John Salter defeats Jason MacDonald via TKO Leg Injury. This was an unfortunate accident reminiscent of Duane Ludwig at the 1st UFC on Versus event. Salter took the "Athlete" to the floor and during the process Jason's leg snapped in 2! It was brutal, it was gross, and obviously painful ruining the return to the UFC for MacDonald. We will update when we learn more about the condition of Jason.
Michael Guymon upset Yoshiyuki Yoshida by Decision (30-27) possibly sending "Zenko" to the unemployment line. Yoshida is a big disappointment and Guymon proved me and many others wrong. Perhaps King Of The Cage alumni are to be respected a bit more.
Joey Beltran defeated Tim Hague by Unanimous Decision.
Johny Hendricks took a Majority Decision over T.J. Grant in a toughly contested close fight.
Marcus Davis got the guess what, TKO win over Jonathan Goulet. Davis landed early in the 1st and wobbled the iron jaw of Jon before he recovered and finished the round strong on top of Marcus. But all new rounds start on the feet and the "Irish Hand Grenade" went off via the left hand that dropped the fragile Canadian to the mat before Davis pounded him out. Marcus did less weight training this time opting for speed and looked pretty good.
Joe Doerksen survived an early knockdown to rebound with the RNC win over Tom Lawlor who was still wearing the porno mustache he sported when aping Dan Severn at the weigh-ins. The "Filthy Mauler" rocked "El Dirte" early and unloaded a steady barrage of punches but was unable to put the veteran away. The pace was kept high in the 2nd and it became obvious that Lawlor was gassing out as he began to get outstruck by Doerksen. His faced puffing up and breathing heavy, Tom caught a kick from Joe only to have the Canadian climb onto his back sinking in the choke for the quick tapout. The crowd rightly went wild for the native son's stellar comeback.
Alan Belcher also defeated his opponent with the RNC leaving Patrick Cote complaining to the referee. The "Talent" looked good early on but the controversy came when the "New Predator" pushed Belcher against the cage. Alan pulled Pat into the air almost like a pro-wrestling pile driver but did not spike him on his head (which is illegal), instead face planting him. Dazed Cote didn't have time to defend the choke and tapped out. Sorry homey, but that was a legal maneuver and Alan feeling his oats called out Anderson Silva for a title fight. Good luck.
Matt Mitrione bested Kimbo Slice by TKO leaving me to hope we can put this awful experiment to rest. M&M came in confident and relaxed employing brutal leg kicks that Kimbo had no answer for. Slice did land some nice throwing takedowns but Mitrione found ways to scramble out of potential trouble and almost locked on a triangle choke in the initial round. In the 2nd the leg kicks were destroying Kimbo who was limping and tired before he was almost caught in an anaconda choke. Matt simply toyed with the "street fighter" who is obviously not a mixed martial artist. It was sad watching the also gassed M&M dropping pitter pat punches down on a defenseless Slice forcing the ref to stop the fight. Also Kimbo showed a lot of class interrupting Matt's post fight interview. This cat is embarrassing and all of you idiots cheering for him need to wake up to reality.
Jeremy Stephens defeated Sam Stout in a Split-Decision I don't care about.
Josh Koscheck also defeated Paul Daley by the Decision but not without a ton of controversy. The takedowns nullified everything "Semtex" tried to do but he attempted to throw an illegal knee at Koscheck's head though it grazed him at best and most likely missed altogether. The fight stopped for a bit with Josh looking for an Oscar nod but the referee saw the replay and we returned to action. It was lay and pray all the way to a 30-27 decision but then Daley followed Josh (whose back was turned) when the fight was over and threw a hard punch. The ref Dan Miragliotta (a rather larger man) whipped the Brit around and slammed him up against the cage though Koscheck didn't try to retaliate. Paul will be suspended and hopefully cut after this despicable act. Josh embraced his role as the villain telling the Montreal crowd the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to kick their ass next week. The crowd responded as expected but it was pretty funny to be honest.
Mauricio "Shogun" Rua KO'd Lyoto Machida taking the idiotic judges out of the equation for round 6. It was Rua's leg kicks again early on but the "Dragon" began executing beautiful takedowns. Then, "Shogun" kept up the pressure and landed a left hand to the side of Machida's head dropping the pseudo-champ to the mat. Mauricio then attacked using his blitzkrieg style and knocked Lyoto unconscious getting up before the ref even stepped in to stop it. FINALLY, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is officially crowned the Light Heavyweight Champion of the world!
4-7 on the picks which may be the worst I have ever done:(
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