MMA Critique

Russian Cyborg vs The Maine-iac

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:57:00 +0000

From Sherdog.com

Top ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will fight Tim Sylvia on July 19. The Russian mixed martial arts champion confirmed the bout to Sherdog.com on Tuesday.

Big news....maybe. I was looking forward to Fedor fighting either Josh Barnett or Randy Couture. But Tim Sylvia is the first half decent fighter that Fedor will fight in a long while. Hopefully this fight will be five rounds. Will the universe cease to exist if Tim wins another boring decision?

No UFC No News

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:41:00 +0000

Past couple of weeks have been dry and any minute piece of MMA news has already been blogged to death by others. Couple of shows coming up.
Upcoming Events:
ShoXC: Denny vs Malaipet
This Friday, March 21, 2008
Showtime Broadcast at 11pm PT/ET
Malaipet vs Thomas Denny
Marlon Mathias vs Conor Heun
Aaron Rosa vs Jaime FletcherS
hane Del Rosario vs Analu Brash
Mark Oshiro vs Chris Cariaso
Brandon Tarn vs Jason Williams
Devin Howard vs Mark Kempthorne
Vince Guzman vs Lyle Beerbohm
Kenny Johnson vs Michael Penafiel
Steve Gable vs Eric Jones

WEC
03/26/2008 9:00 PM ET Live On Versus
Doug Marshall Vs. Brian Stann
Chael Sonnen Vs. Bryan Baker
Ed Ratcliff Vs. Marcus Hicks
Steve Cantwell Vs. Tim McKenzie
Hiromitsu Miura Vs. Blas Avena
John Alessio Vs. Brock Larson
Sergio Gomez Vs. Richard Crunkilton Jr.
Ryan Stonitsch Vs. Alex Serdyukov
Chris Manuel Vs. Kenji Osawa
Logan Clark Vs. Scott Harper

UFC Fight Night 13
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at 7 p.m. ET on SpikeTV
Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado
Kenny Florian Vs. Joe Lauzon
Thiago Alves Vs. Karo Parisyan
Matt Hamill Vs. Tim Boetsch
Kurt Pellegrino Vs. Nate Diaz
James Irvin Vs. Houston Alexander
Gray Maynard Vs. Frank Edgar
Josh Neer Vs. Din Thomas
Ryan Roberts Vs. Marcus Aruelio
Jeff Cox Vs. Manny Gamburyan
Samy Schiavo Vs. Clay Guida
Roman Mitichyan Vs. George Sotiropoulos
Anthony Johnson Vs. Tommy Speer

Karo's title shot

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:30:00 +0000

Karo Parysian has been waiting for centuries to fight for the UFC's metalic object mounted onto a belt strap. He had to work his way back to the top of the welterweight division after his injury.

All that is fine but if he really wanted a title shot he should have fought Jon Fitch. A win over Fitch would have cemented him as the #1 contendor if George St. Pierre beats Matt Serra. If Matt Serra were to win he would definitly have to face Matt Hughes. This would be a worst case senario because if Fitch gets put ahead of him might have to wait till next year to get his shot.

During an interview on Inside MMA on HDNET," Parisyan was asked about a fight with Jon Fitch. Parisyan said that he wanted a "more-guaranteed win" and wanted "an easier fight than Jon Fitch so I can basically have a high percentage of beating Fitch and getting a title shot." What a wussy move.

Karo's next opponent isn't anyone to take likely. Thiago Alves is a mad mofo with some serious skills and a cool nickname (the pitbull). He's also the guy who was finished by Fitch at UFC Ultimate Fight Night 5 by TKO (strikes). Not only if he loses but if he goes on to win a boring decision he should not recieve a shot at the belt before Fitch.

Now that Anderson Silva has dismantled the middleweight division that are no more challengers after Yushin Okami. The UFC has promised Karo a title shot not a welterweight title shot. I say give him to Anderson Silva to teach him not to look for easier fights. If he were as tough as he thinks he is let him go up to 185 lbs. and challenger Anderson Silva.

For all his fight experience, Karo is a young guy and I'm sure he'll get his title shot eventually.

Shogun broke his knee again

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:46:00 +0000

From UFC.Com

Rua Re-Injures Knee, will undergo Surgery
By Thomas Gerbasi
Scheduled to make his return to the Octagon this June against Chuck Liddell at UFC 85in London, light heavyweight star Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has instead been forced to withdraw from the bout due to a ruptured ACL in his left knee, the same injury he had surgery on to repair last October after his UFC 76 fight with Forrest Griffin.

Surgery on the injured knee will be scheduled shortly, and there is no word on when Rua will be cleared to return to the Octagon.

One of the game’s top 205-pound fighters, the 26-year old Rua was looking to get back in the win column after his defeat at the hands of Griffin last year, and his bout with Liddell was just the motivation he needed to train like never before.

“I’ve never seen Shogun so motivated for a fight like this in years,” said Rua spokesman Eduardo Alonso. “This was like a new beginning for him.

”Liddell’s opponent for UFC 85, which will be held at London’s O2 Arena on June 7th, will be announced shortly. As for Rua, he promises to be back and better than ever as soon as possible.

“He thanks his fans for all the support,” said Alonso. “It means a lot to him.”

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion Results

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:41:00 +0000

Preliminary Fights
Jorge Gurgel defeats John Halverson via unanimous decision
Diego Sanchez submits (strikes) David Bielkheden round 1
Josh Koscheck defeats Dustin Hazelett via TKO (strikes) round 2
Luigi Fiorvanti defeats Luke Cummo via unanimous decision
Andre Arlovski defeats Jake O’Brien via TKO (strikes) round 2
Main Card
Jon Fitch over Chris Wilson via unanimous decision
Yushin Okami knocked out (knee) Evan Tanner round 2
Chris Leben defeats Alessio Sakara via TKO round 1
Heath Herring defeats Cheick Kongo by split decision
Anderson Silva submits (choke) Dan Henderson round 2
Results from fiveouncesofpain.com

UFC bonuses (60K)
Fight of the Night: Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson
Knockout of the night: Chris Leban
Submission of the night: Anderson Silva

UFC 82 fighter pay-outs
Anderson Silva - $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Dan Henderson - $100,000
Heath Herring - $140,000 ($70,000 to show, $70,000 to win)
Cheick Kongo - $30,000
Chris Leben - $50,000 ( $25,000 to show, $25,000 to win)
Alessio Sakara - $17,000
Yushin Okami - $28,000 ($14,000 to show, $14,000 to win)
Evan Tanner - $25,000
Jon Fitch - $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
Chris Wilson - $12,000
Andrei Arlovski - $170,000 ($105,000 to show, $65,000 to win)
Jake O’Brien - $11,000
Luigi Fioravanti - $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
Luke Cummo - $16,000
Josh Koscheck - $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Dustin Hazelett - $12,000
Diego Sanchez - $60,000 ($30,000 to show, $30,000 to win)
David Bielkheden - $8,000
Jorge Gurgel - $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
John Halverson - $3,000

Miscellaneous
Mark Coleman inducted into UFC Hall of Fame

Closing Thoughts
1) The crowd was horrible. If there was two seconds of inactivity they would boo. This crowd wasn't as enthusiastic as the one that showed up for UFC 62. Especially during the Randy Couture and Tim Syliva fight in which Randy controlled Tim on the ground for the better part of five rounds.

2)UFC like any other business is trying to make as much money as possible. Not only do they increase ppv prices by five dollars but they don't show as many fights as they can. They are hoping that fans will run to their computer to purchase the unaired fights from the UFC homepage. To accomplish this the ppv telecast moves at a very slow pace. I don't need to see a commercial about the fights that are happening later on. They do not need to show all the entrances especially for the early fights. Many times in Pride Fighting Championships they would show only the last entrance. So instead of asking us to wear a brand of watch or ride a Harley perhaps they can satiate our thirst for more combat.

3)Anderson Silva has not cleaned out the division entirely. Many people have opined that with this dominating victory over Dan Henderson, Anderson Silva has no one left to fight. This is incorrect. They're are many more fights for Silva at 185 lbs. First he should fight Okami to avenge his defeat by disqualification. This should be an easy win but you never know. Next he should face Matt Hughes. The only thing in the way is a possible match up with Matt Serra. If Serra beats George St. Pierre, Hughes gets the first crack at him. He also has potential opponents if his former Chute Boxe partners Mauricio Rua and Wanderlei Silva drop a weight class. Wanderlei can hang at light heavyweight because he still has power but Shogun is too light to match up with the UFC 205ers. Mauricio would make an interesting opponent for Anderson.

4)UFC announces that Brock Lesnar will face Mark Coleman. The same people who said that Lesnar wold destroy Mir are predicting that he might pound Coleman into dust. Brock Lesnar could get the victory but it wont be an easy one. Lesnar has the strength, athleticism and explosiveness but what he doesn't have is experience. That's what Frank Mir used to get the win over Brock.

Fighter of the night video corner: Anderson "the spider" Silva

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Anderson Silva demonstrates the Clinch by JohnHacklemanrn

Henderson vs Silva UFC 82 Clinch Fighting For Dummies by theMMAAddict

MMA Schedule - March

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:28:00 +0000

UFC 82: Pride of a Champion 3/1
(Middle) Anderson Silva vs. Dan Henderson
(Heavy) Cheick Kongo vs. Heath Herring
(Middle) Alessio Sakara vs. Chris Leben
(Middle) Evan Tanner vs. Yushin Okami
(Welter) Jon Fitch vs. Chris Wilson
(Welter) Diego Sanchez vs. David Bielkheden
(Heavy) Andrei Arlovski vs. Jake O’Brien
(Welter) Luke Cummo vs. Luigi Fioravanti
(Welter) Josh Koscheck vs. Dustin Hazelett
(LightW) Jorge Gurgel vs. John Halverson
List from MMAMania

World Victory Road: SENGOKU 3/5
Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Josh Barnett
Ryo Kawamura vs. Antonio Braga Neto
Fabricio Monteiro vs. Nick Thompson
Takanori Gomi vs. Duane Ludwig
Makoto Takimoto vs. Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
Kazuo Misaki vs. Siyar Bahadurzada
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Graham
List from Japan MMA

Dream 1 3/15
Single Fights
Mirko Cro Cop vs TBA
Lightweight Grand Prix 1st Round Fights
J.Z. Calvan vs Shinya Aoki
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs Black Mamba
Kazuyuki Miyata vs Luis Buscape
Koutetsu Boku vs Joachim Hansen
Other Lightweight Grand Prix Participants:
Andre Dida
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Caol Uno
Gilbert Melendez
Artur Oumakhanov
Jung Bukyung
List from m1mixfight.com

WEC 3/26
Paulo Filho Vs. Chael Sonnen
Doug Marshall Vs. Brian Stann
List from WEC.com

With CBS deal, EliteXC in better position to destroy MMA.

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:48:00 +0000

Is anyone else just a little afraid that EliteXC's chubby tracksuit man (Gary Shaw) and his son $kala are representing mma. Somewhere in the US of A there will be someone turning on their tube and then flip through channels looking for something to watch. They will land on CBS during an EliteXC telecast and it will not matter that this is a fairly new organization that doesn't have the best fighters in the world. People who've never seen mma will judge the sport by the product EliteXc and CBS put on.

Better Clinch: Greco-Roman or Muay Thai ?

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:31:00 +0000

Jake Shields upgraded to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:22:00 +0000

Jake Shields received his Masters Degree in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu from Cesar Gracie.

From GracieFighter.com

Jake Shields has been awarded a Blackbelt in Gracie Jiu-jitsu. Shields has had an incredible MMA and submission grappling career and looks to only further his accomplishments in the future.In 2002 Shields defeated Hayato "Mach" Sakurai to shock the MMA world. He later became only the 2nd American to have ever won the Shooto Championship. In 2005 Shields took 3rd place in the ADCC World Championships by defeating Diego Sanchez, Cameron Earl and Leo Santos. Later in the year he submitted John Fitch to become the Gracie Open Superfight Champion. In 2006 Shields defeated Dave Menne, Yushin Okami and Carlos Condit to become the Rumble on the Rock GP Champion. Last year Shields submitted Renato "Charuto" Verissimo and Mike Pyle to become EliteXC's #1 contender.Shields has now joined David Terrell and Nick Diaz in becoming 1 of an elite 3 that has ever been promoted to Blackbelt at the Cesar Gracie Academy. Congratulations Jake Shields!

I'm Back

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:11:00 +0000

Another Interim Title Fight? Sylvia vs. Nogueira set for UFC 81

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:37:00 +0000

According to MMANews.com

The following is a translated note from an article on Portaldovt: "In first hand, the fight between Minotauro and Tim Sylvia was signed hours ago, and it will take place in UFC 81, feb. 2nd, in Las Vegas. Randy did not reach agreements with UFC and the vague title will be disuputed between Minotauro and Tim"

Dana White solves problem of not having enough title fights by creating new belts

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 06:25:00 +0000

Sean Sherk tests positive for steroids: UFC80 interim LW title fight B.J. Penn vs Joe Stevenson

Matt Serra suffers herniated disc: UFC79 interim WW title fight Matt Hughes vs GSP

UFC punishes New Jersey again by booking Ricardo Almeida vs Alan Belcher

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:51:00 +0000

After the horrible piece of flaming poo UFC78: Validation was the UFC again shits on New Jersey. Ricardo Almeida a Renzo Gracie black belt and instructor at his NJ school is scheduled to face Alan 'The Talent" Belcher. Belcher in his last fight dismantled Kalib Starnes sending him home with his face broken. Almeida last competed in Pride Bushido 3 getting a decision win vs Ryo Chonan in 2004. With three years worth of ring rust Almeida might be turn out to be a highly skilled punching back for however long it takes him to fall down and not get up. After giving New Jersey the worst UFC card in recent memory you'd think they might throw the east coast fans a bone and give Almeida someone more manageble as a reintroduction to MMA.
This Proves that,
A) UFC is trying to pull a middleweight contendor out of their ass to feed to Doctor Anderson Silva, specialist in nose reconstruction surgery.
B)Aliens have taken over Joe Silva's brain.
AND
C)UFC doesn't care about east coast MMA fans.

Tito Ortiz's Big Head Will Have Bigger Audience with Apprentice

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:35:00 +0000

From the NBC press Release:

"NEW YORK – Monday, Nov. 19th 2007 – NBC and Donald Trump return to New York City with "The Celebrity Apprentice," with an all-star celebrity lineup of candidates. This installment of "The Apprentice," now in its seventh season, changes the game. "The Celebrity Apprentice" with host Donald Trump begins its latest edition on Thursday, January 3 (9:00PM ET)."

Press Release describes Ortiz as,

"...an Ultimate Fighting Champion – holds the record for light heavyweight fighting from 2000-2003. He has his own clothing line, and is developing a new XBOX game."

This is Dana White's worst nightmare, a fighter that might become bigger than the UFC. A fighter that can leave the UFC and go anywhere bring PPV buys with him. UFC will have to cave to Tito Ortiz's demands before the show comes out before he becomes a bigger star.

Other Contestants:

Country singer Trace Adkins, model/actress Carol Alt, actor Stephen Baldwin, Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, Playmate Tiffany Fallon, Olympic softball player Jennie Finch, producer Nely Galan, actor Marilu Henner, boxer Lennox Lewis, Apprentice contestant Omarosa, America’s Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, actor Vincent Pastore, and Kiss singer Gene Simmons.

UFC78: LAYnPRAY

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:49:00 +0000

AND

UFC's Lightweight Division on Life Support

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:50:00 +0000

Dana White and his buddy Sean Sherk have put the lightweight division in trouble. Sherk for either being too dumb to know that one of the 80 pills he swallows was tainted or for being a dirty pill-popping cheater. Dana White refuses to strip his buddy of the belt and even attempts to "bitch slap" the California Athletic Commission. Without having the belt defended consitantly the weight division doesn't exist. Tyson Griffin, Stevenson, Bj. Penn and the rest are held up fighting each other without no real goal. As soon as Sherk got the belt by LnP Florian for 5 bloody rounds he got surgery on his shoulder then he defended aganist the fruity hair guy Franca and got busted for being a cheat. How long will he go between title defenses, their are a TON of good guys at 155lbs. The lightweight fights almost always turn out to be the fight of the night. It's time to let go and hand B.J. his belt.

Cung Le set to fight finer brand of "tomato can" at 11/16 Strikeforce Event

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:27:00 +0000

Cung Le is set to fight former TUFer Sammy Morgan. Morgan was the one that got knocked out by the pee-drinker Luke Commo on the show then lost to Burkman in the finale and later on lost to Forrest Petz. Highlight Ko's are great but Cung is almost halfway to 40, I would rather see him in their aganist better opponents. He doesn't have to fight Anderson Silva or Dan Henderson but what about David Louiseau or Ninja Rua. It's time for his handlers to start giving him better competition. I would love to see him fight Robbie Lawler after a few more fights.

Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:44:00 +0000

His ultimate motivation to fight?
He might not be the most professional fighter their is but he's fun to watch. All I know is that a fight between him and Nick Diaz would be fan-fucking-tastic. Crazy Horse and Nick Diaz talking shit to each other back and forth will sell the card all by themselves. One idea to make this possible fight even more exciting, winner gets lifetime supply of weed.

Randy Couture Quits

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:28:00 +0000

The Countdown Begins.....
Dana White WILL destroy Randy's legacy, especially if he fights for another organization. He will have to explain how could he have failed to sign the best heavyweight and then have the number two guy quit. Of course it will start with a Yahoo! story by Kevin "I heart Dana White" Iole bashing Randy Couture. There will be no way for Randy to counter this bad press, the UFC's PR machine is just too good. They'll shout down from the tallest mountain they can find and swear that Randy's a greedy, money loving bastard and that they want him anyway because he's finished. Couture will just have to bend over and take and just move on.

Joe Scarola, Biggest Wuss in TUF History?

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:17:00 +0000

Reasons why he's the suckiest reality fighter ever.

Asked Hughes not to pick him

Handicapped his team, Serra forced to pick him no. one

couldn't "take the house" by episode one

Brought the moral of his team down

wouldn't help his teammates after he lost

Put himself in a triangle and tapped with seconds left

Whining for two episodes about wanting to leave

UFC 205lb. #1 Contender?

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:02:00 +0000

Who in the UFC is worthy of wearing the #1 contender shirt?

Wanderlei Silva
"The Axe Murderer" has been out of action since he got knocked unconscious by Dan Henderson. Since Dan Henderson loss to Rampage he gets shuffled to the back of the deck which opens the door for Silva. Also, Wanderlei has two devastating knockout wins over Quinton Jackson from their time in Pride.
Options:
1)Contender match at December show aganist Jardine or Forrest.
2)UFC has upsetitis, put him in with Rampage by default.
3)Have him fight Chuck Liddell as scheduled and if he wins he gets the next title shot.

Forrest Griffin
Impressive win aganist Mauricio "Shogun" Rua puts him at the top of the division. If Shogun had won he was gonna fight Rampage next. The only thing hindering Griffin from receiving a title shot right away is his knockout loss to Keith Jardine.
Options:
1)Have him fight Wanderlei Silva at December show
2) How do you say You Loss Your Title Shot to a Reality TV Star in Portuguese. He choked out the man that was ranked no. 1 at light heavyweight so give him the next shot at Rampage.
3)Rematch aganist Keith Jardine to determine who fights Rampage.

Keith Jardine
Moves way up the rankings with a split decision win aganist the best 205lb. champ in UFC history Chuck Liddell. Would get te next available title shot but he just loss Houston Alexander in his fight before last. Even though it would be nice to see Quinton pick Keith Jardine apart he might need one more win to get his chance.
Options:
1)Have the Cops on speed dial and give him The "Axe Murderer". He beat Chuck Liddell, give him Wanderlei who Chuck was supposed to fight next.
2)REVENGE! Have him avenge his knockout loss to Houston Alexander
3)Give Forrest a chance to avenge his loss

Lyoto Machida
The Karate point fighter and decision fighter is undefeated. His style might make you want to take a nap but in his last fight he made an effort to finish the fight. What more can you ask for. As they say, Rome wasen't built in a day. If he steps it up in his next match and wins by spectacular knockout aganist a notable fighter or at the very least doesn't make me want to take my own life while watching him fight he should be in the title picture.
Options:
1)All the kids want the name brands!! Give him Chuck, Shogun, Jardine, Tito, Alexander or Rashad.
2)Like your first day in jail, Machida needs to make someone his bitch. He needs to stop all the f--king counter attack stuff. Go and knock someone the F--K out.

Houston Alexander
Nebraska's in the House!!! Needs more wins in the UFC. Also needs to show that he can survive aganist someone with an actual gameplan that doesn't involve receiving brain damage.
Options:
1)WIN and WIN BIG.
2) "If you master the five Ds, no amount of balls on earth can hit you." Show that you have all the elements of a well rounded mma fighter.

Honarable Mentions
Rashad Evans - Momentum killed by draw with Tito Ortiz. Should skip that rematch and fight someone new.

Tito Ortiz - The second most excited person in the world when Rampage took Chuck out. Shot himself in the foot by getting a point deducted then gasing out in the third round in his fight aganist Rashad Evans

UFC 76 Comments

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:54:00 +0000

UFC 76: Knockout
This was one of the best ppv events the UFC has put on in recent memory with two huge upsets. This card demostrated why rankings are useless in mixed martial arts. All the fights on the televised card were full of action.

Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine
The Iceman looked great in the first round landing alot of good shots hurting Jardine on a few occasions. Jardine did not look comfortable at all but connected with some leg kicks. If Chuck had pushed the pace more he could have finished it in the first round. At the start of the second Jardine looked much more confident. Stringing together combinations with punches and many leg kicks. Towards the middle of the round, Jardine dropped Chuck with a right but Liddell gets up quickly. Jardine continues to outstrike Liddell leaving him with a huge bruise on his left side. Jardine takes the decision and Wanderlei looks as upset as upset as "The Iceman".

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs. Forrest Griffin
In the worst performance of his career Shogun Rua looked like garbage for three rounds. By the middle of the second round he had his hands down gasping for air. Forrest looked stronger, stuffed takedowns and outstruck Rua. Forrest ended the fight at the end of the third by rear naked choke. Not the best week for Chute Boxe.

Kazuhiro Nakamura Vs. Lyoto Machida
This was a good fight. Machida impressed me by comming out aggresive. I expected Lyoto to come out with his usual slow karate point fighting style but he looked good. He almost finished Nakamura many times but Kaz is one tough Japanese dude. Machida wins with an impressive decision.

Diego Sanchez vs. Jon Fitch

This was one of those fights were the bigger stronger guy won. Diego Sanchez had Fitch in two really tight submissions that he got out of. Fitch controlled Diego the whole fight long winning him the decision. My question is what do you reward more, applying or escaping a submission. Fitch didn't do too much damage just stayed on top of Diego. Either educate these judges on ground fighting or scrap the ten point must system and create another scorring system from scratch.

Tyson Griffin vs. Thiego Tavarez

This was a back and forth war. If they were fighting under Pride rules I would had Tavarez winning because he landed a flying knee that hurt Tyson which was the best strike of the fight. Under boxing's stupid ten point must system scoring criteria they gave the fight to Griffin. At least they should have scored a draw but the UFC needs contendors and Tyson Griffin wins by another split decsion.

The Aftermath

This results of this card made of mess of the light heavyweight division's title picture. Shogun was expected to fight Rampage after beating Griffin and Chuck was supposed o fight Wanderlei to see who got the title shot after. The only thing is certain is that Rampage Jackson is now the no. 1 fighter in the division after that only the mma gods know.

Shogun Forgets To Bring His Gas Can

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:48:00 +0000

Disappointing performance, finished by a realty tv guy. :(

Punk'd: Ashton Kutcher to Fight in UFC

noreply@blogger.com (MMA Critique) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:06:00 +0000

Is Mauricio "Shogun" Rua ready for the Octagon?

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