Jon Madsen defeats Mostapha Al-Turk by Decision and there is nothing surprising about that.
Paul Kelly subs Matt Veach with a Guillotine Choke in the 2nd which is nice.
DaMarques Johnson gains the TKO win over Brad Blackburn with a kick to the body in the 3rd.
Rick Story edges out Nick Osipczak via Split-Decision.
Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis bested Alexander Gustafsson with a slick Anaconda Choke in the very 1st round. This kid is still very green but expect good things in the future. "Submission Of The Night."
Mark Munoz staged a comeback and TKO'd iron jaw Kendall Grove through the floor. Munoz looked positively awful in the beginning shooting from far too off and catching a well placed uppercut which put him on his ass. From there he ate more shots and had to fend off submission attack after submission attack as "Da Spyder" looked honestly a bit impressive. Finally the true Kendall showed in the 2nd getting jaw jacked as Mark began to throw wildly but connecting when it mattered. "Fight Of The Night" honors.
Rafael dos Anjos has really improved his striking and kicks but in the end it was his brilliant Jiu-Jitsu that allowed the Armbar tapout over "King Dong" Terry Etim. Rafael is quietly making a name in the Lightweight division.
Matt Hughes started slowly but finished strong against the legend, Renzo Gracie. The toughest of the Gracie's was winning the battle on the feet early and actually won the 1st round leaving Hughes with a small mouse under his eye and quickly re-thinking his strategy. In the 2nd Matt's methodical pace began to show dividends as Renzo's leg was just getting battered by the HIT Squad founders leg kicks. Renzo was beginning to look winded as we went into the final round where the greatest Welterweight finally found his stride and began to really hurt the Gracie. After a couple of knockdowns, Renzo was having trouble getting back to his feet and it got so sad that you wondered if he could finish the fight. Finally, Hughes put him away and Herb Dean mercifully stopped the fight. Renzo vowed to return and hopefully the 43 year old can learn some jumping jacks or something. Hughes still has nothing left for the top dogs in the division but will probably keep fighting "big name" fights like this one.
Frankie Edgar kept moving and using his speed to take a Decision win over B.J. Penn! The "Answer" never quit working even when he trailed in the bout early on. As we entered the 3rd round the fight was close and BJ looked a bit tired spinning on what may have been a bad knee. Penn has yet to address the wrapped knee but he also looked a bit doughy even for him. At anywho, Edgar kept mixing up his attack and Penn just couldn't seem to get his hands on him and was even taken down twice in the fight! Both of BJ's eyes were swollen a bit but neither man took any real damage. Just a genius game plan for Frankie who maybe didn't deliver a pretty fight for the fans, but a brilliant one none the less and is the new UFC Lightweight Champion!
Anderson Silva defeated Demian Maia by Unanimous Decision in the worst title fight of all time. The "Spider" decided Maia "didn't respect him" and thus danced around like an enormous asshole taunting and mocking the fellow Brazilian. Silva was far better on the feet and called Demian on as if angered Maia didn't want to fight Silva's fight. However, the more he danced and made an ass of himself, he wasn't fighting and Demian, who would be bloodied with one eye swollen completely shut and a broken nose, kept coming and earned the respect of the fans who chanted his name in hopes he could find a way to stop the disrespectful egomaniac who was running around the warning track of the Octagon and refusing to fight. The referee even threatened to take a point from Anderson if he continued to run but time was just about up. Anderson wins the Decision in a bout he could have ended at any time but refused to. Silva claims he doesn't owe anyone a reason for his antics besides the "respect" issue but does a true champion treat an opponent in that manner? This fight was disguesting and this PPV which I built up so big, sucked balls. Not Dana's fault, but terrible none the less.
6-4 on the picks.
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