UFC 101: Declaration
8/8/09
Wachovia Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The main interest in this show in the top 2 fights. We have Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn taking on challenger Kenny Florian and we have Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva taking on former Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin. We should also see Ricardo Almeida/Kendall Grove and Kurt Pellegrino/Josh Neer as well as TUF Champion Amir Sadollah in his first post TUF fight against Johny Hendricks.
Lightweight Fight- Josh Neer (25-7-1) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (19-4)
Neer is coming off a big win at UFC Fight Night 17 over Mac Danzig.
R1- Pellegrino started the fight off with a good slam. Neer briefly locked in an arm bar but Pellegrino slammed his way out of it. Pellegrino is staying on top of Neer but both guys are active. Pellegrino takes round one 10-9.
R2- Both guys landed some stand up in the first minute of the fight. Pellegrino fought hard and got a take down. Neer keeps going for submissions from the bottom but eventually Pellegrino passed his guard and mounted him. Pellegrino then took Neer’s back with less than a minute left in the round. Pellegrino is up 20-18 after two rounds.
R3- Pellegrino caught a Neer kick and got a quick take down early in this round. Neer opened up Pellegrino with a strike from the bottom. Neer looks like he’s got a bloody nose or mouth. Neer landed some nice elbows at the end of the round. Pellegrino is going to win this fight based on the first two rounds.
Judges score cards say: 30-27 on all score cards. This was Pellegrino’s first UFC Main Card victory.
Winner: Kurt Pellegrino by Decision (Unanimous)
Tito Ortiz and Georges St-Pierre are in the crowd. GSP gets a good reaction, Tito got a mixed reaction.
Middleweight Fight- Ricardo Almeida (10-3) vs. Kendall Grove (12-5)
Almeida comes out to some Social Distortion. Almeida is coming off a win over Matt Horwich at UFC Fight Night 18. Kendall Grove is coming off of a UFC 96 TKO of Jason Day. Grove has a 6” height and 5” reach advantage.
R1- Almeida worked for a long time and finally got a take down with about a minute and a half left in the round. Kendall was able to get back to his feet but then got slammed back down with 15 seconds left in the round. Almeida took this round 10-9.
R2- Almeida almost immediately got a take down to start this round. Kendall locked in an arm bar and came close but could not finish Almeida. Almeida gets some good Ground and Pound but Kendall was able to get back to his feet. Almeida finished the round with another take down. Almeida is up 20-18 after two rounds.
R3- Almeida hit a good right hand, drove Kendall into the cage and then got a brief take down. Almeida tried to pull guard into an arm bar but Kendall landed on top and got some brief Ground and Pound before he gave up the position. Almeida is tired but he was still able to get a take down about half way through the round. Kendall was able to get back to his feet with 30 seconds left in the round but Almeida clinched him up and this one is going to go to Almeida by decision.
Judges score cards say: 30-27 on all score cards.
Winner: Ricardo Almeida by Decision (Unanimous)
Chuck Liddell is in the house.
Welterweight Fight- Amir Sadollah (2-0) vs. Johny Hendricks (5-0)
Hendricks is a 4-time All-American wrestler and a 2-time National Champion out of Oklahoma State. Hendricks comes out to “Paint it Black” by the Rolling Stones. Amir has a 6” reach advantage. One weird stat is that Amir comes into the fight at 3.5 lbs under the weight limit which is something that you don’t see very often. Hopefully he didn’t over cut as this is his first fight at Welterweight (he fought at Middleweight during TUF).
R1- Amir is throwing lots of kicks and strikes early but Hendricks catches him with some strikes and Amir goes down and Mirgliatta stops the fight early. Bad stoppage. The ref actually stopped the fight as Amir was trying to get back to his feet. This isn’t the first time that Mirgliatta has done this. UFC needs to look at keeping him away from the Main Card.
Winner: Johny Hendricks by TKO (Mirgilatta) R1 0:29
Lightweight Fight- Aaron Riley (27-11-1) vs. Shane Nelson (13-3)
Greg Jackson is in Aaron Riley’s corner. Yoda! This is a re-match from a previous fight where the ref made a horrible early stoppage and Shane Nelson was awarded a cheap win due to referee error. This is the re-match so Shane is looking to prove that he deserved to win the last fight and Riley is looking to prove that it was indeed an early stoppage and he would have won the fight if it had not been stopped.
R1- Riley is trying to take it to Nelson early and has landed some good strikes. Close first round. I’ve got it going to Riley.
R2- Riley hit a good head kick about half way through the round that didn’t knock Nelson down but did daze him and allowed Riley to get a take down. Riley takes this round as well and is up 20-18 going into the third round.
R3- There was a fight in the crowd during this fight but they didn’t show it. While that fight was going on Riley was on top of Shane and controlling the action. Riley gets his revenge in this fight as he took each round of this fight.
“If he doesn’t win this decision I’m going to burn my headset and run naked through the crowd”- Joe Rogan
Judges score cards say: 30-27 on all score cards.
Winner: Aaron Riley by Decision (Unanimous)
Light Heavyweight Fight: Anderson Silva (24-4) vs. Forrest Griffin (16-5)
Silva is coming off of two lack luster fights in which his opponents really didn’t look to engage in combat with him. Silva is looking to make up for it in this fight. Forrest has not fought since he lost his Light Heavyweight Championship to Rashad Evans back in December. I read somewhere that Roy Jones Jr was going to be at this fight to scout Anderson Silva as I’ve heard they have some sort of agreement to fight after Anderson’s UFC contract is over. Forrest gets a huge reaction when he comes out for the fight. Silva is 9-0 in the UFC. Forrest got another huge reaction when he was announced. Silver got a little bit of boos when he was announced.
R1- Anderson grabbed a Forrest leg kick early and just tossed Forrest back wards. Anderson rushed in at about the two minute mark and landed a big right hand that knocked Forrest to the mat. Forrest gets back up and throws some strikes. Anderson looks pumped as he’s telling Forrest to bring it. Anderson puts his hands down and ducks Forrest’s shots and just levels him with a straight level that knocks Forrest to the mat. That was an unreal sequence that looked like it was out of a movie. Anderson gets some Ground and Pound but then let’s Forrest up. Anderson again puts his hands down and ducks Forrest’s shots and this time hits Forrest with a straight right hand. This was just a dominate performance by Anderson. WOW. Anderson Silva just ate Forrest Griffin.
Winner: Anderson Silva by TKO (Strikes) R1 3:23
UFC Lightweight Championship: B.J. Penn © (13-5-1) vs. Kenny Florian (13-3)
According to the UFC stats Penn has never been knocked down and lands 61% of his total strikes (3rd best in UFC History). Florian has also never been knocked down and lands 52% of his strikes (versus the UFC average of 35%). Penn is coming off of a well documented loss to GSP at Welterweight. Florian is coming off of an impressive victory over Joe Stevenson on UFC 91. KenFlo has a 4” reach advantage in the fight.
R1- Florian got tripped up early but he was able to get back to his feet and clinch with BJ. They clinched in the center and both hit some body shots. BJ landed a big strike near the end of the round that wobbled Florian and then BJ followed up with a couple of knees. BJ takes round one 10-9 in what was a fairly even round until the last 15 seconds.
R2- Not a lot of action in this round. BJ landed a couple of strikes around the one minute mark. Really close round with neither guy really doing much damage. I’ve got BJ up 20-18 with the second round being closer than the first.
R3- Kenny pressed BJ up against the cage for the first half of the round. Kenny controlled this round without doing a lot of damage. BJ was able to get in a couple of shots on the fence near the end of the round. Another close round. I’ve got Florian taking this one so that makes the fight Penn 29 Florian 28.
R4- BJ landed a couple of strikes to open the round. BJ got a take down about a minute into the round. BJ has trouble passing Kenny’s guard but still lands a couple of nice shots. BJ was able to mount and Kenny gave up his back. BJ nailed Kenny with some kicks to the side which opened up the Rear Naked and BJ grabbed the Rear Naked Choke for the win. Really great move by BJ Penn for the victory and successful title defense.
Winner and still champion: BJ Penn by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) R4 3:54
Lightweight Fight- George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop
This was a pre-show fight featuring TUF 6 vs. TUF 8.
R1- Roop went for a kick and got taken down by Sotiropoulos. Sotiropoulos quickly mounted Roop but Roop got back to his feet. Sotiropoulos hit a good combination that stunned Roop. Sotiropoulos was able to get Roop down on the mat again and once again quickly passed his guard. Sotiropoulos is controlling this fight early much like I thought he would.
R2- Sotiropoulos got Roop down on the mat early in this round. Sotiropoulos got the kimura and tapped out Roop. Good showing for Sotiropoulos.
Winner: George Sotiropoulos by Submission (Kimura) R2 1:59
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
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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