Archive for January, 2008

-Matt Wiman def. Justin Buchholz via Submission  of Round 1.
-Corey Hill def. Joe Veres via TKO  of Round 2.
-Jeremy Stephens def. Cole Miller via TKO (strikes) at 4:44 of Round 2.
-Gray Maynard def. Dennis Siver via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds.
-Kurt Pellegrino def. Alberto Crane via TKO (strikes) at 1:55 of Round 2.
-Nathan Diaz def. Alvin Robinson via Submission (triangle choke) at 3:39 of Round 1.
-Thiago Tavares def. Michihiro Omigawa via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds.
-Patrick Cote def. Drew McFedries via TKO (strikes) at 1:44 of Round 1.
-Mike Swick def. Josh Burkman via Majority Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29) after 3 Rounds.

The Lightweight title fight started off quick with B.J. Penn mauling Joe Stevenson and putting him on his back quick. Mid-way though the 1st round B.J. landed a big elbow and Joe was cut bad and bleeding all over. B.J. owns Joe until he decides to choke him out by RNC in the 2nd. B.J. Penn is the new UFC Lightweight Champion of the world and celebrated by liking Joe’s blood off of his knuckles while Joe was regrouping and wondering what train just ran him over.

Results from other fights:

-Sam Stout def. Per Eklund via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-27) after 3 Rounds.
-Alessio Sakara def. James Lee via TKO (strikes) at 1:30 of Round 1.
-Paul Kelly def. Paul Taylor via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after 3 Rounds.
-Antoni Hardonk def. Colin Robinson via TKO (ref stoppage) at 0:17 of Round 1.

-Jorge Rivera def. Kendall Grove via KO (punch) at 1:20 of Round 1.
-Wilson Gouveia def. Jason Lambert via KO (punch) at 0:37 of Round 2.
-Marcus Davis def. Jess Liaudin via KO (punch) at 1:04 of Round 1.
-Fabricio Werdum def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO (ref stoppage) at 4:34 of Round 2.

Mike Russow Def. Roman Zentsov by North/south choke Round 1, 2:58
Tatsuya Kawajiri Def. Luiz Azeredo by decision 3-0
Makoto Takimoto Def. Murlio Bustamante by decision 2-1
Mitsuhiro Ishida Def. Gilbert Melendez by decision 3-0
Kazuo Misaki Def. Yoshihiro Akiyama by KO, Round 1 8:12
Hayato Sakurai Def. Hidehiko Hasegawa by decision 3-0
Shinya Aoki Def. Bu-Kyung Jung by decision 3-0
Fedor Emelianenko Def. Choi Hong Man by arm-bar, Round 1, 1:54

The night got started off with a bag when Rich Clementi got the best of Melvin Guillard and got the RNC sunk in late in the first round. When Melvin was recovering from the choke Rich taunted him with gestures. This prompted Melvin to try to attack Rich once he turned his back. It was a good thing Herb Dean was there to restrain Melvin when Rich was not looking.Eddie Sanchez looked good in his beat down of Sao Paleei that ended in a round 3 TKO. Lyoto Ryoto Machida also took all of Sokoudjou’s wind and choked him out with an arm triangle in the 2nd.

The most anticipated fight in years lived up to the hype and it was a 3 round war for both warriors. When there is entertainment at this level even though one of the fighters lost on paper, No one really loses. In this writer’s opinion the sport wins in the end when legends like Wanderlei Silva and Chuck Liddell meet. Chuck ended up winning the fight with a decisive 3rd round but it was a classic war.

In the title fight for the Interim Welterweight title George St. Pierre crushed Matt Hughes in every aspect of MMA. Took him down at will and beat him up until he saw it was time to end him with a submission. Matt Hughes looks bad after this showing and looks like he has maybe 2 fights or so left in his career.

-Charlie Valencia def. Ian McCall via Submission Round 1.
-Briwn Bowles vs. Marcos Galvao via TKO Round 2.
-Ed Ratcliff def. Alex Karalexis via TKO Round 2.
-Bryan Baker def. Eric Schambari via Split Decision
-John Alessio def. Todd Moore via Unanimous Decision
-Doug Marshall def. Ariel Gandulla via Submission (armbar) Round 1.
-Paulo Filho def. Chael Sonnen via Ref Stoppage (armbar) Round 2.
-Jens Pulver def. Cub Swanson via Submission (anaconda choke) Round 1.
-Urijah Faber def. Jeff Curran via Submission (guillotine choke) Round 2.

The main even saw a close match between Michael Bisping and Rashad Evans that could of went either way. Bisping decides it may be best to drop a weight division after his first loss by decision.

Thiago silva put a quick end to the Houston Alexander bandwagon. It was clear his jiu jitsu is beyond what Alexander can handle.Also on the card Karo “The Heat” Parisyan defeated Ryo Chonan in a decision and Ed Herman won KO of the night by putting away Joe Doerksen in the 3rd round. Frankie Edgar continued his 155 climb with a decision win over Spencer Fisher.

Premlims:

Thiago Alves def. Chris Lytle, TKO of round 2

Joe Lauson def. Jason Reinhardt, RNC of round 1
Marcus Aurelio def. Luke Cadillo, TKO of round 1

Akihiro Gono def. Tanden McCrory, Armbar of round 2