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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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
UFC Fight Night 1/11/10 Re-Cap
UFC Fight Night
Patriot Center
Fairfax, Virginia
1/11/10
Top Lightweight contender Gray Maynard will take on Nate Diaz in the Main Event tonight in a re-match from The Ultimate Fighter TV show. TUF Winner Amir Sadollah face a tough fight against Brad Blackburn and TUF winner Efrain Escudero is also in action as is prospect Aaron Simpson.
Welterweight Fight- Amir Sadollah (3-1) vs. Brad Blackburn (15-9-1)
Amir is coming off of a UFC 106 win against Phil Baroni. Blackburn is coming off of a split decision victory over Edgar Garcia. Amir fights out of Richmond so he is a big fan favorite in this fight. Blackburn is yet to lose in the UFC.
R1- Both guys are landing shots early in this round. Amir hit a good right hand with one minute left to go in the round and it rocked Blackburn. Amir then hit and elbow and got a take down but Black burn was able to recover and push him off. Close round that Amir took with the push at the end. Amir 10-9 after one round.
R2- Blackburn hit a right hand and caught a kick at the same time and briefly knocked Amir down at the mid-way point of the round. Amir landed another right that briefly wobbled Blackburn right at the end of the round. Really close round that I give to Blackburn that makes the fight 19-19 on my score card.
R3- Amir landed a knee against the cage and Blackburn got rocked and taken down. Amir was able to land some good punches about half way through the round. Amir is going to take this round and will win via decision.
Judges score cards say: 30-27 on all three score cards
Winner: Amir Sadollah by Decision (Unanimous)
Joe Rogan interviews Randy Couture ringside and they discuss his upcoming fight against Mark Coleman.
Middleweight Fight- Aaron Simpson (6-0) vs. Tom Lawlor (6-1)
Simpson has knockouts in all six of his fights. Simpson is coming off of a win at UFC 102 against Ed Herman and Lawlor is coming off of a 55 second submission victory over CB Dollaway at UFC 100. This is Lawlor’s 2nd fight at Middleweight in the UFC.
R1- Lawler landed a good uppercut in the first few moments of the fight. Lawler went for a take down and Simpson landed some punches and Lawlor gave up the take down attempt. Lawlor is looking good in the early going. Lawlor is landing some good punches in this fight. Lawlor hit a right hand counter punch and then came in with a barrage of punches and Simpson finally grabbed a clinch to stop the onslaught. Lawlor landed a good uppercut and continued to land good strikes. Lawlor looked really good in the first round and definitely took this round.
R2- Simpson landed some shots against the cage and then got a take down. Lawlor hit a good right hand that knocked Simpson into the cage and got a brief take down. Lawlor pulled guard at the end of the round but never really had it clamped in as the bell rung. Really close round, could have gone either way.
R3- Lawlor lands some good punches at the start of the round. Both guys are freely throwing leather at the beginning of the round. Simpson got a take down slam but Lawlor got back to his feet quickly and returned the favor. Lawlor tried to grab a kimura but couldn’t hold it and Simpson ended up on top. Simpson briefly mounted and then tried to take Lawlor’s back. Lawlor is worn out and Simpson is in totally control of this round. Simpson clearly took this round. This is going to be a close fight to call. Lawlor took round one and possibly could have squeaked out a 10-8 round, round two was a toss up and round three was Simpson 10-9. I think we could see a split or majority decision here. I’m calling Simpson via Split Decision. Really good fight.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 Lawlor, 29-28 Simpson and 29-28 Simpson
Winner: Aaron Simpson by Decision (Split)
Lightweight Fight- Evan Dunham (9-0) vs. Efrain Escudero (13-0)
Both guys are coming into this fight undefeated. Efrain is coming off of a UFC 103 win against Cole Miller and Dunham is coming off a UFC 102 Split Decision win over Ricardo Almeida in a close fight that I had Almeida winning 29-28.
R1- Efrain landed a good jumping knee half-way through the round and then hit some strikes. Dunham went down but was able to defend on the ground and stay in the fight. Efrain grabs a guillotine choke but Dunham was able to escape back to his feet. Dunham pushed Escudero to the ground at the end of the round. Escudero 10-9.
R2- Dunham looks recovered and hits some strikes at the beginning of the round. Both guys are landing some decent strikes in this round. Dunham got a take down with two minutes left in the round. Dunham is landing some good strikes on the ground. Dunham takes Efrain’s back. Dunham won this round so it’s even at 19-19 going into the final round.
R3- Dunham went for a quick take down and Efrain tried to grab a guillotine and rolled over on top of Dunham trying to secure a choke but couldn’t not clamp it in and they scrambled back to their feet. Dunham stuck with it and got a take down about a minute into the fight. Dunham went for an arm bar and Efrain tapped out. Big win for Dunham.
Winner: Evan Dunham by Submission (Arm Bar) R3 1:59
Lightweight Fight- Gray Maynard (9-0) vs. Nate Diaz (11-4)
Nate Diaz is the only fighter that Maynard has lost to as Diaz beat Maynard on their season of TUF. Maynard is still officially unbeaten because the TUF fights (except for the finals) do not count on the fighters records. At UFC Fight Night 19 Gray Maynard beat Roger Huerta by Split Decision (I had the fight 30-27 for Maynard). Diaz is coming off a Guillotine Choke win over Melvin Guillard on the same show. Maynard is one of the top contenders for BJ Penn’s belt so this is a very important fight for him.
R1- Maynard is throwing some bombs early on. Diaz has opened up a cut on Maynard despite not landing any significant shots. Maynard is starting to land some decent shots. Both guys talk a little trash in the first round. Close round. I’ve got Maynard edging Diaz 10-9.
R2- Maynard hit a good overhand right about a minute and a half into the round but Diaz absorb the blow. Gray hit a good knee half way through the round that floored Diaz but Maynard let him back to his feet. Maynard hit a good left that sent Diaz to his knees before he quickly got back up. Maynard took this round and I’ve got him winning 20-18.
R3- Diaz hit a right hand about a minute and a half into the round that briefly floored Maynard but he popped back up. Diaz is landing some strikes this round and is looking much better than he did in the first two rounds. Maynard landed a good punch and then briefly got on top of Diaz but Diaz got up quickly. Maynard finished well in this round but I think Diaz still took this round. I’ve got Maynard taking this fight 29-28.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 Diaz, 30-27 Maynard, 29-28 Maynard
Winner: Gray Maynard by Decision (Split)
Patriot Center
Fairfax, Virginia
1/11/10
Top Lightweight contender Gray Maynard will take on Nate Diaz in the Main Event tonight in a re-match from The Ultimate Fighter TV show. TUF Winner Amir Sadollah face a tough fight against Brad Blackburn and TUF winner Efrain Escudero is also in action as is prospect Aaron Simpson.
Welterweight Fight- Amir Sadollah (3-1) vs. Brad Blackburn (15-9-1)
Amir is coming off of a UFC 106 win against Phil Baroni. Blackburn is coming off of a split decision victory over Edgar Garcia. Amir fights out of Richmond so he is a big fan favorite in this fight. Blackburn is yet to lose in the UFC.
R1- Both guys are landing shots early in this round. Amir hit a good right hand with one minute left to go in the round and it rocked Blackburn. Amir then hit and elbow and got a take down but Black burn was able to recover and push him off. Close round that Amir took with the push at the end. Amir 10-9 after one round.
R2- Blackburn hit a right hand and caught a kick at the same time and briefly knocked Amir down at the mid-way point of the round. Amir landed another right that briefly wobbled Blackburn right at the end of the round. Really close round that I give to Blackburn that makes the fight 19-19 on my score card.
R3- Amir landed a knee against the cage and Blackburn got rocked and taken down. Amir was able to land some good punches about half way through the round. Amir is going to take this round and will win via decision.
Judges score cards say: 30-27 on all three score cards
Winner: Amir Sadollah by Decision (Unanimous)
Joe Rogan interviews Randy Couture ringside and they discuss his upcoming fight against Mark Coleman.
Middleweight Fight- Aaron Simpson (6-0) vs. Tom Lawlor (6-1)
Simpson has knockouts in all six of his fights. Simpson is coming off of a win at UFC 102 against Ed Herman and Lawlor is coming off of a 55 second submission victory over CB Dollaway at UFC 100. This is Lawlor’s 2nd fight at Middleweight in the UFC.
R1- Lawler landed a good uppercut in the first few moments of the fight. Lawler went for a take down and Simpson landed some punches and Lawlor gave up the take down attempt. Lawlor is looking good in the early going. Lawlor is landing some good punches in this fight. Lawlor hit a right hand counter punch and then came in with a barrage of punches and Simpson finally grabbed a clinch to stop the onslaught. Lawlor landed a good uppercut and continued to land good strikes. Lawlor looked really good in the first round and definitely took this round.
R2- Simpson landed some shots against the cage and then got a take down. Lawlor hit a good right hand that knocked Simpson into the cage and got a brief take down. Lawlor pulled guard at the end of the round but never really had it clamped in as the bell rung. Really close round, could have gone either way.
R3- Lawlor lands some good punches at the start of the round. Both guys are freely throwing leather at the beginning of the round. Simpson got a take down slam but Lawlor got back to his feet quickly and returned the favor. Lawlor tried to grab a kimura but couldn’t hold it and Simpson ended up on top. Simpson briefly mounted and then tried to take Lawlor’s back. Lawlor is worn out and Simpson is in totally control of this round. Simpson clearly took this round. This is going to be a close fight to call. Lawlor took round one and possibly could have squeaked out a 10-8 round, round two was a toss up and round three was Simpson 10-9. I think we could see a split or majority decision here. I’m calling Simpson via Split Decision. Really good fight.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 Lawlor, 29-28 Simpson and 29-28 Simpson
Winner: Aaron Simpson by Decision (Split)
Lightweight Fight- Evan Dunham (9-0) vs. Efrain Escudero (13-0)
Both guys are coming into this fight undefeated. Efrain is coming off of a UFC 103 win against Cole Miller and Dunham is coming off a UFC 102 Split Decision win over Ricardo Almeida in a close fight that I had Almeida winning 29-28.
R1- Efrain landed a good jumping knee half-way through the round and then hit some strikes. Dunham went down but was able to defend on the ground and stay in the fight. Efrain grabs a guillotine choke but Dunham was able to escape back to his feet. Dunham pushed Escudero to the ground at the end of the round. Escudero 10-9.
R2- Dunham looks recovered and hits some strikes at the beginning of the round. Both guys are landing some decent strikes in this round. Dunham got a take down with two minutes left in the round. Dunham is landing some good strikes on the ground. Dunham takes Efrain’s back. Dunham won this round so it’s even at 19-19 going into the final round.
R3- Dunham went for a quick take down and Efrain tried to grab a guillotine and rolled over on top of Dunham trying to secure a choke but couldn’t not clamp it in and they scrambled back to their feet. Dunham stuck with it and got a take down about a minute into the fight. Dunham went for an arm bar and Efrain tapped out. Big win for Dunham.
Winner: Evan Dunham by Submission (Arm Bar) R3 1:59
Lightweight Fight- Gray Maynard (9-0) vs. Nate Diaz (11-4)
Nate Diaz is the only fighter that Maynard has lost to as Diaz beat Maynard on their season of TUF. Maynard is still officially unbeaten because the TUF fights (except for the finals) do not count on the fighters records. At UFC Fight Night 19 Gray Maynard beat Roger Huerta by Split Decision (I had the fight 30-27 for Maynard). Diaz is coming off a Guillotine Choke win over Melvin Guillard on the same show. Maynard is one of the top contenders for BJ Penn’s belt so this is a very important fight for him.
R1- Maynard is throwing some bombs early on. Diaz has opened up a cut on Maynard despite not landing any significant shots. Maynard is starting to land some decent shots. Both guys talk a little trash in the first round. Close round. I’ve got Maynard edging Diaz 10-9.
R2- Maynard hit a good overhand right about a minute and a half into the round but Diaz absorb the blow. Gray hit a good knee half way through the round that floored Diaz but Maynard let him back to his feet. Maynard hit a good left that sent Diaz to his knees before he quickly got back up. Maynard took this round and I’ve got him winning 20-18.
R3- Diaz hit a right hand about a minute and a half into the round that briefly floored Maynard but he popped back up. Diaz is landing some strikes this round and is looking much better than he did in the first two rounds. Maynard landed a good punch and then briefly got on top of Diaz but Diaz got up quickly. Maynard finished well in this round but I think Diaz still took this round. I’ve got Maynard taking this fight 29-28.
Judges score cards say: 29-28 Diaz, 30-27 Maynard, 29-28 Maynard
Winner: Gray Maynard by Decision (Split)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
UFC 103: Preliminaries on Spike TV Re-Cap
UFC 103: Preliminaries
9/19/09
Dallas, Texas
American Airlines Center
These fights are on being brought to us on Spike TV before the UFC 103 PPV.
Middleweight Fight- Drew McFedries (8-5) vs. Tomasz Drwal (16-2)
Drwal fought at the TUF 9 Finale and got a first round Ground and Pound TKO of Mike Ciesnolevicz. McFedries fought last on UFC 98 and beat Xavier Foupa- Pokam in 37 seconds. Don’t blink this one could end quickly. Drwal has a 4” reach advantage. McFedries has to be the most exciting 8-5 fighter on the planet, which is why he’s still employed by the UFC. In his two previous fights in the UFC Drwal fought at Light Heavyweight.
R1- And there are some technical difficulties early in the first fight so we miss the first 45-50 seconds of the fight. If the fight goes this long McFedries usually comes up on the short end. McFedries had a couple of cuts on his face early into the fight. Drwal gets a take down about two minutes into the fight but McFedries got back to his feet and Drwal landed some nice knees. Both guys stood toe to toe and exchanged punches. Drwal hit a good right hand and McFedries looks to be tiring. Drwal gets McFedries down again and is landing some Ground and Pound and he mounts McFedries but there is only 10 seconds left in the round and McFedries will make it to the second round. Drwal is up 10-9 after round one. Both guys have cuts on their face.
R2- Drwal landed a nice punch right out of the gate and pushed forward and clinched McFedries and took him down. Drwal moved quickly to side control and then mounted and clamped on a choke and got the win. Nice showing by Tomasz Drwal.
Winner: Tomasz Drwal by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 1:03
Welterweight Fight- Rick Story vs. Brian Foster
Story last fought at UFC 99 and lost a unanimous decision to John Hathaway (I had it scored 29-28).
R1- Both guys are just swinging for the fences in the opening minute. Just throwing wild punches. Foster hit him with a big gut punch and then hit him with a judo throw and clamped in a guillotine but Story popped his head out. Story ended up in Foster’s guard and passed his guard and then took his back. Story’s nose is busted open and he’s bleeding a lot but he’s keeping top position. Foster got back to his feet and both guys started swinging for the fences again. Good first round that went to Story due to his control of the round.
R2- They come out and go after each other again and Story gets a take down. Story grabbed an arm triangle and Foster tapped out. Nice finish by Story. Rogan says it’s the first time he’s seen a guy finished from an arm triangle while inside the guard which shows the strength of Story.
Winner: Rick Story by Submission (Arm Triangle) R2 1:09
Joe Rogan interviews Rich Franklin backstage. Franklin says he’s tired because he hasn’t taken his pre-fight nap yet. Franklin says he’s worked a little with Robbie Lawler because he has a similar style to Belfort.
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero (12-0) vs. Cole Miller (15-3)
Escudero was the TUF 9 winner and this is his first fight since winning TUF. Miller has recent wins over Jorge Gurgel and Junie Browning. Miller is a Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and Efrain has a strong wrestling background. Miller has a 4” height and 2” reach advantage. Based on those stats Escudero should have a strength advantage. Joe says that Escudero struggled to make weight yesterday at the weigh-ins.
R1- Both guys being very tentative early in the fight. Escudero got a sweep of Miller on a kick but let him back up. Miller is started to get more confident and is pushing the action and landing some strikes and really looks like he has more than a 2” reach advantage. Escudero finally caught Miller and slammed him hard to the mat but Miller got back to his feet. Escudero is starting to push the action now and he just leveled Miller with a big right hand that floored him. Escudero jumped on top and hit three punches on the floor and that’s it. Really impressive finish by Escudero.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by TKO (Punches) R1 3:36
Lightweight Fight- Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez
Jim Miller is coming off of a big decision win over Mac Danzig at UFC 100. Miller’s only losses have come to Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar, both of which I have ranked in the World Top 10 Lightweights.
R1- They open up by both throwing strikes. Miller hit a good right that briefly floored Lopez. Miller landed some good leg kicks. Miller landed a really good left and then jumped all over Lopez but Lopez grabbed the guard and survived the onslaught. Lopez got back to his feet but Miller grabbed a front guillotine choke. Lopez slipped out and Miller pounded him with some Ground and Pound and then took Lopez’s back and then Lopez got him back to full guard. Miller took that round 10-9 and is in control of the fight.
R2- Lopez hurt his shoulder in the second round and you could see the bone popped out of place and he had to verbally submit.
Winner: Jim Miller by TKO R2 0:48
Joe Rogan interviews Vitor Belfort backstage and they talk about the fight tonight. Joe tries to bait him into talking about a possible Anderson Silva fight in the future but Vitor says he’s just taking it one fight at a time right now.
Joe is now with Dana White backstage and hype up the fights tonight to close out the show.
9/19/09
Dallas, Texas
American Airlines Center
These fights are on being brought to us on Spike TV before the UFC 103 PPV.
Middleweight Fight- Drew McFedries (8-5) vs. Tomasz Drwal (16-2)
Drwal fought at the TUF 9 Finale and got a first round Ground and Pound TKO of Mike Ciesnolevicz. McFedries fought last on UFC 98 and beat Xavier Foupa- Pokam in 37 seconds. Don’t blink this one could end quickly. Drwal has a 4” reach advantage. McFedries has to be the most exciting 8-5 fighter on the planet, which is why he’s still employed by the UFC. In his two previous fights in the UFC Drwal fought at Light Heavyweight.
R1- And there are some technical difficulties early in the first fight so we miss the first 45-50 seconds of the fight. If the fight goes this long McFedries usually comes up on the short end. McFedries had a couple of cuts on his face early into the fight. Drwal gets a take down about two minutes into the fight but McFedries got back to his feet and Drwal landed some nice knees. Both guys stood toe to toe and exchanged punches. Drwal hit a good right hand and McFedries looks to be tiring. Drwal gets McFedries down again and is landing some Ground and Pound and he mounts McFedries but there is only 10 seconds left in the round and McFedries will make it to the second round. Drwal is up 10-9 after round one. Both guys have cuts on their face.
R2- Drwal landed a nice punch right out of the gate and pushed forward and clinched McFedries and took him down. Drwal moved quickly to side control and then mounted and clamped on a choke and got the win. Nice showing by Tomasz Drwal.
Winner: Tomasz Drwal by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 1:03
Welterweight Fight- Rick Story vs. Brian Foster
Story last fought at UFC 99 and lost a unanimous decision to John Hathaway (I had it scored 29-28).
R1- Both guys are just swinging for the fences in the opening minute. Just throwing wild punches. Foster hit him with a big gut punch and then hit him with a judo throw and clamped in a guillotine but Story popped his head out. Story ended up in Foster’s guard and passed his guard and then took his back. Story’s nose is busted open and he’s bleeding a lot but he’s keeping top position. Foster got back to his feet and both guys started swinging for the fences again. Good first round that went to Story due to his control of the round.
R2- They come out and go after each other again and Story gets a take down. Story grabbed an arm triangle and Foster tapped out. Nice finish by Story. Rogan says it’s the first time he’s seen a guy finished from an arm triangle while inside the guard which shows the strength of Story.
Winner: Rick Story by Submission (Arm Triangle) R2 1:09
Joe Rogan interviews Rich Franklin backstage. Franklin says he’s tired because he hasn’t taken his pre-fight nap yet. Franklin says he’s worked a little with Robbie Lawler because he has a similar style to Belfort.
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero (12-0) vs. Cole Miller (15-3)
Escudero was the TUF 9 winner and this is his first fight since winning TUF. Miller has recent wins over Jorge Gurgel and Junie Browning. Miller is a Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and Efrain has a strong wrestling background. Miller has a 4” height and 2” reach advantage. Based on those stats Escudero should have a strength advantage. Joe says that Escudero struggled to make weight yesterday at the weigh-ins.
R1- Both guys being very tentative early in the fight. Escudero got a sweep of Miller on a kick but let him back up. Miller is started to get more confident and is pushing the action and landing some strikes and really looks like he has more than a 2” reach advantage. Escudero finally caught Miller and slammed him hard to the mat but Miller got back to his feet. Escudero is starting to push the action now and he just leveled Miller with a big right hand that floored him. Escudero jumped on top and hit three punches on the floor and that’s it. Really impressive finish by Escudero.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by TKO (Punches) R1 3:36
Lightweight Fight- Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez
Jim Miller is coming off of a big decision win over Mac Danzig at UFC 100. Miller’s only losses have come to Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar, both of which I have ranked in the World Top 10 Lightweights.
R1- They open up by both throwing strikes. Miller hit a good right that briefly floored Lopez. Miller landed some good leg kicks. Miller landed a really good left and then jumped all over Lopez but Lopez grabbed the guard and survived the onslaught. Lopez got back to his feet but Miller grabbed a front guillotine choke. Lopez slipped out and Miller pounded him with some Ground and Pound and then took Lopez’s back and then Lopez got him back to full guard. Miller took that round 10-9 and is in control of the fight.
R2- Lopez hurt his shoulder in the second round and you could see the bone popped out of place and he had to verbally submit.
Winner: Jim Miller by TKO R2 0:48
Joe Rogan interviews Vitor Belfort backstage and they talk about the fight tonight. Joe tries to bait him into talking about a possible Anderson Silva fight in the future but Vitor says he’s just taking it one fight at a time right now.
Joe is now with Dana White backstage and hype up the fights tonight to close out the show.
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale 12/13/08 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale 12/13/08 Re-Cap
Lightweight Fight- Junie Browning (2-1) vs. Dave Kaplan (3-1)
Since leaving the house Junie has been training at Xtreme Couture and working on his stand up game and his ability to be a civil person. Kaplan is a former Division 1 wrestler. Kaplan comes out wearing sunglasses and a gold chain and dancing to some pop tune. He gets a laugh out of Joe Rogan. Junie Browning fittingly picks an Eminem song for his entrance. "Without You" is a better song to hype up a fighter but he goes with a song that is more fitting to his personality. Junie has a 3 inch reach and height advantage in this fight.
R1- Junie shows good stand up and Kaplan gets cut early. Kaplan shows a good chin in the first round. Junie takes round one with his stand up and is up 10-9.
R2- Junie got a take down and an arm bar and finished Kaplan pretty quickly in Round Two. Junie looked good in this fight.
Winner: Junie Browning by Submission (Arm Bar) R2 1:32
Light Heavyweight Fight- Eliot Marshall vs. Jules Bruchez
R1- Marshall just imposed his will on Jules in this fight and dominated.
Winner: Eliot Marshall by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 1:27
Middleweight Fight- Jason MacDonald (22-10) vs. Wilson Gouveia (11-5)
MacDonald has a 4 inch reach advantage and a 2 inch height advantage. Gouveia failed to make weight in this fight as he came in 3 pounds over the acceptable threshold. MacDonald chose to take the fight anyway.
R1- Gouveia caught MacDonald coming in early and then hit a ton of elbows, cut MacDonald and finished him.
Winner: Wilson Gouveia by Submission (Strikes) R1 2:18
Welterweight Fight- Kevin Burns (8-1) vs. Anthony Johnson (5-2)
This is a re-match from early this year from a fight that Burns continually poked Johnson in the eye and finally finished him off with a big eye poke and was given the victory. It was one of the worst decision's I've ever seen in MMA. This is the re-match and a chance for Johnson to get his win back. The win was not overturned on the early fight basically because Vegas had already paid out the bets for the Burns win by the time the appeal was heard. AJ trains with Cung Le and Josh Thomson and has a 3 inch height and 4 inch reach advantage in this fight. AJ is a former JUCO wrestler and Burns is a jiu jitsu fighter and taekwondo black belt.
R1- This was a close first round with the stand up being pretty even. AJ got 2 take downs and Burns had 1 submission attempt. AJ took this round 10-9.
R2- AJ got a take down in this round and controlled the action. AJ 20-18.
R3- AJ hit a HUGE big left kick for the KO. Wow! They had just talked about him training with Cung Le and then he Cung Le'd Burns.
Winner: Anthony Johnson by KO (High Kick) R3 0:28
Forrest Griffin and Frank Mir are interviewed and they talk about UFC 92 and the Spike TV Video Game Awards.
Light Heavyweight TUF 8 Finale: Ryan Bader (8-0) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (3-2)
Bader is a two-time All American College wrestler and beat Kingsbury, Lawlor and Eliot Marshall (who won impressively earlier) to get to the finals. Bader is training with CB Dollaway. We'll see if CB can teach him how to avoid an arm bar. Vinny is a 4 time Jiu Jitsu World Champion and a Jiu Jitsu Black Belt. He beat Lance Evans (Rashad's brother), Bruchez (who got destroyed earlier) and Krzysztof Soszynski (who I thought would make the finals) in order to get to the finals. Forrest Griffin has been training with Vinny lately.
R1- Pretty even fight in the first couple of minutes. Bader hit a big right hand shot that put Vinny down. The shot was partially deflected but it put Vinny down and then Bader jumped on top with hammer fists and Herb Dean stepped in to stop the fight.
Winner and TUF 8 Light Heavyweight Winner: Ryan Bader by KO R1 2:18
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Shane Primm
Dan Henderson is in Krzysztof's corner.
R1- Good first round. Krzysztof controlled as he was the superior striker in the round but Primm did a good job trying take downs and staying close to Krzysztof to avoid a lot of striking opportunities. 10-9 Krzysztof after one round.
R2- Krzysztof got a kimura half way through the round and tapped him out.
Winner: Krzysztof Soszynski by Submission (Kimura) R2 3:27
Lightweight TUF 8 Finale: Phillipe Nover (6-0-1) vs. Efrain Escudero (11-0)
Nover was a relative unknown coming into this season of TUF but has developed into the favorite to win the fight. He defeated Joe Duarte, Kaplan and George Roop to make the finals. Nover has just recently received his jiu jitsu black belt. He is a nurse from Brooklyn. Efrain defeated Pariente, Shane Nelson and Junie Browning to make the finals. He is a former high school and JUCO wrestler and is described as a "free style" fighter.
R1- Escudero got a good shot in on Phillipe early as he was getting up from a take down. Efrain got Phillipe's back and then later got in some good Ground and Pound. Really good first round that was controlled by Efrain to the tune of 10-9. Nover had a couple of near submission attempts.
R2- Efrain controlled this round with his wrestling and goes up 20-18. The round ended with a bang as Nover came at Efrain and hit a kick but Efrain absorbed it and slammed Phillipe to the mat.
R3- Nover's stand up looked better at the beginning of this round but he still got taken down. Nover worked his way into an Omaplata attempt in this round and nearly got it locked in. Phillipe stole this round by working that submission attempt for about two minutes at the end of the round. Efrain wins the fight 29-28 on my score card.
Judges all score the fight 29-28 in favor of Efrain.
Winner and TUF 8 Lightweight Winner: Efrain Escudero by Decision (Unanimous)
Lightweight Fight- Junie Browning (2-1) vs. Dave Kaplan (3-1)
Since leaving the house Junie has been training at Xtreme Couture and working on his stand up game and his ability to be a civil person. Kaplan is a former Division 1 wrestler. Kaplan comes out wearing sunglasses and a gold chain and dancing to some pop tune. He gets a laugh out of Joe Rogan. Junie Browning fittingly picks an Eminem song for his entrance. "Without You" is a better song to hype up a fighter but he goes with a song that is more fitting to his personality. Junie has a 3 inch reach and height advantage in this fight.
R1- Junie shows good stand up and Kaplan gets cut early. Kaplan shows a good chin in the first round. Junie takes round one with his stand up and is up 10-9.
R2- Junie got a take down and an arm bar and finished Kaplan pretty quickly in Round Two. Junie looked good in this fight.
Winner: Junie Browning by Submission (Arm Bar) R2 1:32
Light Heavyweight Fight- Eliot Marshall vs. Jules Bruchez
R1- Marshall just imposed his will on Jules in this fight and dominated.
Winner: Eliot Marshall by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 1:27
Middleweight Fight- Jason MacDonald (22-10) vs. Wilson Gouveia (11-5)
MacDonald has a 4 inch reach advantage and a 2 inch height advantage. Gouveia failed to make weight in this fight as he came in 3 pounds over the acceptable threshold. MacDonald chose to take the fight anyway.
R1- Gouveia caught MacDonald coming in early and then hit a ton of elbows, cut MacDonald and finished him.
Winner: Wilson Gouveia by Submission (Strikes) R1 2:18
Welterweight Fight- Kevin Burns (8-1) vs. Anthony Johnson (5-2)
This is a re-match from early this year from a fight that Burns continually poked Johnson in the eye and finally finished him off with a big eye poke and was given the victory. It was one of the worst decision's I've ever seen in MMA. This is the re-match and a chance for Johnson to get his win back. The win was not overturned on the early fight basically because Vegas had already paid out the bets for the Burns win by the time the appeal was heard. AJ trains with Cung Le and Josh Thomson and has a 3 inch height and 4 inch reach advantage in this fight. AJ is a former JUCO wrestler and Burns is a jiu jitsu fighter and taekwondo black belt.
R1- This was a close first round with the stand up being pretty even. AJ got 2 take downs and Burns had 1 submission attempt. AJ took this round 10-9.
R2- AJ got a take down in this round and controlled the action. AJ 20-18.
R3- AJ hit a HUGE big left kick for the KO. Wow! They had just talked about him training with Cung Le and then he Cung Le'd Burns.
Winner: Anthony Johnson by KO (High Kick) R3 0:28
Forrest Griffin and Frank Mir are interviewed and they talk about UFC 92 and the Spike TV Video Game Awards.
Light Heavyweight TUF 8 Finale: Ryan Bader (8-0) vs. Vinny Magalhaes (3-2)
Bader is a two-time All American College wrestler and beat Kingsbury, Lawlor and Eliot Marshall (who won impressively earlier) to get to the finals. Bader is training with CB Dollaway. We'll see if CB can teach him how to avoid an arm bar. Vinny is a 4 time Jiu Jitsu World Champion and a Jiu Jitsu Black Belt. He beat Lance Evans (Rashad's brother), Bruchez (who got destroyed earlier) and Krzysztof Soszynski (who I thought would make the finals) in order to get to the finals. Forrest Griffin has been training with Vinny lately.
R1- Pretty even fight in the first couple of minutes. Bader hit a big right hand shot that put Vinny down. The shot was partially deflected but it put Vinny down and then Bader jumped on top with hammer fists and Herb Dean stepped in to stop the fight.
Winner and TUF 8 Light Heavyweight Winner: Ryan Bader by KO R1 2:18
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Shane Primm
Dan Henderson is in Krzysztof's corner.
R1- Good first round. Krzysztof controlled as he was the superior striker in the round but Primm did a good job trying take downs and staying close to Krzysztof to avoid a lot of striking opportunities. 10-9 Krzysztof after one round.
R2- Krzysztof got a kimura half way through the round and tapped him out.
Winner: Krzysztof Soszynski by Submission (Kimura) R2 3:27
Lightweight TUF 8 Finale: Phillipe Nover (6-0-1) vs. Efrain Escudero (11-0)
Nover was a relative unknown coming into this season of TUF but has developed into the favorite to win the fight. He defeated Joe Duarte, Kaplan and George Roop to make the finals. Nover has just recently received his jiu jitsu black belt. He is a nurse from Brooklyn. Efrain defeated Pariente, Shane Nelson and Junie Browning to make the finals. He is a former high school and JUCO wrestler and is described as a "free style" fighter.
R1- Escudero got a good shot in on Phillipe early as he was getting up from a take down. Efrain got Phillipe's back and then later got in some good Ground and Pound. Really good first round that was controlled by Efrain to the tune of 10-9. Nover had a couple of near submission attempts.
R2- Efrain controlled this round with his wrestling and goes up 20-18. The round ended with a bang as Nover came at Efrain and hit a kick but Efrain absorbed it and slammed Phillipe to the mat.
R3- Nover's stand up looked better at the beginning of this round but he still got taken down. Nover worked his way into an Omaplata attempt in this round and nearly got it locked in. Phillipe stole this round by working that submission attempt for about two minutes at the end of the round. Efrain wins the fight 29-28 on my score card.
Judges all score the fight 29-28 in favor of Efrain.
Winner and TUF 8 Lightweight Winner: Efrain Escudero by Decision (Unanimous)
Thursday, December 04, 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Episode 12 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 12 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
The fights on today’s show are:
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero vs. Junie Browning
Vinny and Krzysztof are not only team members with Team Mir but also with Team Quest. I think this should be a very good fight with probably the Top 2 Light Heavyweights in the house.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Vinny Magalhaes
R1- Vinny pulls guard about one minute into the fight and is delivering elbows and strikes to the top of Krzysztof’s head. Vinny has Krzysztof in a rubber guard type move but Krzysztof gets out of it. Krzysztof hits several leg kicks. Vinny comes forward but slips a couple of times and then pulls guard again on Krzysztof and goes for the arm bar and Krzysztof taps. Really strong finish for Vinny and I think he’s the favorite to take down a much more inexperienced Bader in the finals.
Winner: Vinny Magalhaes by Submission (Arm Bar) R1
The next segment is all about Junie Browning’s pity party. He’s saying that he doesn’t want to fight and that he hasn’t had any good training since he’s been in the house. Back at the house Junie over reacts and throws something at Shane Primm when some guys are having a conversation outside. What a hot head. Dana comes into the house later on to talk to Junie. Dana talks to Junie and then talks to the other fighters. Dana basically tells the guys to keep Junie in the house so that they can beat him off the show. They agree with Dana.
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero vs. Junie Browning
R1- Junie starts off with an advantage in the stand up game so Efrain takes him down. The rest of the round was pretty even but I think Efrain got more quality strikes in. This round could have gone either way. I give a slight edge to Efrain.
R2- Junie went for a take down early but was denied. Junie definitely played the aggressor in the opening part of this round. Efrain got a take down about two minutes into the round. Efrain caught Junie in a submission that didn’t look that dangerous and Junie tapped. Junie immediately left the ring and went back to the dressing room.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Submission (Choke)
“There was a part of me that enjoyed seeing Junie get choked out”- Frank Mir
“Justice was served”- Dana White
Big Nog and Frank Mir had a side bet and it ended in Frank Mir getting his head shaved.
So the finals are:
Light Heavyweight Fight: Vinny Magalhaes vs. Ryan Bader
Lightweight Fight: Phillipe Nover vs. Efrain Escudero
The finals will be held on December 13th live on Spike TV.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Vinny Magalhaes
2. Ryan Bader
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Kyle Kingsbury (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Krzysztof Soszynski (Round Two)
John Polakowski (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by George Roop (Round Two)
Eliot Marshall (ranked #4 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Three)
George Roop (ranked #4 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Three)
Junie Browning (ranked #3 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Three)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
The fights on today’s show are:
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Vinny Magalhaes
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero vs. Junie Browning
Vinny and Krzysztof are not only team members with Team Mir but also with Team Quest. I think this should be a very good fight with probably the Top 2 Light Heavyweights in the house.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Vinny Magalhaes
R1- Vinny pulls guard about one minute into the fight and is delivering elbows and strikes to the top of Krzysztof’s head. Vinny has Krzysztof in a rubber guard type move but Krzysztof gets out of it. Krzysztof hits several leg kicks. Vinny comes forward but slips a couple of times and then pulls guard again on Krzysztof and goes for the arm bar and Krzysztof taps. Really strong finish for Vinny and I think he’s the favorite to take down a much more inexperienced Bader in the finals.
Winner: Vinny Magalhaes by Submission (Arm Bar) R1
The next segment is all about Junie Browning’s pity party. He’s saying that he doesn’t want to fight and that he hasn’t had any good training since he’s been in the house. Back at the house Junie over reacts and throws something at Shane Primm when some guys are having a conversation outside. What a hot head. Dana comes into the house later on to talk to Junie. Dana talks to Junie and then talks to the other fighters. Dana basically tells the guys to keep Junie in the house so that they can beat him off the show. They agree with Dana.
Lightweight Fight- Efrain Escudero vs. Junie Browning
R1- Junie starts off with an advantage in the stand up game so Efrain takes him down. The rest of the round was pretty even but I think Efrain got more quality strikes in. This round could have gone either way. I give a slight edge to Efrain.
R2- Junie went for a take down early but was denied. Junie definitely played the aggressor in the opening part of this round. Efrain got a take down about two minutes into the round. Efrain caught Junie in a submission that didn’t look that dangerous and Junie tapped. Junie immediately left the ring and went back to the dressing room.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Submission (Choke)
“There was a part of me that enjoyed seeing Junie get choked out”- Frank Mir
“Justice was served”- Dana White
Big Nog and Frank Mir had a side bet and it ended in Frank Mir getting his head shaved.
So the finals are:
Light Heavyweight Fight: Vinny Magalhaes vs. Ryan Bader
Lightweight Fight: Phillipe Nover vs. Efrain Escudero
The finals will be held on December 13th live on Spike TV.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Vinny Magalhaes
2. Ryan Bader
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Phillipe Nover
2. Efrain Escudero
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Shane Primm (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Eliot Marshall (Round Two)
Roli Delgado (ranked #7 LW) eliminated by Junie Browning (Round Two)
Jules Brunchez (ranked #3 LH) eliminated by Vinny Magalhaes (Round Two)
Dave Kaplan (ranked #1 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Two)
Kyle Kingsbury (ranked #5 LH) eliminated by Krzysztof Soszynski (Round Two)
John Polakowski (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by George Roop (Round Two)
Eliot Marshall (ranked #4 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Three)
George Roop (ranked #4 LW) eliminated by Phillipe Nover (Round Three)
Junie Browning (ranked #3 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Three)
Sunday, November 02, 2008
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 4 Re-Cap
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 4 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
They start out the show by showing the guys watching the UFC 84 Penn vs Sherk show at the house. Junie and Shane Nelson are partaking in many alcoholic beverages. Junie gets into it with Kyle by throwing popcorn and nuts at him and when Kyle throws some back Junie gets pissed and throws his drink and glass at Kyle and it breaks and cuts Kyle’s arm. Later, Shane Nelson gets in someone’s face and pushes him off of a chair looking to start a fight with him. Then he got into Efrain’s face and started to push him and trying to get him to fight. Junie and Shane went outside and did more shots and threw stuff around and broke stuff and threw it in the pool. Junie was then threatening people with a bottle and Krzysztof stepped to him and told him not to threaten him. Junie backed down and then went swimming in the pool. Kryzysztof put Junie’s clothes in the pool. Junie confronts him but then backs down again. Bader then puts Junie’s stuff back into the pool. Junie then tried to push Bader into the pool but Junie went in instead. Junie then started to chill out and broke down and then they went into the house.
Line of the night- “Shane apparently has the alcohol tolerance of a 12 year old girl”
During the ordeal, Junie is shown talking about it and basically talking about the mistakes that he made during the incidents.
It’s the next morning and Dana White comes into the house. Dana calls Junie a “punk” during his camera time. Says that he doesn’t know what he is going to do yet and tells them to gather all the guys together. Dana calls Junie a “jackass.” He calls Shane a “drunken retard.” Dana says that Shane is the first 155lber that will be fighting. Dana says that he is not kicking anybody off. Says he’s going to give them a second shot. Says he doesn’t know why he is doing it. Tells them to be men and stop acting like retards.
Big Nog picks Efrain to fight Shane Nelson.
Back at the house Junie and Efrain get into a little war of the words.
Lightweight Fight- Shane Nelson vs. Efrain Escudero
R1- Shane gets an early kick. Efrain comes in tentatively and Shane is starting to get more confident with his kicks. Not a lot of action in the first two minutes. Efrain lands some light knees. Efrain lands a couple of jabs and then grabs a clinch and lands a couple of knees and then gets a takedown and lands in side control. Efrain hits a couple of elbows. Efrain looks real tentative with his offense. Shane turns over and moves him to half guard. Efrain stands up and that’s the end of the round. Round goes to Efrain as he got the take down and got in more offense.
R2- Shane comes out more aggressive at the beginning of the round. Efrain clinches him and takes him down and is in full guard. Shane gets back to his feet with two minutes left. Efrain hits a couple of really light jabs. They sprawled and Shane ended up on top. Efrain is actually getting in as much offense here as Shane is. Shane is pretty much just laying there. Efrain goes for a triangle and Shane taps out.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Submission (Triangle Choke) R2
Junie talks more crap after the fight as he announces “that’s exactly what the UFC needs, another boring ass wrestler.” Junie jumps over the cage to get inside and has to be held back by Big Nog.
Junie is just out of control.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Shane Primm
6. Vinny Magalhaes
7. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
7. Roli Delgado
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
They start out the show by showing the guys watching the UFC 84 Penn vs Sherk show at the house. Junie and Shane Nelson are partaking in many alcoholic beverages. Junie gets into it with Kyle by throwing popcorn and nuts at him and when Kyle throws some back Junie gets pissed and throws his drink and glass at Kyle and it breaks and cuts Kyle’s arm. Later, Shane Nelson gets in someone’s face and pushes him off of a chair looking to start a fight with him. Then he got into Efrain’s face and started to push him and trying to get him to fight. Junie and Shane went outside and did more shots and threw stuff around and broke stuff and threw it in the pool. Junie was then threatening people with a bottle and Krzysztof stepped to him and told him not to threaten him. Junie backed down and then went swimming in the pool. Kryzysztof put Junie’s clothes in the pool. Junie confronts him but then backs down again. Bader then puts Junie’s stuff back into the pool. Junie then tried to push Bader into the pool but Junie went in instead. Junie then started to chill out and broke down and then they went into the house.
Line of the night- “Shane apparently has the alcohol tolerance of a 12 year old girl”
During the ordeal, Junie is shown talking about it and basically talking about the mistakes that he made during the incidents.
It’s the next morning and Dana White comes into the house. Dana calls Junie a “punk” during his camera time. Says that he doesn’t know what he is going to do yet and tells them to gather all the guys together. Dana calls Junie a “jackass.” He calls Shane a “drunken retard.” Dana says that Shane is the first 155lber that will be fighting. Dana says that he is not kicking anybody off. Says he’s going to give them a second shot. Says he doesn’t know why he is doing it. Tells them to be men and stop acting like retards.
Big Nog picks Efrain to fight Shane Nelson.
Back at the house Junie and Efrain get into a little war of the words.
Lightweight Fight- Shane Nelson vs. Efrain Escudero
R1- Shane gets an early kick. Efrain comes in tentatively and Shane is starting to get more confident with his kicks. Not a lot of action in the first two minutes. Efrain lands some light knees. Efrain lands a couple of jabs and then grabs a clinch and lands a couple of knees and then gets a takedown and lands in side control. Efrain hits a couple of elbows. Efrain looks real tentative with his offense. Shane turns over and moves him to half guard. Efrain stands up and that’s the end of the round. Round goes to Efrain as he got the take down and got in more offense.
R2- Shane comes out more aggressive at the beginning of the round. Efrain clinches him and takes him down and is in full guard. Shane gets back to his feet with two minutes left. Efrain hits a couple of really light jabs. They sprawled and Shane ended up on top. Efrain is actually getting in as much offense here as Shane is. Shane is pretty much just laying there. Efrain goes for a triangle and Shane taps out.
Winner: Efrain Escudero by Submission (Triangle Choke) R2
Junie talks more crap after the fight as he announces “that’s exactly what the UFC needs, another boring ass wrestler.” Junie jumps over the cage to get inside and has to be held back by Big Nog.
Junie is just out of control.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Ryan Bader
3. Jules Bruchez
4. Eliot Marshall
5. Shane Primm
6. Vinny Magalhaes
7. Kyle Kingsbury
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Dave Kaplan
2. Phillipe Nover
3. Efrain Escudero
4. Junie Browning
5. George Roop
6. John Polakowski
7. Roli Delgado
Eliminations:
Tom Lawlor (ranked #2 LH) eliminated by Ryan Bader (Round Two)
Shane Nelson (ranked #5 LW) eliminated by Efrain Escudero (Round Two)
Saturday, October 04, 2008
The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 Episode 2
The Ultimate Fighter 8- Episode 2 Re-Cap
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
The last 16 fighters will fight tonight to see who gets into the house this season. Last weeks standouts were Krzysztof Soszynski, Jules Bruchez, Junie Browning, Dave Kaplan and Phillipe Nover.
Lightweight Fight- Wesley Murch (3-2) vs. John Polakowski (2-1)
Murch quotes Winston Churchill before the fight in his pre-fight interview. He’s from England and he’s “carrying the pride of a nation on his shoulders.” Polakowski kind of reminds me of someone who should be in a Judd Aptow movie.
R1- They go right after each other at the beginning. Murch gets a take down and looks like he opened up a cut on Polakowski. Murch went for a heel hook but Polakowski got out and ended up on top of Murch. Mir and Big Nog both shout out instructions to the fighters during this fight. They are back on their feet. Polakowski hits a knee. Murch takes his back and Polakowski spits out his mouthpiece. Polakowski turns over and he’s in Murch’s guard. Murch has trouble getting up at the end of the round and looks to have hurt his leg. Not a great first round but it was competitive and pretty even.
R2- Murch limps out to start the round and then hits a knee and then falls down and the ref stops the fight. Polakowski confirms my Judd Aptow comment by running around the ring like a lunatic. Mir calls him a “goof ball.”
Light Heavyweight Fight- Shane Primm (1-0) vs. Sean O’Connell (1-1)
R1- Primm has a noticeable height advantage and quickly grabs a Muy Thai clinch and hits a couple of knees but I don’t think they really connected. O’Connell goes for a take down and gets it. Primm goes for an arm bar but O’Connell slips out of it. Primm gets side control but losses it quickly. Primm is hitting some light knees and then goes for a kimura and then to side control. Primm has really good positioning throughout this fight but doesn’t seem to have the killer instinct. Primm takes his back and get the choke and O’Connell taps out. Good showing for Primm as he looked good in terms of positioning but needs to do a better job of utilizing the positions he’s in.
Lightweight Fight- Ido Pariente (13-4) vs. Efrain Escudero (10-0)
Pariente is from Israel. Escudero is 10-0. We will see if this is a legit 10-0.
R1- Escudero gets a take down but gives up his position. Escudero gets another take down, this time he’s in the center of the cage. Escudero takes his back and gets a headlock and then turns it into a choke and Pariente taps out.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Ryan Lopez (4-3) vs. Tom Lawlor (4-1-1)
Lopez is a bounty hunter and Lawlor seems to have the attitude of a pro wrestler.
R1- Lawlor gets a quick take down. Lawlor quickly takes his back but also gets some warnings about striking to the back of the head but Lopez taps out quickly. Lawlor just dominated that fight.
Lightweight Fight- Roli Delgado vs. George Roop
R1- Mir says that these are two of the tallest 155 pounders he’s seen. Dana says it’s the “Battle of the Bean Poles.” Only highlights are shown of this fight. Delgado gets Roop in a guillotine and Mir shouts instructions to Roop and Roop listens and gets out of the hold. George won by decision.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ryan Bader
R1- Bader is jacked up. Bader showed strong wrestling and won with an arm triangle. He looked pretty good but only highlights were shown.
Lightweight Fight- Charles Diaz vs. Shane Nelson
R1- Mir said that Diaz was all talk and that Shane overwhelmed him. Only highlights were shown. Looked like Shane won by decision.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Eliot Marshall (5-1) vs. Karn Grigoryan (5-0)
R1- Karn throws some shots early and then stuffs a take down and takes Marshall’s guard. Marshall went for a triangle but couldn’t get it locked in on Karn. Marshall swept him over and mounted Karn and Karn gave up his back. Karn rolled over and was in Marshall’s guard. Marshall went for a triangle again but Karn slipped out again. Good first round as both guys were very active on the mat.
R2- Marshall starts out the round winning the standing game by hitting some strikes. Karn comes back with some of his own. Marshall gets a take down and is in side control.
R3- Marshall took Karn’s back after some good jiu jitsu and then got the mount and delivered some shots buts Karn rolled him over and took Marshall’s guard. Karn got cut badly and started to bleed all over Marshall and the ref stood them back up.
This was a close fight. Both guys looked good at times but neither guy seemed to have the killer instinct. Mir told Marshall that he won but Karn won by Split Decision. Mir wasn’t real happy with the decision. Dana told him that he thought he won the fight.
Antwain Britt broke his hand and is going home since it will take too long for it to heal. I’m thinking that they will give this spot to Marshall. And that’s what they do.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Tom Lawlor
3. Ryan Bader
4. Jules Bruchez
5. Karn Grigoryan
6. Eliot Marshall
7. Shane Primm
8. Vinny Magalhaes
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Junie Browning
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Dave Kaplan
4. Phillipe Nover
5. Shane Nelson
6. George Roop
7. Brian McLaughlin
8. John Polakowski
Team Noguiera vs. Team Mir
The last 16 fighters will fight tonight to see who gets into the house this season. Last weeks standouts were Krzysztof Soszynski, Jules Bruchez, Junie Browning, Dave Kaplan and Phillipe Nover.
Lightweight Fight- Wesley Murch (3-2) vs. John Polakowski (2-1)
Murch quotes Winston Churchill before the fight in his pre-fight interview. He’s from England and he’s “carrying the pride of a nation on his shoulders.” Polakowski kind of reminds me of someone who should be in a Judd Aptow movie.
R1- They go right after each other at the beginning. Murch gets a take down and looks like he opened up a cut on Polakowski. Murch went for a heel hook but Polakowski got out and ended up on top of Murch. Mir and Big Nog both shout out instructions to the fighters during this fight. They are back on their feet. Polakowski hits a knee. Murch takes his back and Polakowski spits out his mouthpiece. Polakowski turns over and he’s in Murch’s guard. Murch has trouble getting up at the end of the round and looks to have hurt his leg. Not a great first round but it was competitive and pretty even.
R2- Murch limps out to start the round and then hits a knee and then falls down and the ref stops the fight. Polakowski confirms my Judd Aptow comment by running around the ring like a lunatic. Mir calls him a “goof ball.”
Light Heavyweight Fight- Shane Primm (1-0) vs. Sean O’Connell (1-1)
R1- Primm has a noticeable height advantage and quickly grabs a Muy Thai clinch and hits a couple of knees but I don’t think they really connected. O’Connell goes for a take down and gets it. Primm goes for an arm bar but O’Connell slips out of it. Primm gets side control but losses it quickly. Primm is hitting some light knees and then goes for a kimura and then to side control. Primm has really good positioning throughout this fight but doesn’t seem to have the killer instinct. Primm takes his back and get the choke and O’Connell taps out. Good showing for Primm as he looked good in terms of positioning but needs to do a better job of utilizing the positions he’s in.
Lightweight Fight- Ido Pariente (13-4) vs. Efrain Escudero (10-0)
Pariente is from Israel. Escudero is 10-0. We will see if this is a legit 10-0.
R1- Escudero gets a take down but gives up his position. Escudero gets another take down, this time he’s in the center of the cage. Escudero takes his back and gets a headlock and then turns it into a choke and Pariente taps out.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Ryan Lopez (4-3) vs. Tom Lawlor (4-1-1)
Lopez is a bounty hunter and Lawlor seems to have the attitude of a pro wrestler.
R1- Lawlor gets a quick take down. Lawlor quickly takes his back but also gets some warnings about striking to the back of the head but Lopez taps out quickly. Lawlor just dominated that fight.
Lightweight Fight- Roli Delgado vs. George Roop
R1- Mir says that these are two of the tallest 155 pounders he’s seen. Dana says it’s the “Battle of the Bean Poles.” Only highlights are shown of this fight. Delgado gets Roop in a guillotine and Mir shouts instructions to Roop and Roop listens and gets out of the hold. George won by decision.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Kyle Kingsbury vs. Ryan Bader
R1- Bader is jacked up. Bader showed strong wrestling and won with an arm triangle. He looked pretty good but only highlights were shown.
Lightweight Fight- Charles Diaz vs. Shane Nelson
R1- Mir said that Diaz was all talk and that Shane overwhelmed him. Only highlights were shown. Looked like Shane won by decision.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Eliot Marshall (5-1) vs. Karn Grigoryan (5-0)
R1- Karn throws some shots early and then stuffs a take down and takes Marshall’s guard. Marshall went for a triangle but couldn’t get it locked in on Karn. Marshall swept him over and mounted Karn and Karn gave up his back. Karn rolled over and was in Marshall’s guard. Marshall went for a triangle again but Karn slipped out again. Good first round as both guys were very active on the mat.
R2- Marshall starts out the round winning the standing game by hitting some strikes. Karn comes back with some of his own. Marshall gets a take down and is in side control.
R3- Marshall took Karn’s back after some good jiu jitsu and then got the mount and delivered some shots buts Karn rolled him over and took Marshall’s guard. Karn got cut badly and started to bleed all over Marshall and the ref stood them back up.
This was a close fight. Both guys looked good at times but neither guy seemed to have the killer instinct. Mir told Marshall that he won but Karn won by Split Decision. Mir wasn’t real happy with the decision. Dana told him that he thought he won the fight.
Antwain Britt broke his hand and is going home since it will take too long for it to heal. I’m thinking that they will give this spot to Marshall. And that’s what they do.
Light Heavyweight Rankings:
1. Krzysztof Soszynski
2. Tom Lawlor
3. Ryan Bader
4. Jules Bruchez
5. Karn Grigoryan
6. Eliot Marshall
7. Shane Primm
8. Vinny Magalhaes
Lightweight Rankings:
1. Junie Browning
2. Efrain Escudero
3. Dave Kaplan
4. Phillipe Nover
5. Shane Nelson
6. George Roop
7. Brian McLaughlin
8. John Polakowski
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