UFC 58 had some epic fights and a suppressing upset! Matt Hughes was on hand to watch GSP and BJ Penn go to war, and the crowd was raucous all through the event.
Rich Franklin defeats David Loiseau by unanimous decisionn after 5 grueling rounds. What was unknown (and amazing) at the time, Rich Franklin actually broke his right hand after dropping The Crow, at the end of the first round! In the second, Rich just flat out dominated David dropping him with yet another punch. Loiseau seemed desperate and could not find his game plan as he ran from Rich hearing the boo's from the crowd. In the 3rd, the doctors had to check a mouse over David's eye but he was allowed to continue. Then the Crow stunned Rich dropping him with a punch! Rich recovers quickly and ends the round strong, with a flurry of scoring shots. In the 4th, Rich slams David with an amazing suplex and almost drops him with a punch again. David's face is badly swollen and he continues to try and stay away from the dominating champion. For the final round, Rich seemed much fresher and took his opponent down at will. He almost secures a choke but David escapes and for the first time in his career, Rich will hear the judges scorecard.
No surprise, Rich scores a unanimous victory winning every single round. We will learn later Rich also may have broken his foot during the fight as well. The Crow was absolutely dismantled and sent to the hospital for his multiple injuries.
Georges St. Pierre scored a split decision victory over BJ Penn. The crowd was completely behind BJ as he dominated the first round cutting GSP open very badly. The cut may have been from a poke, but BJ also landed an uppercut that almost broke the nose of Rush. The 2nd round was close, but GSP just seemed to do a little more, scoring on takedowns and kicks. For the 3rd and final round, GSP would not be denied, slamming BJ to the canvas and then taking him down yet again. GSP controlled with the ground and pound, and though still badly bleeding, easily won the last round.
Somehow, one judge scored the fight for BJ, though the other two judges (along with myself, Matt Hughes, & Eddie Bravo) awarded GSP the victory and a guaranteed shot at Matt Hughes title. BJ felt robbed (as did the crowd) because of all the damage on GSP's face. Yes, he won the first, but in the judges eyes, each round is a new fight. Momentum does not count for points. The ignorant crowd boo'd GSP as he took the mic and thanked them, BJ, and the world. Rush showed true class, while BJ complained that he had won. He didn't.
Mark Hominick scored the huge upset defeating Yves Edwards. Mark lost the first round, but in the 2nd, scored a knee to the stomach, that Yves never seemed to recover from. Mark gets the win through an armbar at the end of the 2nd.
Nathan Marquardt defeats Joe Doerksen by unanimous decision. Most people thought Nathan was boring in his first fight, so the ground specialist almost refused to go the ground here. He managed to dominate Joe and make the fight very exciting as well.
Mike Swick defeats a tomato can by guillotine in round 1.
Tom Murphy defeats Iccho by TKO (strikes) in round 3.
Jason Lambert defeats Rob MacDonald by kimura in round 1.
Sam Stout defeats Spencer Fisher by split decision.
4 decisions, 3 submissions, and one TKO bring UFC 58 to a conclusion. We went 6-1 on our picks (I'm not counting the Iccho/Murphy fight since I was just making a joke out of the fight, much like the UFC did by putting together this lame event).
Next up, will be the Frank Shamrock vs Cesar Gracie card, March 10th. 51-20!!
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