UFC Unleashed 6/11 Re-Cap

UFC Unleashed 6/11 Re-Cap

Lightweight Fight- Jeffrey Cox (9-4) vs. Manvel Gamburyan (7-2)- UFC Fight Night 13- 4/2/08

R1- Manny hits a side kick at the beginning when it looked like they were going to tap gloves. Gamburyan is Karo Parisyan’s cousin. They clinch for a while and Manny flips Cox over with s judo throw and then chokes him out with a guillotine.

Winner: Manvel Gamburyan by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 1:41

Welterweight Fight- Kyle Bradley(13-4-1) vs. Chris Lytle (34-15-4)- UFC 81- 2/2/08

R1- Lytle opens up on him early and is just pounding Bradley and this one is over very quickly. Lytle just overwhelms Bradley. The ref stops the fight and then Bradley pulls guard on the ref. Great stand up by Lytle.

Winner: Chris Lytle by TKO (punches) R1 0:33

Welterweight Fight- Josh Koshcheck (11-2) vs. Dustin Hazelett (12-3)- UFC 82- 3/1/08

This is from the UFC 82 show.

R1- Haslett takes it right to Koscheck at the beginning and back him up to the cage and then Koscheck comes back after him in an exciting exchange to start the fight. Koscheck looking good early and is throwing a lot of punches and looking to be the aggressor but then Hazelett comes back and gets some good attempts in. Koscheck comes at him and pins him up against the cage. Hazelett goes for the guillotine and looks like he might be able to finish here but Koscheck gets out of it. Hazelett throws a big knee. Koscheck with a good combo. Koscheck takes him down but Hazelett goes for the triangle with 20 seconds left as the round ends. Really good first round with both guys looking real good. This was really even IMO, not sure who really won the fight. If I had to choose I would pick Koscheck because even though he ended the round at a disadvantage he had the most control of the fight throughout and seemed to me to get in more shots on his opponent and also got the only takedown of the round. Really close round, really a toss up.

R2- They are fighting for while pretty evenly but then Koscheck hits a real nice head kick and quickly follows it up with some punches and the ref stops the fight. Really nice finish from Koscheck who has really improved his stand up game since the Ultimate Fighter Season 1.

Winner: Josh Koscheck by TKO (punches) R2 1:24

This is also from UFC 82.

Middleweight Championship- Anderson Silva (c) (20-4) vs. Dan Henderson (22-6)- UFC 82- 3/1/08

Feeling out process in the early going. Henderson finally goes in after about a minute and we start to see some action now. Silva throwing some kicks now but not doing damage with them. Henderson grabs Silva and takes him down. Silva grabs a headlock and Henderson isn't doing anything on top. Henderson starting to get in a couple of punches but Silva still has him in a headlock which is limiting the damage that can be inflicted. Henderson has side control with 30 seconds left but Silva spins out and Henderson is now in full guard. Round One comes to an end with what seems to be little damage inflicted by either fighter. Henderson wins the round due to cage control and his take down. 10-9 Henderson.

R2- They are trading some jabs and kicks early. Silva starting to get some kicks in. Silva takes down Henderson. They are up and against the fence. Henderson is controlling Silva against the cage in a greco clinch. Henderson with a knee. They trade some punches and Silva is dominating with punches and gets on top. Nails an elbow, Henderson grabs Silva and is trying to get out. Silva has half guard. Silva has his back and is throwing punches. Silva is delivering punches and has him in a body triangle. Silva throwing punches. Silva trying to flatten out Henderson but they roll over and Silva's got the rear naked choke clamped on and Henderson taps.

Good fight. Silva really dominated the second round

Winner and still champ: Anderson Silva via tap out from Rear Naked Choke Round 2 4:52