UFN 16: Violent Injuries In Front Of The Troops

I renamed last nights event "UFN 16: Violent Injuries In Front Of The Troops," because that is exactly what we had on a few different occasions. My diatribe against war and our troops be damned, we've got to talk about the night that was, and the careers that may have ended. Oh, and the idiot troops did to the USA, USA, chant for Swick (USA) during his fight with Goulet (Canadian).

Josh Koscheck stood Yoshiyuki Yoshida up against the fence with a straight right, and ended his evening with a KO right hook. Emphatic to say the least, it sure was nice to see the UFC conducting interviews in the Octagon as "Zenko" still laid motionless. Yoshida is fine and was released from the hospital later that evening. I will never again refer to Kos' stand up skills as "improving." Be afraid of this ever impressing fighter.

Mike "Quick" Swick, oh crap the fight is already over. Jon Goulet shockingly got KO'd in 33 seconds. Anyway........

On to our 2nd brutal injury of the night. Steve Cantwell snapped Razak Al-Hassan's arm like a twig in their 1 round affair. Both men looked pretty good but then Razak went to employ his worthless in MMA taekwondo, and once to the floor, the 22 year old Cantwell locked on an armbar. Credit to Razak he did not tap, instead settling for a dislocated arm which looked broken initially. Props to the ref for stepping in to save the fighter. Steve has an impressive UFC debut, and Razak, I hope we see you again in 9 months.

Tim Credeur really surprised and impressed me by hurting Nate Loughran to the body, head, and to his pride forcing the formerly undefeated kid unable to answer the call of the 3rd round via TKO rib injury (possibly broken). Tim was all over the kid putting together combo's and didn't even have to use his Blackbelt in Jiu-Jistsu.

Jim Miller took a unanimous decision over Matt Wiman after only 1 weeks notice and coming off of his honeymoon! I didn't think his cardio would hold up but he dismantled Matt in every facet of the fight. You could tell Miller was getting winded toward the mid-2nd round but pushed through and I'm going to keep preaching, Jim and his brother Dan Miller are going to be stars! Oh and Matt is still overrated.

Ben Saunders unloaded what has to be a record consecutive set of Muay Thai knee's to the head of Brandon Wolff. It was an unstoppable display and in the end when the poor kid fell and the slaughter was over, Wolff's head looked worse than Hasim Rahman's after his fight with Evander Holyfield. "Killa-B," whya gotta be so mean?

Finally, the worst injury of the night which came in only the 2nd fight of the night. Corey Hill lost via TKO (leg injury) when he snapped his leg in 2 striking Dale Hartt. Dale didn't see at 1st and took Corey down, who in turn with snapped twig flapping in the wind, tried to secure a kimura and didn't even scream! The ref halted things as shock filled Hill's face and Dale visibly upset paced the cage as doctors attended to the fallen fighter. My best to Corey, he's a good guy, but this is going to be a hard injury to return from. Let's hope he can make a comeback in due time.

Steve, Justin, and Luigi all won their fights as well.

A mouse the likes I have never seen from a blitzkrieg of knees, 4 ridiculous KO's, and 2 injuries I hope to never see likes of again. A show that really had to be seen to be believed. God forgive you if you were just being lazy and didn't go over to your friends house to watch the fight but instead went to bed like a pussy and missed everything. And the tapes and video will never surface again.

Picks Record 6-4