George Sotiropoulos looked pretty impressive against Jason Dent earning an Armbar submission in the 2nd round. Dent hung tough for a while but on the floor in the 2nd, the Aussie started working for an armbar. Jason defended it well until Sotiropoulos used an "Arm Crush" to free things up for the tapout. I had never seen the arm crush before and was fascinated.Caol Uno and Fabricio Camoes go to a Majority Draw in their close fight. Fabricio threw an upkick into a downed Uno's face and we have our 1st foul and point deduction of the evening. Keep score at home kids and play a drinking game. Two judges scored the fight a draw with 1 giving the bout to Caol and the world is unimpressed.
Brian Foster took Brock Larson to the woodshed before getting a Submission win via punches in the 2nd stanza. Larson looked off his game as Foster tossed him around the cage and peppered him with punches. On the floor in the 1st, Larson tried to push Foster away with a foot but it landed in the face to the downed opponent and we have our 2nd foul of the evening and a point deducted. Action continues and Brock accidentally knees Brian in the dome while he is down for our 3rd foul of the evening and Larson loses a 2nd point in 1 round which has to be a record. After that, Brian was on point and just busted up Brock making him look very 1-dimensional. During the beating a defeated Larson tapped out and he may be exiting the UFC for a 2nd time while Foster gets back on the winning tip.
Kendall Grove got pummeled by Jake Rosholt who made a rookie mistake and got caught in the uber-long spyder legs of "Da Spyder" losing via Triangle Choke which he seem to tap to before the thing was even sunk in. A sad performance for Jake and now we are stuck with Grove for at least another bout in the future.
Ben Saunders destroyed Marcus Davis by KO with his deadly knees. It took just 1 round as "Killa-B" used a padlocked Muay Thai clinch to land knee after knee to the "Irish Hand Grenade" who was cut badly (as per usual) as his face swelled up like Jenna Jameson's lips (that's for you Tito). Dominating win for Saunders while a continually mangled Marcus may not be able to take many more beatings like this.
Amir Sadollah weathered the early storm of Phil Baroni who shocked the world when he ran out of gas in a single round! The "NYBA's" classic fade and get abused strategy aside, Amir looked improved with better kicking and he threw elbows more than punches as he spilled Baroni's blood. Sadollah moves on and hopefully the UFC moves Philly out.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira school'd Luis Arthur Cane with a quick TKO win. Wow did "Minotoro" make that look easy as he used his boxing and left hand to decimate "Banha" pasting him into the canvas. It could not have been a better UFC debut for "Lil Nog" who served notice to the Light Heavyweight division!
Paulo Thiago defeated Jacob Volkmann by Decision and I think I dozed off during the fight.
Josh Koscheck secured a RNC on Anthony Johnson but not without a ton of controversy. In the initial round “Kos” is finding a home for the right hand early on “Rumble” until he begins to use the traditional jab. When Koscheck is rocked and against the cage, he shoots in on Johnson setting up the “controversial” knee. Josh was down when Anthony threw an illegal knee that looked like it grazed the right eye. I think it only slightly landed but Johnson brushed his finger into the left eye of Koscheck which caused the pain. Kos does a bit of acting for a while after that but the knee was illegal and so are eye pokes. Nice veteran move to take the time to recover and referee Yamasaki takes a point away from Tony (4th foul of the night!). Hate all you want, it was a smart move to take the 5 minutes to rest. Eventually the fight resumes and Koscheck gets a beautiful single leg that took some real effort and timing from the distance he attempted it. Josh gets the takedown and looks for the RNC but doesn’t get it as time expires. 10-8 Kosckeck
In the 2nd, Josh lands a high kick, solid right hand, and body shot that hurts Anthony who gets the return eye poke (a point is not taken but we have foul #5 on the night and I'm getting tipsy). They begin yet again and Koscheck takes the lead in the eye poke game 2-1. It was a gross eye gouge shades of the 1st Kevin Burns fight. It got both eyes for our record setting 6th foul but again, no point deduction as when he did it he wasn't even looking at his opponent. Both men go to war striking until Koscheck gets the takedown. Josh is landing nasty elbows bloodying Rumbles nose until sinking that RNC and Tony taps with only 15 seconds left in the round!
*Whew that was ugly and I'm guessing we will see a rematch in the future. Neither guy had time to train properly for this bout and with all the controversy and fanfare another fight seems to make sense. Damn you have to feel sorry for "Rumble" who just keeps taking nails to his eyes over and over again.
Forrest Griffin gets the Split Decision win over Tito Ortiz that he earned the 1st time around and was denied! Round 1 begins and Forrest comes out landing a straight right hand. Both men feel each other out a bit and when Tito throws the high kick, Forrest unloads a combination showing his scouting of the kick. Some sloppy striking from both men and then Ortiz gets that coveted takedown. Nothing for Tito in his position and Forrest uses the Kimura to escape to the feet with the help of the cage as well. For the rest of the round, Griffin lands punches and leg kicks far more than Ortiz but nobody is hurt. 10-9 Forrest
For Round 2 Tito comes out landing a good left punch and gets the takedown again. The "HBBB" lands some solid elbows and controls a while until Forrest gets back up. Griffin lands a front kick to the huge dome of Ortiz and his mouth piece flies out. The ref halts things to replace it and then Forrest mixes things up with body kick, left and right punches, only to be taken to the floor yet again. Forrest defends the attack well enough but a mouse forms on his left eye from elbows. Tito lands a big elbow on the right eye and Forrest is bleeding very badly. The O.G. of TUF is a crimson mass (thank you J.R.) but reverses the position and gets on top. Griffin lands a bit and when the round ends the combatants shove each other and the referee steps in. 10-9 Ortiz
Before the final round begins Tito comes almost all the way across the cage but the referee pushes him back as Forrest calls him on! For the 1st 2 minutes of the round its all Griffin who looks like he is practicing his boxing and kicking as Ortiz does hardly anything. Forrest stuffs a takedown attempt and begins landing right left combinations, a nice body punch, and Ortiz is looking tired. Forrest just cruises striking at will as Tito wilts. 10-9 Forrest
*The official judges score it a Split-Decision just to keep up their image of horrible judging and after the fight Forrest points to Anderson Silva ringside saying that he broke him referring to his embarrassing loss and the rumors surrounding his bruised mental state. He also says he broke his foot though we don’t know if its before the fight or during. Tito claims a bulging disc injury (again) and a cracked skull for his loss and both men want the rubber match. Me thinks they’ll get it.
Piss poor picking gives me 4-5 on the dismal night.
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