TUF Season 11 Episode 9 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 Episode 9 Re-Cap
"Civilized Sport"
Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

The last episode featured two fights and had Kris McCray and Court McGee advancing to the next round after both having been chosen as replacements. McCray won the *wildcard* fight to advance to the quarterfinals. McGee took Rich Attonito's spot (Rich had to bow out due to injury) and defeated replacement James Hammortree (replaced Nick Ring) to advance to the Semi-Finals. This show features McCray versus Kyle Noke and Brad Tavares fights Seth Baczynski. Plus, they tease "shocking news that will have both teams reeling"! I'm guessing this is Tito's exit episode.

Tito had to go see his neck doctor and he said they want to do another surgery. Tito debates whether or not to have the surgery and says he's not going to let Chuck beat him because he wasn't 100% like he's done in the past.

Middleweight Fight- Kyle Noke (16-4-1) (Team Liddell) vs. Kris McCray (Team Ortiz) (5-0)

McCray and Noke trained with each other in the past before coming to TUF so they should be very familiar with each other. Kyle beat Clayton McKinney in the first round via Triangle Choke. McCray lost a decision to Josh Bryant and then came back and beat Kyacey Uscola by submission. I really like Noke to get to the finals of this season of TUF. Noke has a 4.5" reach and 2" height advantage.

R1- McCray went in for a take down and got it but also ate a knee. Noke got to his feet without taking any damage. McCray clinched again and got another take down. McCray had some really weird positioning he was trying for while on top and Noke again got back to his feet with very little damage taken. McCray went for a take down and Noke blocked it and grabbed a front choke and pulled it into a guillotine. McCray got back to his feet and Noke lost the choke. Noke went for a kimura and was able to use it to take McCray to the mat. McCray was able to get out and take Noke's guard but it looked like he was able to do that because Noke was too aggressive in going for the submission. Noke's guard is more active than McCray on top. McCray looks like he's tired. I give this round to Noke 10-9. McCray controlled positioning but Noke came closer to finishing the fight and McCray didn't do any damage to Noke. McCray had the take downs but he didn't do anything with them.

R2- McCray got two early take downs. McCray really utilizing the lay and pray in this fight. The strikes he's throwing on top have been ineffective so far. Noke got back to his feet mid-way through the round. All McCray so far this round but very little damage inflicted. Noke got a take down and took McCray's back. Noke tried to clinch in the Rear Naked but couldn't get it clamped in. McCray reversed and took top position with one minute left in the round. McCray just laid on him for the rest of the round. Noke was only in control for about a minute but he did more in that one minute to try and finish the fight than McCray did for the four minutes he was in control. I have Noke 20-18. McCray has done nothing in this fight but lay and pray. I fear for the judges score cards. It is declared a draw and we are going to a third round. Dana originally thought it was going to be over. Tito is pissed at the decision. I'm guessing he thought that Kris simply laying on his opponent should have equaled victory.

R3- McCray landed an early jab. Both guys look tired. McCray got Noke up against the cage and took him down. Now he will probably lay on him for 4 minutes and rest. McCray is doing nothing on top. C'mon ref, stand this up. Jesus. Kris finally lands two decent elbows mid-way through the round. I think I'm falling asleep. Wake me up if they stand this one up. Noke grabs a kimura from the bottom but McCray slips out. Who the fuck is refereeing this fight? They stand it up with one minute left. Noke tries for a jumping knee but McCray clinches him against the cage. Yawn. McCray has really done nothing to deserve this fight besides get take downs and lay on his opponent. I've got Noke 29-28 with McCray taking the final round. The judges all score the round 10-9 for McCray.

I realize McCray is young and very inexperienced but my god this was a boring fight because of McCray. Noke obviously needs to work on his take down defense. I'm not looking forward to McCray's next fight. McCray has had two very boring fights so far.

Winner: Kris McCray by Decision

Chuck visits the house and finds out that Tito is injured and is not happy.

Middleweight Fight- Brad Tavares (Team Liddell) (4-0) vs. Seth Baczynski (Team Ortiz) (11-5)

Tavares is the youngest fighter in the house. Says he likes having to fight all of the "old men". Tavares beat James Hammortree by decision in the first round and Baczynski was a late replacement and defeated Joe Henle by decision in his first round fight.

R1- They swung at each other early and then Seth went for a take down and they clinched against the cage. Seth completed the take down about 40 seconds into the round. Seth stood up and tried to land some strikes and ended up taking Brad's back and got him in a body triangle to secure the position. Seth landed a couple of strikes and then tried for a Rear Naked. Seth is looking really good so far. Brad was trying to get out and Seth used the cage to keep his position on Brad's back and then about five seconds later he almost had a Rear Naked choke. CHEAT TO WIN! I'm glad he didn't win that way. I'm sure it was more reflex than anything but it would have been a really douchy way to win a fight. Brad slipped out the back with a minute and a half left and took top position. Seth went for a triangle choke but Brad slammed him down on the mat twice. Brad landed a couple of strikes from the top and then started to let the strikes fly. Brad slipped and Seth soccer kicked him right in the head while he was downed right before the buzzer. No question that's a deduction right there. It was instinctive but that's the second foul he's had in the fight and this one was a major one. I scored the round 10-9 in favor of Seth and was really impressed by his jiu jitsu and he obviously wants to win due to his Cheat to Win mentality. I've got the fight 9-9 after one due to the point deduction.

"What did he hit me with"- Brad Tavares

The doctor ruled that Brad could not continue due to the illegal kick as it looked like it knocked him a little bit loopy. It's unfortunate because it was a good fight and I was impressed by Seth but it was the right call.

Winner: Brad Tavares by DQ (Illegal Knee) R1

"You see that kick land and he just drops right to the canvas. Arms down, right on his face, like he's out"- Dana White
"He hopped up and I said Tavares I'm sorry and he said 'for what'. Immediately after hitting Brad I wasn't worried about the fight. I was worried about him"- Seth Baczynski

Some jackass on Team Ortiz starts saying the kick was under his arm pit. Rich Attonito takes issue with it and some tempers fly as he calls the guy a fat fuck (agreed, Rich, agreed). Tito Ortiz rushes off in a hissy after the fight. Tito starts screaming at the Team Liddell guys about them winning the fight by kicking the guy in the chest.

"He started walking back and walking at one of my guys to scream at one of my guys. And that ain't bleeeep"- Chuck Liddell

Chuck jumps down from the ring and starts after Tito and his guys have to hold him back.

"Civilized Sport"- Dana White

"Watch the tape and see and then come apologize to me after"- Tito Ortiz (ummm. No)
"Let me soccer kick him in the face and then tell him to continue after and we'll see what happens"- Chuck Liddell

Dana pulls Chuck aside to keep him from kicking Tito's ass. Dana tells Chuck that he's been waiting to tell Chuck that Tito pulled out of the fight (great timing Dana!). Chuck stands up, looks pissed, and says he's going to punch Tito. And we go off the air! Wow, great drama finish to the episode.

Middleweight Rankings:
1. Jamie Yager (Team Ortiz Pick #4)- defeated Charles Blanchard (TKO (Strikes) R1)
2. Brad Tavares (Team Liddell Pick #5)- defeated James Hammortree (Decision)
3. Court McGee- Injury Replacement (Rich Attonito)- lost to Nick Ring by Decision in 1st Round, beat Hammortree by Guillotine Choke in 2nd Round
4. Josh Bryant (Team Liddell Pick #4)- defeated Kris McCray (Decision)
5. Kris McCray (Wildcard Selection)- defeated Kyacey Uscola (Submission) and Kyle Noke (Decision)
7. Seth Baczynski (Team Ortiz Replacement)- defeated Joe Henle (Decision)

Eliminated:
Clayton McKinney by Kyle Noke (First Round)
Chris Camozzi- left due to injury
James Hammortree by Brad Tavares (First Round)
Charles Blanchard by Jamie Yager (First Round)
Rich Attonito- left due to injury after beating Kyacey Uscola in first round by DQ
Joe Henle by Seth Baczynski (First Round)
Kyacey Uscola- defeated by Kris McCray (Wildcard Round)
Nick Ring- left due to injury
James Hammortree- defeated by Court McGee (Second Round)
Kyle Noke- defeated by Kris McCray (Decision)
Seth Baczynski- eliminated by Brad Tavares (DQ for Illegal Soccer kick to the head)

The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 Episode 2 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 Episode 2
Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

Last week we saw the preliminary fights to see which fighters get into the house and Dana White announced a change in the TUF format. 14 would start in the house and after the first round of fights Dana and the coaches (Tito and Chuck for those of you living under a rock) would choose 2 of the losing fighters to face off for a spot in the quarterfinals. This week the fighters move into the house and the coaches pick their teams.

Tito wins the coin toss and opts for this first pick. This means that Chuck will get to pick the first fight. Dana tells us that this year the team that wins each fight stays in control and gets to pick the next fight.

Draft Picks
Team Ortiz Pick #1- Nick Ring
Team Liddell Pick #1- Kyle Noke
Team Ortiz Pick #2- Kyacey Uscola
Team Liddell Pick #2- Rich Attonito
Team Ortiz Pick #3- Kris McCray
Team Liddell Pick #3- Charles Blanchard
Team Ortiz Pick #4- Jamie Yager
Team Liddell Pick #4- Josh Bryant
Team Ortiz Pick #5- James Hammortree
Team Liddell Pick #5- Brad Tavares
Team Ortiz Pick #6- Clayton McKinney
Team Liddell Pick #6- Court McGee
Team Ortiz Pick #7- Chris Camozzi
Team Liddell Pick #7- Jon Henle

"I was lucky to get Kyacey as my second pick. It just seemed like every pick after that it was the guys that I wanted. Liddell picked the guys that I didn't want and I picked the guys that I wanted"- Tito Ortiz

Based on where I have my preliminary rankings I have to agree with Tito but that was just strictly based on my viewing of what was shown on the TV show outside of Kyle Noke who I've seen fight before. Dana White agrees with Tito. He points out that Tito got all the guys that won in the first round in the preliminary fights.

"Team Liddell kind of looks like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. You've got one tall one and then they're all five foot nothing"- James Hammortree

John Hackleman has been with Chuck Liddell for 17 years and is one of his assistant coaches on the show. Howard Davis Jr is their striking coach, he normally works with American Top Team. Wikipedia also tells me that Strikeforce stud Jake Shields is on Liddell's team as a coach. Tito's #1 coach is Saul Soliz. Soliz has been with Tito for 9 years and Tito says he's a great stand-up and ground coach and is good at putting everything together. Tito has Cleber Luciano teaching jiu jitsu to his team. Wikipedia also tells me that WEC fighter Rob McCullough is one of Tito's coaches.

Fight Announcement: Kyle Noke vs. Clayton McKinney

Clayton McKinney (shoulder) and Chris Camozzi (jaw) are the most banged up fighters on Team Ortiz and they think one of them will be chosen for the first fight. Clayton draws some of Tito's ire in the first practice session. Clayton had his MRI and the doctor told him that he had no rotator cuff tear and no torn muscle but says that there is a contusion. Tito buys his guys matching running shoes and brings them to the house to give them out. Tavares, Yager and McCray form an early clique despite Tavares being on a different team. Looks like these guys are going to be the pranksters on this season. They run through the house with loud horns waking the fighters up at 3 AM.

"Air horns....Two days into this thing and I almost lost it and got kicked off"- Kyacey Uscola

Chuck is talking to his guys and tells them that he doesn't like Tito. Chuck says he was looking at it as a tune up fight but now Tito is motivating Chuck to train harder. Says Tito said in an interview that Dana had to have an intervention with Chuck in September and that's why he had lost some fights. Chuck was pretty pissed that Tito was making these stories up in the press.

"He hasn't said a word to me walking through here. He hasn't looked at me the last two days. I know myself and I put myself in the wrong position he might get dropped here. And knowing Tito he's that big of a pussy that he might press charges"- Chuck Liddell

Tito is happy with his teams conditioning and points out Nick Ring for sticking around after training to continue to work the bags. For Tito's birthday Tito brought in a pinata and stuffed it with money so they guys talked about running around picking up the money after the pinata was busted. The pinata was AWESOME as it was a Chuck Liddell pinata and Tito smashed it up. Yager was disappointed that they were all singles.

"Yager...Sideshow Bob. I get along with him but there's that little thing about him that you just want to throw him a beating"- Rich Attonito

Middleweight Fight- Kyle Noke (16-4-1) vs. Clayton McKinney (4-2)

Noke trains with Greg Jackson's camp. Noke is Australian and says he worked for Steve Irwin for a few years as security and says that Irwin and his family funded him to cover of to the States the first couple of times that he came over. Hackleman says Noke's strengths are power, speed, height, length and says he hasn't found any weaknesses yet. Dana says he's taking Noke in this fight. He says that if McKinney's shoulder wasn't hurt that it might be a different fight. As a reminder, the fights are two 5-minute rounds. If after two rounds it is declared a tie by the judges then they go to a "Sudden Victory" third round.

R1- Long feeling out process in this fight. They clinched and McKinney ended up on top. Noke was going for a lot of submissions from the bottom and clamped in a triangle and won the fight. Noke was very impressive once the fight got to the ground.

Winner: Kyle Noke by Submission (Triangle Choke) R1

Team Liddell 1 Team Ortiz 0

Post-fight Tito tells Clayton to give him one minute to talk to him so that he can learn from it. Totally opposite from Rampage last season. Tito shows him and his team how to get out of the triangle and gets Clayton to actually practice getting out of the move. Solid coaching by Tito and really shows his guys that he's in it for the team which will help the team buy into what Tito is selling them. Tito also reminds the fighters about the wild card selection.

Here are my way too early rankings based only on the first two TUF shows. Rankings will change drastically after the first round of fights I am sure.

Middleweight Rankings:
1. Jamie Yager (Team Ortiz Pick #4)
2. Kyacey Uscola (Team Ortiz Pick #2)
3. Kyle Noke (Team Liddell Pick #1)- defeated Clayton McKinney (Triangle Choke R1)
4. Nick Ring (Team Ortiz Pick #1)
5. Kris McCray (Team Ortiz Pick #3)
6. Brad Tavares (Team Liddell Pick #5)
7. Chris Camozzi (Team Ortiz Pick #7)
8. James Hammortree (Team Ortiz Pick #5)
9. Court McGee (Team Liddell Pick #6)
10. Charles Blancard (Team Liddell Pick #3)
11. Rich Attonito (Team Liddell Pick #2)
12. Joe Henle (Team Liddell Pick #7)
13. Josh Bryant (Team Liddell Pick #4)

Eliminated:
Clayton McKinney by Kyle Noke (First Round)

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TUF Season 11 Episode 1 Re-Cap

The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 Episode 1
Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz

Dana brings all the guys together in the re-modeled UFC gym. He tells them this year they will do things a little different. He says they will have a "wild card". He says there are 28 fighters. 14 will get into the house. After the first 7 preliminary fights the coaches and Dana will choose 2 guys who they think deserves a second chance. Those two guys will fight each other and the winner will get the 8th spot in the Quarterfinals. He tells them not to leave it in the hands of the judges and the referees. He tells them not to blow their shot.

"Never Leave It In The Hands Of The Judges" is painted on the top of the entrance to the locker rooms.

Jamie Yager (2-1) vs. Ben Stark (3-1)

Yager has a crazy afro. Ben Stark calls himself the "Hebrew Hammer".

R1- Yager is aggressive early and is throwing a lot of kicks. He hits a front kick and then takes Stark out with a head kick. Big time showing by Yager. One of the most impressive debut fights on TUF i've seen.

Winner: Jamie Yager by KO (Head Kick) R1

Jordan Smith (10-0) vs. Brad Tavares (4-0)

Smith is a 7th grade teacher. He tries to get through the day without "ripping someones head off at the grocery store." Tavares is a Hawaiian who likes to fight.

R1- They clinched against the fence and Tavares landed a big right hand that knocked out Smith.

Winner: Brad Tavares by KO (Punch) R1

Cleburn Walker (9-3) vs. Kris McCray (5-0)

McCray says he's the most ferocious guy in the group.

R1- McCray landed a good judo throw early and Walker tapped out as his shoulder popped out of joint during the slam. Then McCray did a running back flip off the cage.

Winner: Kris McCray by Submission (Injury) R1

Norman Paraisy (5-1) vs. James Hammortree (5-1)

Paraisy was raised in France. Hammortree is a firefighter/EMT. He saves people and also beats the crap out of people in the cage.

R1-Paraisy got a quick take down but couldn't do anything with it. Hammertree got on top of Paraisy and landed some Ground and Pound. Hammertree was landing some good Ground and Pound at the end of the round. Paraisy was talking about quitting in between rounds. John Hackleman was his corner man and wasn't happy.

Winner: James Hammortree by Submission R1

"If you did that in my gym don't come back. Just don't"- Chuck Liddell
"There is no quitting in the game of MMA. Are you kidding me"- Tito Ortiz
"Paraisy's big thing was he was going to come on the show and prove that the French aren't a bunch of pussies. (laughs) Not that I'm calling anybody a pussy but (laughs) he should probably get another job"- Dana White

Fight Highlights are shown next

Nick Ring (10-0) vs. Woody Weatherby (7-3)- highlights

Tito said Nick picked Weatherby apart.Ring won by Ground and Pound.

Kyle Noke (16-4-1) vs. Warren Thompson (5-0)- highlights

I've seen Noke fight before. Probably for Elite XC. Liddell said this was a one-sided fight for Noke. Thompson bleed a ton in this fight. 20-18 on all three score cards in favor of Noke.

Court McGee (9-1) vs. Seth Baczynski (11-5)- highlights

Tito said these guys were swinging for the fences right off the bat. Dana said McGee was dominating the first round before he got caught with a big punch. Second round was even and the judges declared the fight a draw after two rounds. Court won the fight in the third round by decision by using his wrestling.

Victor O'Donnell (8-1) vs. Chris Camozzi (12-3)

R1- Camozzi caught him with a nice knee that bloodied O'Donnell's nose. O'Donnell answered with a good punch.

R2- Both guys swinging for the fences early. O'Donnell hit a big punch that looked like it hurt Camozzi. Camozzi hit a good judo throw. O'Donnell got a driving take down. Looked like a good fight from what was shown. Judges declared the fight a draw and they went to sudden victory.

R3- O'Donnell hit a good left and then got a take down. Camozzi landed some good knees in this fight. Camozzi hit another nice judo throw. O'Donnell was finishing a take down right at the buzzer for the round. Dana, Tito and Chuck gave the guys a standing ovation.

Winner: Chris Camozzi by Decision

Kyacey Uscola (18-15) vs. Brent Cooper (5-1)

Cooper likes to punch people in the face. Uscola says he fought a bunch of fights that he never should have taken and that's why he's 18-15 but feels he can take the guys on this show.

R1- Cooper landed a good combo but Uscola caught Cooper and then jumped on him and finished him. Good showing by Uscola.

Winner: Kyacey Uscola by TKO (Strikes) R1

Joe Henle (3-0) vs. Constantinos Philippou (5-1)- highlights

Constantinos dominated the fight but Henle got an arm bar for the win.

Winner: Jon Henle by Submission (Arm Bar)

Rich Attonito (7-3) vs. Lyle Steffens (5-2)- highlights

Rich won by using his wrestling.

Winner: Rich Attonito by Decision

Josh Bryant (10-0) vs. Greg Rebello (9-2)- highlights

Greg landed some good shots and Josh tried to out wrestle Rebello.

Winner: Josh Bryant by Decision.

Jacen Flynn (8-2) vs. Charles Blanchard (7-2)- highlights

Blanchard worked his top game well in this one and landed some good Ground and Pound.

Winner: Charles Blanchard

Charley Lynch (6-0) vs. Clayton McKinney (4-2)

McKinney has a half green hair and half black. These guys are apparently friends outside of the cage.

R1- McKinney got a driving take down early but couldn't do anything with it. McKinney got a good judo throw but Lynch again got right to his feet. McKinney landed some good strikes and landed a knee but slipped and Lynch took his guard. McKinney landed some good shots and bloodied Lynch and broke his nose.

Winner: Clayton McKinney by TKO (Punches) R1

Teams get picked next week. So we've got 14 guys in the house. They will fight and then after the first round two of the losers will be re-picked to fight again for a spot in the quarterfinals. Anyway, after watching the fights and highlights here is my totally unprofessional rankings for the fighters in the house after just a brief look at them:

Middleweight Rankings:
1. Jamie Yager
2. Kyacey Uscola
3. Kyle Noke
4. Clayton McKinney
5. Kris McCray
6. Brad Tavares
7. Nick Ring
8. Chris Camozzi
9. James Hammortree
10. Court McGee
11. Charles Blancard
12. Rich Attonito
13. Joe Henle
14. Josh Bryant

Elite XC "Street Certified"

Fight One: Brett Rogers vs. James Thompson

Thompson rushed Rogers at the beginning and then it was a bunch of uneventful holding. Thompson briefly took Rogers down but Rogers got right back up. Thompson held Rogers a lot but never got in a good shot or move on him. Rogers finally distanced himself with a knee and then landed a series of pretty good looking punches and Thompson went down. Nice showing for Rogers as he stays undefeated.

As a sidenote, I like the set-up of the Elite XC show and the announcers are solid (yes including Bill Goldberg- he actually showed more mic skills in his opening segment than he did in his entire pro wrestling career). I don't really like the ring announcer though. Good build-up for Kimbo- I'm really interested in seeing him fight after the hype he's been getting lately.

Fight Two: Edson Berto (158.25) vs. Yves Edwards (160)

They started off by exchanging some kicks and punches. Both guys are really quick and Berto is borderline lightning quick and showed a ton of promise with some of his kicks and one punch combo in particular. They went to the ground and Berto briefly got a guillotine submission but Edwards brillantly slipped out of it and got a Kimura but couldn't hold it. Edwards took control here as he was on top and controlled this portion of the fight and landed one particularly nasty elbow to the chops. The ref stood them back up towards the end of the fight and Berto came at Edwards again with a real quick combo and in my opinion looked to be the dominant fighter when both guys were standing (while Edwards was clearly the better wrestler). Berto went inside for a takedown and grabbed Edwards leg but Edwards countered with a vicious knee for the KO. I enjoyed this fight a lot as both guys showed a lot of good things and Berto looked really talented just overmatched on the experience side of things.

Fight Three: Kyle Noke (184.75) vs. Scott Smith (184)

First round of this one was real uneventful and the crowd mildly booed throughout. Noke won Round 1 from what I saw because he dominated the first half of the fight with jabs. Smith started to come on in the last 30 seconds as he finally got aggressive. I think Smith is going to open up and take this one as Noke really didn't seem like he wanted to do anything even though he had the early advantage except stand there and hit one jab and then back up.

Seven seconds into Round 2 Scott Smith got a quick knockout of Kyle Noke. This was the exact opposite of the first round and to me showed a great adjustment made by Smith and his corner. He came out and took Noke's jab and then laid into him and knocked him out cold.

Fight Four: Ricco Rodriguez (262.75) vs. Antonio Silva (259.75)

First round was kind of even with the edge going to Silva but neither guy really inflicting any damage onto their opponent. Silva controlled the early portion of the match as he landed most of the punches in Round 1. Ricco got a nice takedown but didn't do much with it once he got on top and in fact Silva landed several blows from the bottom.

Round two picked up a little bit with Silva controlling this one much more than Round One and being the clear winner of this round from my point of view. Silva controlled the stand up and take down game and landed some nice blows from a top but both guys seemed pretty gased and Silva didn't follow-up as well as he probably should have. The ref stood them up and then stopped the fight to check on a cut above Ricco's eye.

Third Round was probably the closest of the fight as Silva controlled early but couldn't put Ricco away and then Ricco came back and had a decent showing with a takedown and mount.

Silva won a split decision and I definitely think it was the right decision although Silva didn't look as good as I thought he would based on how the announcers were pimping him. Only having seen him once I'd say he really needs to work on his conditioning- as he didn't really look winded but when he was on top he couldn't put together sustained offense. I'd also say he needs to work on his gameplan as he looked much better standing up but continued to try to take down Ricco late in the fight. Overall, it was a tough fight for Silva due to Ricco's experience but I'd say it was a good win for him even if it wasn't in impressive fashion.

Fight Five: Tank Abbott (263) vs. Kimbo Slice (234)

This one was really fun although very short but I think that's pretty much what was expected. Kimbo looked great as he avoided a takedown and wailed on Tank. It will be very interesting to see how Kimbo matches up against other MMA guys as Tank's style fit his. Kimbo seemed to overwhelm Tank with his punches and rocked him with quite a few so it will be interesting to see who can stand up with him or can out gameplan him.

Verdict:
This was a good show. My Fight of the Night went to Edwards/Berto as I just really liked both them and the energy and fast paced match that they had. Second was Kimbo/Tank just for the atmosphere and crazy haymakers being thrown. Other than that Brett Rogers looked good, Scott Smith had a great knockout and Silva survived a tough fight. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing some of these guys again.