UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2
Bell Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 8, 2010
The Main Event tonight is a re-match for the Light Heavyweight Title between Lyoto Machida and Shogun Rua. It is a re-match from their controversial decision last year in which the judges unanimously declared Machida the winner but most of the popular opinion said Rua should have won the fight. Josh Koscheck will fight Paul Daley in a #1 Contenders match with the winner going on to face champion Georges St-Pierre at a later date and also coach against him in the next version of The Ultimate Fighter. Kimbo Slice is in action tonight and Patrick Cote makes his return from an injury.
Middleweight Fight- Patrick Cote (14-5) vs. Alan Belcher (14-5)
Belcher's last fight was at UFC 107 in December where he disposed of Wilson Gouveia in the first round. This is Cote's first fight since getting injured in a freak accident in his title shot against Anderson Silva. The fans are solidly behind Canadian Cote in this one. I picked Belcher in this one but only because of the lay-off that Cote had. It will be interesting to see how Cote does after 18 months of not fighting.
R1- Belcher is throwing kicks early and then catches Cote with a low blow. Both guys are very active early and are landing strikes. Cote grabbed a Belcher kick and took him down. Cote went for a kimura but Belcher pulled out and was able to take top position. Belcher landed a couple of elbows and stayed on top until the end of the round. Cote sustained a small cut near his eye near the end of the round. Belcher 10-9.
"The inside leg kick. The enemy of cups all around the world."- Joe Rogan
R2- Belcher came out for the round without his mouthpiece and the ref briefly had to stop the fight. Cote landed some good punches to start the round. Belcher had to clinch to stop the onslaught. They traded some strikes against the cage and Cote got a take down at the mid-way point of the round. Belcher got back to his feet and basically did what in pro wrestling would be called a front piledriver as he picked up Cote and a pile driver type position and dropped him face first onto the mat. Belcher took Cote's back and Cote had to tap. Great win for Belcher. It looked like Cote was turning the tide until that pile driver.
"It is illegal to spike somebody on their head. To pick them up and drop them down purposely on the top of their head. It didn't seem like he spiked him. He went face first and that is legal. He just dropped him on his face"- Joe Rogan
Winner: Alan Belcher by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 3:25
Post fight Alan Belcher calls out Anderson Silva.
Heavyweight Fight- Kimbo Slice (4-1) vs. Matt Mitrione (1-0)
Both guys won fights on The Ultimate Fighter Finale back in December. Kimbo defeated Houston Alexander by decision in an ugly fight and Mitrione knocked out Marcus Jones ten seconds into the second round. Mitrione comes out to Simple Man from Lynyrd Skynyrd. Mitrione trains with Pat Berry, Eric Schafer, Jake O'Brien and Ben Rothwell. Kimbo gets a huge reaction. He should come out to Street Fighting Man by the Rolling Stones but he doesn't. Kimbo is training with American Top Team. Mitrione has a 5" reach advantage.
"There's something cool about watching a guy fight on Youtube in a backyard trying to avoid a satellite dish and a barbecue and then next thing you know he's in the Octagon"- Joe Rogan
"Kimbo might be the only guy who fights with an assumed name"- Joe Rogan
R1- Kimbo hit a right hand early and then Mitrione missed a kick and Kimbo tackle slammed him to the ground and then picked up Mitrione again and slammed him another time. Fans are going nuts. Mitrione grabs a quick triangle choke and Kimbo picks him up and tried to drop him down again. Kimbo broke free of the move and we've only fought for a minute and fifteen seconds. Kimbo had side control but is just doing nothing on the ground and Mitrione got back to his feet. Kimbo picked Mitrione up and Mitrione grabbed onto the top of the cage briefly to minimize the impact of Kimbo's slam. Mitrione goes for an triangle choke but didn't get it. Kimbo finally just backs off and let's Mitrione up with about a minute left in the round. Mitrione hit Kimbo with a knee and then grabbed him in a clinch and landed another knee to the head. Kimbo came in for a right hand and Mitrione kicked Kimbo's leg out from under him. Mitrione grabbed a choke on the ground. Kimbo looked like he was going to tap but Mitrione let the hold go to try and get a better grip on it. Fun first round. Mitrione 10-9.
R2- Mitrione is hurting Kimbo early in this round with leg kicks. Mitrione landed some good strikes with three minutes left. Kimbo tried to get a take down but couldn't and Mitrione landed a knee to Kimbo's side and Kimbo is looking like he's wilting. Mitrione is landing knees to Kimbo's side and legs. Mitrione has the mount and is landing strikes. Mitrione tried for a kimura but let it go after cranking back on it. Mitrione continued landing strikes and the ref stepped in. Mitrione really controlled Kimbo. Kimbo's grappling and wrestling is still just so rudimentary. I'm interested to see where Mitrione goes from here. He has some talent but both of his wins are against guys that really have no MMA experience.
Winner: Matt Mitrione by TKO (Strikes) R2 4:24
Lightweight Fight- Sam Stout (16-5-1) vs. Jeremy Stephens (17-5)
Stephens took out Justin Buchholz at UFC Fight Night 19 by TKO in the first round. Stout beat Joe Lauzon by Unanimous Decision in January (with one judge scoring the fight 30-26). Both guys say they are going to stand and bang. This looks like a fun fight on paper. Stout is from Ontario so he is the crowd favorite in this one. Shawn Thompkins is in Stout's corner.
R1- Stephens landed an early strike and caught a leg kick and got a take down. So much for standing and banging. Stout quickly got back to his feet. Stephens hit a good left that landed right in the eye of Stout and looked like it cut him. Stephens landed a good right hand. Stephens looks really good early. Stout landed a couple of body punches but Stephens retaliated with a big right hand that briefly floored Stout and Stephens then landed a knee. Stout lands some leg kicks and Stephens threw a big spinning back fist that was partially deflected. Good first round and they did stand and bang after that initial take down. Stephens 10-9.
R2- Stout lands some leg kicks to start the round and then got one caught and Stephens landed a punch as he held his leg which briefly floored Stout. Stout grabbed a kimura as they clinched on the cage but could not get it and the fight returned to the feet. Stout is very active this round and throwing a lot of strikes. Stout continues to land leg kicks and has slowed Stephens down. Stephens landed a couple of good strikes toward the end of the round. Really close round. Stephens might have stolen the round with the strikes he landed late but I scored it for Stout making it 19-19 going into the final frame on my score card.
R3- Stephens lands some strikes early in the round. Stephens grabbed a quick clinch and landed a knee. Stout looked like he landed a kick to the calf of Stephens and Stephens bent over in pain. Stout was able to land some strikes and got on top of Stephens and landed some elbows. Stephens got a take down in the last twenty seconds but Stout popped right back up. Good fight. I've got Stout winning the final round thus taking the fight 29-28 on my score card. I could see this fight going either way.
Judges score card: 30-27, 29-28, 28-29
Winner: Jeremy Stephens by Decision (Split)
Joe Doerkson vs. Tom Lawlor
After the Stephens/Stout fight they cut right into this one with no warning. Lawlor's hair is black and he has a Dan Severn mustache.
R1- Lawlor hit a left and knocked Doerkson down. Lawlor hurting Doerkson with strikes. Both guys swinging away and bloody. Lawler landed a punch that wobbled Doerkson but came in with another wild punch and missed. Crazy round. Doerkson started to go to the wrong corner after the round ended. Lawlor 10-9.
R2- Doerkson is the aggressor early in this round. Lawlor looks like he punched himself out in the first round. Doerkson took Lawlor's back and tapped him out with a Rear Naked Choke. Good comeback win for Doerkson.
Winner: Joe Doerkson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 2:10
Welterweight Fight- Josh Koscheck (16-4) vs. Paul Daley (23-8-2)
Daley has defeated Martin Kampmann and Dustin Hazelett since entering the UFC. Both fights were stopped in the first round via TKO (strikes). Koscheck is coming off of back to back wins against Frank Trigg and Anthony Johnson. Koscheck comes out to Higher Ground by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Daley has a 3" reach advantage. The winner of this fight will coach against Georges St-Pierre on the next edition of The Ultimate Fighter and will then receive a title shot. They don't touch gloves. Koscheck looks like he has a bigger height advantage then what was listed. From an entertainment stand point I would like to see Koscheck as a TUF coach.
R1- Koscheck got a take down after a minute of feeling each other out. Daley got back to his feet and Koscheck slammed him back down. Koscheck staying on top but not really doing any damage. Koscheck took Daley's back and tried to grab a Rear Naked but Daley got back to his feet and hit an illegal knee to Koscheck. They ended clinched up against the cage. Koscheck took the round 10-9. No point was deducted, so a good piece of referring.
"Let's take a look at it here. Oh, wait a minute. He didn't even hit him. He looked like he toed him in the eye. Uh oh. We might want to show this re-play to Josh Koscheck. Josh Koscheck might want to take a look at that and stand up."- Joe Rogan
"Maybe it was a foot to the eye. Maybe it was a toe. He's saying it barely hit him so let's see what happened. The knee kind of grazed him. No. hmmm. And the Oscar goes to."- Joe Rogan
R2- Koscheck got a take down early in the round. Koscheck not doing much on top but is maintaining position. Koscheck again took Daley's back. Koscheck 20-18.
R3- Daley landed a couple of strikes and then Koscheck clinched him up against the cage. Koscheck got the take down with three and a half minutes left in the round. Looks like Koscheck is going to grind this one out in unspectacular fashion. Well I think it's obvious that if you are learning MMA don't go to Dan Hardy and Paul Daley's camp to learn wrestling and jiu jitsu. Koscheck 30-27 in a boring fight. Smart game plan by Koscheck.
Post-Fight Paul Daley punched Josh Koscheck after the fight. Daley just turned Koscheck into a sympathetic figure. What a disgrace.
"That was the best shot he landed in the whole fight"- Joe Rogan
Judges score cards: 30-27 on all score cards
Winner: Josh Koscheck by Decision (Unanimous)
Koscheck gets on the microphone and heels the crowd about hockey and GSP and then invites them to an after party.
Light Heavyweight Title Fight- Lyoto Machida (c) (16-0) vs. Shogun Rua (18-4)
Goldberg brings up a good stat. Shogun hit Machida more times in their last fight then the last 7 opponents did in Machida's other UFC fights. Machida broke his hand in the last fight and Rogan brings up the point that the hand hasn't been tested. In the 28 re-matches in UFC history the winner has won 13 times, the loser has won 13 times and twice it was a draw.
R1- Shogun the more aggressive fighter out of the gate but got taken down by Machida. Shogun quickly got back to his feet. Shogun pushed forward and landed a strike or two but got taken down again. Shogun again quickly got to his feet but did eat a knee to the body. Machida landed a knee but Shogun hit a strike and quickly mounted Machida and finished the fight. Wow. Fantastic finish by Shogun and it came out of nowhere. Shogun knocked him out on the ground and was already getting up to celebrate before the ref stepped in to call for the finish.
Winner and new Light Heavyweight Champion: Shogun Rua by KO R1 3:35
Welterweight Fight- Marcus Davis vs. Jonathan Goulet
This is from the pre-show. This fight is brought to you by Shogun Rua and his quick finish of Lyoto Machida. This is a fight I want to see so Thank You to Shogun despite him making me wrong on my prediction. Goulet has some crazy stuff going on in his hair.
R1- Goulet landed a quick head kick and then got a take down but Davis bounced right back to his feet. Goulet landed a knee to the body but in doing so he also ate a punch that wobbled him. Goulet went for a take down and Davis grabbed a guillotine and pulled guard. Goulet fought hard and finally popped his head out of the submission. Davis threw a leg and got taken down. Goulet landed a couple strikes. Davis got back to his feet but Goulet took him back down. Goulet probably stole that round despite Davis having a sub attempt and landing the best strike of the round.
R2- Davis hit a good right hand that knocked Goulet to his knees. Davis jumped on top and landed a couple of strikes but Goulet got back to his feet. Goulet is busted open. Davis landed something and Goulet just dropped like a ton of bricks. He landed a right and then a big left hook.
Winner: Marcus Davis by TKO (Strikes) R2 1:23
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Ultimate Finale 12/5/09 Re-Cap (Spike TV)
Ultimate Finale
The Pearl at the Palms
Las Vegas, Nevada
12/5/09
Heavyweight Fight- Marcus Jones (4-2) vs. Matt Mitrione (0-0)
R1- Jones got a quick take down in the first 15 seconds but Mitrione got to his feet at the one minute mark. Mitrione landed some knees in the clinch. Jones was able to grab a guillotine and pull guard but he couldn’t get the submission. Jones got another take down with one minute left in the fight but Mitrione got to his feet quickly. Both guys swung wildly but Jones got another take down. Jones 10-9.
R2- Mitrione caught Jones coming in and knocked him out for the win.
Winner: Matt Mitrione by KO R2 0:10
Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Dixie Carter are at the show. Wow, now that’s a trio that I have no interest in seeing as partners in pro wrestling.
Lightweight Fight- Frankie Edgar (10-1) vs. Matt Veach (11-0)
Edgar is coming off of a big win at UFC 98 over Sean Sherk.
R1- Veach got a couple early take downs stuffed and then Edgar partially hit a head kick but Veach grabbed him and took him down. Edgar popped back up and Veach slammed him back to the canvas. Edgar gave up his back and got back to his feet and Veach again slammed him back to the mat. Veach seemed to tire a little at the end of the round and Edgar was able to get the better of the stand up. I’ve got Veach 10-9 on the strength of his slams.
R2- Edgar hit a big time right hand and knocked Veach down. Edgar jumped on top and landed some good shots on Veach. Veach gave up his back and Edgar clamped on the Rear Naked Choke and Veach tapped out. Really good performance by Edgar in weathering the early take downs in round one and then winning the stand up game later in the fight.
Winner: Frankie Edgar by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 2:22
Joe Rogan interviews Hulk Hogan ringside.
Lightweight Fight- Mark Bocek (7-2) vs. Joe Brammer (8-0)
Bocek has a 5” reach advantage in this fight. This is Brammer’s UFC debut.
R1- Bocek got the first take down and on the second take down he took Brammer’s back and got him in a body triangle. Bocek ended up getting a standing Rear Naked Choke and Brammer tapped out. Good showing by Bocek.
Winner: Mark Bocek by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 3:36
215 lb Catchweight Fight- Kimbo Slice (3-1) vs. Houston Alexander (9-4)
Kimbo has a 2” height, 5” reach and 4lb weight advantage.
R1- Kimbo takes the center of the cage and Houston circles him for the first minute with no punches thrown. Very little action in the first half of round one as Houston has landed a few leg kicks and Kimbo has thrown one strike. Finally they engaged and both guys threw some strikes but nothing significant landed. Really tough first round to score as neither guy was aggressive and neither guy landed anything worth taking note of.
R2- More of the same at the beginning of this round as Houston circles Kimbo and hits an occasional leg kick. Kimbo landed a good jab at the two minute mark of the round. Kimbo got a take down and took full mount but Houston got out of it. Houston slipped on a leg kick and Kimbo was able to land a couple of shots. Kimbo landed a good body shot. Kimbo hit an awesome side suplex on Houston and landed some strikes. Kimbo tried a guillotine but Kimbo easily slipped out and then again took top position. Houston gave up his back and Kimbo tried weakly for a Rear Naked. Kimbo then flipped him over and landed a good short elbow. I don’t know who won the first round but Kimbo easily took the second round.
R3- Both guys came out swinging to start the third round. Houston looks tired. Kimbo landed a good right hand. Houston hit a leg kick and Kimbo fell down and it looked like his leg might have given out on him. Houston followed in with some shots but Kimbo grabbed a leg and got a take down. Good recovery by Kimbo. Kimbo is landing some shots but Houston did a good job on defense and the ref stood the fight up with one minute remaining. Houston landed a couple of strikes in the last ten seconds but this one goes to a draw. Not the fight anyone thought we would see and other than the second round this was a pretty ugly fight. This is gonna be a really tough fight to score. As an overall fight Kimbo definitely won but breaking it down into round-by-round scoring it will be interesting to see what the judges decide.
Judges score cards say: 29-28, 29-28, 30-27
Winner: Kimbo Slice by Decision (Unanimous)
Tito Ortiz is in attendance at the show. And UFC is going to announce the coaches for the next TUF. Hmmmmm……
Joe Rogan interviews BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez at the same time via satellite.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Matt Hamill (8-2) vs. Jon Jones (9-0)
Jones has a 3” height and 8.5” reach advantage.
R1- They stood up for the first two minutes and then Jones escaped a Hamill take down. Jones is hitting some strikes but nothing damaging so far although Hamill’s ribs are a little red. Jones landed a really nice trip and ended up on top of Hamill and then starting hitting some big Ground and Pound. Jones is throwing some big time elbows as Hamill is trying to cover up. Jones gets a point taken from him for a down ward elbow and then the fight is stopped. Not sure if this will be a DQ or a victory for Jones but Rogan/Goldberg seem like they are assuming victory for Jones and not talking about DQ. Jones was dominating Hamill once he got him down on the mat.
Winner: Matt Hamill by DQ (Intentional Elbows) R1
Heavyweight Fight- James McSweeney vs. Darrill Schoonover
R1- The video is messed up so we are pretty much just getting PBP from Rogan/Goldberg. After a minute we get video and McSweeney pulls guard on a guillotine but Schoonover pops his head out and takes McSweeney’s guard. McSweeney flips Schoonover over and moves to mount. They stand back up and Schoonover lands a good knee but couldn’t follow up before the round ended.
R2- McSweeney got Schoonover down with a looping right hand and didn’t fully hit. McSweeney followed him down to the mat and took his guard. McSweeney definitely took this round.
R3- McSweeney got a good slam and again took top position. McSweeney landed a couple of good strikes about half way through the round and this one is over. McSweeney looked a lot better in this fight than he did in any of his TUF fights.
Winner: James McSweeney by TKO (Strikes) R3 3:20
Dana White announces the coaches for Season 11 of TUF. They are Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. Dana says that TUF 11 will be Middleweight Fighters.
TUF 10 Heavyweight Final- Roy Nelson (14-4) vs. Brendan Schaub (5-0)
Roy Nelson comes out to Weird Al Yankovic’s song “I’m Fat”. Schaub has a 4” height and 5” reach advantage. Nelson has a 23 lb weight advantage.
R1- Schaub is using his jab effectively early and avoids a take down but then got clinched and taken down by Nelson. Schaub got held down for a while but did a good job of getting to his feet without taking any damage. Schaub is landing some decent strikes. Nelson hit a big right hand behind Schaub’s ear and this one is over.
Winner: Roy Nelson by KO R1 3:45
The Pearl at the Palms
Las Vegas, Nevada
12/5/09
Heavyweight Fight- Marcus Jones (4-2) vs. Matt Mitrione (0-0)
R1- Jones got a quick take down in the first 15 seconds but Mitrione got to his feet at the one minute mark. Mitrione landed some knees in the clinch. Jones was able to grab a guillotine and pull guard but he couldn’t get the submission. Jones got another take down with one minute left in the fight but Mitrione got to his feet quickly. Both guys swung wildly but Jones got another take down. Jones 10-9.
R2- Mitrione caught Jones coming in and knocked him out for the win.
Winner: Matt Mitrione by KO R2 0:10
Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Dixie Carter are at the show. Wow, now that’s a trio that I have no interest in seeing as partners in pro wrestling.
Lightweight Fight- Frankie Edgar (10-1) vs. Matt Veach (11-0)
Edgar is coming off of a big win at UFC 98 over Sean Sherk.
R1- Veach got a couple early take downs stuffed and then Edgar partially hit a head kick but Veach grabbed him and took him down. Edgar popped back up and Veach slammed him back to the canvas. Edgar gave up his back and got back to his feet and Veach again slammed him back to the mat. Veach seemed to tire a little at the end of the round and Edgar was able to get the better of the stand up. I’ve got Veach 10-9 on the strength of his slams.
R2- Edgar hit a big time right hand and knocked Veach down. Edgar jumped on top and landed some good shots on Veach. Veach gave up his back and Edgar clamped on the Rear Naked Choke and Veach tapped out. Really good performance by Edgar in weathering the early take downs in round one and then winning the stand up game later in the fight.
Winner: Frankie Edgar by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R2 2:22
Joe Rogan interviews Hulk Hogan ringside.
Lightweight Fight- Mark Bocek (7-2) vs. Joe Brammer (8-0)
Bocek has a 5” reach advantage in this fight. This is Brammer’s UFC debut.
R1- Bocek got the first take down and on the second take down he took Brammer’s back and got him in a body triangle. Bocek ended up getting a standing Rear Naked Choke and Brammer tapped out. Good showing by Bocek.
Winner: Mark Bocek by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R1 3:36
215 lb Catchweight Fight- Kimbo Slice (3-1) vs. Houston Alexander (9-4)
Kimbo has a 2” height, 5” reach and 4lb weight advantage.
R1- Kimbo takes the center of the cage and Houston circles him for the first minute with no punches thrown. Very little action in the first half of round one as Houston has landed a few leg kicks and Kimbo has thrown one strike. Finally they engaged and both guys threw some strikes but nothing significant landed. Really tough first round to score as neither guy was aggressive and neither guy landed anything worth taking note of.
R2- More of the same at the beginning of this round as Houston circles Kimbo and hits an occasional leg kick. Kimbo landed a good jab at the two minute mark of the round. Kimbo got a take down and took full mount but Houston got out of it. Houston slipped on a leg kick and Kimbo was able to land a couple of shots. Kimbo landed a good body shot. Kimbo hit an awesome side suplex on Houston and landed some strikes. Kimbo tried a guillotine but Kimbo easily slipped out and then again took top position. Houston gave up his back and Kimbo tried weakly for a Rear Naked. Kimbo then flipped him over and landed a good short elbow. I don’t know who won the first round but Kimbo easily took the second round.
R3- Both guys came out swinging to start the third round. Houston looks tired. Kimbo landed a good right hand. Houston hit a leg kick and Kimbo fell down and it looked like his leg might have given out on him. Houston followed in with some shots but Kimbo grabbed a leg and got a take down. Good recovery by Kimbo. Kimbo is landing some shots but Houston did a good job on defense and the ref stood the fight up with one minute remaining. Houston landed a couple of strikes in the last ten seconds but this one goes to a draw. Not the fight anyone thought we would see and other than the second round this was a pretty ugly fight. This is gonna be a really tough fight to score. As an overall fight Kimbo definitely won but breaking it down into round-by-round scoring it will be interesting to see what the judges decide.
Judges score cards say: 29-28, 29-28, 30-27
Winner: Kimbo Slice by Decision (Unanimous)
Tito Ortiz is in attendance at the show. And UFC is going to announce the coaches for the next TUF. Hmmmmm……
Joe Rogan interviews BJ Penn and Diego Sanchez at the same time via satellite.
Light Heavyweight Fight- Matt Hamill (8-2) vs. Jon Jones (9-0)
Jones has a 3” height and 8.5” reach advantage.
R1- They stood up for the first two minutes and then Jones escaped a Hamill take down. Jones is hitting some strikes but nothing damaging so far although Hamill’s ribs are a little red. Jones landed a really nice trip and ended up on top of Hamill and then starting hitting some big Ground and Pound. Jones is throwing some big time elbows as Hamill is trying to cover up. Jones gets a point taken from him for a down ward elbow and then the fight is stopped. Not sure if this will be a DQ or a victory for Jones but Rogan/Goldberg seem like they are assuming victory for Jones and not talking about DQ. Jones was dominating Hamill once he got him down on the mat.
Winner: Matt Hamill by DQ (Intentional Elbows) R1
Heavyweight Fight- James McSweeney vs. Darrill Schoonover
R1- The video is messed up so we are pretty much just getting PBP from Rogan/Goldberg. After a minute we get video and McSweeney pulls guard on a guillotine but Schoonover pops his head out and takes McSweeney’s guard. McSweeney flips Schoonover over and moves to mount. They stand back up and Schoonover lands a good knee but couldn’t follow up before the round ended.
R2- McSweeney got Schoonover down with a looping right hand and didn’t fully hit. McSweeney followed him down to the mat and took his guard. McSweeney definitely took this round.
R3- McSweeney got a good slam and again took top position. McSweeney landed a couple of good strikes about half way through the round and this one is over. McSweeney looked a lot better in this fight than he did in any of his TUF fights.
Winner: James McSweeney by TKO (Strikes) R3 3:20
Dana White announces the coaches for Season 11 of TUF. They are Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz. Dana says that TUF 11 will be Middleweight Fighters.
TUF 10 Heavyweight Final- Roy Nelson (14-4) vs. Brendan Schaub (5-0)
Roy Nelson comes out to Weird Al Yankovic’s song “I’m Fat”. Schaub has a 4” height and 5” reach advantage. Nelson has a 23 lb weight advantage.
R1- Schaub is using his jab effectively early and avoids a take down but then got clinched and taken down by Nelson. Schaub got held down for a while but did a good job of getting to his feet without taking any damage. Schaub is landing some decent strikes. Nelson hit a big right hand behind Schaub’s ear and this one is over.
Winner: Roy Nelson by KO R1 3:45
TUF 10: Heavyweights "Road to the Finale" Re-Cap
TUF 10: Heavyweights “Road to the Finale” Episode Eleven
Dana is looking for guys to take Mitrione’s place and nobody is stepping forward. Kimbo turns it down because he doesn’t feel he’s 100%. Mitrione decides that he feels good and he’s going to fight.
Marcus Jones lost it and starting yelling at Matt Mitrione when he found out that Scott Junk got a detached retina in his fight with Mitrione and might not fight anymore. Junk got the surgery but the doctor said that he could resume training in about two months. Jones says he’s glad he didn’t go overboard.
McSweeney pushes Mitrione after an intense staredown at the weigh-ins.
Heavyweight Quarterfinal Fight- James McSweeney (3-3) vs. Matt Mitrione (2-0)
Mitrione has a 6” reach advantage in this fight.
R1- McSweeney caught Mitrione in a guillotine choke about mid-way through the round and Mitrione tapped out. Neither guy looked really good in this one.
Winner: James McSweeney by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1
Heavyweight Quarterfinal Fight- Marcus Jones (4-2) vs. Darrill Schoonover (10-0)
Jones has a 4” reach and height advantage.
R1- Jones quickly got a take down in the first ten seconds of the fight. Jones just really controlled Schoonover in this fight and eventually took his guard and got in some good shots and knocked him out.
Winner: Marcus Jones by KO
Final Four: James McSweeney, Brendan Schaub, Roy Nelson, Marcus Jones.
Semi-Finals Fights:
Roy Nelson vs. James McSweeney
Brendan Schaub vs. Marcus Jones
McSweeney locks Zak Jensen in the bathroom and Jensen comes out swinging but McSweeney grabs him in a guillotine and subdues him.
Heavyweight Semi-Final Fight: Roy Nelson (13-4) vs. James McSweeney (3-3)
R1- Roy took the fight to the ground about half way through the round and then got the crucifix position like he had Kimbo in and landed some good undefended offense and the ref stopped the fight.
Winner: Roy Nelson by TKO (Strikes) R1
Heavyweight Semi-Final Fight- Marcus Jones (4-2) vs. Brendan Schuab (4-0)
R1- Jones got an immediate take down. Marcus mounted at about the one minute mark but Schaub was able to get to his feet without taking much damage. Jones landed a knee to the head. Schuab hit a big punch that stunned and floored Marcus. Scahub jumped on top and landed some Ground and Pound and the ref stepped in and stopped the fight. Really good come back and showing by Schaub.
Winner: Brendan Schaub by TKO (Strikes) R1
The TUF Heavyweight Finals are: Roy Nelson versus Brendan Schaub
Eliminated:
Abe Wagner defeated by Jon Madsen- Episode One
Wes Shivers defeated by James McSweeney- Episode Two
Kimbo Slice defeated by Roy Nelson- Episode Three
Demico Rogers defeated by Brendan Schaub- Episode Four
Wes Sims defeated by Justin Wren- Episode Five
Zak Jensen defeated by Darrill Schoonover- Episode Six
Scott Junk defeated by Matt Mitrione: Episode Seven
Mike Wessel defeated by Marcus Jones: Episode Eight
Justin Wren defeated by Roy Nelson: Episode Nine
Jon Madsen defeated by Brendan Schaub: Episode Ten
Matt Mitrione defeated by James McSweeney- Episode Eleven
Darrill Schoonover defeated by Marcus Jones- Episode Eleven
James McSweeney defeated by Roy Nelson- Episode Eleven
Marcus Jones defeated by Brendan Schaub- Episode Eleven
Dana is looking for guys to take Mitrione’s place and nobody is stepping forward. Kimbo turns it down because he doesn’t feel he’s 100%. Mitrione decides that he feels good and he’s going to fight.
Marcus Jones lost it and starting yelling at Matt Mitrione when he found out that Scott Junk got a detached retina in his fight with Mitrione and might not fight anymore. Junk got the surgery but the doctor said that he could resume training in about two months. Jones says he’s glad he didn’t go overboard.
McSweeney pushes Mitrione after an intense staredown at the weigh-ins.
Heavyweight Quarterfinal Fight- James McSweeney (3-3) vs. Matt Mitrione (2-0)
Mitrione has a 6” reach advantage in this fight.
R1- McSweeney caught Mitrione in a guillotine choke about mid-way through the round and Mitrione tapped out. Neither guy looked really good in this one.
Winner: James McSweeney by Submission (Guillotine Choke) R1
Heavyweight Quarterfinal Fight- Marcus Jones (4-2) vs. Darrill Schoonover (10-0)
Jones has a 4” reach and height advantage.
R1- Jones quickly got a take down in the first ten seconds of the fight. Jones just really controlled Schoonover in this fight and eventually took his guard and got in some good shots and knocked him out.
Winner: Marcus Jones by KO
Final Four: James McSweeney, Brendan Schaub, Roy Nelson, Marcus Jones.
Semi-Finals Fights:
Roy Nelson vs. James McSweeney
Brendan Schaub vs. Marcus Jones
McSweeney locks Zak Jensen in the bathroom and Jensen comes out swinging but McSweeney grabs him in a guillotine and subdues him.
Heavyweight Semi-Final Fight: Roy Nelson (13-4) vs. James McSweeney (3-3)
R1- Roy took the fight to the ground about half way through the round and then got the crucifix position like he had Kimbo in and landed some good undefended offense and the ref stopped the fight.
Winner: Roy Nelson by TKO (Strikes) R1
Heavyweight Semi-Final Fight- Marcus Jones (4-2) vs. Brendan Schuab (4-0)
R1- Jones got an immediate take down. Marcus mounted at about the one minute mark but Schaub was able to get to his feet without taking much damage. Jones landed a knee to the head. Schuab hit a big punch that stunned and floored Marcus. Scahub jumped on top and landed some Ground and Pound and the ref stepped in and stopped the fight. Really good come back and showing by Schaub.
Winner: Brendan Schaub by TKO (Strikes) R1
The TUF Heavyweight Finals are: Roy Nelson versus Brendan Schaub
Eliminated:
Abe Wagner defeated by Jon Madsen- Episode One
Wes Shivers defeated by James McSweeney- Episode Two
Kimbo Slice defeated by Roy Nelson- Episode Three
Demico Rogers defeated by Brendan Schaub- Episode Four
Wes Sims defeated by Justin Wren- Episode Five
Zak Jensen defeated by Darrill Schoonover- Episode Six
Scott Junk defeated by Matt Mitrione: Episode Seven
Mike Wessel defeated by Marcus Jones: Episode Eight
Justin Wren defeated by Roy Nelson: Episode Nine
Jon Madsen defeated by Brendan Schaub: Episode Ten
Matt Mitrione defeated by James McSweeney- Episode Eleven
Darrill Schoonover defeated by Marcus Jones- Episode Eleven
James McSweeney defeated by Roy Nelson- Episode Eleven
Marcus Jones defeated by Brendan Schaub- Episode Eleven
Sunday, November 01, 2009
TUF 10: Heavyweights Episode 7 Re-Cap
TUF 10: Heavyweights Episode Seven “Voices In My Head”
Team Rashad is up 6-0 on Team Rampage and looks to continue their domination after Darrill Schoonover submitted Zak Jensen. Hmmm…seems like I wrote almost the same thing last week. Scott Junk and Marcus Jones are the only hopes for Team Rampage to get on the board with a win. Rashad picks Matt Mitrione to fight Scott Junk. Dana says Junk has fought in the UFC before and is a tough guy. This could be the first win for Team Rampage. This leaves Marcus Jones to fight Mike Wessel in the final fight of the first round.
Rampage and Rashad start the show by getting in each other’s faces. Scott Junk tries to get between them but they just go back at it. Too bad these guys won’t be fighting. People would pay to see this fight.
Matt Mitrione gets into it with teammate Jon Madsen during a sparring session and Rashad reads him the riot act and tells him to channel his aggression into his upcoming fight. The other guys set up a calendar and pick days that they think Meathead (Mitrione) will explode.
Heavyweight Fight- Matt Mitrione (2-0) vs. Scott Junk (6-2-1)
Mitrione has a 2” height and a huge 8” reach advantage.
R1- Mitrione hits a good punch early that floors Junk but he doesn’t follow up. Mitrione hits another shot and knocks Junk down for the second time in the first minute but again doesn’t follow up. Junk is very apprehensive at this point. Mitrione grabs a kick and punches Junk and floors him again. Mitrione starts hitting Junk with some punches while he’s on the ground and if he would have been more aggressive the fight would have been over but again he lets him up. Mitrione is winning this fight by a large margin but isn’t showing any type of killer instinct to finish the fight. Junk wanted the fight to end there but Mitrione didn’t want to finish it. Really sloppy fighting over the next minute. Both guys are tired and Mitrione has very little on his punches at this point. Junk lands some good punches against the cage towards the end of the round. Mitrione won this round but Junk came back towards the end. Dana was pretty excited about the first round but it was really sloppy and both guys were totally gassed in the last half of the first round. Mitrione should have finished this one off in the first two minutes.
R2- Both guys are really tired. Mitrione is landing some strikes but he has nothing behind them. Junk gets a take down in the second minute of the round but the fighters are stood up after about a minute. This is a tough round to judge. Mitrione landed more strikes but had very little behind them. Junk got a take down and landed a couple of nice shots during the round.
Judges score the fight: 19-19, 20-18 and 20-18
Winner: Matt Mitrione by Decision (Majority)
Rampage was not happy with the decision and completely destroyed a door at the training facility. He kicked a whole in it, punched it repeatedly and ripped it in half and threw it on the floor.
Fighters Remaining
Team Rashad #1: James McSweeney
Team Rashad #2: Brendan Schaub
Team Rashad #3: Justin Wren
Team Rashad #4: Jon Madsen
Team Rashad #5: Roy Nelson
Team Rashad #6: Darrill Schoonover
Team Rashad #7: Matt Mitrione
Team Rampage #7: Marcus Jones
Team Rashad #8: Mike Wessel
Eliminated:
Abe Wagner defeated by Jon Madsen- Episode One
Wes Shivers defeated by James McSweeney- Episode Two
Kimbo Slice defeated by Roy Nelson- Episode Three
Demico Rogers defeated by Brendan Schaub- Episode Four
Wes Sims defeated by Justin Wren- Episode Five
Zak Jensen defeated by Darrill Schoonover- Episode Six
Scott Junk defeated by Matt Mitrione: Episode Seven
Team Rashad is up 6-0 on Team Rampage and looks to continue their domination after Darrill Schoonover submitted Zak Jensen. Hmmm…seems like I wrote almost the same thing last week. Scott Junk and Marcus Jones are the only hopes for Team Rampage to get on the board with a win. Rashad picks Matt Mitrione to fight Scott Junk. Dana says Junk has fought in the UFC before and is a tough guy. This could be the first win for Team Rampage. This leaves Marcus Jones to fight Mike Wessel in the final fight of the first round.
Rampage and Rashad start the show by getting in each other’s faces. Scott Junk tries to get between them but they just go back at it. Too bad these guys won’t be fighting. People would pay to see this fight.
Matt Mitrione gets into it with teammate Jon Madsen during a sparring session and Rashad reads him the riot act and tells him to channel his aggression into his upcoming fight. The other guys set up a calendar and pick days that they think Meathead (Mitrione) will explode.
Heavyweight Fight- Matt Mitrione (2-0) vs. Scott Junk (6-2-1)
Mitrione has a 2” height and a huge 8” reach advantage.
R1- Mitrione hits a good punch early that floors Junk but he doesn’t follow up. Mitrione hits another shot and knocks Junk down for the second time in the first minute but again doesn’t follow up. Junk is very apprehensive at this point. Mitrione grabs a kick and punches Junk and floors him again. Mitrione starts hitting Junk with some punches while he’s on the ground and if he would have been more aggressive the fight would have been over but again he lets him up. Mitrione is winning this fight by a large margin but isn’t showing any type of killer instinct to finish the fight. Junk wanted the fight to end there but Mitrione didn’t want to finish it. Really sloppy fighting over the next minute. Both guys are tired and Mitrione has very little on his punches at this point. Junk lands some good punches against the cage towards the end of the round. Mitrione won this round but Junk came back towards the end. Dana was pretty excited about the first round but it was really sloppy and both guys were totally gassed in the last half of the first round. Mitrione should have finished this one off in the first two minutes.
R2- Both guys are really tired. Mitrione is landing some strikes but he has nothing behind them. Junk gets a take down in the second minute of the round but the fighters are stood up after about a minute. This is a tough round to judge. Mitrione landed more strikes but had very little behind them. Junk got a take down and landed a couple of nice shots during the round.
Judges score the fight: 19-19, 20-18 and 20-18
Winner: Matt Mitrione by Decision (Majority)
Rampage was not happy with the decision and completely destroyed a door at the training facility. He kicked a whole in it, punched it repeatedly and ripped it in half and threw it on the floor.
Fighters Remaining
Team Rashad #1: James McSweeney
Team Rashad #2: Brendan Schaub
Team Rashad #3: Justin Wren
Team Rashad #4: Jon Madsen
Team Rashad #5: Roy Nelson
Team Rashad #6: Darrill Schoonover
Team Rashad #7: Matt Mitrione
Team Rampage #7: Marcus Jones
Team Rashad #8: Mike Wessel
Eliminated:
Abe Wagner defeated by Jon Madsen- Episode One
Wes Shivers defeated by James McSweeney- Episode Two
Kimbo Slice defeated by Roy Nelson- Episode Three
Demico Rogers defeated by Brendan Schaub- Episode Four
Wes Sims defeated by Justin Wren- Episode Five
Zak Jensen defeated by Darrill Schoonover- Episode Six
Scott Junk defeated by Matt Mitrione: Episode Seven
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