UFC 78 Valid-....well not really

We see here the greatest weigh in picture of all time with Thiago Silva giving a little "I know something you don't know" which is the floor game, not to mention the two interesting features to the far left, but I digress. Thiago had reason to be a little smug as he came in and straight exposed Houston Alexander in dominating fashion. Houston came out cautiously while Thiago stuck and moved until Alexander got the take down. That was a bad idea as the ju jitsu blackbelt quickly got control and then mount and from there Silva just did as he pleased until Alexander was unconcious. I mean Houston looked like he had no idea what to do on the floor and it showed one fighter, Silva, ready to contend in the Light Heavyweight scene, and Houston with a gaping hole in his game and a perfect blueprint on how to beat him in the future.

Karo Parisyan defeated Ryo Chonan in a defensive decision match and nobody seemed to notice Dan Henderson cornering Ryo, and his old Team Quest buddy Randy Couture in Karo's. Not the flashiest fight of all time but Karo got the win and still deserves a title shot. The guy has walked through hell (GSP, Matt Serra, Nick Diaz, Diego Sanchez, Nick Thompson, Chris Lytle, etc) so give him a break if he coasts to a win. He is owed a title shot. And its great to see Ryo come over from Japan and we hope to see him get more comfortable in the Octagon and his new Welterweight class.

Frankie Edgar laid on Spencer Fisher for 15 minutes in route to a unanimous decision win. It was to say, boring as hell, with the near perfect wrestling of Edgar displayed as he time and time again took Spence down and Fisher just couldn't do anything from his back.

Thiago Alves got a win over a newly aggressive Chris Lytle in a great exciting bout that was stopped far too early via a cut over Lytle's eye. The cut was big but above the eye and not hindering him in any way. Even the broadcasters called foul but once a decision is made, forget it. What should be remembered here is Lytle looked great and as aggressive as a Wanderlei Silva with constant pressure and attacking strikes he's not known for. Thiago got his pace in the 2nd after being dominated in the 1st and began to land some of the sickest leg kicks in the business. It could've been a great fight if not for the early stoppage. Here's to a rematch.

Joe Lauzon obliterated Jason Reinhardt in 1:14 via rear naked choke. Jason looked so small out there and a trip to the WEC lighter divisions is in order. J-Lau gets an easy W on his record.

Ed Herman survived some scary moments in his rematch with Joe Doerkson and out of nowhere KO'd the crafty vet cracking his orbital bone! Short Fuse is improving and needs an opponent like Martin Kampmann to see where he stands in the Middleweight division.

Maximus Aurelio got the TKO over Luke Caudillo and his 1st win in the UFC.

In the surprisingly most exciting "Fight Of The Night," Akihiro Gono absorbed the onslaught of the "Barn Cat" Tamden McCrory in a barn burner and was patient as Tamden slowed and Gono began to employ the leg kicks in his zebra striped briefs. Akihiro then got the fight on the floor, mounted, and secured an odd angled armbar that almost ripped McCrory's arm from its socket. Impressive fight and impressive debut in America for the "Asian Sensation."

Oh I almost forgot, there was a main event between Rashad Evans and Michael Bisping. It went as all expected, boringly, and with a controversial split decision. Rashad won the 1st with take downs and not much else. Bisping won the 2nd once he got his sprawl going and landed punches. The 3rd was the what mattered and an exhausted Rashad tried for take downs which Mike either sprawled out of or reversed and landed a couple of strikes. It was close but boring and I scored it 29-28 for The Count. The judges disagreed and gave it to Rashad and nobody really cares because neither are Top 10 Light Heavyweights and it was an awful fight to watch.

Well that PPV sucked, but the UFC did announce that Dan "Hollywood" Henderson will defend his Pride FC Middleweight Title against Anderson "Spider" Silva the UFC Middleweight Champ, in a title unification fight. Sounds good and UFC 79 is a sick card so just ignore this card. Still a difficult PPV to pick and we went 7-2 so there's that bit of solid information everyone is clamoring for. Well, that Validiated absolutely nothing, enjoy the veal.