A little late, but whatever, I'm a busy yet unmotivated man. For a card that had 4 decision fights on it, it delivered and got my moneys worth. In the main event, Junior Dos Santos and Shane Carwin fought to a hard fought one-sided decision, with JDS taking the victory. Dos Santos proved he was quicker, more durable, and superior in the stand up, battering and bloodying Shane Carwin with strikes. In the the second to last bout of the night, Kenny Florian defeated Diego Nunes in a bout where he also proved to be superior in the stand-up, using his kickboxing effectively to pick his spots and win on the judges score cards. Rumor has it that his next bout will be against Featherweight Champ Jose Aldo. Also on the card, Mark Munoz defeated Demian Maia in a unanimous 29-28 decision, Dave Herman defeated Jon Olav Einemo via TKO, and Donald Cerrone won a fairly one-sided decision over newcomer Vagner Rocha.
Once again, the UFC hyped up a fight between two heavy-handed strikers in which they claimed a knockout was surely going to happen. As I should have predicted, the fight went to decision. I think this is because strikers like Carwin and JDS wait for others to make the mistake, and land a fight winning shot in doing so. Because of this, the fight isn't boring, but causes a battle where both strikers pick their spots instead of going in for the kill. Neither fighter was able to finish, but then again neither fighter was ever in any serious danger. Because of his victory, JDS will be next in line to face Cain Velasquez for the Heavyweight Championship.
Joe and I (Shawn) were each awarded 8 points, and Vinny and Jon each had 5 points.
Standings:
Shawn: 50 points
Vinny: 46 points
Joe: 44 points
Jon: 35 points
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