the beginning of the round and MacDonald takes Lambert down. MacDonald takes Lambert's back and gets the tap via Rear Naked Choke.
Winner: Jason MacDonald by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 1:27
This was a decent show with a bunch of decent fights and then a great KO in the Main Event. The most interesting thing coming out of tonight was not the fights but where these fighters like Evans, Liddell, Franklin, Henderson, Marquardt go from here
Welterweight Fight- Dong Hyun Kim (10-0-1) vs. Matt Brown (10-6)
Matt Brown comes out to "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band. Dong Hyun Kim counters with "Higher Ground" by the Chilli Peppers.
R1- They clinched early and Kim took him down and then took his back but Brown stood him up. Kim grabbed a choke while on Brown's back as brown was standing but Brown broke it up. Kim controlled early but the middle portion of the match is even and then with about a minute left in the round Brown got a choke in on Kim that looks kind of like a head lock but Kim takes Brown's back again. Good first round that was close but I give to Kim due to him having control of Brown and his back for at least half the round.
R2- They stand up early in the round and Brown gets some good knees in on Kim. Brown is controlling early and is getting in some decent shots on Kim. Kim hits on up kick but Brown retaliates with some Ground & Pound. Brown really controlled this round and was in a dominate position at the end of the round, could have maybe finished him but he wasn't aggressive enough. Right now Kim looks real tired. I've got the fight 19-19 right now with Brown with the momentum.
R3- Matt Brown forgot his mouth piece to start the round so they stop the fight for a minute after he eats a punch. Kim gets a take down about a minute into the round and gets side control rather quickly but Brown gets out of the position without any damage. Brown gets some shots in as they clinched. Kim going for judo throws but Brown doing a good job stopping them. Kim gets another take down with 2 minutes left and is in Brown's guard. Kim hits some elbows and cuts Brown. Kim wins this round rather handily so i've got him taking Round 1 and 3 and Brown taking Round 3. Really close fight. I give it to Kim but not by much. Kim 29 Brown 28.
Judges score cards are 29-28 Kim, 29-28 Brown, and 29-28 Kim. Split Decision win for Kim. That's pretty much how I had it. Crowd doesn't really like the result.
Winner: Dong Hyun Kim by Decision (Split)
UFC fighter Yoshiyuki Yoshida is shown in the crowd. He was supposed to fight Karo Parisyan tonight but Karo pulled out due to injury.
Middleweight Fight- Martin Kampmann (13-1) vs. Nate Marquardt (29-8-2)
Kampmann is undefeated in the UFC and Marquardt is coming off a controversial loss in which he lost 2 points due to an illegal move and a questional punch to the back of his opponents head. Marquardt comes out to the theme that UFC uses at the beginning of it's PPVs and Kampmann comes out to what sounds like an Eminem song. Kampmann is the first Condomdepot.com fighter of the evening.
R1- They stand up early and Kampmann got in a good close punch. Nate rebounded with a nice kick to the head that sent Kampmann reeling. Nate hit a knee and was throwing a nuch of punches. Nate is all over him and has him in the corner and Kampmann sits down in the corner and the ref stops the fight. Fantastic showing by Marquardt as he was just all over Kampmann after he hit that kick.
Winner: Nate Marquardt by TKO (strikes) R1 1:22
Urijah Faber is at the show tonight. I think he actually attends every single MMA event no matter what company it's for (DREAM, UFC, WEC, etc).
They announce that Faber's fight is being rescheduled due to the hurricanes and will now be on Nov 5th. NO!
Miguel Torres is also with Faber at the fight.
Middleweight Fight- Dan Henderson (22-7) vs. Rousimarr Palhares (17-1)
Henderson is 10 years older than Palhares, about 5 inches taller and has a 3 inch reach advantage. Henderson gets the largest reaction of the evening so far. Palhares is our second condomdepot.com fighter of the evening. Matt Lindland is in Henderson's corner.
Big Boi from Outkast (they are from Atlanta) is shown in the crowd. He is sitting next to Rampage Jackson.
R1- They start out very carefully. No touching for the first 30 seconds. Rousimarr goes for a take down and Henderson nails him with a shot. Back to their feet. Henderson stops a take down and then another and then another and another. Henderson gets some good shots in as they mixed it up. They mix it up again and Palhares gets in a couple of shots and throws some wild kicks. Henderson connecting with some jabs. Palhares finally got a take down with 30 seconds left. Palhares can't get anything and then the bell rings. He looked like he was in position to get a knee bar but didn't have enough time. Henderson takes Round 1 but Palhares started to come on at the end of the round. Good, entertaining first round once it got started.
R2- Palhares picked up Henderson and slammed him down about one minute into the round and is in Henderson's guard. Palhares goes for a leg lock and gets it but Henderson gets out of the move. Palhares goes for a take down but gets caught by Henderson and Henderson locks him up and then they stand back up. Henderson with some strikes. Another take down stuffed by Henderson and he takes Palhares guard. The ref stands them up due to inactivity. This was a really close round. Palhares controlled the opening stanza and then Henderson the last half. I think Palhares was more dominant in his portion of the fight and almost finished Henderson with that leg lock so I think he takes the round. 19-19 so far with one round left.
R3- Henderson stuffs an early take down. Not a whole lot of action in this round. Henderson has connected on a couple of strikes. Two minutes left in the round. Palhares went for a take down but it was stuffed and Henderson got in a shot or two. Henderson went for a punch and looked like a slipped and Palhares almost caught him in a leg lock but Henderson slipped out. Henderson gets a good strike and then stuffs a take down. Henderson ends the fight with three or four good strikes. Not a good final round but Henderson will win this 29-28. Good first two rounds but a very unurgent third round. Not a very impressive victory for Henderson but still a victory.
Judges score cards: 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28 in favor of Henderson.
Winner: Dan Henderson by Decision (Unanimous)
Randy Couture is at the event and Joe Rogan interviews him about the Brock Lesnar fight.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Tim Boetsch (7-2) vs. Michael Patt (15-2)
R1- Boetch hits a big right hand about 2 minutes into the round and then Ground and Pounds until the ref stops the fight.
Winner: Tim Boetsch by TKO (strikes) R1 2:03
Light Heavyweight Fight- Rich Franklin (25-3) vs. Matt Hamill (6-1)
Matt Hamill comes out to the Skynard's "Simple Man." Hamill gets a good response from the crowd. Franklin gets a good pop.
R1- They stand up at the beginning of the fight. Franklin getting more strikes in but Hamill got in a nice right hand. Franklin is hitting leg kicks. Hamill gets a take down with about a minute left in the round and Franklin goes for an arm bar but Hamill breaks free and they are back to their feet. Both guys are cut open. Franklin hits a big knee. Close first round. I think Franklin took this one 10-9 as he was more agressive during the round and landed more shots. Hamill got a take down but didn't get much offense in during the take down and Franklin got a submission attempt (although he never really locked it in) which led to him getting out of the hold pretty quickly).
R2- Franlin landed a good combination in the first minute and is landing some leg kicks. The ref is checking the cut on Franklin but the fight continues, he's not bleeding but the announcers seem to think that he lost a chunk of skin near his eye. Franklin landed a nice kick to Hamill and then follows it up with a kick to the family jewels which causes a stop in the action. Nice slow mo instant reply of the crotch kick and the groan by the crowd. Franklin landing more leg kicks. Franklin gets a good kick to the midsection. Franklin really controlled this fight and is up 2 rounds to nothing. Franklin 20 Hamill 18.
R3- Franklin hits a kick to the midsection and hits a couple of punches and this ones over. Good showing for Rich Franklin.
Winner: Rich Franklin by TKO (strikes) R3 0:39
Light Heavyweight Fight- Chuck Liddell (21-5) vs. Rashad Evans (16-0-1)
Evans gets some heel heat from the crowd, probably more because they are pro-Liddell than anti-Evans.
R1- They just kind of dance around each other for the first 30 seconds. Liddell got in a shot or two in the first minute or so. Evans then got one and Liddell answers. Not much action in the first two minutes. One of the more lackluster opening rounds I think I've ever seen. If I had to pick someone to give this round with it would be Liddell but he didn't do anything to deserve it. Liddell 10 Evans 9.
R2- They mix it up a little on the cage with Liddell attacking and Evans countering. Evans hitting some combos now. Evans drills Liddell with a right hand and Liddell drops like a sack of potatoes. Nice punch. Evans really had not shown much at all until that one punch but what a punch it was.
On the replay Chuck got caught with a slow looping hook and Rashad just came over the top and hit him with a quick overhand right that just rocked Liddell. This was a case of Liddell underestimating Liddell and leaving himself open and Rashad capitalizing on the mistake. Although it didn't make for a good first round Rashad did a good job not giving into Liddell and making Liddell be the aggressor in the first two rounds instead of the counter puncher.
Winner: Rashad Evans by KO R2 1:51
Rampage and Forrest are shown. Forrest gets a good pop. I think Rashad winning opens things up for a Rampage rematch quicker than he would have gotten one if Liddell won the fight.
Middleweight Fight- Jason MacDonald vs. Jason Lambert
R1- Lambert pulled guard early and took a guillotine. MacDonald popped out after about a minute and a half in the move. MacDonald controlled for the rest of the round until the last 15 seconds as Lambert grabbed another tight guillotine but MacDonald rode it out.
R2- They mix it up right at the beginning of the round and MacDonald takes Lambert down. MacDonald takes Lambert's back and gets the tap via Rear Naked Choke.
Winner: Jason MacDonald by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 1:27
This was a decent show with a bunch of decent fights and then a great KO in the Main Event. The most interesting thing coming out of tonight was not the fights but where these fighters like Evans, Liddell, Franklin, Henderson, Marquardt go from here
UFC 89 "Bisping vs Leben" Re-Cap
UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
Live from the UK on Spike TV! Brandon Vera takes on Keith Jardine in a Light Heavyweight Fight. Michael Bisping accepts his biggest challenge since stepping down in weight to Middleweight as he fights Chris Leben. Marcus Davis, Paul Kelly, Chris Lytle, Paul Taylor, Luiz Cane and Sokoudjou will also be fighting tonight. We should see some pretty exciting fights based on the line-up.
Welterweight Fight- Paul Kelly (8-0) vs. Marcus Davis (19-5)
R1- Davis lays in wait early and snaps off some jabs when Kelly comes in to strike. Davis hit a good body kick and then another after a couple of low kicks. Davis sweeps in and gets a take down with one and a half minutes. Davis is in half guard and hits a couple of elbows and then passes guard to take side control but Kelly spins out. Kelly has a cut near his right ear. Davis takes round one by a score of 10-9. Not a dominant round but Davis got in more strikes and got a take down.
R2- Kelly is throwing a lot of punches in this round but Davis is avoiding them. Goldberg and Rogan have a real interesting conversation about how Davis avoids the punches but does so in a way that he barely avoids them so he can stay in position to throw a counter punch and he doesn’t lose position so that he will have to work back to get that position again. Kelly gets a take down two minutes into the round. Marcus Davis grabs a guillotine and finishes Paul Kelly. Great finish by Davis as Davis looked really good in this fight after a poor showing last time out against Mike Swick.
Winner: Marcus Davis by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R2 2:16
Welterweight Fight- Paul Taylor (9-3-1) vs. Chris Lytle (35-16-4)
This one should be a slugfest. Lytle was last seen bleeding all over the Octagon in a loss to Josh Koscheck. Taylor has lost to both of the fighters in the previous fight (Kelly and Davis).
R1- They mix it up immediately. Both guys just nailing each other with Lytle landing some nice shots. Lytle hit a judo throw but Taylor got up immediately. Lots of clinching towards the middle and end of the round. First round went to Lytle as he got in more offense and dictated where the fight went. Lytle is up 10-9 after one round.
R2- They start this round just like they did the last one as both guys are just swinging for the fences. Lytle backs him up against the cage and then takes him down one minute into the round but Taylor sprawls out. Lytle stays with it and gets back to an advantage. Lytle goes for a guillotine but can’t clamp it in and Taylor gets back to his feet. Taylor gets a brief take down but Lytle gets right back to his feet. Lytle seems to be tiring out and Taylor nips him with a low blow. Another close round but Lytle again controlled the fight and landed better shots. Lytle is up 20-18 on my score card.
R3- They stand up at the beginning of the round and Lytle begins to pick Taylor apart with shots and pushes him against the cage. Taylor trying to swing back and they clinch. Lytle is starting to tire and Taylor is making Lytle chase him and then hurting him with leg kicks. Lytle clinches him against the cage. Lytle landed some good shots and then slipped but got another clinch and then took Taylor down. Taylor gets back to his feet with less than a minute left. Taylor is hitting some good shots here to finish the round but Lytle holds on. Good fight. Taylor takes this round but Lytle takes the fight 29-28.
Judges score cards say: 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28 in favor of Chris Lytle.
Winner: Chris Lytle by Decision (Unanimous)
Post-fight Chris Lytle says that he would like to fight Marcus Davis.
Next up, Joe Rogan interviews Anderson Silva about his Middleweight Title fight against Patrick Cote. The fight is next week on October 25th.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Sokoudjou (5-2) vs. Luiz Cane (9-1)
R1- Soko hits some strikes early. Soko continues to control the fight early with kicks and punches. Cane blocking well but he’s definitely being hit with some damage. Soko is doing a good job mixing up his strikes and going low, middle and high. Soko slows down towards the end of the round and Cane starts to get in some offense. First round goes to Sokoudjou but he has to be concerned as he seemed to tire towards the end of the round. Soko up 10-9 after the first round.
R2- Cane hits a low blow to start off the round. Not a lot of action in this round as Cane jabs at Soko. Soko throws some body kicks but they don’t back Cane off. Cane gets some shots in against the cage. Soko looks really tired and Cane hits a nice knee. Cane hits another knee and then pounds Soko on the ground with a bunch of strikes until the ref steps in to stop the fight. Good showing by Cane as he just outlasted Sokoudjou. Soko looked great for about two minutes but came in without the conditioning needed to win a MMA fight.
Winner: Luiz Cane by TKO (strikes) R2 4:15
Post-match Joe Rogan interviews Middleweight Contender Patrick Cote.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Keith Jardine (13-5-1) vs. Brandon Vera (9-2)
This is an interesting fight as both guys are coming off of disappointing fights. Jardine got destroyed by Wanderlei Silva and Vera had a lackluster win against Reece Andy. This is the first fight that they show the ring entrances for. Brandon Vera comes out to The Blackeyed Peas. This should be a pretty good fight.
R1- Jardine comes in quick and gets a strike and then a take down. Vera hits some elbows in the area of the back of the head and Jardine is cut. Vera is going for Jardine’s arm as Jardine is bleeding all over Vera. Vera hit another big elbow onto the top of Jardine’s head. Jardine posture’s up and lands some good, strong elbows to Vera. The ref stand the fight up with two minutes remaining in the first round. Vera hits a body kick. Vera catches Jardine with a punch as he came in and he looked wobbled but then Jardine caught Vera. Both guys back to their feet and Jardine went for a take down and landed some strikes against the cage and Vera looked to be in a bit of trouble but got back to his feet and then the bell rang. Round One goes to Jardine as he got the take down and delivered some good elbows and finished strong. Jardine 10-9 but anybody’s fight going into round two.
R2- Jardine went for a take down but was denied by Vera. Vera went for a kick and Vera caught it and dumped Jardine and jumped on top of him but Jardine but he got up pretty quickly. Vera connected with a couple of body kicks. Jardine charged in towards the end of the round twice but didn’t really hit anything of notice. Not a lot of action in this round. I’ll give it to Vera but not a convincing round. 19-19 after two rounds. Joe and Mike speculated on Jardine sustaining a possible injury early in round two but weren’t definitive about it.
R3- Vera hits a kick and punch early in the round. They are trading some light strikes throughout the early part of the round. Vera hit a good straight left hand. Jardine went for a take down but Vera stopped it and they clinched against the cage. Jardine with some dirty boxing but then they separate. One and a half minutes remain. Jardine came out and closed strong. Really close fight. Nobody really won this fight. I’ve got to go with Jardine, just barely over Vera but like I said earlier I don’t think anybody clearly won this fight.
Scorecards: 29-28 Vera, 29-28 Jardine and 29-28 Jardine.
Winner: Keith Jardine by Decision (Split)
Middleweight Fight- Michael Bisping (17-1) vs. Chris Leben (18-4)
Chris Leben comes out to a song that sounds like it’s from The Sex Pistols. Bisping comes out to a Sports Jock “Woo Hoo” anthem song, can’t remember who sings it but it’s one of those songs that on all the “Jock Rock” CDs. The hometown guy, Bisping, gets a strong reaction from the crowd. Bisping has a 3” height advantage and a 5” reach advantage. Bisping was voted the 12th most popular sports figure in the UK by BBC.
R1- Leben hitting some leg kicks early and is controlling where the fight goes. Leben catches a Bisping kick and gets some shots in on him. Bisping caught a Leben kick and delivered a nice high kick. Bisping is starting to land some shots. Bisping lands some more shots and then Leben clinches him and then they release. Leben is bleeding from the nose but he continues to push forward. Bisping hit a good right hand. Leben is starting to swing for the fences. Leben went for a swing and Bisping ducked and as the bell rang he was in the midst of a take down. Leben controlled this round early and Bisping took it late. I’ve got Bisping taking round one 10-9. Good opening round.
R2- Leben slipped early in the round and then hit Bisping with a left hook. Bisping is doing a good job in this round of avoiding Leben’s strikes and counter punching. Leben starts pushing forward towards the end of the round and Bisping is backing away from him. Leben hit a big left toward the end of the round. This was a close round. I think Bisping lost some points in the round towards then end by somewhat running away from Leben. This was close, I’ll give it to Bisping. 20-18 after two rounds.
R3- Leben hits a left body kick and then a left hand to start the round. Bisping went for a kick and it was stopped but Leben could not score any damage. Leben hits a combo that sends Bisping back into the fence but can’t follow up. Leben got a take down with one minute and 45 seconds left in the round. Leben is busted open. Bisping gets back to his feet. Bisping runs away from Leben for the last 20 seconds of the fight and Leben mocks him. Leben definitely took this round. This was much like the Jardine/Vera fight in that I don’t think anybody really “won” the fight. Leben had a lot more damage on his face. Bisping clearly took round one, Leben clearly took round three. I think Bisping barely took round 2. So I’ve got Bisping winning a close decision 29-28.
Judges score cards: 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 Bisping. Wow, I’m not sure how Bisping won that last round on these score cards.
Winner: Michael Bisping by Decision (Unanimous)
Decent show with the under card out shining the co-Main Events. Both Bisping/Leben and Jardine/Vera were decent fights but a little underwhelming as both ended in decisions without someone really coming out of the fight as a clear winner.
Live from the UK on Spike TV! Brandon Vera takes on Keith Jardine in a Light Heavyweight Fight. Michael Bisping accepts his biggest challenge since stepping down in weight to Middleweight as he fights Chris Leben. Marcus Davis, Paul Kelly, Chris Lytle, Paul Taylor, Luiz Cane and Sokoudjou will also be fighting tonight. We should see some pretty exciting fights based on the line-up.
Welterweight Fight- Paul Kelly (8-0) vs. Marcus Davis (19-5)
R1- Davis lays in wait early and snaps off some jabs when Kelly comes in to strike. Davis hit a good body kick and then another after a couple of low kicks. Davis sweeps in and gets a take down with one and a half minutes. Davis is in half guard and hits a couple of elbows and then passes guard to take side control but Kelly spins out. Kelly has a cut near his right ear. Davis takes round one by a score of 10-9. Not a dominant round but Davis got in more strikes and got a take down.
R2- Kelly is throwing a lot of punches in this round but Davis is avoiding them. Goldberg and Rogan have a real interesting conversation about how Davis avoids the punches but does so in a way that he barely avoids them so he can stay in position to throw a counter punch and he doesn’t lose position so that he will have to work back to get that position again. Kelly gets a take down two minutes into the round. Marcus Davis grabs a guillotine and finishes Paul Kelly. Great finish by Davis as Davis looked really good in this fight after a poor showing last time out against Mike Swick.
Winner: Marcus Davis by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R2 2:16
Welterweight Fight- Paul Taylor (9-3-1) vs. Chris Lytle (35-16-4)
This one should be a slugfest. Lytle was last seen bleeding all over the Octagon in a loss to Josh Koscheck. Taylor has lost to both of the fighters in the previous fight (Kelly and Davis).
R1- They mix it up immediately. Both guys just nailing each other with Lytle landing some nice shots. Lytle hit a judo throw but Taylor got up immediately. Lots of clinching towards the middle and end of the round. First round went to Lytle as he got in more offense and dictated where the fight went. Lytle is up 10-9 after one round.
R2- They start this round just like they did the last one as both guys are just swinging for the fences. Lytle backs him up against the cage and then takes him down one minute into the round but Taylor sprawls out. Lytle stays with it and gets back to an advantage. Lytle goes for a guillotine but can’t clamp it in and Taylor gets back to his feet. Taylor gets a brief take down but Lytle gets right back to his feet. Lytle seems to be tiring out and Taylor nips him with a low blow. Another close round but Lytle again controlled the fight and landed better shots. Lytle is up 20-18 on my score card.
R3- They stand up at the beginning of the round and Lytle begins to pick Taylor apart with shots and pushes him against the cage. Taylor trying to swing back and they clinch. Lytle is starting to tire and Taylor is making Lytle chase him and then hurting him with leg kicks. Lytle clinches him against the cage. Lytle landed some good shots and then slipped but got another clinch and then took Taylor down. Taylor gets back to his feet with less than a minute left. Taylor is hitting some good shots here to finish the round but Lytle holds on. Good fight. Taylor takes this round but Lytle takes the fight 29-28.
Judges score cards say: 29-28, 30-27 and 29-28 in favor of Chris Lytle.
Winner: Chris Lytle by Decision (Unanimous)
Post-fight Chris Lytle says that he would like to fight Marcus Davis.
Next up, Joe Rogan interviews Anderson Silva about his Middleweight Title fight against Patrick Cote. The fight is next week on October 25th.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Sokoudjou (5-2) vs. Luiz Cane (9-1)
R1- Soko hits some strikes early. Soko continues to control the fight early with kicks and punches. Cane blocking well but he’s definitely being hit with some damage. Soko is doing a good job mixing up his strikes and going low, middle and high. Soko slows down towards the end of the round and Cane starts to get in some offense. First round goes to Sokoudjou but he has to be concerned as he seemed to tire towards the end of the round. Soko up 10-9 after the first round.
R2- Cane hits a low blow to start off the round. Not a lot of action in this round as Cane jabs at Soko. Soko throws some body kicks but they don’t back Cane off. Cane gets some shots in against the cage. Soko looks really tired and Cane hits a nice knee. Cane hits another knee and then pounds Soko on the ground with a bunch of strikes until the ref steps in to stop the fight. Good showing by Cane as he just outlasted Sokoudjou. Soko looked great for about two minutes but came in without the conditioning needed to win a MMA fight.
Winner: Luiz Cane by TKO (strikes) R2 4:15
Post-match Joe Rogan interviews Middleweight Contender Patrick Cote.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Keith Jardine (13-5-1) vs. Brandon Vera (9-2)
This is an interesting fight as both guys are coming off of disappointing fights. Jardine got destroyed by Wanderlei Silva and Vera had a lackluster win against Reece Andy. This is the first fight that they show the ring entrances for. Brandon Vera comes out to The Blackeyed Peas. This should be a pretty good fight.
R1- Jardine comes in quick and gets a strike and then a take down. Vera hits some elbows in the area of the back of the head and Jardine is cut. Vera is going for Jardine’s arm as Jardine is bleeding all over Vera. Vera hit another big elbow onto the top of Jardine’s head. Jardine posture’s up and lands some good, strong elbows to Vera. The ref stand the fight up with two minutes remaining in the first round. Vera hits a body kick. Vera catches Jardine with a punch as he came in and he looked wobbled but then Jardine caught Vera. Both guys back to their feet and Jardine went for a take down and landed some strikes against the cage and Vera looked to be in a bit of trouble but got back to his feet and then the bell rang. Round One goes to Jardine as he got the take down and delivered some good elbows and finished strong. Jardine 10-9 but anybody’s fight going into round two.
R2- Jardine went for a take down but was denied by Vera. Vera went for a kick and Vera caught it and dumped Jardine and jumped on top of him but Jardine but he got up pretty quickly. Vera connected with a couple of body kicks. Jardine charged in towards the end of the round twice but didn’t really hit anything of notice. Not a lot of action in this round. I’ll give it to Vera but not a convincing round. 19-19 after two rounds. Joe and Mike speculated on Jardine sustaining a possible injury early in round two but weren’t definitive about it.
R3- Vera hits a kick and punch early in the round. They are trading some light strikes throughout the early part of the round. Vera hit a good straight left hand. Jardine went for a take down but Vera stopped it and they clinched against the cage. Jardine with some dirty boxing but then they separate. One and a half minutes remain. Jardine came out and closed strong. Really close fight. Nobody really won this fight. I’ve got to go with Jardine, just barely over Vera but like I said earlier I don’t think anybody clearly won this fight.
Scorecards: 29-28 Vera, 29-28 Jardine and 29-28 Jardine.
Winner: Keith Jardine by Decision (Split)
Middleweight Fight- Michael Bisping (17-1) vs. Chris Leben (18-4)
Chris Leben comes out to a song that sounds like it’s from The Sex Pistols. Bisping comes out to a Sports Jock “Woo Hoo” anthem song, can’t remember who sings it but it’s one of those songs that on all the “Jock Rock” CDs. The hometown guy, Bisping, gets a strong reaction from the crowd. Bisping has a 3” height advantage and a 5” reach advantage. Bisping was voted the 12th most popular sports figure in the UK by BBC.
R1- Leben hitting some leg kicks early and is controlling where the fight goes. Leben catches a Bisping kick and gets some shots in on him. Bisping caught a Leben kick and delivered a nice high kick. Bisping is starting to land some shots. Bisping lands some more shots and then Leben clinches him and then they release. Leben is bleeding from the nose but he continues to push forward. Bisping hit a good right hand. Leben is starting to swing for the fences. Leben went for a swing and Bisping ducked and as the bell rang he was in the midst of a take down. Leben controlled this round early and Bisping took it late. I’ve got Bisping taking round one 10-9. Good opening round.
R2- Leben slipped early in the round and then hit Bisping with a left hook. Bisping is doing a good job in this round of avoiding Leben’s strikes and counter punching. Leben starts pushing forward towards the end of the round and Bisping is backing away from him. Leben hit a big left toward the end of the round. This was a close round. I think Bisping lost some points in the round towards then end by somewhat running away from Leben. This was close, I’ll give it to Bisping. 20-18 after two rounds.
R3- Leben hits a left body kick and then a left hand to start the round. Bisping went for a kick and it was stopped but Leben could not score any damage. Leben hits a combo that sends Bisping back into the fence but can’t follow up. Leben got a take down with one minute and 45 seconds left in the round. Leben is busted open. Bisping gets back to his feet. Bisping runs away from Leben for the last 20 seconds of the fight and Leben mocks him. Leben definitely took this round. This was much like the Jardine/Vera fight in that I don’t think anybody really “won” the fight. Leben had a lot more damage on his face. Bisping clearly took round one, Leben clearly took round three. I think Bisping barely took round 2. So I’ve got Bisping winning a close decision 29-28.
Judges score cards: 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 Bisping. Wow, I’m not sure how Bisping won that last round on these score cards.
Winner: Michael Bisping by Decision (Unanimous)
Decent show with the under card out shining the co-Main Events. Both Bisping/Leben and Jardine/Vera were decent fights but a little underwhelming as both ended in decisions without someone really coming out of the fight as a clear winner.
ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 10/10/08 Re-Cap
ShoXC: Elite Challenger Series 10/10/08
Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros are the announcers. There are 5 fights tonight. The bigger names on the card are Jason Guida, Dave Herman and Kerry Schall.
Lightweight Fight- Rafaello Oliveira (5-0) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (7-0)
Beerbohm’s nickname is “fancy pants.” Beerbohm has only been training for 19 months. He’s from Spokane, Washington and he had is first fight after training for only one week. Beerbohm is wearing some seriously hideous tights that are very colorful and apparently made by his mother, hence the fancy pants nickname. These would make Shinya Aoki blush. This is Oliveira’s first fight on the mainland, he has one in Hawaii. Both of these fighters are undefeated. Oliveira has a 4” reach advantage. Oliveira is a Jiu Jitsu practitioner and Beerbohm is more versed in submission wrestling. Apparently Beerbohm has already called out Nick Diaz (who has a Lightweight title fight coming up against Eddie Alvarez to fill the vacant Elite XC Lightweight title on Nov 8th).
R1- Oliveira immediately gets a take down after a couple of leg kicks and then takes Beerbohm’s back and drills him with some punches. Oliveira dominates the first minute of action. Beerbohm gets caught in an attempted triangle after he rolled to the top. Oliveira hitting some elbows and has opened up a cut on Beerbohm and then Oliveira attempted a kimura but lost it. Beerbohm gets a brief guillotine but Oliveira gets command again and is looking very smooth. They stand in a clinch and Oliveira with a knee. The separate and Beerbohm charges and gets a clinch and then gets a freaking FIREMAN’S CARRY. Beerbohm gets caught in an arm bar but rolls out of it. They clinch against the cage and Beerbohm gets a slam and is in Oliveira’s full guard. Beerbohm hits one big elbow and Oliveira is bleeding heavily. Beerbohm hits a couple of more strikes. Very good and close round as Oliveira won the first half and Beerbohm won the last minute. Oliveira is in danger of having this fight stopped due to his cut. He walks out of the cage at one point during the intermission. It’s a large cut, Quadros says you “can put a quarter in it.” And the fight is stopped due to the cut. Really good first round and would like to see these two guys fight again as I think Oliveira is the better fighter, he just got caught with that one big elbow that cut him open.
Post-match Beerbohm thanks his mom for making his shorts and then calls out the winner of Diaz/Alvarez. Says he will beat up either of the two. I’m not sure if “fancy pants” has ever seen Alvarez fight.
Winner: Lyle Beerbohm by TKO (Doctor Stoppage/Cut) R1
Middleweight Fight- Alexander Shlemenko (29-5) vs. Bubba McDaniel (12-4)
This is Alexander’s US debut and his first fight against an American fighter. Alexander is a Muay Thai and Sambo fighter from Russia. Mauro says that Alexander is from the Siberian city of Omsk . He says that according to stats- 50% of the youth in this city are either in prison, hooked on drugs or dead by the age of 21. Alexander is only 24 years old but has 34 professional fights. Bubba McDaniel has 12 victories, 10 of them have been won via tap out. He is the reigning Icon Sport Middleweight Champion. Bubba has a 4” height and 5” reach advantage.
R1- Bubba goes for an immediate take down and Alexander grabs the cage to stop it and gets a warning. Bubba takes him down but Alexander has an arm. Bubba hitting Alexander on the side and then they stand and Bubba is holding his back and wrestles him back to the ground but then they stand back up. Bubba gets a take down against the cage but Alexander gets back to his feet. Lots of clinching and up and down without either guy getting in anything of substantial damage. Bubba moves from north/south to side control to taking Alexander’s back. Bubba hitting him with shots and then mounts and gets some Ground and Pound. Bubba is controlling this round and starting to dominate. Bubba goes for a choke but Alexander is keeping his chin down. Alexander got back up and right at the bell he nailed Bubba with a huge knee and Bubba buckled to the floor. Alexander looked to the ref for a stoppage but it looks like Bubba may have been saved by the bell. The ref says it was a groin shot and that he is not stopping the fight. Bubba is saying that his ribs are hurting and he is lying on the ground in pain. Now they are saying that it’s not his groin and that it’s his ribs and Bubba can’t answer the bell and this one is over as Bubba can’t answer the bell. What a shot by Alexander right before the bell to win the fight in a round where he got controlled. He hit the flying knee right under his heart.
Winner: Alexander Shlemenko by TKO (Flying Knee) R1
Two really good, fun fights to start off this show. Both have been stopped between the first and second rounds. Bubba is still down and they have to help him to his feet.
Robbie Lawler is at the fights and he is interviewed by Stephen Quadros. They talk about his re-match with Joey Villasenor (Lawler won the first fight).
Welterweight Fight- Anthony Lapsley (13-3) vs. Mike Stumpf (10-1)
Stumpf has a 4 fight winning streak and is a wrestler. Lapsley is known as “The Recipe.” Lapsley is a wrestler and a boxer. He is the King of the Cage Welterweight Champion. Stumpf weighed in at 172.5 pounds but Lapsley choose to fight anyway. Lapsley has a 3” reach advantage. Stumpf is only 22 years old. Lapsley is 13-3 with 10 Submissions.
R1- Lapsley comes out throwing punches but doesn’t hit. They clinch and exchange knees. They are in an active clinch against the cage. Stumpf got a take down and is in half guard. The fight gets back to the feet and Lapsley lands a nice kick to the upper body but Stumpf grabbed a single leg take down but Lapsley takes half guard on top of Stumpf. Lapsley lands a strike or two. Lapsley lands a couple of nice shots and then an elbow to the jaw. Lapsley with hammer fists but Stumpf grabs full guard and tries to protect with one and a half minutes left in round one. Lapsley lands some strikes and goes for an arm triangle but Stumpf slips out. Lapsley with elbows and punches until Stumpf covers up. Lapsley wins Round One 10-9 and looked like he was on the verge of finishing Stumpf at times.
R2- First minute of the round is a stalemate. Lapsley hits a flying knee and then gets a single leg take down. Not a whole lot going on in this round buy Lapsley is maintaining control of the round. Lapsley is throwing some wild punches and lands one. Stumpf pulls guard and grabs a kimura. Stumpf then moves to full mount with about a minute left in the round. Stumpf basically does nothing and then gets rolled over by Lapsley. Very ho hum round after a very good first round. I have to give this round to Lapsley as he controlled the majority of it but not as convincing a round as the first. Lapsley up 20-18 on my score card.
R3- Lapsley lands a kick and a punch to start the round and then they clinch. Pretty much the same way that the other two rounds have started. Lapsley gets a take down. Not a real exciting round. This one is much like round two with Lapsley winning the round by controlling Stumpf with wrestling. Lapsley is going to win this fight 30-27.
Judges score cards say: 29-29 (WHAT fight was this judge watching?), 30-27, and 30-27. Winner by majority decision is Lapsley.
Winner: Anthony Lapsley by Decision (Majority)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Mamed Khalidov (17-3-1) vs. Jason Guida (17-17)
Khalidov is yet another fighter making his North American debut. Guida says he’s going to knock this guy out. Jason’s brother UFC fighter Clay Guida is in his corner. The announcers reference Guida’s appearance on TUF where he failed to make weight before the qualifying fights. Clay slaps him around a little bit before he gets in the cage. Mamed is from Poland. Both guys have a wrestling background. Mamed usually competes at middleweight so he is a little undersized in this fight. Mamed is undefeated in his last 12 fights. Guida claims that he is 25-17 (instead of 17-17) but Mauro says that they were unable to confirm this statistic.
R1- Guida comes right at Mamed and hits a punch and then bulrushes him. Mamed tries a rolling knee bar and is going after Guida’s legs. Guida goes for a heel hook of his own. Very exciting first minute. Guida takes his guard but Mamed goes for an arm bar but Guida escapes. Guida went for a roundhouse upkick but missed. Guida has a cut on the top of his head. Mamed catches Guida with an up kick that knocks him off guard and then gets warned about strikes to the back of Guida’s noggin. They are in the clinch and Mamed hits a punch and knee to the gut. Guida gets a take down. Mamed has used an active guard throughout the first round. This is a tough round to judge. Guida controlled the cage much more but Mamed did more damage and had more submission attempts and was very active when in a defensive position. Mamed 10-9 on my score card after one. Good first round. Guida looked really tired at the end of the first round, must have been all that weight cutting.
R2- Mamed with a good counter punch to start the round. Guida answers with a good kick that countered one by Mamed. Mamed hit a spinning heel kick that was blocked but looked great. Mamed with a combo and now he’s coming on as Guida looks winded. Mamed with a spinning back fist. Guida finally clinches to slow down Mamed’s combo’s but Mamed hits some strikes and then gets a take down. Guida with very little offense so far this round through two minutes. Guida eats a couple of punches against the cage and covers up and eats two good punches from Mamed. Mamed taking it to Guida and Guida goes for a take down and Mamed sprawls. Guida is on his knees and Mamed levels him with a punch. Guida dives at the leg and is holding onto it trying to recover. Mamed with some elbows that are close to the back of the head. Guida loses his mouthpiece and the ref stops the fight to put it back in but he can’t find it and Guida is getting a ton of time to recover here as he is down on his knees sucking wind. They can’t find Guida’s mouthpiece and they tell him he has to use another one and Guida knocks it away. They find the mouthpiece after the ref says that he is going to DQ him and then Guida throws it out to get it cleaned. Guida is stalling here and it’s just painfully obvious. This is ridiculous. Mamed with a left hand and now he is opening up on Guida against the cage and Guida is standing taking a beating and the ref steps in and stops the fight and Guida pushes the ref and then leans on him.
Man, Jason Guida just with a horrible performance here. First he totally gasses. Then he plays stalling tactics with his mouthpiece and then he pushes the ref. He totally got outclassed here by Mamed. Guida needs to go back to the minors where he belongs. He is the total opposite type of fighter than his brother is. Mamed on the other hand looked really good. I would definitely like to see him fight again as he picked Guida apart once he gassed.
Winner: Mamed Khalidov by TKO (strikes) R2 4:53
Heavyweight Fight- Dave Herman (11-0) vs. Kerry Schall (22-10)
Schall’s nickname is “Meat Truck.” They briefly discuss Schall’s loss to Fedor early in Fedor’s career. Herman’s nickname is “Pee Wee” and he’s undefeated. He was impressive in his victory over Ron Waterman. He trains by himself at his house. Says he doesn’t really have a strategy, just kind of goes with the flow and sees what happens. Both guys are wrestlers. Schall has an 18 pound weight advantage, Herman with a 2” reach advantage. Schall has 17 submissions out of his 22 victories. Herman has 8 KOs in his 11 wins. He has no decision wins (the other 3 were by submission).
R1- Herman landing some front kicks early. Herman with some knees and Schall hits Herman hard when he came in for one of them but Herman grabs Schall into a Muay Thai clinch and hits knees to the body. Schall goes down and Herman destroys Schall on the ground and this one is over.
Winner: Dave Herman by TKO (strikes) R1 1:05
Good show. Check it out if you get the opportunity.
Mauro Ranallo and Stephen Quadros are the announcers. There are 5 fights tonight. The bigger names on the card are Jason Guida, Dave Herman and Kerry Schall.
Lightweight Fight- Rafaello Oliveira (5-0) vs. Lyle Beerbohm (7-0)
Beerbohm’s nickname is “fancy pants.” Beerbohm has only been training for 19 months. He’s from Spokane, Washington and he had is first fight after training for only one week. Beerbohm is wearing some seriously hideous tights that are very colorful and apparently made by his mother, hence the fancy pants nickname. These would make Shinya Aoki blush. This is Oliveira’s first fight on the mainland, he has one in Hawaii. Both of these fighters are undefeated. Oliveira has a 4” reach advantage. Oliveira is a Jiu Jitsu practitioner and Beerbohm is more versed in submission wrestling. Apparently Beerbohm has already called out Nick Diaz (who has a Lightweight title fight coming up against Eddie Alvarez to fill the vacant Elite XC Lightweight title on Nov 8th).
R1- Oliveira immediately gets a take down after a couple of leg kicks and then takes Beerbohm’s back and drills him with some punches. Oliveira dominates the first minute of action. Beerbohm gets caught in an attempted triangle after he rolled to the top. Oliveira hitting some elbows and has opened up a cut on Beerbohm and then Oliveira attempted a kimura but lost it. Beerbohm gets a brief guillotine but Oliveira gets command again and is looking very smooth. They stand in a clinch and Oliveira with a knee. The separate and Beerbohm charges and gets a clinch and then gets a freaking FIREMAN’S CARRY. Beerbohm gets caught in an arm bar but rolls out of it. They clinch against the cage and Beerbohm gets a slam and is in Oliveira’s full guard. Beerbohm hits one big elbow and Oliveira is bleeding heavily. Beerbohm hits a couple of more strikes. Very good and close round as Oliveira won the first half and Beerbohm won the last minute. Oliveira is in danger of having this fight stopped due to his cut. He walks out of the cage at one point during the intermission. It’s a large cut, Quadros says you “can put a quarter in it.” And the fight is stopped due to the cut. Really good first round and would like to see these two guys fight again as I think Oliveira is the better fighter, he just got caught with that one big elbow that cut him open.
Post-match Beerbohm thanks his mom for making his shorts and then calls out the winner of Diaz/Alvarez. Says he will beat up either of the two. I’m not sure if “fancy pants” has ever seen Alvarez fight.
Winner: Lyle Beerbohm by TKO (Doctor Stoppage/Cut) R1
Middleweight Fight- Alexander Shlemenko (29-5) vs. Bubba McDaniel (12-4)
This is Alexander’s US debut and his first fight against an American fighter. Alexander is a Muay Thai and Sambo fighter from Russia. Mauro says that Alexander is from the Siberian city of Omsk . He says that according to stats- 50% of the youth in this city are either in prison, hooked on drugs or dead by the age of 21. Alexander is only 24 years old but has 34 professional fights. Bubba McDaniel has 12 victories, 10 of them have been won via tap out. He is the reigning Icon Sport Middleweight Champion. Bubba has a 4” height and 5” reach advantage.
R1- Bubba goes for an immediate take down and Alexander grabs the cage to stop it and gets a warning. Bubba takes him down but Alexander has an arm. Bubba hitting Alexander on the side and then they stand and Bubba is holding his back and wrestles him back to the ground but then they stand back up. Bubba gets a take down against the cage but Alexander gets back to his feet. Lots of clinching and up and down without either guy getting in anything of substantial damage. Bubba moves from north/south to side control to taking Alexander’s back. Bubba hitting him with shots and then mounts and gets some Ground and Pound. Bubba is controlling this round and starting to dominate. Bubba goes for a choke but Alexander is keeping his chin down. Alexander got back up and right at the bell he nailed Bubba with a huge knee and Bubba buckled to the floor. Alexander looked to the ref for a stoppage but it looks like Bubba may have been saved by the bell. The ref says it was a groin shot and that he is not stopping the fight. Bubba is saying that his ribs are hurting and he is lying on the ground in pain. Now they are saying that it’s not his groin and that it’s his ribs and Bubba can’t answer the bell and this one is over as Bubba can’t answer the bell. What a shot by Alexander right before the bell to win the fight in a round where he got controlled. He hit the flying knee right under his heart.
Winner: Alexander Shlemenko by TKO (Flying Knee) R1
Two really good, fun fights to start off this show. Both have been stopped between the first and second rounds. Bubba is still down and they have to help him to his feet.
Robbie Lawler is at the fights and he is interviewed by Stephen Quadros. They talk about his re-match with Joey Villasenor (Lawler won the first fight).
Welterweight Fight- Anthony Lapsley (13-3) vs. Mike Stumpf (10-1)
Stumpf has a 4 fight winning streak and is a wrestler. Lapsley is known as “The Recipe.” Lapsley is a wrestler and a boxer. He is the King of the Cage Welterweight Champion. Stumpf weighed in at 172.5 pounds but Lapsley choose to fight anyway. Lapsley has a 3” reach advantage. Stumpf is only 22 years old. Lapsley is 13-3 with 10 Submissions.
R1- Lapsley comes out throwing punches but doesn’t hit. They clinch and exchange knees. They are in an active clinch against the cage. Stumpf got a take down and is in half guard. The fight gets back to the feet and Lapsley lands a nice kick to the upper body but Stumpf grabbed a single leg take down but Lapsley takes half guard on top of Stumpf. Lapsley lands a strike or two. Lapsley lands a couple of nice shots and then an elbow to the jaw. Lapsley with hammer fists but Stumpf grabs full guard and tries to protect with one and a half minutes left in round one. Lapsley lands some strikes and goes for an arm triangle but Stumpf slips out. Lapsley with elbows and punches until Stumpf covers up. Lapsley wins Round One 10-9 and looked like he was on the verge of finishing Stumpf at times.
R2- First minute of the round is a stalemate. Lapsley hits a flying knee and then gets a single leg take down. Not a whole lot going on in this round buy Lapsley is maintaining control of the round. Lapsley is throwing some wild punches and lands one. Stumpf pulls guard and grabs a kimura. Stumpf then moves to full mount with about a minute left in the round. Stumpf basically does nothing and then gets rolled over by Lapsley. Very ho hum round after a very good first round. I have to give this round to Lapsley as he controlled the majority of it but not as convincing a round as the first. Lapsley up 20-18 on my score card.
R3- Lapsley lands a kick and a punch to start the round and then they clinch. Pretty much the same way that the other two rounds have started. Lapsley gets a take down. Not a real exciting round. This one is much like round two with Lapsley winning the round by controlling Stumpf with wrestling. Lapsley is going to win this fight 30-27.
Judges score cards say: 29-29 (WHAT fight was this judge watching?), 30-27, and 30-27. Winner by majority decision is Lapsley.
Winner: Anthony Lapsley by Decision (Majority)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Mamed Khalidov (17-3-1) vs. Jason Guida (17-17)
Khalidov is yet another fighter making his North American debut. Guida says he’s going to knock this guy out. Jason’s brother UFC fighter Clay Guida is in his corner. The announcers reference Guida’s appearance on TUF where he failed to make weight before the qualifying fights. Clay slaps him around a little bit before he gets in the cage. Mamed is from Poland. Both guys have a wrestling background. Mamed usually competes at middleweight so he is a little undersized in this fight. Mamed is undefeated in his last 12 fights. Guida claims that he is 25-17 (instead of 17-17) but Mauro says that they were unable to confirm this statistic.
R1- Guida comes right at Mamed and hits a punch and then bulrushes him. Mamed tries a rolling knee bar and is going after Guida’s legs. Guida goes for a heel hook of his own. Very exciting first minute. Guida takes his guard but Mamed goes for an arm bar but Guida escapes. Guida went for a roundhouse upkick but missed. Guida has a cut on the top of his head. Mamed catches Guida with an up kick that knocks him off guard and then gets warned about strikes to the back of Guida’s noggin. They are in the clinch and Mamed hits a punch and knee to the gut. Guida gets a take down. Mamed has used an active guard throughout the first round. This is a tough round to judge. Guida controlled the cage much more but Mamed did more damage and had more submission attempts and was very active when in a defensive position. Mamed 10-9 on my score card after one. Good first round. Guida looked really tired at the end of the first round, must have been all that weight cutting.
R2- Mamed with a good counter punch to start the round. Guida answers with a good kick that countered one by Mamed. Mamed hit a spinning heel kick that was blocked but looked great. Mamed with a combo and now he’s coming on as Guida looks winded. Mamed with a spinning back fist. Guida finally clinches to slow down Mamed’s combo’s but Mamed hits some strikes and then gets a take down. Guida with very little offense so far this round through two minutes. Guida eats a couple of punches against the cage and covers up and eats two good punches from Mamed. Mamed taking it to Guida and Guida goes for a take down and Mamed sprawls. Guida is on his knees and Mamed levels him with a punch. Guida dives at the leg and is holding onto it trying to recover. Mamed with some elbows that are close to the back of the head. Guida loses his mouthpiece and the ref stops the fight to put it back in but he can’t find it and Guida is getting a ton of time to recover here as he is down on his knees sucking wind. They can’t find Guida’s mouthpiece and they tell him he has to use another one and Guida knocks it away. They find the mouthpiece after the ref says that he is going to DQ him and then Guida throws it out to get it cleaned. Guida is stalling here and it’s just painfully obvious. This is ridiculous. Mamed with a left hand and now he is opening up on Guida against the cage and Guida is standing taking a beating and the ref steps in and stops the fight and Guida pushes the ref and then leans on him.
Man, Jason Guida just with a horrible performance here. First he totally gasses. Then he plays stalling tactics with his mouthpiece and then he pushes the ref. He totally got outclassed here by Mamed. Guida needs to go back to the minors where he belongs. He is the total opposite type of fighter than his brother is. Mamed on the other hand looked really good. I would definitely like to see him fight again as he picked Guida apart once he gassed.
Winner: Mamed Khalidov by TKO (strikes) R2 4:53
Heavyweight Fight- Dave Herman (11-0) vs. Kerry Schall (22-10)
Schall’s nickname is “Meat Truck.” They briefly discuss Schall’s loss to Fedor early in Fedor’s career. Herman’s nickname is “Pee Wee” and he’s undefeated. He was impressive in his victory over Ron Waterman. He trains by himself at his house. Says he doesn’t really have a strategy, just kind of goes with the flow and sees what happens. Both guys are wrestlers. Schall has an 18 pound weight advantage, Herman with a 2” reach advantage. Schall has 17 submissions out of his 22 victories. Herman has 8 KOs in his 11 wins. He has no decision wins (the other 3 were by submission).
R1- Herman landing some front kicks early. Herman with some knees and Schall hits Herman hard when he came in for one of them but Herman grabs Schall into a Muay Thai clinch and hits knees to the body. Schall goes down and Herman destroys Schall on the ground and this one is over.
Winner: Dave Herman by TKO (strikes) R1 1:05
Good show. Check it out if you get the opportunity.
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 7 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 7 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Frank Mir gives Junie a good talking to after his victory. Krzysztof hurt his thumb in training (he’s one of the Light Heavyweight’s that still hasn’t fought since getting into the house). Mir takes his guys through some interesting cardio work and they hype Vinny as the best jiu jitsu guy in the house.
Jules and Phillipe bake Big Nog cakes for his birthday and Team Nog cooks dinner and eats together.
Team Mir has control of the selection and they choose Vinny to fight Jules. Big Nog had been hinting early that this was the fight that he wanted as well. Big Nog and Vinny get into it later in the show about something that Big Nog heard Vinny was saying about him.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Jules Bruchez vs. Vinny Magalhaes
R1- Vinny has a 3” reach and height advantage and a much bigger mouth. Vinny hits some kicks early. Jules is not really doing anything at all. Vinny continues to hit some body kicks. Vinny went for an arm bar but Jules spun out of it and Vinny quickly got guard and trapped Jules in a submission and quickly tapped him out. Jules looked like he didn’t want to be in this fight and Vinny looked good.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LW) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Frank Mir gives Junie a good talking to after his victory. Krzysztof hurt his thumb in training (he’s one of the Light Heavyweight’s that still hasn’t fought since getting into the house). Mir takes his guys through some interesting cardio work and they hype Vinny as the best jiu jitsu guy in the house.
Jules and Phillipe bake Big Nog cakes for his birthday and Team Nog cooks dinner and eats together.
Team Mir has control of the selection and they choose Vinny to fight Jules. Big Nog had been hinting early that this was the fight that he wanted as well. Big Nog and Vinny get into it later in the show about something that Big Nog heard Vinny was saying about him.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Jules Bruchez vs. Vinny Magalhaes
R1- Vinny has a 3” reach and height advantage and a much bigger mouth. Vinny hits some kicks early. Jules is not really doing anything at all. Vinny continues to hit some body kicks. Vinny went for an arm bar but Jules spun out of it and Vinny quickly got guard and trapped Jules in a submission and quickly tapped him out. Jules looked like he didn’t want to be in this fight and Vinny looked good.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Vinny Magalhaes
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LW) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 6 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 6 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Roli’s “black belt” is a topic of discussion early on in the show. As apparently he has some hour long story about how he got it in like a week. Delgado will be taking on Junie this week and when the fight is made Junie pushes him and then spits at his feet and throws a black belt at him that says “McDojo BJJ”.
Junie comes in 2 pounds overweight for the fight and Mir is not happy. They put him outside on a bike in order to cut the weight.
Lightweight Fight- Junie Browning vs. Roli Delgado
Roli lost to George Roop in the preliminaries but was brought back due to an injury to another fighter. Junie looked like one of the top fighters in the house based on the preliminaries but has been nothing but headaches and drama since he’s been in the house. Everyone is rooting for a Roli victory here but my pick is Junie based on what both guys did in the preliminaries. I’m not sure if the house can handle a Junie win as his head might explode. Roli has a huge height and reach advantage in this fight.
R1- Junie goes right after him and Roli goes for a front kick. Junie grabs it and kicks him down to the mat. Roli leaps forward with a knee and then hits another. Roli hits two jabs and then a combo. Roli seems to be gaining in confidence. Roli hitting some more jabs. Roli is mixing up his punches nicely as he’s also hit a couple of body punches. The only problem I see is that he doesn’t seem to be connecting with much force right now. Roli is using his reach advantage to keep Junie at ay and fend him off with jabs. Junie is getting frustrated about half way through the round. Junie just can’t seem to find the range. Roli made a mistake and went for a take down and Junie sat on top of him but Roli got out and Junie let him up. Junie gave him a free shot at his face and Roli hit him with a nice jab- seemed to be with more force than the rest. Junie is clearly frustrated about the reach disadvantage and not being able to find his range yet. Roli went for a knee and got caught and dumped. Roli hit a spinning back fist and Junie responded with a nice left hand and then a strong right and Roli looked a little wobbly. Junie hit another good punch and Roli landed a knee near the end of the round. Pretty decent first round. I give it to Roli just by sheer numbers. He landed a ton of jabs and Junie didn’t land anything until the 3 real solid punches at the end of the round. Roli up 10-9 but I think Junie is starting to find his range.
R2- Junie is more aggressive in this round and lands a body punch. Roli went for a take down but got stuffed. Roli went for another take down but Junie stepped out of it. Junie with another body punch. Junie hit a strong combo. Roli really seems to be fading as he just has nothing behind his kicks and punches and seems to have lost his confidence he had in the middle of the first round. Roli’s hands also seem to be too low. Junie lands a body combo. Junie is really coming on strong. Roli starting to fight back a little bit. Junie lands some big punches. Roli gets rocked and Junie goes down to finish him but he can’t. Roli is really tired at this point. Junie looks like his nose is bleeding. They slug at each other to end the round and Roli hits a couple of shots. This round was all Junie 10-9 but much more in control of this round than Roli was of the round that he won. Junie really came on this round but seemed to tire at the end of the round. He clearly should have finished Roli when he went down but surprisingly didn’t show a killer instinct.
R3- Pretty even round after the first minute or so as both guys are throwing punches but not really hitting with anything. With two minutes left in the round neither guy has distanced himself in this round. Junie blocked a kick and took Roli off his feet but didn’t follow up and Roli got back to his feet after Junie let him rest. Roli hit a right hand and then followed with a left. Under one minute left in the round and this is anybody’s round. Junie landed a punch. Roli with an inside leg kick. Close round. This one could really go either way. Junie kind of controlled the action but I think Roli landed more punches. I think Junie is going to get the decision but I wouldn’t be surprised with Roli getting the win either.
Winner: Junie Browning by Decision (Split)
Junie apologized to Big Nog about the black belt scenario earlier. Junie was actually gracious in victory from what was shown.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Vinny Magalhaes
6. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
Roli’s “black belt” is a topic of discussion early on in the show. As apparently he has some hour long story about how he got it in like a week. Delgado will be taking on Junie this week and when the fight is made Junie pushes him and then spits at his feet and throws a black belt at him that says “McDojo BJJ”.
Junie comes in 2 pounds overweight for the fight and Mir is not happy. They put him outside on a bike in order to cut the weight.
Lightweight Fight- Junie Browning vs. Roli Delgado
Roli lost to George Roop in the preliminaries but was brought back due to an injury to another fighter. Junie looked like one of the top fighters in the house based on the preliminaries but has been nothing but headaches and drama since he’s been in the house. Everyone is rooting for a Roli victory here but my pick is Junie based on what both guys did in the preliminaries. I’m not sure if the house can handle a Junie win as his head might explode. Roli has a huge height and reach advantage in this fight.
R1- Junie goes right after him and Roli goes for a front kick. Junie grabs it and kicks him down to the mat. Roli leaps forward with a knee and then hits another. Roli hits two jabs and then a combo. Roli seems to be gaining in confidence. Roli hitting some more jabs. Roli is mixing up his punches nicely as he’s also hit a couple of body punches. The only problem I see is that he doesn’t seem to be connecting with much force right now. Roli is using his reach advantage to keep Junie at ay and fend him off with jabs. Junie is getting frustrated about half way through the round. Junie just can’t seem to find the range. Roli made a mistake and went for a take down and Junie sat on top of him but Roli got out and Junie let him up. Junie gave him a free shot at his face and Roli hit him with a nice jab- seemed to be with more force than the rest. Junie is clearly frustrated about the reach disadvantage and not being able to find his range yet. Roli went for a knee and got caught and dumped. Roli hit a spinning back fist and Junie responded with a nice left hand and then a strong right and Roli looked a little wobbly. Junie hit another good punch and Roli landed a knee near the end of the round. Pretty decent first round. I give it to Roli just by sheer numbers. He landed a ton of jabs and Junie didn’t land anything until the 3 real solid punches at the end of the round. Roli up 10-9 but I think Junie is starting to find his range.
R2- Junie is more aggressive in this round and lands a body punch. Roli went for a take down but got stuffed. Roli went for another take down but Junie stepped out of it. Junie with another body punch. Junie hit a strong combo. Roli really seems to be fading as he just has nothing behind his kicks and punches and seems to have lost his confidence he had in the middle of the first round. Roli’s hands also seem to be too low. Junie lands a body combo. Junie is really coming on strong. Roli starting to fight back a little bit. Junie lands some big punches. Roli gets rocked and Junie goes down to finish him but he can’t. Roli is really tired at this point. Junie looks like his nose is bleeding. They slug at each other to end the round and Roli hits a couple of shots. This round was all Junie 10-9 but much more in control of this round than Roli was of the round that he won. Junie really came on this round but seemed to tire at the end of the round. He clearly should have finished Roli when he went down but surprisingly didn’t show a killer instinct.
R3- Pretty even round after the first minute or so as both guys are throwing punches but not really hitting with anything. With two minutes left in the round neither guy has distanced himself in this round. Junie blocked a kick and took Roli off his feet but didn’t follow up and Roli got back to his feet after Junie let him rest. Roli hit a right hand and then followed with a left. Under one minute left in the round and this is anybody’s round. Junie landed a punch. Roli with an inside leg kick. Close round. This one could really go either way. Junie kind of controlled the action but I think Roli landed more punches. I think Junie is going to get the decision but I wouldn’t be surprised with Roli getting the win either.
Winner: Junie Browning by Decision (Split)
Junie apologized to Big Nog about the black belt scenario earlier. Junie was actually gracious in victory from what was shown.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Vinny Magalhaes
6. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 5 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 5 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
The first segment deals with last weeks fight and Junie jumping the cage and everything that ensued afterwards. Junie looks like he has learned nothing so far from what has happened and seems doomed to repeat his sins and mistakes over and over.
Second segment has Anderson Silva and he trains with Big Nog’s guys! Back at the house Krzysztof is up to more hijinks and puts Efrain’s underwear in the freezer. Then they went and put itching powder in Efrain, Kyle, Phillipe, and Rolando’s bed.
Next up is the Light Heavyweight Fight announcement. Big Nog gets to choose the match-up. He matches Eliot Marshall (Team Mir) against Shane Primm (Team Nog).
Team Nog retaliates against Team Mir by opening up some cans of sardines and rubbing them all over Team Mir’s room. Most of the guys from Team Mir take it pretty well knowing that it is retaliation but Vinny gets pretty mad and goes and pisses on Efrain’s bed (he was the only one not in bed). This is definitely the Animal House season of TUF.
Big Nog is not happy about the “games” being played in the house as one of his fighters looks real tired in training. He tried to talk to Mir, but Mir brushes him off. Big Nog goes to the house to talk to the guys.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Eliot Marshall vs. Shane Primm
R1- Marshall got a take down about 20 seconds into the fight and then quickly mounted Primm. Primm gave up his back and Marshall went for a choke. After a couple of minutes of not being able to get the choke, Marshall finally clamped it in and taped Primm. Marshall really just dominated the fight. Marshall got great position early, but it really took him a lot longer than it should have to finish the fight based on the position that he had gained.
Winner: Eliot Marshall by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Vinny Magalhaes
6. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
7. Roli Delgado
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
The first segment deals with last weeks fight and Junie jumping the cage and everything that ensued afterwards. Junie looks like he has learned nothing so far from what has happened and seems doomed to repeat his sins and mistakes over and over.
Second segment has Anderson Silva and he trains with Big Nog’s guys! Back at the house Krzysztof is up to more hijinks and puts Efrain’s underwear in the freezer. Then they went and put itching powder in Efrain, Kyle, Phillipe, and Rolando’s bed.
Next up is the Light Heavyweight Fight announcement. Big Nog gets to choose the match-up. He matches Eliot Marshall (Team Mir) against Shane Primm (Team Nog).
Team Nog retaliates against Team Mir by opening up some cans of sardines and rubbing them all over Team Mir’s room. Most of the guys from Team Mir take it pretty well knowing that it is retaliation but Vinny gets pretty mad and goes and pisses on Efrain’s bed (he was the only one not in bed). This is definitely the Animal House season of TUF.
Big Nog is not happy about the “games” being played in the house as one of his fighters looks real tired in training. He tried to talk to Mir, but Mir brushes him off. Big Nog goes to the house to talk to the guys.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Eliot Marshall vs. Shane Primm
R1- Marshall got a take down about 20 seconds into the fight and then quickly mounted Primm. Primm gave up his back and Marshall went for a choke. After a couple of minutes of not being able to get the choke, Marshall finally clamped it in and taped Primm. Marshall really just dominated the fight. Marshall got great position early, but it really took him a lot longer than it should have to finish the fight based on the position that he had gained.
Winner: Eliot Marshall by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Vinny Magalhaes
6. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
7. Roli Delgado
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 4 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 4 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
They start out the show by showing the guys watching the UFC 84 Penn vs Sherk show at the house. Junie and Shane Nelson are partaking in many alcoholic beverages. Junie gets into it with Kyle by throwing popcorn and nuts at him and when Kyle throws some back Junie gets pissed and throws his drink and glass at Kyle and it breaks and cuts Kyle’s arm. Later, Shane Nelson gets in someone’s face and pushes him off of a chair looking to start a fight with him. Then he got into Efrain’s face and started to push him and trying to get him to fight. Junie and Shane went outside and did more shots and threw stuff around and broke stuff and threw it in the pool. Junie was then threatening people with a bottle and Krzysztof stepped to him and told him not to threaten him. Junie backed down and then went swimming in the pool. Kryzysztof put Junie’s clothes in the pool. Junie confronts him but then backs down again. Bader then puts Junie’s stuff back into the pool. Junie then tried to push Bader into the pool but Junie went in instead. Junie then started to chill out and broke down and then they went into the house.
Line of the night- “Shane apparently has the alcohol tolerance of a 12 year old girl”
During the ordeal, Junie is shown talking about it and basically talking about the mistakes that he made during the incidents.
It’s the next morning and Dana White comes into the house. Dana calls Junie a “punk” during his camera time. Says that he doesn’t know what he is going to do yet and tells them to gather all the guys together. Dana calls Junie a “jackass.” He calls Shane a “drunken retard.” Dana says that Shane is the first 155lber that will be fighting. Dana says that he is not kicking anybody off. Says he’s going to give them a second shot. Says he doesn’t know why he is doing it. Tells them to be men and stop acting like retards.
Big Nog picks Efrain to fight Shane Nelson.
Back at the house Junie and Efrain get into a little war of the words.
Lightweight Fight- Shane Nelson vs. Efrain Escudero
R1- Shane gets an early kick. Efrain comes in tentatively and Shane is starting to get more confident with his kicks. Not a lot of action in the first two minutes. Efrain lands some light knees. Efrain lands a couple of jabs and then grabs a clinch and lands a couple of knees and then gets a takedown and lands in side control. Efrain hits a couple of elbows. Efrain looks real tentative with his offense. Shane turns over and moves him to half guard. Efrain stands up and that’s the end of the round. Round goes to Efrain as he got the take down and got in more offense.
R2- Shane comes out more aggressive at the beginning of the round. Efrain clinches him and takes him down and is in full guard. Shane gets back to his feet with two minutes left. Efrain hits a couple of really light jabs. They sprawled and Shane ended up on top. Efrain is actually getting in as much offense here as Shane is. Shane is pretty much just laying there. Efrain goes for a triangle and Shane taps out.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Submission (Triangle Choke) R2
Junie talks more crap after the fight as he announces “that’s exactly what the UFC needs, another boring ass wrestler.” Junie jumps over the cage to get inside and has to be held back by Big Nog.
Junie is just out of control.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Shane Primm
6. Vinny Magalhaes
7. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
7. Roli Delgado
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
They start out the show by showing the guys watching the UFC 84 Penn vs Sherk show at the house. Junie and Shane Nelson are partaking in many alcoholic beverages. Junie gets into it with Kyle by throwing popcorn and nuts at him and when Kyle throws some back Junie gets pissed and throws his drink and glass at Kyle and it breaks and cuts Kyle’s arm. Later, Shane Nelson gets in someone’s face and pushes him off of a chair looking to start a fight with him. Then he got into Efrain’s face and started to push him and trying to get him to fight. Junie and Shane went outside and did more shots and threw stuff around and broke stuff and threw it in the pool. Junie was then threatening people with a bottle and Krzysztof stepped to him and told him not to threaten him. Junie backed down and then went swimming in the pool. Kryzysztof put Junie’s clothes in the pool. Junie confronts him but then backs down again. Bader then puts Junie’s stuff back into the pool. Junie then tried to push Bader into the pool but Junie went in instead. Junie then started to chill out and broke down and then they went into the house.
Line of the night- “Shane apparently has the alcohol tolerance of a 12 year old girl”
During the ordeal, Junie is shown talking about it and basically talking about the mistakes that he made during the incidents.
It’s the next morning and Dana White comes into the house. Dana calls Junie a “punk” during his camera time. Says that he doesn’t know what he is going to do yet and tells them to gather all the guys together. Dana calls Junie a “jackass.” He calls Shane a “drunken retard.” Dana says that Shane is the first 155lber that will be fighting. Dana says that he is not kicking anybody off. Says he’s going to give them a second shot. Says he doesn’t know why he is doing it. Tells them to be men and stop acting like retards.
Big Nog picks Efrain to fight Shane Nelson.
Back at the house Junie and Efrain get into a little war of the words.
Lightweight Fight- Shane Nelson vs. Efrain Escudero
R1- Shane gets an early kick. Efrain comes in tentatively and Shane is starting to get more confident with his kicks. Not a lot of action in the first two minutes. Efrain lands some light knees. Efrain lands a couple of jabs and then grabs a clinch and lands a couple of knees and then gets a takedown and lands in side control. Efrain hits a couple of elbows. Efrain looks real tentative with his offense. Shane turns over and moves him to half guard. Efrain stands up and that’s the end of the round. Round goes to Efrain as he got the take down and got in more offense.
R2- Shane comes out more aggressive at the beginning of the round. Efrain clinches him and takes him down and is in full guard. Shane gets back to his feet with two minutes left. Efrain hits a couple of really light jabs. They sprawled and Shane ended up on top. Efrain is actually getting in as much offense here as Shane is. Shane is pretty much just laying there. Efrain goes for a triangle and Shane taps out.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Submission (Triangle Choke) R2
Junie talks more crap after the fight as he announces “that’s exactly what the UFC needs, another boring ass wrestler.” Junie jumps over the cage to get inside and has to be held back by Big Nog.
Junie is just out of control.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Shane Primm
6. Vinny Magalhaes
7. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
7. Roli Delgado
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
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