BJ Penn, Nate Diaz Win, Plus Much Controversy

BJ Penn was able to avenge his haunting loss to Jens Pulver at The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale. There was never any doubt as BJ just dominated the affair from beginning to end. The 1st saw BJ landing good shots on the feet and then taking the fight to the ground. There he sunk in a seemingly fight ending armbar but Jens amazingly found a way to escape. Then Jen found himself in a deep triangle as the ref moved in awaiting the tap. The tap did not come and Jens muscled his way out to the applause of the fans. Two very tight and very amazing escapes but the round clearly went to BJ. In the 2nd, Penn came out again taking the fight to the floor and using his amazing ju jitsu he was able to take the back of Jens Pulver and use the rear naked choke to tap him out as Matt Hughes sat ringside watching his friend go out to BJ the exact same way he did many years ago.

All the animosity and trash talking went immediately out the window as the two bitter enemies became friends exchanging hugs and compliments. Its great to see the sportsmanship that always seems to come out in the end with MMA fighters. Jens and BJ now both say goodbye to the 155 division they both helped build. BJ now plans a return to the Welterweight division and a possible 3rd match with Matt Hughes, while Jens is heading down to 145 and a future title shot with WEC Champion Uriah Faber.

Nate Diaz got owned by Manny Gamburyan in the 1st though he did manage many beautiful though unsuccessful submission attempts. The 2nd saw Manny shoot immediately and dislocated his shoulder on the knee of the sprawling Diaz. Manny immediately tapped out and Nate become the season 5 "Ultimate Fighter" in unexciting fashion. I don't care, Diaz is the shit anyway and would've found a way to win somehow;)

The "Controversial Fight Of The Night" saw Gray Maynard and Robert Emerson end in a No Contest. Gray absolutely dominated the 1st round on the feet, and taking the fight to the floor. Toward the end of the initial round, Gray landed a brutal body shot that saw Emerson cringe in pain and hold his side heading to the corner in between rounds. Obviously hurt, Emerson could do little as Gray lifted him into the air and slammed him into the mat which resulted in Robert immediately tapping out. The problem was, Gray's head was in a head lock under Emerson's right arm, and he had knocked himself completely unconscious! Gray was pulled off the injured Emerson by the doctor and his eyes were open, but rolled back in his head. He laid on the mat completely out, and the Athletic Commission ruled that since neither fighter could continue, the match would be ruled a NC. Once, awake, Gray was furious stating over and over that Emerson tapped and he should've won. Me thinks me smells a rematch.

The other semi-controversial moment came when Cole Miller knocked Andy Wang down with an odd high kick. Andy was out cold at 1st, but began to recover right when the ref stepped in to stop the fight. Andy was very upset at the stoppage, but really, the guy is absolutely terrible, and how he was allowed to fight after embarrassing himself time and time again on TUF 5, is beyond me.

Matt Wiman destroyed Geraghty in just over 2 minutes and congrats to the ref who allowed 10 unanswered punches to a helpless opponent before stopping the contest.

Roger Huerta actually struggled with the very game Douglas Evans, who just plain out wrestled him to win the 1st round. Huerta looked pissed for the 2nd and turned up the action. Roger almost sunk in a rear naked choke before Evans escaped only to cover up and hide while receiving constant punches from the "Matador" on his back. Zero defense was shown though the punches weren't landing very clean, and Roger escaped with a tough win to stay in the running for the top spot in the Lightweight Division. Hmmmm, Roger Huerta vs Spencer Fisher anyone?

Joe Lauzon whipped up on his opponent while Thales Leites got a dominant win as well.

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