UFC 114: Prelims
MGM Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
Saturday May 29, 2010
Rampage Jackson and Rashad Evans finally meet tonight but first we get an hour of free fights on Spike TV. Efrain Escudero will fight Dan Lauzon and Amir Sadollah will fight Dong Hyun Kim. As always Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are your announcers and Bruce Buffer is the ring announcer.
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero (13-1) vs. Dan Lauzon (12-3)
Escudero was the winner of TUF 8. Escudero beat Cole Miller at UFC 103 but then lost to Evan Dunham by submission at Fight Night 20. Lauzon lost to Cole Miller in his last fight by submission in the first round.
R1- Lauzon is throwing bombs early but not connecting. Escudero is doing a good job countering and landed a good knee. Escudero threw knees up against the cage but Lauzon blocked most of the barrage. Escudero has a cut above his left eye. Close round. I've got Escudero 10-9.
R2- Escudero came in with some strikes and landed some knees and then threw a barrage of punches against the cage. Lauzon was able to cover up and Escudero backed out to avoid punching himself out. Lauzon went for a take down but was stuffed. Lauzon looks tired and Escudero is stalking him. Escudero is landing some good kicks. Escudero landed a strike and Lauzon went down but it didn't look like it connected that well. Escudero 20-18.
R3- Lauzon hits Escudero with a low blow early in the round. Escudero threw some strikes and clinched Lauzon up against the cage. Escudero landed a couple of knees and then a leg kick. Escudero returns the low blow near the end of the round. Josh Rosenthal takes a point away from Escudero. I don't agree with that but it will be a moot point since Escudero is winning every round. Both guys throw leather at the end of the round and Lauzon cut Escudero. I've got Escudero 29-27 after the point deduction.
Judges score cards: All 3 judges score the fight 29-27
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight- Luiz Cane vs. Cyrille Diabate
This is a pre-show fight. I'm thinking Cane took this early since they are showing it now. Cane is trying to rebound from his beating at the hands of lil Nog. This is the UFC debut for Diabate.
R1- Cane landed a big shot early in the first round that rocked Diabate. Diabate landed some good strikes and landed two shots that knocked Cane down then he jumped on and finished Cane. Great win by Diabate.
Winner: Cyrille Diabate by TKO (Strikes) R1 2:13
Welterweight Fight- Amir Sadollah (3-1) vs. Dong Hyun Kim (12-0-1)
Amir has won his last two fights over Phil Baroni and Brad Blackburn, both by unanimous decision. Kim is undefeated in his MMA career since his fight against Karo Parisyan was overturned. In the UFC Kim has defeated T.J. Grant by decision, Matt Brown by split decision and Jason Tan by TKO (elbows). Goldberg points out that they have trained together in the past.
R1- Amir landed some strikes early but Kim got a take down in the first 30 seconds of the fight. Kim is controlling on top but not landing anything clean. Kim was able to get on Amir's back in the last minute of the round. Kim 10-9. Amir needs to keep the fight standing if he wants to win this one.
R2- Amir uses some kicks early but then got taken down quickly before the first minute is over. Amir was able to get back to his feet but Kim won't let go of him and takes him down again. Kim trapped one of Amir's arms and landed some strikes. Amir gave up his back very late in the round. Kim is up 20-18 after two rounds.
R3- Kim got an early take down and this one feels like it is over. Amir got back to his feet with 80 seconds left in the fight. Amir avoided a take down. Amir tried a flying knee but Kim got a take down instead. 40 seconds left and Amir was able to get back to his feet. Amir landed some strikes but nothing that came close to finishing the fight.
Judges score cards: 30-27 on all score cards
Winner: Dong Hyun Kim by Decision (Unanimous)
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
UFC 108 Preliminaries Re-Cap
UFC 108: Preliminaries
Spike TV
1/02/10
MGM Grand
Las Vegas, Nevada
Lightweight Fight- Cole Miller (15-4) vs. Dan Lauzon (12-2)
R1- Miller hit some good strikes in the first minute of the fight but then got caught by a big shot by Dan and was floored. Cole Miller ended up getting a submission near the end of the first round. Solid fight.
Winner: Cole Miller by Submission (Kimura/Reverse Triangle) R1 3:05
Welterweight Fight- Mike Pyle vs. Jake Ellenberger (21-5)
R1- Ellenberger got a quick take down. Ellenberger stayed on top until the 1:30 mark but Pyle didn’t let him do anything. Ellenberger got another take down quickly after they stood back up. Ellenberger ended the round with some good Ground and Pound to cement the round in his favor.
R2- Ellenberger landed a big shot and Pyle hit the mat and covered up and Ellenberger threw Ground and Pound until the ref called it off. Good win for Ellenberger, I was impressed with him in his loss to Carlos Condit and he proved he belonged in the UFC in this fight.
Winner: Jake Ellenberger by TKO (Strikes) R1 0:22
Welterweight Fight- Martin Kampmann (15-3) vs. Jacob Volkmann (9-1)
R1- Kampmann looks a little tentative after the Daley fight. Volkmann landed some good shots but Kampmann countered with a punch that briefly floored Volkmann. Kampmann has a cut above one of his eyes. Volkmann charges in again and lands some shots but Kampmann again counter punches and floors Volkmann at the half way mark of the round. Kampmann landed some good Ground and Pound at the one minute mark and then clamped on a guillotine choke and Volkmann tapped out. Good showing for Kampmann after the Daley loss.
Winner: Martin Kampmann by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 4:03
Middleweight Fight- Mark Munoz (6-1) vs. Ryan Jensen (15-4)
R1- Jensen went for a knee and got taken down at the end of the first minute but he couldn’t hold Jensen down. Munoz got another take down at the end of the second minute of the round. Munoz landed some good Ground and Pound. Jensen rolled over on his stomach and Munoz pounded him out.
Winner: Mark Munoz by Submission (Strikes) R1 2:30
Joe Rogan and Dana White review the card of Rashad Evans/Thiago Silva. Rogan and White put over the Gilbert Yvel and Junior dos Santos match and really hype it up. Paul Daley/Dustin Hazlett is also hyped up but they didn’t mention Daley missing weight. Rogan calls Daley the best technical striker in MMA. Rogan mentions that Rashad was just given his black belt in BJJ today. Rogan interviews Rashad Evans before the show ends.
Spike TV
1/02/10
MGM Grand
Las Vegas, Nevada
Lightweight Fight- Cole Miller (15-4) vs. Dan Lauzon (12-2)
R1- Miller hit some good strikes in the first minute of the fight but then got caught by a big shot by Dan and was floored. Cole Miller ended up getting a submission near the end of the first round. Solid fight.
Winner: Cole Miller by Submission (Kimura/Reverse Triangle) R1 3:05
Welterweight Fight- Mike Pyle vs. Jake Ellenberger (21-5)
R1- Ellenberger got a quick take down. Ellenberger stayed on top until the 1:30 mark but Pyle didn’t let him do anything. Ellenberger got another take down quickly after they stood back up. Ellenberger ended the round with some good Ground and Pound to cement the round in his favor.
R2- Ellenberger landed a big shot and Pyle hit the mat and covered up and Ellenberger threw Ground and Pound until the ref called it off. Good win for Ellenberger, I was impressed with him in his loss to Carlos Condit and he proved he belonged in the UFC in this fight.
Winner: Jake Ellenberger by TKO (Strikes) R1 0:22
Welterweight Fight- Martin Kampmann (15-3) vs. Jacob Volkmann (9-1)
R1- Kampmann looks a little tentative after the Daley fight. Volkmann landed some good shots but Kampmann countered with a punch that briefly floored Volkmann. Kampmann has a cut above one of his eyes. Volkmann charges in again and lands some shots but Kampmann again counter punches and floors Volkmann at the half way mark of the round. Kampmann landed some good Ground and Pound at the one minute mark and then clamped on a guillotine choke and Volkmann tapped out. Good showing for Kampmann after the Daley loss.
Winner: Martin Kampmann by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1 4:03
Middleweight Fight- Mark Munoz (6-1) vs. Ryan Jensen (15-4)
R1- Jensen went for a knee and got taken down at the end of the first minute but he couldn’t hold Jensen down. Munoz got another take down at the end of the second minute of the round. Munoz landed some good Ground and Pound. Jensen rolled over on his stomach and Munoz pounded him out.
Winner: Mark Munoz by Submission (Strikes) R1 2:30
Joe Rogan and Dana White review the card of Rashad Evans/Thiago Silva. Rogan and White put over the Gilbert Yvel and Junior dos Santos match and really hype it up. Paul Daley/Dustin Hazlett is also hyped up but they didn’t mention Daley missing weight. Rogan calls Daley the best technical striker in MMA. Rogan mentions that Rashad was just given his black belt in BJJ today. Rogan interviews Rashad Evans before the show ends.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Affliction "Day of Reckoning" 1/24/09- Re-Cap
Affliction: Day of Reckoning (1/24/09) – Anaheim, CA (Honda Center)
Lightweight Fight- Dan Lauzon (11-2) vs. Bobby Green (7-1)
Bobby Green is fighting on short notice as he replaced Chris Horodecki. Lauzon is a wrestler and jiu jitsu fighter. Green describes his fighting style as “hood”.
R1- Green really took it to Lauzon in the first round. Green hit Lauzon with two low blows and we get two five minute rest periods and two warnings for Green. Green is winning the fight but can’t keep his knee off of Lauzon’s jock. They start back and Green hits him with another low blow although it was a glancing blow. Lauzon looks like he sold this one more than the others. Green got a point deducted for this. Green should just stop throwing kicks at this point unless he’s kicking him in the low part of the legs. Lauzon went for a heel hook but Green survived. Lauzon then quickly took Greens back and tapped him out with only about 10 seconds left in the round.
This would have been a good fight if we didn’t have 15 minutes worth of waiting due to the three low blows. Edit those out and it was a good one round fight.
Winner: Dan Lauzon by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 4:55
Heavyweight Fight- Paul Buentello (29-10) vs. Kiril Sidelnikov (5-2)
Kiril is Fedor’s protégé and he is nicknamed “Baby Fedor”. No pressure there at all. That’s like dubbing some poor Quarterback as the next “Joe Montana”. Buentello has a 3” height advantage, a 6” reach advantage and a 15 pound weight advantage.
R1- Decent first round as Buentello opened up a cut under Kiril’s eye. Buentello takes the first round 10-9.
R2- The first half of this round was more of the same but Kiril got a good flurry into the corner before Buentello wrapped him up. Buentello started landing some good shots towards the end of the round. Buentello took this round as he controlled with the exception of the flurry by Kiril. Buentello 20-18.
R3- Buentello just picked Kiril apart in this round. Kiril lost his mouthpiece twice and the second time the doctor at ringside stopped the fight. Buentello looked solid in this fight and Kiril didn’t show much of looking like Fedor except in his ability to take a punch. The strikes landed in the first round were about the same and by the end of the fight Buentello had landed twice as many strikes as Kiril.
Winner: Paul Buentello by TKO (Ref Stoppage) R3 4:18
Light Heavyweight Fight- Renato Sobral (31-7) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-3)
Sokoudjou was last seen gassing in about two minutes in UFC and then getting taken apart by Luiz Cane. Prior to that he got a TKO victory in Round One against Kazuhiro Nakamura and prior to that he got submitted by Lyoto Machida. Sokoudjou needs to finish in the first round if he is going to win this fight. Babalu fought on the November Strikeforce card and beat Bobby Southworth for their Light Heavyweight Title. Babalu got a decision victory over Mike Whitehead at the first Affliction show.
R1- Not a great first round as neither guy really got going. Sokoudjou had good take down defense and landed a couple of shots in Ground and Pound. Sokoudjou up 10-9 in a very even round.
R2- Babalu got a quick take down at the beginning of the round and landed some Ground and Pound. Babalu got the Anaconda choke clamped in and finished the fight. Sokoudjou once again gets foiled after the first round. Babalu looked good and I think we just need to comes to terms that Sokoudjou isn’t a very good MMA fighter.
Winner: Renato Sobral by Submission (Anaconda Choke) R2 2:36
Middleweight Fight- Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland
Lindland looked very out of shape in his fight back in July for Affliction so it will be interesting to see if he has cardio in this fight if it goes for a while. Belfort looked good in his win over Terry Martin back in July.
R1- Belfort stuck Lindland early and floored him and then just destroyed him. Utter dominance by Belfort. I guess we won’t have to worry about Lindland’s cardio. Lindland has been very unimpressive in his last two fights.
Winner: Vitor Belfort by KO R1 0:37
Post-match Tito Ortiz says he sees Vitor taking apart Anderson Silva. Lindland and Terry Martin probably weren’t even in the Top 25 Middleweights much less among the top P4P fighters in the world. Impressive victory by Vitor but let’s see him beat a Top 5 or Top 10 Middleweight before jumping to Anderson Silva.
Heavyweight Fight- Josh Barnett (23-5) vs. Gilbert Yvel (42-12)
Barnett beat Pedro Rizzo in somewhat of a snoozer at the last Affliction show. Barnett is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and New Japan Professional Wrestler. Yvel is a Muy Thai fighter and Kick Boxer. He has 37 Knockouts in his career.
R1- Barnett got a take down and controlled the round and really poured on some Ground and Pound at the end of the round but Yvel held on and showed a tremendous ability to take punishment. Possibly a 10-8 round.
R2- Barnett dominated this round as he got an early take down and got some Ground and Pound but didn’t inflict the punishment that he did in the last round. Yvel got in some offense in the last 20 seconds. Barnett 20-17 so far.
Scott Farrell should not be on my television. He has a face for radio. Ditto for Chuck Zito.
R3- Barnett got another takedown and hit more Ground and Pound until Yvel tapped out to punches. Good showing from Barnett.
Winner: Josh Barnett by Submission (Strikes) R3 3:05
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko © (28-1) vs. Andrei Arlovski (15-5)
R1- This was a weird fight. They fought evenly for about the first two and a half minutes. Arlovski started to push forward and take a brief lead and then Fedor hit a shot that looked like it barely hit and Arlovski dropped like a ton of bricks. I’ve watched this replay several times and it barely looks like it hit. I guess it hit in the right spot.
Winner: Fedor Emelianenko by KO R1 (3:14)
Overall, this was a solid show. I thought it was clearly above and beyond their first show. They did a good job improving the pacing of the show. Fedor and Belfort both had good knockout showings and Babalu and Barnett looked good. No above average fights on the show but no stinkers like Negao/Lindland from last show and no issues with the ring ropes. The announcing was adequate but left a lot to be desired when you compare it to the UFC. I think Tito Ortiz was the weak link in the booth as he didn’t come anywhere close to providing the type of analysis and insight that you get from guys like Joe Rogan, Frank Shamrock and Bas Rutten. They need to just stop with the backstage announcing as it just didn’t feel right- probably due to the guys they had doing it and the fact that they went backstage in between fights when they would be better served showing the corners (UFC had some great moments from Phil Baroni and Rich Franklin during corners at the last show). Good performance from Affliction and an upgrade from their first show.
Lightweight Fight- Dan Lauzon (11-2) vs. Bobby Green (7-1)
Bobby Green is fighting on short notice as he replaced Chris Horodecki. Lauzon is a wrestler and jiu jitsu fighter. Green describes his fighting style as “hood”.
R1- Green really took it to Lauzon in the first round. Green hit Lauzon with two low blows and we get two five minute rest periods and two warnings for Green. Green is winning the fight but can’t keep his knee off of Lauzon’s jock. They start back and Green hits him with another low blow although it was a glancing blow. Lauzon looks like he sold this one more than the others. Green got a point deducted for this. Green should just stop throwing kicks at this point unless he’s kicking him in the low part of the legs. Lauzon went for a heel hook but Green survived. Lauzon then quickly took Greens back and tapped him out with only about 10 seconds left in the round.
This would have been a good fight if we didn’t have 15 minutes worth of waiting due to the three low blows. Edit those out and it was a good one round fight.
Winner: Dan Lauzon by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 4:55
Heavyweight Fight- Paul Buentello (29-10) vs. Kiril Sidelnikov (5-2)
Kiril is Fedor’s protégé and he is nicknamed “Baby Fedor”. No pressure there at all. That’s like dubbing some poor Quarterback as the next “Joe Montana”. Buentello has a 3” height advantage, a 6” reach advantage and a 15 pound weight advantage.
R1- Decent first round as Buentello opened up a cut under Kiril’s eye. Buentello takes the first round 10-9.
R2- The first half of this round was more of the same but Kiril got a good flurry into the corner before Buentello wrapped him up. Buentello started landing some good shots towards the end of the round. Buentello took this round as he controlled with the exception of the flurry by Kiril. Buentello 20-18.
R3- Buentello just picked Kiril apart in this round. Kiril lost his mouthpiece twice and the second time the doctor at ringside stopped the fight. Buentello looked solid in this fight and Kiril didn’t show much of looking like Fedor except in his ability to take a punch. The strikes landed in the first round were about the same and by the end of the fight Buentello had landed twice as many strikes as Kiril.
Winner: Paul Buentello by TKO (Ref Stoppage) R3 4:18
Light Heavyweight Fight- Renato Sobral (31-7) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (5-3)
Sokoudjou was last seen gassing in about two minutes in UFC and then getting taken apart by Luiz Cane. Prior to that he got a TKO victory in Round One against Kazuhiro Nakamura and prior to that he got submitted by Lyoto Machida. Sokoudjou needs to finish in the first round if he is going to win this fight. Babalu fought on the November Strikeforce card and beat Bobby Southworth for their Light Heavyweight Title. Babalu got a decision victory over Mike Whitehead at the first Affliction show.
R1- Not a great first round as neither guy really got going. Sokoudjou had good take down defense and landed a couple of shots in Ground and Pound. Sokoudjou up 10-9 in a very even round.
R2- Babalu got a quick take down at the beginning of the round and landed some Ground and Pound. Babalu got the Anaconda choke clamped in and finished the fight. Sokoudjou once again gets foiled after the first round. Babalu looked good and I think we just need to comes to terms that Sokoudjou isn’t a very good MMA fighter.
Winner: Renato Sobral by Submission (Anaconda Choke) R2 2:36
Middleweight Fight- Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland
Lindland looked very out of shape in his fight back in July for Affliction so it will be interesting to see if he has cardio in this fight if it goes for a while. Belfort looked good in his win over Terry Martin back in July.
R1- Belfort stuck Lindland early and floored him and then just destroyed him. Utter dominance by Belfort. I guess we won’t have to worry about Lindland’s cardio. Lindland has been very unimpressive in his last two fights.
Winner: Vitor Belfort by KO R1 0:37
Post-match Tito Ortiz says he sees Vitor taking apart Anderson Silva. Lindland and Terry Martin probably weren’t even in the Top 25 Middleweights much less among the top P4P fighters in the world. Impressive victory by Vitor but let’s see him beat a Top 5 or Top 10 Middleweight before jumping to Anderson Silva.
Heavyweight Fight- Josh Barnett (23-5) vs. Gilbert Yvel (42-12)
Barnett beat Pedro Rizzo in somewhat of a snoozer at the last Affliction show. Barnett is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and New Japan Professional Wrestler. Yvel is a Muy Thai fighter and Kick Boxer. He has 37 Knockouts in his career.
R1- Barnett got a take down and controlled the round and really poured on some Ground and Pound at the end of the round but Yvel held on and showed a tremendous ability to take punishment. Possibly a 10-8 round.
R2- Barnett dominated this round as he got an early take down and got some Ground and Pound but didn’t inflict the punishment that he did in the last round. Yvel got in some offense in the last 20 seconds. Barnett 20-17 so far.
Scott Farrell should not be on my television. He has a face for radio. Ditto for Chuck Zito.
R3- Barnett got another takedown and hit more Ground and Pound until Yvel tapped out to punches. Good showing from Barnett.
Winner: Josh Barnett by Submission (Strikes) R3 3:05
WAMMA Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko © (28-1) vs. Andrei Arlovski (15-5)
R1- This was a weird fight. They fought evenly for about the first two and a half minutes. Arlovski started to push forward and take a brief lead and then Fedor hit a shot that looked like it barely hit and Arlovski dropped like a ton of bricks. I’ve watched this replay several times and it barely looks like it hit. I guess it hit in the right spot.
Winner: Fedor Emelianenko by KO R1 (3:14)
Overall, this was a solid show. I thought it was clearly above and beyond their first show. They did a good job improving the pacing of the show. Fedor and Belfort both had good knockout showings and Babalu and Barnett looked good. No above average fights on the show but no stinkers like Negao/Lindland from last show and no issues with the ring ropes. The announcing was adequate but left a lot to be desired when you compare it to the UFC. I think Tito Ortiz was the weak link in the booth as he didn’t come anywhere close to providing the type of analysis and insight that you get from guys like Joe Rogan, Frank Shamrock and Bas Rutten. They need to just stop with the backstage announcing as it just didn’t feel right- probably due to the guys they had doing it and the fact that they went backstage in between fights when they would be better served showing the corners (UFC had some great moments from Phil Baroni and Rich Franklin during corners at the last show). Good performance from Affliction and an upgrade from their first show.
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