UFC Unleashed 5/10/09 Re-Cap

UFC Unleashed 5/10/09

This show is from 2006.

Light Heavyweight Fight- Forrest Griffin (11-2) vs. Elvis Sinosic (6-7-2)- UFC 55- 10/7/05

You don’t see many guys in the UFC that have a losing record. Forrest is sporting red hair for this fight.

R1- This is a typical early Forrest fight as they are standing up and throwing and Elvis looks like he’s getting the better of it. Forrest fought through and landed a couple of shots and got the finish. Forrest kept leaving himself wide open but he sort of wore down Elvis and then finished him off.

Winner: Forrest Griffin by TKO (punches) R1 3:30

Middleweight Title Fight- Evan Tanner (32-4) vs. David Terrell (9-1)- UFC 51- 2/5/05

Terrell is a Gracie jiu jitsu black belt. They show highlights of Terrell knocking out Matt Lindland in 24 seconds.

R1- Terrell got a good guillotine but Tanner got out of it. After escaping the guillotine Tanner really dominated Terrell with some Ground and Pound. Herb Dean stepped in with 30 seconds left in the round and stopped the fight.

Winner: Evan Tanner by TKO (punches) R1 4:35

Heavyweight Fight- Jeff Monson (21-5) vs. Branden Lee Hinkle (14-6)- UFC 57- 2/4/06

This is Monson’s first fight in the UFC in 4 years since his loss to Ricco Rodriguez. Hinkle has a 6” height advantage but Monson outweighs him by 12 pounds so Monson is going to have a big strength advantage.

R1- Monson overpowered Hinkle in this fight and got a submission near the end of the round. Hinkle had good position at times he just didn’t do anything with it.

Winner: Jeff Monson by Technical Submission (North-South Choke) R1 4:35

Heavyweight Fight- Tim Sylvia (15-0) vs. Wesley “Cabbage” Correira (15-3)- UFC 39- 9/27/02

This is Sylvia’s UFC debut. He is fighting out of the Militech camp. Sylvia has a 6” height advantage. Correira’s hair is striped with red and blue. He looks like a Buffalo Bill.

R1- Sylvia uses his jab well at the beginning of the fight but Cabbage opens up on him and got him on the ropes until Sylvia grabbed a clinch. Sylvia then pushed forward and used a clinch to deliver some good shots and knees. Tim hit a nice Superman punch and is just unloading on Cabbage but Cabbage has a strong chin. Sylvia is hitting some really good shots in this fight. Sylvia wins the first round 10-9. Somehow Cabbage stayed on his feet the entire round.

R2- Sylvia works some punches and knees at the beginning of the round and has really taken over this fight. Cabbage complained about a finger in the eye and the ref doesn’t stop and Sylvia just peppers him and eventually Cabbage’s corner throws in the towel as he just won’t go down. Nice showing by Sylvia.

Winner: Tim Sylvia by TKO (Corner Stoppage) R2 (1:43)