Ricky Legere Jr. defeats Christopher Spang by Unanimous Decision.
Gian Villante defeats Trevor Smith by TKO via punches 1:05 into round 1. Gian caught Trevor with a solid punch and followed him to the ground where he delivered no less than 6 hammer fists to the back of his opponents head. Referee Kim Winslow sees nothing and halts the bout which may also have been premature. Just wait the female Crypt Keeper is only beginning.
Nah-Shon Burrell defeats James Terry by a very close Split-Decision.
Tarec Saffiedine defeats a very game Tyler Stinson by Split-Decision. The wild haired Tyler brought it early as Tarec got confident delivering a fight altering elbow that sent Saffiedine reeling and bloodied his right eye. The Team Quest product went to his team's roots and got the takedown where he employed the G&P to even the score. In the final round, Saffiedine went to the same playbook in a nice come from behind win against a very tough opponent. "Fight Of The Night"
Tyron Woodley defeats Jordan Mein by Split-Decision in a controlled affair. The Mizzou wrestler just cannot let his hands go but his wrestling is top notch as always as he suffocates another fighter but doesn't earn any fans with his "boring" style.
* "T-Wood" wants a title shot and he has earned it. Now if he and Jon Fitch would just learn some striking.
Muhammed Lawal defeats Lorenz Larkin by KO a la punches at 1:32 of round 2. "King Mo" worked his wrestling game as well taking the "Monsoon" down and exposes his biggest flaw. In the 2nd, Mo began dropping around 15 unanswered right hands from guard which put Larkin to sleep though again referee Kim Winslow didn't see it and halted the fight far too late. Mo looked really good and besides a ground game and some takedown defense, Lorenz needs to drop down to Middleweight.
* Larkin isn't ready for prime time as expected while Mo wants redemption against Rafael Cavalcante in a possible rematch for a title both men lost.
Robbie Lawler TKO's Adlan Amagov with a flying knee and punches at 1:48 of round 1. Adlan took Robbie down early but landed a blatant and illegal knee to Lawler's head. A point was taken and when we resume, Lawler leaps into the air hitting Amagov with a flying knee and jumping almost completely over him. Adlan lays hurt on the mat as Lawler brings some "Ruthless" exclamation points to earn the victory! "KO Of The Night"
* Lawler claims asthma for his past transgressions and we shall see as he looks to be busier in '12.
Luke Rockhold TKO's Keith Jardine via punches near the end of round 1. I like Jardine I do, but we have got to get this guy to retire. Keith simply has no chin to speak of and once Luke began connecting after some light sparring, it was lights out per usual. Jardine has now been (T)KO'd 6 times in his career as Rockhold awaits a true opponent to defend his Middleweight title.
* It was cute for a while, but referee Kim Winslow is awful and could not separate Gian Villante and Trevor Smith when the fight ended and a confused Smith continued to fight. Kim has no business being a referee for mens MMA.
8-1 on the picks which is a nice way to start 2012.
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