Anton Kuivanen defeats Mitch Clarke via Split-Decision. "Acne Back" had opportunities on top to escape back to the feet but instead stayed in the guard of a better ground opponent who almost secured the armbar and RNC in the 1st round scrambles. This cost Kuivanen the round as the slam and takedown secured Clarke's 10 points. In the 2nd round the UFC Facebook feed turned to absolute shit.
Nice to see the beautiful Logan Stanton back in the UFC holding the cards.
Both men’s grappling skills improved as the fight went on and they still managed to look like two amateurs. Clarke was relentless with takedown attempts but couldn’t really get anything going though Kuivanen should have employed more action standing. Not a great fight but a come from behind win for Anton none the less. (The night starts out with the World getting the win over Canada)
Antonio Carvalho KO’s Daniel Pineda at 1:11 of the very 1st round. Carvallo is now my hero as he enters the arena to Bret Hart’s entrance music, the "Hart Attack." Mega-awesome! A head kick drops Pinera but he recovers before a right hook queers Dan and the follow up finishes putting Canada on the board! (We are now tied 1-1) Great stand up striking and Pinera never knew what hit him as he is put to sleep just over a minute into the bout! No sharpshooter necessary. Very impressive vastly improved Carvalho!
Bryan Caraway taps Mitch Gagnon by RNC in round 3. Gagnon hits the 1st takedown while “Miesha Tate’s boyfriend” threatens with an armbar. Gagnon begins the G&P and beats the brakes off Brian for a time. “Miesha Tate’s boyfriend” gets back to the feet unloading some strikes and getting his own takedown. Gagnon is bringing the heat yet again in the 2nd but he is taken down and the giant 135er is looking tired. "Miesha Tate's boyfriend" works diligently from the back taking his time but in the 3rd the exhausted Canadian submits to the RNC and a nice body lock for good measure. (2-1 As the World re-takes the lead) Finally, a shot of Miesha Tate in the cage looking purty as the combatants leave. Dat ass!
Ryan Jimmo KO’s Anthony Perosh 0:07 of round one! I got a handful of popcorn and literally missed the fight! “Big Deal” comes out and makes a big splash with a 1 punch KO tying the record for fastest UFC KO at 7 seconds! An overhand right connected and the “Hippo” was out cold against the fence and with his jaw jacked! Wow. Jimmo celebrates in the Octagon with a decent robot dance. "KO Of The Night" (Canada ties things back up 2-2)
Francisco Rivera KO's Roland Delorme at 4:19 of round 1. “Cisco’s” stand up just looks on point while adding some brutal leg kicks and Delorme is taking a lot of punishment early. Rivera slips delivering a short left followed by a right hand and Delorme is looking at the lights as this fight is ova! Francisco looked great and just steamrolled a tough dude. (The World back in the lead 3-2)
UFC 149 may be as riddled with injuries and lacking the “star power” that also plagued UFC 147, but this night is filled with awe inspiring finishes early into the evening!
Nick Ring defeats Court McGee by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). So that happened. (Yawn, Canada tied it again)
Matt Riddle submits Chris Clements by Arm Triangle Choke at 2:02 of the last round. I still don't like the kid but ya gotta give the devil his due. Riddle locked on the arm triangle choke standing, tripped his opponent to the floor which only tightened the hold, and got admittidly a beautiful submission win. "Submission Of The Night" (The World wins 4-3 over Canada in Alberta!)
At this point in the evening, we have had great fights and stoppages but the air is about to be sucked out of the building as the card takes a nose dive into staring contests and bad judging. Get ready.
James Head Upsets Brian Ebersole by Split-Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). I have absolutely no idea what Brian was thinking of in this bout. Ebersole used telegraphed faints and odd movement to bait his opponent striking rarely and with half hearted takedown attempts. Head basically played defense all night as these men didn't really fight as much as they danced awkwardly. Head came forward aggressively late but neither man could really hurt the other. It really just came down to Ebersole just looking stuck in limbo unable or unwilling to do anything. Terrible fight.
Cheick Kongo defeats Shawn Jordan by Unanimous Decision (30-28, 30-27, 30-27). Kongo has yet again put on one of the worst Heavyweight bouts I have ever seen. The entire fight was Kongo pushing the smaller Jordan into the fence, perhaps landing a knee or two, and just resting against each other's warm sweaty bodies for comfort. Just not worth your time to watch this god awful display of ultimate hugging.
Bret Hart is shown in the crowd to a nice ovation after the awful Kongo fight. Nice to see the "best there is, the best there was, and the best there every will be" in the hizzy.
Tim Boetsch defeats(?) Hector Lombard by Split-Decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28). The night continues to decend into madness as the judges rob Lombard of his UFC debut, shitty though it may have been. Lombard clearly won rounds 2 & 3 though granted he did a lot of intimidating staring at the "Barbarian," but easily won since you don't gain points for absorbing rare punches as Boetsch did. Yet another abysmal bout and add on the horrible judging as the night continues to fall apart around us in Canada where the natives are booing very loudly!
Renan Pegado defeats Urijah Faber by Unanimous Decision (49-46, 50-45, 49-46). It wasn't a war. Its wasn't a bad fight. It just wasn't close or all that exciting. "Barao" jumped out early showing his cleaner skill standing while Faber couldn't close the distance. Urijah was determined to stand with Renan taking sturdy leg shots and finding he could not compete with Pegado's speed. "Barao's" strikes landed harder and more often though Faber avoided too much damage. By the time Faber realized it might be time to secure some takedowns, his leg was wounded and he could not power through to gain one. We would learn later Faber broke a rib in the 1st round but the end was never in doubt. Pegado becomes the #1 Contender Champion and jumps around like a jackass wearing Billy Bob teeth. Seriously, look at that grill! The "California Kid" now finds himself in no man's land much like Kenny Florian with no place for his career to really go now.
So what started as an amazing evening turned into a slow steaming pile of shit. Sad that the PPV boys actually brought down the card while the Prelim contenders impressed all. 5 and fucking 5 on the goddamn picks! The judges can suck it on Boetsch/Lombard. 5-1 on Bellator though.
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