Main Card:
Heavyweight: Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem
Lightweight: Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone
Welterweight: Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks
Light Heavyweight: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Featherweight: Nam Phan vs. Jimy Hettes
Shawn's Predictions: Nam Phan vs. Jimy Hettes: Phan via Decision Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Alexander Gustafsson: Gustafsson via TKO Jon Fitch vs. Johny Hendricks: Fitch via Decision Nate Diaz vs. Donald Cerrone: Cerrone via Decision Brock Lesnar vs. Alistair Overeem: Overeem via TKO
This is long overdue, but do to being on winter break, I've been busy doing absolutely nothing with myself. Thought I should get this done for all the "readers" out there (if any). Anyways, to the results.
A potential FOTN Featherweight bout started off the event between hometown hero Mark Hominick and "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung. Many new that after the death of Hominick's trainer and close friend Shawn Tompkins, a win for the Canadian was much needed. The bell rang and the two touched gloves. In the first few seconds, Hominick swung a wide right hook at Jung, the "Korean Zombie" rocked Hominick and finished him in just 7 seconds. He tied the record for the fastest KO in record history (tied with Duffee/Hague) in one of the most unexpected outcomes. Kudos to KZ, but it was a very emotional night for Hominick and the rest of his Canadian followers. The second fight of the night featured welterweight fighters Claude Patrick and Brian Ebersole. In a back and forth bout, Ebersole notched a razor-thin split decision win over Patrick some see as controversial, taking the victory on Patrick's home turf. In the third fight of the night, Tito Ortiz, now the "The People's Champ", faced off against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. In the middle of round one, Little Nog rocked Ortiz with a knee to the body and swarmed, finishing Ortiz with a TKO win due to strikes on the ground. It is unsure what is next for Ortiz, as he said that he is willing to fight one more time. Personally, I could care less. I appreciate what he has done for the sport, but his cockiness and attitude gets on my nerves big time.
In the co-main event, Heavyweights Frank Mir and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira faced off in a rematch. They're first fight ended with Mir becoming the first man to finish Big Nog, as he took the victory by TKO. Big Nog claimed that this loss was due to his staph infection at the time, but Mir wasn't having it. Big Nog came out to prove that he match Mir's skills on the feet, and proved just that. Big Nog rocked Mir on the feet and Mir fell to the ground, fighting to keep the fight alive. Instead of trying to finish Mir with strikes, Nog made a risky decision and went for a guillotine, to prove he could also match, if not better Mir's BJJ skills. With a quick sweep and roll around, Mir caught Big Nog in a kimura, and unfortunately, Big Nog refused to tap, resulting in a broken humerus. In one of the more gruesome finishes we have seen, Mir proved his first win wasnt a fluke, and also became the first man to submit Nog, the proclaimed BJJ expert. It is unsure what is next for Nog, but it is speculated Mir might match up with former HW champ Cain Velasquez in the future.
In the main event, Jon Jones took on what most believed to be his toughest challenge stylistically, Lyoto Machida. The first round was definitely taken by Machida. With his effective striking and karate skills, Lyoto proved to be the danger that most thought would be Jones' "kryptonite". Jones held his own through the round and prevailed into the second, in which he caught Lyoto with a standing guillotine on the cage. Similar to Big Nog in his fight with Mir, Lyoto refused to tap and paid the price. The ref was forced to stop the fight, as Lyoto was sent crumbling down to the canvas, having Jones retain his LHW title once again, cementing himself among the top in the P4P list.
Vinny got 5 points, Joe and I (Shawn) got 4 points, and Jon got 3 points.
A great way to end what could potentially be called one of the best seasons of "The Ultimate Fighter". This season displayed some of the best fights we've seen in the reality series and I believe the fighters that earned contracts will continue to put on a good showing in the octagon. Onto the results.
The opening bout was between Bantamweight semi-finalist Johnny Bedford (Team Miller) and Bantamweight quarter-finalist Louis Gaudinot (Team Bisping). The majority of the fight was dominated by Bedford and in the third round Bedford dropped Gaudinot, finishing him with vicious knees to the body and strikes. The second fight of the card was between TUF 13 winner Tony Ferguson and Yves Edwards. Ferguson ended up taking a close back and forth battle on the feet, getting the unanimous decision nod from the judges.
Bantamweight finalists John Dodson (Team Miller) and T.J. Dillashaw (Team Bisping) squared off in a fairly short battle. The fight was fairly even until Dodson rocked Dillashaw with a hook and jumped on him for the finish., becoming the TUF 14 BW winner. Many will argue that the stoppage was premature, and I can definitely see why, but I couldn't give 2 shits because I still believe Dodson's the better fighter of the two.
Featherweight finalists Diego Brandao (Team Bisping) and Dennis Bermudez (Team Miller) fought a one round fight that, in my opinion, was the best round of the year, and one of the best fights of the year. In the first (and only) round, Brandao quickly rocked Bermudez, but the "Menace" was back to his feet quickly. Bermudez then responded at the end of the round with a brutal straight right that sent Brandao crashing down. Bermudez attempted to finish the fight, but Brandao caught him with a beautiful armbar, becoming the TUF 14 FW winner. Coming from somebody that as a little bit of BJJ training, that armbar was absolutely perfectly executed. Dennis was tapping before he even rolled over. Check it out (hopefully this video doesn't get removed, I'll put another in the comments):
The coaches Michael Bisping and Jason Miller squared off in a long awaited match-up in the main event. The first round went to Mayhem in my opinion, with him hitting Bisping with some power shots and landing a nice takedown. The second and third round were pure domination on Bisping's part though. In those rounds, it looked as if Mayhem gassed out or had a complete adrenaline dump. With his technical superiority, Bisping completely outstruck Miller en route to a third round TKO, finally "squashing the beef".
I (Shawn) got 6 points, Jon and Vinny got 5 points, and Joe got 4 points.
This weeks spectacular knockout comes from a match up between Marius Zaromskis and Bruno Carvalho at Rumble Of The Kings last Saturday.
Near the end of the round, Zaromskis lets go a gnarly cartwheel kick to the head of Carvalho, a maneuver that is extremely rare. Carvalho falls and Zaromskis continues with strikes, winning the fight via KO at 4:59 of round 1. Take a look:
This past weekend was a spectacular weekend for MMA. This post is basically our "Highlights of the Week" post, which clips/news from UFC 139, Bellator 58, Strikeforce Challengers: Britt vs. Sayers, and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson
UFC 139:
- Since the UFC has that whole copyright bullshit, we have no highlights to show you. But, the last three fights of the night made this card look like one of the best of the year.
- Urijah Faber defeated Brian Bowles via submission with a guillotine choke in round 2 in a faced-paced battle
- Wanderlei Silva defeated Cung Le via TKO (punches) in round 2 in a bout that won FOTN
- Dan Henderson defeated Mauricio "Shogun" Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) in a bout that some are considering to be the greatest fight in UFC history. I strongly, and I repeat, strongly disagree. Don't get me wrong, it was an awesome fight, but people are overrating it because of the two legends that were involved. Also, both men gassing towards the end didn't help either. Nonetheless, the fight was still deserving of its FOTN award along with Silva/Le.
Bellator 58:
- In the co-main event, Middleweight champ Hector Lombard defeated Trevor Prangley in a non-title bout via TKO (punches) in round 2. Check it out:
- Michael Chandler defeated former Lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 4 to win the title. Chandler was a definite underdog in this fight and fought through some tough rounds to take the victory. After almost finishing Alvarez in the first round, the former champ came back in the second and third to win both. In the fourth, Chandler rocked Alvarez, mounted him, and eventually locked in a choke. The full fight can be seen here:
Strikeforce Challengers: Britt vs. Sayers:
- Aldan Amagov defeated Anthony Smith via KO (punches) in round 1. This was a fairly sloppy fight, the knockout is pretty flush so I thought I'd post it:
- Ronda Rousey defeated Julia Budd via submission with an absolutely gnarly armbar that dislocated Budd's elbow. This was also Rousey's 4th win of her career, all are by way of armbar. Take a look:
M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson:
- Fedor Emelianenko defeated Jeff Monson via unanimous decision (30-27,30-27,30-27) and is finally back to his winning ways.
So that's basically a full weekend of highlights/clips. Stay tuned for more KO's of the Week and Submissions of the Week.
Arguably one of, if not the best card of 2011. I said from the beginning that this card was one of the best looking cards from top to bottom, and I was correct. The whole card delivered. Lets get straight to the results.
The first fight of the night was a light heavyweight bout between Stephan Bonnar and Kyle Kingsbury, in which Bonnar controlled the fight with effective striking and many takedowns, winning the fight via unanimous decision. Next was a welterweight battle between Martin Kampmann and Rick Story. Story started off fairly well in the first round, but was outclassed on the feet by Kampmann's superior technical striking. It was originally announced as a split decision for Kampmann, but after a correction Kampmann walked away with the unanimous decision victory. The third fight on the night was a bantamweight fight between Urijah Faber and Brian Bowles. Urijah controlled the fight with the striking until he rocked Bowles and sent him down to the canvas. Faber grabbed hold of a tight guillotine, rolled him over, took mount, and obtained the victory. Although I somewhat disagree with it, Faber is the #1 contender for the Bantamweight Championship (again) and will be fighting Dominick Cruz (again).
In the co-main event, legend Wanderlei Silva and Strikeforce vet Cung Le squared off in a middleweight showdown. The first round was won by Le with his effect Tae Kwon Do style. In the second round. Silva swarmed on Le and rocked him against the cage. Le fell on his knees to try to attempt a single-leg on Silva, but wasn't defending himself properly and the fight was stopped. In the main-event, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Dan Henderson squared off in a fight that will go down in the history books, and one of the best of the year. The first three rounds were dominated by Henderson's effective and powerful striking, rocking Rua a few times. The third round could have arguably given a score of 10-8 for Hendo (although I disagree). The fourth and fifth round were dominated by Shogun, arguably giving the fifth round a score of 10-8 for the Brazilian (although I also disagree). In the end, all three judges scored it 48-47 for your winner, Dan Henderson.
Joe got 5 points, Jon got 4 points, and Vinny and I (Shawn) got 3 points.
This past Saturday delivered with 2 brand new, spectacular knockouts.
First is from a welterweight matchup for the Tournament Championship at Bellator 57 between UFC vet Ben Saunders and Douglas Lima. The winner of this fight was to go on and face welterweight champ Ben Askren for the title. Lima was featured on our last "Knockout Of The Day" write-up, and here he is again with a "beaut" of a KO. Just 1:21 into round 2, Saunders ducks into a huge right from Lima that sends him down to the canvas. Lima jumps on him and delivers hammer-fists, forcing the ref to stop the fight. Check it out:
As expected, the next knockout comes from the main event of UFC on FOX, where Cain Velasquez battled Junior Dos Santos for the Heavyweight Championship. The fight started with a few basic exchanges on the feet, including a failed takedown by Cain after a front kick from JDS. 1:04 into the very first round, Dos Santos unleashed a huge overhand right to the champ's temple, sending him down. JDS pounced on Cain and finished the fight with strikes and was declared the UFC Heavyweight Champ. Take a look (skip to 4:30 just for the KO):
UFC's debut on FOX last night surely left its mark. The airing only showed one fight, obviously being the Heavyweight Championship fight, with the prelims airing on Facebook prior to the event. Lets get straight to the results shall we?
In the last preliminary fight, Clay Guida and Ben Henderson came out fast and swinging. In the opening round, Bendo won the majority of the exchanges on the feet and had some nice takedowns. The second round goes similarly, but in the third round, Guida grabs hold of a nice guillotine from the top but could not get the correct position to finish the choke. This round arguably could have gone either way. In the end, Ben Henderson won the fight on all three scorecards and is now in line to fight Frankie Edgar for the Lightweight title in Japan in February.
In the main event, both Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos came out cautious. Cain stuck Junior with some nice punches in the beginning and then failed to complete a takedown after Junior went for a leg kick. At 1:04 of the first round. JDS unloaded a huge overhand right to Velasquez that sent him down on all fours. JDS pounced, and knocked out Cain with strikes on the ground, becoming the new Heavyweight Champion.
Vinny got 3 points, Joe and I (Shawn) got 2 points, and Jon sadly came up with 0 points.
For this event we will be doing only 2 fight predictions. One will obviously be the main event between Cain Velasquez and Junior Dos Santos, the other being the un-televised lightweight bout between Clay Guida and Ben Henderson, because the winner could potentially be the #1 contender for the Lightweight Championship
Main Card:
Heavyweight Championship: Cain Velasquez (c) vs. Junior Dos Santos
Preliminary Card:
Lightweight: Clay Guida vs. Ben Henderson
Shawn's Predictions
Clay Guida vs. Ben Henderson: Henderson via Decision Cain Velasquez (c) vs. Junior Dos Santos: Velasquez via Decision
Vinny's Predictions: Clay Guida vs. Ben Henderson: Henderson via Submission Cain Velasquez (c) vs. Junior Dos Santos: Dos Santos via KO
For a free card on Spike, this card absolutely delivered. Lets get straight to the results,
In the opening fight, Terry Etim displayed his BJJ and finished Eddie Faaloloto in just 17 seconds with a standing guillotine choke. This victory awarded him Submission of the Night and the 12th submission victory of hi career. In the next fight, kickboxer Cyrille Diabate faced off against veteran Anthony Perosh. In the 2nd round, Perosh submitted Diabate with a rear-naked choke, securing his second win in the UFC. Next on the card was awaited welterweight between Thiago Alves and UFC new-comer Papy Abedi. In the opening round, Abedi displayed his kickboxing by battering Alves. In a quick turn of events, Alves rocked Abedi, took his back and secured a rear-naked choke for the victory. In the second fight of the night, England's own Brad Pickett faced off against highly-touted Renan Barao. In a bout that won Fight of the Night, both men threw bombs in the opening round. The fight was back and forth until it went to the ground, where Barao secured Pickett's back and won via rear-naked choke.
In the main event, Chris Leben faced off against Mark Munoz. Munoz controlled most of the fight with some heavy hands, and he eventually opened up a bad cut above Leben's eye. After the second round, the cut began bleeding profusely and Leben's corner stopped the fight, rewarding Munoz the TKO (corner stoppage) victory.
Finally a main card with all finishes.
I (Shawn) got 5 points, Joe and Jon each got 4 points, and Vinny got 3 points.
This event was unfortunately plagued a couple changes to the main event, but ended up working out alright. I wasn't able to watch because I was out celebrating "Halloweekend" at college so I'm kinda glad GSP didn't fight, but on the results.
To start off the card, highly-touted Japanese new-comer Hatsu Hioki defeated George Roop via split-decision. This further proves my point that the UFC is the top of the chain when it comes to competition, and that fighters from other organizations like Strikeforce, DREAM, etc, will not preform very well in the UFC. I don't expect him to make a big splash in the FW division. Next on the card was a bout between Scott Jorgensen and UFC-returnee Jeff Curran in which Jorgensen won by unanimous decision. In the 3rd fight of the night, Roy Nelson defeated Mirko Cro Cop by TKO in round 3. As most would expect, Cro Cop retired after this bout. It seems as if he just cant hang with the rest of the HW division anymore. Thanks for all the great years Cro Cop.
In the co-main event Cheick Kongo defeated TUF 10 alum Matt Mitrione via unanimous decision and in the main event, Nick Diaz defeated B.J. Penn via unanimous decision while putting on a boxing clinic. Penn won the 1st round and Diaz definitively won the 2nd and 3rd round, with one judge even giving Nick a 10-8 round. After the fight, B.J. Penn announced this would be his last time inside the octagon. Once again, thanks for all the years inside the octagon B.J.
I (Shawn) got 7 points, Vinny got 5 points, Joe got 4 points, and Jon got 3 points.
Here we are again with another beautifully executed knockout from Bellator.
Just last Saturday on October 8th, Bellator 53 delivered with some great fights. The co-main event/Welterweight semi-final match-up between Chris Lozano and Douglas Lima was one to be remembered. This fight was spent mostly on the stand up and about three minutes into the second round, Lima sent Lozano packing with a hard right hook handing Lozano only the second loss of his career. Take a look:
Douglas Lima is now set to face UFC veteran Ben Saunders at Bellator 57 in the Welterweight Tournament Final match.
These knockout posts are probably going to be a regular from now on, with Bellator being one of the only well-known promotion that posts their fight videos on YouTube. Expect more great KO's from Bellator in the coming weeks.
What an event. To start off the main card my Boston boy Joe Lauzon displayed his amazing BJJ by submitting Melvin Guillard with a rear-naked choke just 47 seconds into the fight. Lauzon was a huge underdog in this fight and to be honest I didn't really have much confidence in him. I am very excited for him and will always be a fan. Next on the card was a long awaited rematch between Nam Phan and Leonard Garcia in which Phan used his superior technical striking to win at least 2 rounds and take the decision. After being completely robbed in their first bout, Nam needed to win this fight, and he did just that. Kudos Nam.
In the third fight on the card, Chael Sonnen defeated Brian Stann with an arm triangle choke in round 2 in a fight that was mostly dominated by Chael on the ground. After the fight, Chael made a very bold WWE-like statement towards Anderson Silva regarding their rematch. This fight is pretty much booked but it is unsure when and where it will happen.
In the co-main event, Jose Aldo defended his Featherweight Championship by defeated Kenny Florian via unanimous decision. Aldo controlled the majority of the fight with his striking that left Florian with no offense. Florian was clearly very upset after the fight because this has been his third title fight and he has never won a championship. It is unclear whats next for Kenny.
In the main-event, Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard squared off in a very long awaited rematch for the Lightweight Championship. The opening round was very reminiscent of the 1st round of their second fight, with Gray dominating on the feet and almost knocking Frankie out. This round could have arguably been given a score of 10-8. The second and third round were hard to score, with both fighters providing a decent offense/defense against one another's attacks. I was very worried this fight would end in another draw if one of the two didn't definitively win the last two rounds. In a jaw-dropping fourth round, Frankie dropped Gray with an uppercut and pounced, knocking him out with strikes on the ground and retaining his coveted belt. A big congrats to Frankie for finishing this rivalry with a bang. Arguably one of the best cards of the year.
I (Shawn) got 6 points, Vinny got 5 points, Joe got 4 points, and Jon got 3 points.
Lightweight Championship: Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard
Featherweight Championship: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Kenny Florian
Middleweight: Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann
Featherweight: Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan
Lightweight: Melvin Guillard vs. Joe Lauzon
Shawn's Predictions: Melvin Guillard vs. Joe Lauzon: Guillard via TKO Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan: Phan via Decision Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann: Sonnen via Decision Jose Aldo (c) vs. Kenny Florian: Aldo via Decision Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard: Edgar via Decision
Vinny's Predictions: Melvin Guillard vs. Joe Lauzon:Lauzonvia Submission Leonard Garcia vs. Nam Phan:Phanvia Decision Chael Sonnen vs. Brian Stann:Stannvia Submission Jose Aldo(c)vs. Kenny Florian:Aldovia Submission Frankie Edgar(c)vs. Gray Maynard:Maynardvia Decision
I didnt watch this event because I was too busy getting plastered and mingling with bitches (kinda), but here are the results anyway
To start off the event, Matt Wiman defeated Mac Danzig by unanimous decision in their rematch, Anthony Johnson defeated Charlie Brenneman via TKO in round 1, and Stefan Struve defeated Pat Barry via submission (triangle armbar) in round 2. In the main event, Bantamweight Champ Dominick Cruz defeated Demetrious Johnson via unanimous decision to retain his belt.
I (Shawn) got 3 points, Joe and Vinny got 2 points, and Jon got 1 point.
I thought it would be nice to stray from the normal prediction posting for a bit to present you with a just wonderful knockout from a few weekends ago.
On September 24th at Bellator 51, the main event featured highly touted Bantamweight Joe Warren against Alexis Villa. Joe Warren is known as a fairly cocky fighter and considers himself to be "the baddest man on the planet", when he is only 7-1 in his MMA career. Im not sure what this guys thinking, but there is no way a guy thats 5 ft. 5 and 135 pounds can be that much of a badass. Unfortunately for Warren, Alexis Villa didnt agree. Check it out:
With one swift left, Alexis Villa took "the baddest man on the planet" and put him out cold. That little runt has no reason to use that ridiculous phrase anymore. Joe Warren's also the Bellator Featherweight Champ! They put him in a non-title fight that he should be able to win and he gets knocked out stiff with ease. If I was in charge of Bellator, Id take that stupid worthless belt right off of him. Plus, the guy isnt in the UFC and he thinks he can walk around claiming hes one of the best in the world. Not to hang on the UFC's nuts, but in the "octagon" is where he would find some real competition. My prediction is this little spitfuck would be easily beaten by any mid-tier UFC fighter. Stick to the shallow Bellator Featherweight division Joe.
Straight to the results. Nate Diaz started the off the event with a great armbar submission victory over Takanori Gomi, Travis Browne defeated Rob Broughton via unanimous decision, and Mark Hunt defeated Ben Rothwell via unanimous decision. In the co-main event Josh Koscheck defeated UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes via KO at the very end of round 1 (4:59), and in the main event my boy Jon Jones defeated Quinton "Rampage" Jackson via submission with a rear naked choke in round 4 to retain his title.
It is unsure after this event as to if Matt Hughes will retire from fighting. It would be great to see him go out with a bang, but he is getting old and slow. He is apparently still contemplating fighting for the UFC again.
Jon Jones on the other hand, proved to still be improving. It wasnt quick or easy, but he controlled most of his fight with Rampage and submitted him with a fair amount of ease in the 4th round. Next for Jones is Rashad Evans, who I also believe will have a lot of trouble with Jones. With the tension between the two, it should make for a greatly hyped fight.
As for points, Joe and I (Shawn) got 4 points, Jon got 3 points, and Vinny got 2 points.
Straight to the results. Alan Belcher made worth of his comeback by defeating Jason MacDonald via submission (strikes) in round 1, Erik Koch defeated TUF Season 12 winner Jonathan Brookins via unanimous decision, TUF Season 11 winner Court McGee defeated Dongi Yang via unanimous decision, and Jake Ellenberger moved furthur up the welterweight ladder by defeated contender Jake Shields quickly with a TKO victory just 53 seconds in round 1.
Jon and I (Shawn) got 4 points, Vinny got 1 point, and Joe got 0 points because he was too busy getting high at hempfest to send in his picks.
Welterweight: Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger Middleweight: Court McGee vs. Dongi Yang Featherweight: Jonathan Brookins vs. Eric Koch Middleweight: Alan Belcher vs. Jason MacDonald
Shawn's Predictions: Alan Belcher vs. Jason MacDonald: Belcher via Decision Jonathan Brookins vs. Eric Koch: Koch via Decision Court McGee vs. Dongi Yang: McGee via Submission Jake Shields vs. Jake Ellenberger: Shields via Decision
Because of college, I've been mad late on this, but its here. On the 27th of August, UFC 134 delivered in Rio, ending as one of the best cards I had seen in a while. To start off the night, Stanislav Nedkov defeated Luiz Cane via TKO in a late 1st round upset, Minotauro Nogueira pleased his Brazilian home town fans with an upset KO over Brendan Schaub, Edson Barboza barely defeated Ross Pearson in a split decision, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua made quick work of Forrest Griffin with a round 1 KO, and Anderson Silva defended his Middleweight Championship by defeating Yushin Okami with a skillful Ali-like TKO in round 2.
All I have to say is, when GSP beats Condit, yes, WHEN he beats Condit, Dana better set up GSP/Silva. Also, good for Minotauro for knocking out for Schaub. I thought for sure he would have been demolished in front of a crazy home crowd. Thank god he won though, the riots might have been like Vancouver.
As for the points, Joe and I (Shawn) got 6 points, Vinny got 5 points, and Jon got 2 points.
Middleweight Championship: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami
Light Heavyweight: Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
Heavyweight: Minotauro Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub
Lightweight: Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza
Light Heavyweight: Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov
Shawn's Predictions:
Luiz Cane vs. Stanislav Nedkov: Cane via Decision
Ross Pearson vs. Edson Barboza: Barboza via Decision
Minotauro Nogueira vs. Brendan Schaub: Schaub via KO
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Forrest Griffin: Rua via TKO Anderson Silva (c) vs. Yushin Okami: Silva via TKO
Lets get straight to the results. To start the event, Duane Ludwig defeated Amir Sadollah by unanimous decision by schooling the former TUF winner with a Muai Thai clinic, Donald Cerrone battered Charles Oliveira with a barrage of ground and pound to win the fight via TKO, Ben Henderson defeated highly touted contender Jim Miller via unanimous decision in a great back and forth fight that I thought was FOTN, and finally Chris Lytle defeated Dan Hardy via submission in the 3rd round in another back and forth fight that ended up receiving FOTN.
Because Hardy was on the verge of losing his 4th bout and being cut by the promotion, I was really pulling for him in this fight. Fortunately he wasnt cut by the promotion, but I think next they have to give him somebody he should be able to defeat. After watching his fight with GSP, I dont think he deserved a title shot, and since then he has been immensely overrated by the UFC itself and its fans. I dont care who he beats, but it would be pleasing to see Hardy knockout at least one more stiff before he gets cut.
After the event, Jon was awarded 4 points, Vinny and I (Shawn) both had 2 points, and Joe had 1 point.
Sorry for the wait, but I'm lazy. I didn't watch this event, but it turned out pretty well for something that looked like shit. With many injuries plaguing the card, many people weren't looking to spend their money on it (like me), but it sure delivered. To begin the event, Rory MacDonald defeated Mike Pyle via TKO, Jorge Rivera was defeated by Constantinos Philippou in a split decision, Brian Ebersole defeated Dennis Hallman via TKO and was awarded a "getting those horrifying shorts off TV as soon as possible" bonus by Dana White, Vitor Belfort defeated Yoshihiro Akiyama with a brutal KO, and Rashad Evans defeated Tito Ortiz via TKO in the main event.
As for points awarded after the event, Joe and Jon got 6 points, I (Shawn) got 5 points, and Vinny got 3 points.
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