Dominent Diego Destroys Riggs

So after a stiff jab dropped Joe Riggs, Diego Sanchez charged in and landed a knee completely knocking Riggs out cold! He wins easily. So now, what do you do with Diego? GSP has Matt Serra next, and the rubber match with Matt Hughes is already scheduled for April 7th in Canada. If Diego just waited for his due #1 contender status, he would be looking at sitting for around 7 months given the amount of time needed on average to recover from a fight in April. That is a long time to sit idle. Luckily, I have a solution.

BJ Penn! Bj is coming off 2 losses but is still right up there with Hughes & GSP. BJ would obviously be Diego's biggest test to date, and that is a fight that would definitely sell a PPV (as a co-main event) or headline a Spike show. This would also secure Diego his #1 spot if he wins. If he loses, it only gives Sanchez 1 loss to a high quality opponent, and he could get back in the title hunt easily with a few more fights while GSP/Hughes/Penn all settle their business. It seems like a win win situation.

So what about the other 170 contenders? Karo Paryison just won a "fight of the night" against a very game Drew Fickett, and he is in that top 5 contenders. Either set up a fight for Karo versus the up and coming Jon Fitch. Josh Koscheck could face takedown defense specialist, John Alessio, who came oh so close to beating Diego.

However it all pans out, the 170 division is stacked with talent, and Diego, though odd and cocky, must be given his due. He has come into his own wherever the fight takes place, and shown real toughness and skill.

On to the rest of UFC Fight Night:

• Marcus Davis easily beat Shonie Carter to the punch, and almost put away Mr. International in the 2nd round. In the end, Davis got a big decision win.
• Josh "Blanket" Koscheck lived up to his nickname by laying on Jeff Joslin (who did well and should be brought back to fight) to win a boring decision, again.
• Karo Parisyan defeated Drew Fickett in the fight of the night. Both men fought hard on the feet, as well as the ground and both were very bloody at the end. Karo suffered a huge cut over his eye, but still out worked and out struck Drew to win all three rounds to get the decision.
• David Heath won a split decision against Victor Valimaki.
• Alan Belcher defeated Jorge Santiago by KO.
• Luigi Fioravanti put away Dave Menne, via TKO.
• Bock Larson defeated another Nakamura by decision.
• Logan Clark defeated Steve Byrnes by decision.

Pretty lame show overall. Diego/Riggs was short, but Karo/Fickett was great. The other two TV fights were boring but it is for free.

Next up will be the New Year's Eve PPV's, and reaction to UFC buying WEC, & WFA, as well as Fedor and Mirko Cro Cop developing news!