UFC Wired 5/19 Re-Cap

UFC Wired 5/19 Re-Cap

Light Heavyweight Fight: Jason Lambert (23-6) vs. Wilson Gouveia (9-4)- UFC 80- 1/19/08

R1- Lambert is real aggressive early and is kind of stalking Gouveia but Lambert got himself caught in an early guillotine but he got out of it without any damage. Lambert is in Gouveia’s guard and is getting in some shots but Gouveia is doing a pretty good job avoiding extensive damage. Gouveia got out but Lambert pretty quickly got him back in the guard. Gouvia went for a triangle but got slammed. Gouveia held on but Lambert stepped over to get out of it, nice mat work by Gouveia to turn a defensive position into an offensive position. Lambert takes this round as Gouveia spent the majority of the round on his back and Lambert got in some nice shots.

R2- About 35 seconds into the second round Gouveia got some distance and just destroyed Lambert with a left hook for the KO. What a punch. Gouveia was losing this fight and just came back and Lambert left himself open and bam it’s over.

Winner: Wilson Gouveia by KO R2

Light Heavyweight Fight- Lyoto Machida (11-0) vs. Sokoudjou (4-1)- UFC 79- 12/29/07

This was also on the UFC Unleashed 4/23 TV show.

R1- Machida is unbeaten so far. Soko has been training with Dan Henderson. Soko hits a couple of nice punches early and gets a take down but Machida quickly reverses and is on top controlling in the half guard. Machida is going after his arm but gives it up and is trying to get some punches. Soko doing a good job defending but not actively seeming to try and get out. The ref stands them up. Soko with another take down but they are quickly back to their feet. Round goes to Machida but he definitely wasn’t dominating.

R2- Not much going on in this round. Machida is hitting a couple of kicks and then he gets an opening and trips Soku and goes after him in full guard with a bunch of punches. Machida going for a submission now with an arm triangle but losses it. Soko seems to be real winded as he’s really been controlled in this fight and especially this round. Machida on top and throwing some elbows. Machida grabs the arm triangle again and gets the victory. Real good win for Machida. He seems like a real good technical fighter, not exciting but seems like a real good tactician.

Winner: Lyoto Machida by submission (arm triangle) R2 4:20

Lightweight Title Fight- Joe Stevenson (33-7) vs. BJ Penn 12-4-1)- UFC 80- 1/19/08

This was also on the 5/14 Unleashed TV show.

R1- BJ Penn comes out and land some punches immediately and quickly takes Stevenson down. BJ is in Joe’s half guard. BJ is just kind of smothering Joe so far. Stevenson gets some shots in from the bottom but BJ nails Stevenson with an elbow and he is a bloody mess with that one shot. Just a ton of blood. That was amazing that this one shot caused so much blood. First round goes to BJ Penn easily.

“That’s like a broken fire hydrant”- Joe Rogan (in reference to Stevenson cut from BJ Penn’s one elbow shot)

R2- Stevenson comes out more aggressive in this round. They fight pretty evenly on their feet for the first couple minutes of the round. Ref calls for a time to check out Stevenson, who has blood dripping down his face. They continue the fight. BJ jumps on Stevenson as he punches him and Stevenson drops into the fetal position. BJ grabs his back and Stevenson rolls over so now BJ is in full mount and blood is everywhere. BJ grabs his back and clamps in the choke and Stevenson taps out. BJ just dominated this fight from start to finish.

Winner and new Lightweight Champion: BJ Penn by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2