Sunday, September 20, 2009

UFC 103 Or The Night All That Is Good Died

Rafael dos Anjos Robert gets the decision over Rob Emerson.
Vladimir Matyushenko gets the decision over Igor Pokrajac.
Eliot Marshall steals a BS decision over Jason Brilz.
Ricky Story secures a beautiful Arm-Triangle Choke to tap
Brian Foster.
Nik Lentz gets the
Upset decision over Rafaello Oliveira.
Jim Miller takes out
Steve Lopez via TKO (Shoulder Injury) in a one sided affair. Steve literally pulled his own shoulder out of socket while throwing a punch.
Tomasz Drwal tapped an awful looking Drew McFedries with the RNC.
Efrain Escudero destroyed Cole Miller with a shocking KO win by stepping on a ladder to reach the overrated (fellow) TUF alumni.
Tyson Griffin gets the nice KO on the usually durable Hermes Franca.
Josh Koscheck got back on track by starching the old Frank Trigg who thought he could box now, and complained about the stoppage when he was taking heavy punches in his unguarded face with his hands down. "Kos" calls out Mr.
Matt Hughes for a fight and "Twinkle Toes" will be 2 and done for the UFC.
Paul Daley knocked out Martin Kampmann who was still standing but out on his feet. The "Hitman" didn't agree with this referee stoppage either, but he was also incorrect like Trigg. He was hurt and his eyes were gone whether he hit the floor or not. Nice
Upset for the loud mouth who won't shut up for a year about this one.
Junior dos Santos looked really solid as he landed body shots and punches at will against a visibly aged Mirko Filipovic. Cro Cop had nothing for "Cigano" and never landed a good solid strike in the contest. It may be time to retire for the Croation while Santos puts himself right in the Heavyweight title mix.
Vitor Belfort grazed the head of
Rich Franklin and it dropped "Ace" to his knees. From there the speed and the power took over as the "Phenom" landed pinpoint strikes and Franklin never responded.

Nice work by Spike TV leaving the opening of the McFedries/Drwal to repeat the 1st 6 seconds of the fight for a full minute before fixing the problem. Then, the sound was in English and Portuguese at the same time for the start of the Story/Foster fight. That will show boxing that MMA is just as professional and well produced. Still, we got 4 free fights instead of the announced 2 so that was a nice bonus. I feel like crying as the heroes of my past fall before my watery eyes. There is nothing good in the world anymore. 7-6 on the picks.

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