Matt Riddle decisions Steve Bruno while Nick Catone got a keylock submission over Derek Downey. Gleison Tibau pulled a rabbit out of the hat with a guillotine choke that tapped Rich Clementi while Dan Miller used the same maneuver to end Jake Rosholt's night only a minute into their fight.CONTROVERSY-Matt Veach defeated Matt Grice by TKO in their wild war. Grice came out strong and knocked down Veach pummeling him on the canvas for a full 26 second beating that the ref allowed to continue when the fight should have been stopped. Veach would later land a hey maker dropping Grice to the canvas when in only 4 seconds the ref called a stop to the bout with a completely fine Grice incensed at the premature stoppage. Seems like a little home cooking for the Matt Hughes camp as the HIT Squad steals one.
Kurt Pellegrino actually had a little trouble with Robert Emerson in the 1st round but collected himself and came back to lock in the RNC for the win.
Anthony Johnson looked great against Luigi Fioravanti stopping the always tough veteran with a TKO in round 1. Luigi just didn't have any answers for the barrage attack from a continually improving "Rumble."
Josh Neer came out like a man possessed, hands waving in the air like Nick Diaz as he took the fight to Mac Danzig. The vegan struggled early but came back to knock the Miletich fighter to the canvas but could not finish him. Josh constantly pushed forward in the fight being the aggressor and overwhelming Mac until he made a mistake sliding into an obvious triangle choke that would give Danzig back to back losses and puts Neer back into the Lightweight game. The "Dentist" looked vastly improved but should see one as the fans boo'd a great fight.
Cain Velasquez just did whatever he wanted against Denis Stojnic landing a myriad of strikes to the downed opponent who wasn't hurt, but didn't fight back causing an abrupt end to the one sided fight. Cain moves on to better things rocking the "beige pride" and Denis gets a snack cake.
Joe Lauzon bested a tough Jeremy Stephens after a pretty good little skirmish. If you want to see how to work the Jiu-Jitsu on the floor, watch "J-Lau" work in this match. Always calm and thinking even when Stephens had him in a little trouble, Joe worked his brilliant non-stop Jiu-Jitsu exhibition until he finally found the armbar tapping out Jeremy twice since the ref missed the 1st one. A nice win but we need to see Lauzon vs Hermes Franca when healthy.
Not a bad night of fighting on Spike TV despite the horrible stoppage of the Veach/Grice fight. MMA Fight Opinion goes 7-2-1 on the picks game because I refuse to count that moronic stoppage against my tally when Grice had the damn win in the 1st place! I can do this because its my site. UFC 95 from bloody London, England will be the next event and for free I might add, featuring Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez making his Lightweight debut versus Joe "Daddy" Stevenson.
"War in the cage, peace on Earth." -Wanderlei Silva
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