UFC 108 Results "A Pretty Quick Night & Miller, Miller, & Kampmann Impress"

Rafaello Oliveira begins the evening with a Unanimous Decision win over John Gunderson.

Mike Pyle vs Jake Ellenberger

Rd.1 It is an impressive battle of wits on the floor with Pyle defending the G&P and eventually going for a kimura but failed to get it. Awesome floor fight with Jake controlling the round. A strong flurry from Ellenberger and Mike heads to his corner shaky. 10-9 Ellenberger
Rd.2 Mike told his corner he broke a rib and Ellen attacks early with a right to the body that folds Pyle and then a right that places him on the canvas. The G&P seals the deal as the referee saves Pyle for the TKO win.

*Its been a tough draw for "Quicksand" going 1-3 early in his UFC run, but I hope Zuffa hangs on to the submission seeker a big longer allowing the very talented kid to evolve.

Mark Munoz vs Ryan Jensen
Rd.1 The newest Black House member meets Jenson who looks like a roided "Dexter" who cinches a guillotine, but can’t get the tap as the "PWM" moves to side control and then to the feet. Jenson lands a bit and when they lock up the OK St. wrestler takes him down. Mark unloads from his feet and a turtled up Jenson tried to tapout but Yamasaki missed it. Jenson is completely covered up taking a beating and taps again for the 2nd time.

*The "PWM" looks pretty good at 185 and with his elite amateur wrestling background and growing MMA game with the Black House, clan expect good things.

Cole Miller vs Dan Lauzon (Fight Of The Night)
Rd.1 The lanky brothers of brothers come out throwing bombs with a lot of clinch work. Both guys are landing but Cole is controlling the fight when a big counter left hook floors him! Dan follows up with a knee to the body as Cole gets back up. The “Upgrade” punishes Cole who fails on a takedown as Dan takes his back. Beautiful tuck and roll from Miller who masterfully gains side control and holy shit, locks in the inverse triangle! Cole has it and taps out Dan Lauzon with an inverted triangle, the ultra-rare tapout that won the submission of the year honors for Toby Imada! Who would have thought we would see that fantastic finish again so quickly?

*Just a great fight to watch with 2 evenly matched warriors going for broke and a great show of class after the bell. I would watch a rematch for sure!

Martin Kampmann vs Jacob Volkmann
Rd.1 The Dutch "Hitman" trades with "X-Mas" in a flurry and avoids the wrestlers takedown. Martin gets caught solid and then lands a left that drops Volkmann for just a second. Left eye of Kampmann is bleeding and he catches a couple more shots that rock him but again the counter right hook by Martin drops Volkman hard. "Hitman" in guard lands some hard strikes and hammer fists before he locks up a Inverted Guillotine choke and Volk taps out.

*Martin seemed a bit amped up to overshadow the loss he just suffered to Paul Daley and puts his name back into the title hunt though still needing around 2 big wins 1st. Jacob was tough on short notice but the lack of technical striking caught up with him in the end.

Junior Dos Santos vs Gilbert Yvel

Rd.1 The Heavyweights come out throwing for broke and a right catches "Cigano's" face flush though he seems fine. Jr. ducks the right bomb and lands the counter left flattening the "Hurricane." G&P causes the referee to step in as Gil debates the stoppage with Herb Dean but he is wrong.

*Dos Santos won't face "Big Nog" since they are buddies from the same camp and with Mir/Carwin and Nogueira/Velasquez in the future the originally proposed bout for UFC 108 vs Gabriel Gonzaga would still make sense.

Jim Miller vs Duane Ludwig

Rd.1 "Bang" lands 1st and the men trade a bit. Miller knocks down an off-balance Ludwig with a right hand and clasps on that Armbar before you know it. That's all folks.

*Duane wasn't exactly in the best situation to win this so here's hoping the guy gets another shot with proper training time before he exits the promotion yet again. Jim runs his record to 16-2 but will need another "name" victory and a title eliminator against Frankie Edgar would be ideal!!

Joe Lauzon vs Sam Stout

I just hate Sam Stout now. The guy is handed undeserved victories against Spencer Fisher and Matt Wiman but now at 3-3 he just keeps staying in the UFC. Damn it someone end this 1-dimensional cat already. Unanimous Decision win for Sam Stout.

Paul Daley vs Dustin Hazelett

"McLovin" could not get close enough for a takedown and despite valiant punches with his eyes closed, "Semtex" KO's Dustin into oblivion for another big win for Team Rough House.

*Pull guard, lay down, do something besides try to stand with a bomber. Not a smart fight for Dustin and he was pasted into the canvas.

Rashad Evans vs Thiago Silva

That was an odd fight. Rashad comes out with dominant back to basics wrestling and Silva has zero answer through 2 1/2 rounds. Evans gets the takedowns whenever he wants and Thiago burns a lot of energy on defense and trying to get up. Evans is just faster and Thiago knows the fight is slipping away so be begins to clown on "Sugar" dropping his hands to his side and sticking his big chin out. Rashad is patient but comes in with a combo and going away gets caught and is wobbled. Thiago knocks him down and hammers Evans but he can't put him away with only a minute and a half left in the fight. Evans survives and wins the Unanimous Decision.

*I'm guessing this performance doesn't have Quinton Jackson shaking in his Lugz but hey, Evans was off for 7 months with that near worthless TV show, was his 1st decision bout since 2007, and Silva is a tough cat. Thiago was not being disrespectful as much as he was trying to anger him into doing something stupid since he was only looking for the fight ending KO.

*That was definitely not worth $44.99 to watch especially when we got to see all the prelims (save for 1 bout), but that is a credit to Zuffa as well for showing us any fight for free. The PPV wasn't that bad and at least the "cursed card" is finally over and we begin 2010 going 8-2 on the picks.