Retro Re-Cap: UFC Fight Night 6 8/17/06 Re-Cap

UFC Fight Night 6 8/17/06

Welterweight Fight- Josh Koscheck (8-1) vs. Jonathon Goulet (16-6)

R1- Koscheck hit a big right hand early that stunned Goulet. Koscheck got some Ground and Pound and started to manhandle Goulet towards the end of the round and finally got a TKO ref stoppage. Nice performance from Koscheck.

Winner: Josh Koscheck by TKO (Strikes) R1 4:10

Middleweight Fight- Dean Lister (8-4) vs. Yuki Sasaki (20-12-1)

This is Sasaki’s UFC debut. This is Lister’s first fight in UFC as a middleweight. Lister is a black belt in jiu jitsu.

R1- Lister really controls round one as he took Sasaki’s back and pretty much rode him the entire round but couldn’t get any submissions clamped on. Lister 10-9.

R2- Sasaki falls into Lister’s guard and Lister controls Sasaki as he has a near triangle. Sasaki slips out but Lister then takes his back and Sasaki slips out again. Sasaki lands some punches at the end of the round. I’ve got Lister 20-18 but Lister looked like he was running out of steam during the stand up at the end of the round.

R3- Sasaki is winning this round and Lister is really tired and trying to get Sasaki to the mat. This fight whimpers to the end. I’ve got Lister 29-28 as both guys ran out of steam in this fight. Lister looked real good in the first two rounds but not so much after that.

Judges score cards say: 30-27 on all score cards

Winner: Dean Lister by Decision (Unanimous)

Middleweight Fight- Chris Leben (15-2) vs. Jorge Santiago (11-5)

Santiago is the current Sengoku Middleweight Champion.

R1- Leben took Santiago down for the first half of Round One but couldn’t get anything solid. Santiago got a take down with about a minute left in the round. Really close round, neither guy did any damage.

R2- Leben caught Santiago in the second round and knocked him out early in the round. Santiago went in for a strike and left himself open and he got tagged.

Winner: Chris Leben by KO R2 0:35

Welterweight Fight- Diego Sanchez (17-0) vs. Karo Parisyan (23-3)

R1- Diego got an early take down and took Karo’s back. Karo gets loose and takes Diego down. Karo has a cut under his eye. Karo hit an amazing judo throw but couldn’t keep Diego down. Karo got another judo throw and this time took Diego’s guard. Really good and close first round. I’ve got Karo 10-9 but could have gone either way.

R2- Karo started out the round with some good stand up and then got a take down but couldn’t land anything substantial. Diego got a take down and took Karo’s guard. This was another close round with this one going to Sanchez. I’ve got it 19-19 but could see a case being made for either guy being up 20-18 although Diego has definitely done more damage so far.

R3- Some good back and forth dirty boxing starts off the round and then Karo got a take down. Diego switched it up and took Karo’s back and then started hitting some Ground and Pound. Back to their feet and Diego is getting the better. Karo gets a judo throw but Diego ends up in Karo’s guard. Diego ends the round and the fight throwing some good Ground and Pound down on Karo. Diego takes this round and wins the fight 29-28.

Judges score cards say: 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 in favor of Sanchez.

Winner: Diego Sanchez by Decision (Unanimous)