Stefan Struve proved Chase Gormley is still a bit green pulling a Triangle Choke submission in the 1st round.
Kyle Kingsbury barely out pointed Razak Al-Hassan via Split-Decision in a fight so bad both men might get bounced Sunday morning (yawn).
Jorge Rivera brought a smile to every one's face by getting the TKO on Rob Kimmons in the 3rd, which brought a little sunshine into a dark time in he and his families life. Congrats old man.
Chael Sonnen upset Yushin Okami by Decision, ending the run of "Okami deserves a title shot" from hardcore MMA fans and giving Dana White a sigh of relief.
Patrick Barry finally gave me a correct Upset Pick as he took some eye pokes from friend Antoni Hardonk, got pissed off, and knocked the crap outta his old training buddy in the 2nd round for a nice TKO.
Ryan Bader beat Eric Schafer by Decision (yawn 2).
Anthony Johnson treated Yoshiyuki Yoshida to a girlfriend style beatdown which doesn't make up for the fact he failed to make weight by six pounds! The guy is rumored to cut around 50 lbs. per fight which is just ridiculous. Maybe think about Middleweight.
Joe Stevenson dominated Spencer Fisher almost exactly as I had feared forcing the "King" to tap with his foot after some just devastating elbows. Geez that was nasty. Now Fisher may be heading to the WEC and "Daddy" sure does look good when he works with Greg Jackson and his camp.
Gleison Tibau got the decision win over Josh Neer (yawn 3).
Cain Velasquez brutalized Ben Rothwell to get the TKO win in the 2nd. Cain just whooped that ass for the 1st round and during the break heading into the 2nd, referee Steve Mazzagatti warned Ben that he would not allow him to take more punishment like he absorbed in the opening stanza. Sure enough, Rothwell was getting throttled again and the ref stopped the fight. Ben complained and it may not have been the right time, but the outcome would have been the same. As impressive a win as it was for Velasquez, I just don't see the guy beating Brock Lesnar or possibly even Antonio Nogueira. I see a glass ceiling in his future.
Finally, Lyoto Machida was inexplicably given the Unanimous Decision win over Mauricio Rua in one of the most erroneous judges debacles I have seen in quite some time. The judges all scored the fight 48-47 which is absurd. I scored the bout 49-46 for Shogun and the crowd, who were apparently not blind, boo'd the results. Besides the 2nd round which was close, I cannot see any other round where Lyoto did anything accept getting out struck, out kicked, and all around out fought. Machida was very tentative (much like the Lyoto of old) and Shogun had an answer for every attack with a better counter. Dana White is calling for a rematch, but I don't believe that is enough as Shogun, who for so many years was known as the best Light Heavyweight in the world without a title, wept in the locker room after giving his all and fighting an intelligent bout. Fuck Cecil Peoples who has done this crap for years, and fuck the other idiot judges. Call or email the UFC and demand repercussions for the moron officials. Oh and California, you suck too.
7-4 on the picks
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