chris caulfield Posted July 23, 2008 Author Share Posted July 23, 2008 I've decided to post my picks aswell to keep this thing going and to bump it up aswell. That Should Of Been On The Main Card Award (best undercard fight of the year) - Brandon Vera vs. Aleksander Emelianenko (UFC 105) Card Of The Year - UFC 105 Knock Out Of The Year - Tim Sylvia's head kick KO over Cheick Kongo Submission Of The Year - Shane Carwin's armbar on Big Nog Fight Of The Year - Anderson Silva vs. GSP at UFC 101 Upset Of The Year - Rob Broughton KO'ing Cheick Kongo on his debut. (close second and third to Hamill over Shogun and Huerta over Penn.) Lightweight Of The Year - Roger Huerta - Beat Penn and then got three straight TKO wins over the at the time #2 Lightweights. Really pushed himself this last year. Welterweight Of The Year - Jon Fitch - Would of been GSP if he didn't move to Middleweight after his fight with Serra. Fitch really thrived in 2009 though. He went 3-0 with a KO over Koscheck a TKO over Kim and then a submission over Thiago Alves in a great fight. Middleweight Of The Year - Rousimar Palhales - 3-0 in 2009 in a year when he went from borderline top ten Middleweight to certified top five Middleweight who is a serious challenger to Anderson Silva. In 2009 he earned wins over Nate Marquardt, Thales Leites and Patrick Cote. Light Heavyweight Of The Year - Matt Hamill - 4-0 in 2009 in a year where he broke into the top ten Light Heavyweights. Hamill was a good year for Hamill as he rose the ranks. Also Hamill never went to a decision in all of his four fights in 2009. He started the year with a couple of TKO wins as he beat Tim Boetsch and David Heath and then went on to get a submission win over Goran Reljic and then finished the year with a KO win over Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua in a win that secured him his place in the Light Heavyweight rankings. Heavyweight Of The Year - Fedor Emelianenko - Fedor was back to his old winning ways in 2009 as he went 3-0 getting decision wins over Fabricio Werdum, Sergei Kharitonov and then Ben Rothwell. He is now the #1 contender to Carwin's title. Breakthrough Fighter Of The Year - Rolles Gracie Best Prespect For 2009 - Anthony Johnson - Johnson is a good bet to hold gold in 2010. it is rumoured that he is going to main event the next Fight Night with Diego Sanchez in a fight that will decide to #1 contender to the eventual tournament winner. Fighter Of The Year - Roger Huerta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFC Announce New Rankings After UFC 106 And End Of Year Award Winners[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]UFC have released the new rankings following their UFC 105 events.[/CENTER] [B][U]Lightweight[/U][/B] 1. Roger Huerta 2. Eddie Alvarez 3. Jason Tabor 4. Vitor Ribeiro 5. Shinya Aoki 6. Billy Evangelista 7. Jim Miller 8. Kenny Florian 9. Thiago Tavares 10. Joe Stevenson [B][U]Welterweight[/U][/B] 1. Jon Fitch 2. Yoshiyuki Yoshida 3. Diego Sanchez 4. Matt Hughes 5. Anthony Johnson 6. Dong Hyun Kim +1 7. Dan Hardy +1 8. Matt Serra - New Entry 9. Thiago Alves -3 10. BJ Penn -1 [B][U]Middleweight[/U][/B] 1. Anderson Silva 2. Forrest Griffin 3. Michael Bisping 4. Rousimar Palhales 5. Georges St. Pierre +1 6. Cung Le +1 7. Demian Maia +1 8. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza +1 9. Siyar Bahadurzada +1 10. Dan Henderson -5 [B][U]Light Heavyweight[/U][/B] 1. Quinton Jackson 2. Lyoto Machida 3. Wanderlei Silva +1 4. Matt Hamill +1 5. Keith Jardine +2 6. Rich Franklin +2 7. Rashad Evans +2 8. Thiago Silva -5 9. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou +1 10. Glover Teixeira - New Entry [B][U]Heavyweight[/U][/B] 1. Fedor Emelianenko 2. Shane Carwin 3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 4. Rolles Gracie +2 5. Tim Sylvia -1 6. Aleksander Emelianenko -1 7. Sergei Kharitonov 8. Brandon Vera 9. Cheick Kongo +1 10. Fabricio Werdum - New Entry [B][U]P4P[/U][/B] 1. Roger Huerta 2. Fedor Emelianenko +1 3. Quinton Jackson -1 4. Anderson Silva 5. Shane Carwin +1 6. Lyoto Machida +3 7. Jon Fitch -2 8. Eddie Alvarez -1 9. Forrest Griffin -1 10. Michael Bisping [CENTER]UFC also announced their end of year award winners. Here are the catagories and their winners. [B]That Should Of Been On The Main Card Award[/B] - Brandon Vera vs. Aleksander Emelianenko [B]Card Of The Year[/B] - UFC 105 [B]Knock Out Of The Year[/B] - Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson's TKO over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 104 [B]Submission Of The Year [/B]- Shane Carwin's armbar win over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 103 [B]Fight Of The Year [/B]- Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre at UFC 101 [B]Upset Of The Year[/B] - Diego Sanchez's KO win over BJ Penn at UFC 103 [B]Lightweight Of The Year[/B] - Roger Huerta [B]Welterweight Of The Year[/B] - Jon Fitch [B]Middleweight Of The Year [/B]- Anderson Silva [B]Light Heavyweight Of The Year [/B]- Quinton Jackson [B]Heavyweight Of The Year [/B]- Shane Carwin [B]Breakthrough Fighter Of The Year[/B] - Rolles Gracie [B]Best Prespect For 2009[/B] - Anthony Johnson [B]Fighter Of The Year[/B] - Roger Huerta[/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 24, 2008 Author Share Posted July 24, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFC Announces UFN 17: Johnson vs. Sanchez[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]Today UFC announced UFN 17: Johnson vs. Sanchez. Here is the card. [B][U]Maincard[/U][/B] Anthony Johnson (9-1) vs. Diego Sanchez (23-4) Siyar Bahadurzada (20-3-1) vs. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza (13-1) Chuck Liddell's Retirement Fight: Chuck Liddell (22-8) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (8-5) Shinya Aoki (18-3) vs. Vitor Ribeiro (22-3) Rich Clementi (33-14-1) vs. Jim Miller (14-1) [B][U]Undercard[/U][/B] Aaron Meisner (5-0) vs. CB Dolloway (9-0) Keith Jardine (15-5-1) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (14-5) Gabriel Gonzaga (8-4) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (17-4) Brad Morris (8-6) vs. Nicolas Rodriguez (2-0) Chris Lytle (15-17-5) vs. Randy Shearer (1-0)[/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublin Sky Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Dub's Picks Anthony Johnson (9-1) vs. [B]Diego Sanchez[/B] (23-4) [B]Siyar Bahadurzada[/B] (20-3-1) vs. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza (13-1) Chuck Liddell's Retirement Fight: [B]Chuck Liddell[/B] (22-8) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (8-5) [B]Shinya Aoki[/B] (18-3) vs. Vitor Ribeiro (22-3) Rich Clementi (33-14-1) vs.[B] Jim Miller[/B] (14-1) Undercard Aaron Meisner (5-0) vs. [B]CB Dolloway [/B](9-0) [B]Keith Jardine[/B] (15-5-1) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (14-5) Gabriel Gonzaga (8-4) vs. [B]Sergei Kharitonov[/B] (17-4) Brad Morris (8-6) vs. [B]Nicolas Rodriguez[/B] (2-0) Chris Lytle (15-17-5) vs. [B]Randy Shearer[/B] (1-0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Anthony Johnson (9-1) vs.[B] Diego Sanchez [/B](23-4) Siyar Bahadurzada (20-3-1) vs.[B] Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza[/B] (13-1) Chuck Liddell's Retirement Fight:[B] Chuck Liddell [/B](22-8) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (8-5) [B]Shinya Aoki [/B](18-3) vs. Vitor Ribeiro (22-3) [B]Rich Clementi[/B] (33-14-1) vs. Jim Miller (14-1) Undercard Aaron Meisner (5-0) vs. [B]CB Dolloway[/B] (9-0) Keith Jardine (15-5-1) vs. [B]Antonio Rogerio Nogueira[/B] (14-5) Gabriel Gonzaga (8-4) vs. [B]Sergei Kharitonov [/B](17-4) Brad Morris (8-6) vs. [B]Nicolas Rodriguez[/B] (2-0) Chris Lytle (15-17-5) vs. [B]Randy Shearer[/B] (1-0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFN 17: Johnson vs. Sanchez[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [B][U][CENTER]Undercard[/CENTER][/U][/B] [B][CENTER]Chris Lytle (15-17-5) vs. Randy Shearer (1-0) Sherdog's Prediction: Randy Shearer via Knock Out[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Shearer throws two high punches, then steps in for a hook to the body. Nice combination, but Lytle defended with ease. They clinch up next to the cage, but a short struggle only ends with them separating and coming back in. Shearer clinches with Lytle. A quick trip sends Lytle falling backward, pulling guard to take Shearer down with him. Shearer drops a bomb of a right hand, smashing into the hands of Lytle and forcing them back into his face. Another right hand finds its way through, landing right above the eye, stunning Lytle. With his opponent's wits scrambled, Shearer moves from the guard into a mount with ease, and starts unloading with rights and lefts. [B]Lytle tries to cover up, but is getting decimated, and the referee is forced to come in and pull Shearer off, signalling the win. The official time is 1:20.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: * [B]Notes[/B]: Shearer makes quick work of Lytle with a early TKO finish. [B][CENTER]Brad Morris (8-6) vs. Nicolas Rodriguez (2-0) Sherdog's Prediction: Nicolas Rodriguez via Decision[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Morris tries to work an angle from the start, but is kept back by some sharp kicks, one landing painfully across the outside of the calf. Rodríguez steps in and throws some punches, landing a crisp jab to the shoulder. Morris lands a jab of his own, but gets hit with a vicious waist-high kick when stepping in to follow up. Good tactics so far from Rodríguez, he is basically controlling the tempo and positioning of this fight through intelligent use of sharp, accurate kicks. Morris comes in fast, faking left then going right, and gets close enough to throw some body blows. Rodríguez gets in a right hand of his own, then a beauty of a high kick. It lands right on the ear, causing Morris to back off quickly. If that had had more power, it might well have scored a knock out. The round is almost over. Rodríguez has controlled this one, Morris is finding it very difficult to find a way around those kicks. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Rodríguez.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] The round starts with some tentative striking. Both fighters look to be using their strikes merely to keep the opponent off-balance while they work for an angle for a takedown, rather than actually trying to inflict too much damage. Morris goes for the first takedown, but Rodríguez has it well-scouted and they merely end up in a clinch. They tussle, ending up all the way back against the cage. Both fighters try trips, but neither gets anything. Finally, the referee steps in and separates them. Rodríguez storms back in almost immediately and takes Morris down, into guard. It's hard to say whether that was just a good takedown or whether Morris just had a lapse in concentration. Rodríguez tries to pass the guard but can't, with Morris employing a rubber guard now. There's a definite stalemate, Morris is defending very well but isn't really offering any attacking threat or really trying to get out of this predicament. Rodríguez makes a big effort to pass, and manages to get to half guard, but Morris has him tied up pretty well all the same. Time is ticking away, what has been a very tame round looks set to end without much in the way of highlights. It'll have to go to Rodríguez on points, the takedown is really the only noteworthy thing that has happened. End of round 2. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Rodríguez.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Rodríguez starts fast, firing off several crisp jabs that keep Morris on the back foot. A solid left hits gloves, but it's really just a set-up for Rodríguez to step in and use an uppercut. Not sure how much of it caught Morris, but certainly enough to to make him grab a clinch to stop any further punishment. Great start to the round from Rodríguez, it has been total domination so far. The clinch is broken, and the two fighters exchange some long range jabs that are easily avoided. Morris is looking a little lost so far, Rodríguez is controlling this round by virtue of his crisp accurate punches and higher aggression levels. Rodríguez looks to be working an angle. Rodríguez leads with the left, then moves in and gets in a wicked right hand that grazes the cheek. Morris was fortunate there, if that had landed properly it would have been over. Morris comes back with a leg kick to set up a one-two combination, but the round is coming to a close and it's going to be too little too late. The one bright spot for Morris is that although Rodríguez clearly won the round, he didn't actually turn that dominance into any sort of real damage. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Rodríguez by 10-9. The official scores are in; two judges give 30-27, the other 29-28, all for Nicolás Rodríguez.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: * [B]Notes[/B]: Rodriguez get's his third straight win as he wins a comfortable decision win over Morris. [B][CENTER]Gabriel Gonzaga (8-4) vs. Sergei Kharitonov (17-4) Sherdog's Prediction: Sergei Kharitonov via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Kharitonov starts fast, immediately going on the attack with jabs and straight rights. Gonzaga covers up from the initial burst, then starts throwing some raking rights and lefts. Kharitonov bobs and weaves out of harm's way, countering by flicking off jabs whenever possible, peppering Gonzaga with strikes. None of them are likely to knock Gonzaga down, but they will add up over time. Gonzaga moves in and tries to back Kharitonov up against the cage, but he is too quick, and won't allow himself to get caught. Gonzaga is having a real problem with Kharitonov's movement, which is allowing him to dart in and out almost at will, hitting quick jabs and avoiding any counters. There's another example, as Kharitonov scores with a sharp left hand to the chest, and is gone before the big right hand of Gonzaga hits. Gonzaga looks frustrated, and switches tactics, no longer looking for the big punches but trying to stop Kharitonov getting in close by using low kicks and long, raking punches. Kharitonov is kept from doing any further damage, but Gonzaga isn't generating any offence either. Kharitonov comes in from an angle, takes a right hand, but scores with a flurry of his own. Gonzaga tries to hit a low kick, but misses. Time is running down, Kharitonov is going to take this round on points, he has been able to dominate it thanks to his superior movement. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Kharitonov.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Kharitonov starts fast, firing off several crisp jabs that keep Gonzaga on the back foot. A solid left hits gloves, but it's really just a set-up for Kharitonov to step in and use an uppercut. Not sure how much of it caught Gonzaga, but certainly enough to to make him grab a clinch to stop any further punishment. Great start to the round from Kharitonov, it has been total domination so far. The clinch is broken, and the two fighters exchange some long range jabs that are easily avoided. Gonzaga is looking a little lost so far, Kharitonov is controlling this round by virtue of his crisp accurate punches and higher aggression levels. Kharitonov narrowly misses a right cross. Kharitonov leads with the left, then moves in and gets in a wicked right hand that grazes the cheek. Gonzaga was fortunate there, if that had landed properly it would have been over. Gonzaga comes back with a leg kick to set up a one-two combination, but the round is coming to a close and it's going to be too little too late. The one bright spot for Gonzaga is that although Kharitonov clearly won the round, he didn't actually turn that dominance into any sort of real damage. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Kharitonov by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Gonzaga starts strongly, immediately rushing in for a takedown. Kharitonov got taken by surprise a little, but wrestles his way free of the grapple and pulls to safety. Kharitonov doesn't hang around for a second attempt, he uses a looping left to set himself up to come in close and score with a series of strikes, two or three nice body shots included. Gonzaga covers up, throwing the occasional jab as a counter. Kharitonov goes for a vicious uppercut, but gets pulled into a clinch. Gonzaga goes for a takedown via a trip, but Kharitonov defends it. Another trip attempt, another failure. Gonzaga pushes Kharitonov up against the cage and tries to wrestle him to the ground, but Kharitonov keeps his balance and sprawls to stop it. Kharitonov gets in a hard right hand to the side of the face, taking advantage of the fact that Gonzaga was leaning in too far. Kharitonov reverses so that Gonzaga is against the cage. They remain clinched, with nothing more than minor strikes being thrown, for a long time. The referee finally breaks them apart and gets them back to the center. Kharitonov throws a kick, waist-high, but Gonzaga avoids it. That could have been used for a takedown attempt if Gonzaga had been quicker and caught it. Kharitonov hits two or three punches in a row, stinging the gloves of Gonzaga. The round draws to a close. It'll be interesting to see where the judges go with this, as Kharitonov clearly got the better strikes in throughout the round, but Gonzaga did probably show more aggression by virtue of his almost constant attempts to get the takedown. The third round is over. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Kharitonov. The official scores are: 30-27 from all three judges for Sergei Kharitonov.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Sergei is back from his loss to Fedor and he is back on form with a decision win over the always dangerous Gonzaga. [B][CENTER]Keith Jardine (15-5-1) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (14-5) Sherdog's Prediction: Keith Jardine via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Jardine comes out fast and quickly backs Nogueira up, all the way up against the cage. Jardine throws a series of rights and lefts; none of the strikes to the head got through, but two nice body shots did. He doesn't follow up though, instead keeping a few steps back, clearly not wanting to get tied up in a clinch. Nogueira throws a low kick, then advances with some jabs, forcing Jardine to back off a little. They meet in the center and exchange strikes, with Jardine looking the crisper striker of the two, although without doing any real damage. Nogueira shoots in for the takedown, but Jardine sprawls and eventually pushes free. Right hand from Jardine, then two jabs which both find their mark. Nogueira bats away a third, then comes in hard and fast for a second takedown attempt. Jardine sprawls again, but gets pushed all the way up against the cage. Nogueira has a leg, but is low down to the ground and doesn't have the leverage to complete the takedown. He works to a better standing position, but has to lose the leg and grab a clinch instead. They both fire off some small punches from there. Nogueira tries for a trip, but Jardine avoids it and works free from the clinch. He returns to the center, clearly wanting a striking battle rather than a grappling match. Nogueira follows, hands held high, and throws a couple of jabs. Jardine connects with one instead though, and then with a looping right hand that catches Nogueira above the eye. He felt that, but doesn't go down. Best strike of the round so far. Nogueira throws a low kick. Jardine comes in to strike again, but this time cannot sprawl quickly enough and gets taken down. Jardine pulls guard. Unfortunately for Nogueira, now that he has finally gotten the takedown, there's less than thirty seconds left. He tries to pass guard to get to side control, but Jardine comfortably defends it until the round is over. The round ends. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Jardine.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Jardine starts with a high kick, but Nogueira was well out of range. Nogueira gets pinned against the cage, and the referee eventually has to separate them. Jardine steps in and exchanges strikes with Nogueira, neither fighter gets a particular advantage from it. Nogueira parries away a nice right hand and gets in a crisp counter punch that catches Jardine on the shoulder. The round has been a little flat so far, neither of them is really forcing the issue. They enter into a clinch, which doesn't help matters, and that seems to last for an eternity before the referee separates them and tells them to get on with it. Jardine finally shows some fire, putting together a combination of two jabs, a cross, and an uppercut. Nogueira did well to defend it, bobbing and weaving out of the way and using his gloves to parry away anything that was too close. He uses a low kick to the thigh as a response, then steps in and unloads with two fine punches, although Jardine blocked them. Jardine scores the best punch of the round so far, coming in fast, ducking under a dangerous right hand, and catching Nogueira square in the face with a lunging overhand right. Nogueira backs off and covers up, clearly having felt that one, and unfortunately Jardine's attempts to follow up and thwarted as he gets tied up in a clinch near the cage. The time expires, with Jardine probably having stolen that round thanks to that one big punch. End of round 2. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Jardine.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] The fighters come together right in the center. Nogueira throws out a jab, but Jardine bobs out of the way and uses a right hand to glance a blow off the side of the ribs in response. Jardine works an angle and storms in suddenly with three crisp jabs and a looping overhand punch, Nogueira covered up quickly but at least one of the jabs hit home. Jardine is making Nogueira look sluggish in comparison, such is the speed and crispness with which he is delivering strikes. Nogueira hits a low kick before back-pedalling to avoid a clubbing blow. About thirty seconds pass without any contact, and the crowd become a little restless. They meet in the center to exchange a flurry of strikes that gets the crowd on their feet. Jardine got slightly the better of it, he definitely snuck through a right hand that rocked Nogueira slightly. Nogueira initiates a clinch, and the action grinds to a halt. Nogueira looks out of ideas, he is being repeatedly lured into these exchange of strikes, but Jardine is clearly winning them. Nogueira needs to find some way to deal with them. Not much time left in this round. The referee separates them. Jardine tries a speculative high kick, but Nogueira saw it coming and was well out of range by the time it came. Nogueira tries to work an angle, but Jardine is having none of it and fires off a straight right hand to keep him from stepping in. Comfortable round for Jardine, he will probably be disappointed not to have done more damage given his dominance of the striking in this round. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Jardine. The official scores are: 30-27 (twice), 29-28 for Keith Jardine.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Jardine with a big win here and that is Nog's second loss in a row. This win could put Jardine into the top three Light Heavyweights which would make him eligible for a title shot. [B][CENTER]Aaron Meisner (5-0) vs. CB Dolloway (9-0) Sherdog's Prediction: Aaron Meisner via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Meisner starts brightly, almost hunting Dollaway down by stalking him around the ring. Dollaway throws some jabs, but they don't have the range to hit. Meisner hits the first good strike, slicing a nasty-looking kick to the hip area. Dollaway throws a left hook in response, but it is easily parried. Meisner hits another kick, this time to the calf of Dollaway's front leg. The kicks that Meisner has been throwing are looking really good, they're sharp, accurate, and difficult to see coming. Dollaway will need to figure out a counter, as currently he is being picked apart. Dollaway moves in quickly and grabs a clinch. They struggle like that for a full minute, exchanging short, sharp blows, but without doing any real damage. The referee gets them to part. Dollaway tags Meisner with a straight left. Meisner ducks a second one, hits a jab, then whips out a quick kick that hits perfectly to the inside of the knee of the front leg. The leg buckles, and Dollaway is down to one knee briefly, but quickly up before Meisner can take his head off with another kick. Dollaway is limping slightly, that kick was beautifully judged. Dollaway throws a couple of big right hands, but they're easily avoided. Meisner starts working angle to throw more low kicks, Dollaway is keeping away from them. Meisner seems content not to push the action too much, he looks a bit tired from throwing all those kicks. The round ends without further major action. The 1st round ends. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Meisner by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Slow start, both fighters are throwing tentative punches without threatening anything more powerful. Meisner puts together the first exciting moment, stringing together four punches in quick succession, but Dollaway defended well. Straight right from Dollaway in response, but it caught nothing but gloves. They start circling. The referee tells them to fight, the lack of action so far is worrying. They get in close and exchange body shots, Meisner probably getting the slightly better punches in, and then fall into a clinch. That goes nowhere, and the referee separates them. Dollaway gets a nice kick in just before the time expires, but it's unlikely that is going to stop the judges giving that round to Meisner. The 2nd round ends. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Meisner by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] The round starts slowly, with both fighters circling, tentatively throwing out the occasional jab. Dollaway is the first to make a positive move, stepping in to throw a right hand, although he probably wishes that he hadn't, as Meisner picks him off with a crisp jab to the cheek. Dollaway throws a wild punch as a counter, but Meisner ducks and backs off out of range. They meet again in the center for an exchange of punches. Dollaway gets a clubbing blow to the side of the head in, but takes a hard shot to the stomach in return. The early pattern seems to be that Dollaway is looking for big punches, Meisner is happy to avoid them and use quick counter punches instead. They clinch up, and Dollaway manages to back Meisner up against the cage. Dollaway takes a half step backward and throws a big right hand to the head, but Meisner ducks under at the last second, scores with a pair of punches to the gut, then darts out of trouble before Dollaway can unload. Dollaway may need to think about changing tactics, Meisner is looking far sharper in these striking battles, and is beginning to control the pace and tempo of the round. Dollaway fakes a right hand, then shoots out a low kick, catching Meisner on the thigh. Meisner presses forward for the first time, getting in close and using a couple of jabs to the body. Dollaway gets a nice left hook in, glancing off the gloves, and then clinches up. Time ticks away and the round ends just a few seconds after the referee separates them. The 3rd round ends. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Meisner. The official scores are: 30-27 from all three judges for Aaron Meisner.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Meisner hands CB his first ever loss in ten pro fights as he remains undefeated after six pro fights. [B][U][CENTER]Maincard[/CENTER][/U][/B] [B][CENTER]Rich Clementi (33-14-1) vs. Jim Miller (14-1) Sherdog's Prediction: Jim Miller via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Slow start, both fighters are throwing tentative punches without threatening anything more powerful. Miller puts together the first exciting moment, stringing together four punches in quick succession, but Clementi defended well. Straight right from Clementi in response, but it caught nothing but gloves. They start circling. The referee tells them to fight, the lack of action so far is worrying. They get in close and exchange body shots, Miller probably getting the slightly better punches in, and then fall into a clinch. That goes nowhere, and the referee separates them. Clementi gets a nice kick in just before the time expires, but it's unlikely that is going to stop the judges giving that round to Miller. The first round is over. [B]Sherdog.com scores 10-9 Miller.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Exchange of punches to start, nothing really hit though. They go into a clinch, and the pace disappears as both fighters try and get the advantage. Eventually the referee separates them. Jab from Miller, who then has to react quickly to avoid a right hook that was aimed right at the chin. Miller puts on a burst of energy and fires off a big sequence of punches, maybe twelve or thirteen in a row, although not many actually connected. Clementi covered up well, and gets in a couple of shots of his own before moving out of range again. Miller gets pinned against the cage, and the referee eventually has to separate them. Low kick from Clementi, almost to the groin, although it didn't look intentional. They come together in a clinch again, and it returns to a stalemate. Not a great round by anyone's standard, but that flurry should mean that Miller will take the round on points. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Miller.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] The round starts slowly, with both fighters circling, tentatively throwing out the occasional jab. Clementi is the first to make a positive move, stepping in to throw a right hand, although he probably wishes that he hadn't, as Miller picks him off with a crisp jab to the cheek. Clementi throws a wild punch as a counter, but Miller ducks and backs off out of range. They meet again in the center for an exchange of punches. Clementi gets a clubbing blow to the side of the head in, but takes a hard shot to the stomach in return. The early pattern seems to be that Clementi is looking for big punches, Miller is happy to avoid them and use quick counter punches instead. They clinch up, and Clementi manages to back Miller up against the cage. Clementi takes a half step backward and throws a big right hand to the head, but Miller ducks under at the last second, scores with a pair of punches to the gut, then darts out of trouble before Clementi can unload. Clementi may need to think about changing tactics, Miller is looking far sharper in these striking battles, and is beginning to control the pace and tempo of the round. Clementi fakes a right hand, then shoots out a low kick, catching Miller on the thigh. Miller presses forward for the first time, getting in close and using a couple of jabs to the body. Clementi gets a nice left hook in, glancing off the gloves, and then clinches up. Time ticks away and the round ends just a few seconds after the referee separates them. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Miller by 10-9. The official scores are: 30-27 (twice), 29-28 for Jim Miller.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Miller with another win and this one could put him as high as #5 in the Lightweight rankings. [B][CENTER]Shinya Aoki (18-3) vs. Vitor Ribeiro (22-3) Sherdog's Prediction: Shinya Aoki via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Aoki leads with the right hand to set up a low kick, Ribeiro deals with it well. They clinch, but only for a few seconds before it gets broken. Both throw stiff jabs at the same time, neither connects properly. Back to the clinch. It has been a disjointed start to the round, the flow hasn't quite developed properly. Ribeiro uses a knee to the ribs before backing Aoki up against the cage. Right hand from Aoki connects though, that was well timed. Ribeiro breaks the clinch and backs off. That was sloppy on his part, Aoki was basically gifted a free shot. Three quick jabs from Ribeiro sting the gloves, then a crashing hook to the body finds its mark. Good recovery. Aoki fires off a low kick again, but it's well wide. Aoki comes in fast and low and takes Ribeiro down to the mat by the legs. Nicely done. He keeps hold of one leg, and applies a leglock. That was all in one motion, Ribeiro got taken by surprise. Aoki sits back and wrenches in the hold, and that looks painful. Ribeiro is holding on. He tries to twist free, but it's on tight. [B]Ribeiro gives in and taps out. The official time is 3:11.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Both fighters were coming off losses to Roger Huerta as they came into this fight. But Aoki came out the winner and he took a big step towards getting a rematch with Huerta. [B][CENTER]Chuck Liddell's Retirement Fight: Chuck Liddell (22-8) vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (8-5) Sherdog's Prediction: Chuck Liddell via Decision[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] They circle to start, both throwing a few tentative jabs. An uppercut misses its mark from Sokoudjou, providing the first moment of real action. Liddell hits a nice combination of body shots to set up a big right hook, but Sokoudjou side-stepped to safety. A few punches get thrown, but there's a lack of real action to talk about. Liddell is being slightly the more aggressive, but neither fighter is really going for it. They come together again and exchange punches, but no big shots get through, and they end up clinched for a while. The referee separates them, but the time is ticking away and this round looks like it's going to the judges. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Liddell.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Sokoudjou makes Liddell back up against the cage by throwing some looping punches. He comes in closer and hits a right hook to the body, getting a jab to the cheek in return. Sokoudjou throws another two punches, both to the body, then steps back to avoid an uppercut. Liddell lets fly with a scorching punch though, and it catches Sokoudjou by surprise, putting him down! Liddell follows up and starts raining down right hands. Sokoudjou covers up as best he can, but it's not enough as the referee pulls Liddell off, the match is over. [B]Official time of the TKO is 1:40 of the second round.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: **** [B]Notes[/B]: This will be Chuck's last ever fight and he knew that if he lost people would remember him as washed up after losing three straight fights. But he didn't lose, he won and in vintage Liddell style. [B][CENTER]Siyar Bahadurzada (20-3-1) vs. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza (13-1) Sherdog Prediction: Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza via Submission[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Fast start by Jacare, who has thrown three crisp jabs in the first twenty seconds, although none of them got past the gloves. Bahadurzada circles, drawing a lunge from Jacare, allowing him to score with a nice low kick to the front leg. Jacare ignores that and darts in for a takedown, but only ends up holding one leg, Bahadurzada hopping on the other to remain vertical. Jacare tries to push forward to complete the takedown, but Bahadurzada manages to pull them all the way back to the cage before ultimately going down. That's a much better position to be in though, he has his corner right there, and can use the cage to effectively cut off any form of attack to the left hand side of his body. Jacare has one leg trapped between Bahadurzada's, and is struggling to get it free. He throws a couple of punches, none of them doing much damage, and then tries to work on one of the arms. It might be a kimura that he looking for. Bahadurzada defends it well, without fully escaping it, Jacare can't really do a lot with it due to how much he is having to stretch to apply it, due to his leg being trapped. Bahadurzada suddenly releases the leg and scrambles up, looking to take Jacare's back. Jacare was ready for it though, and blocks it by pinning a half-standing Bahadurzada up against the cage. It's a precarious position for both fighters. Bahadurzada throws a couple of short-range punches. Jacare gets a leg in and trips Bahadurzada, putting him back on the ground, albeit this time in full guard. It was a nice escape attempt from Bahadurzada, at least he can take heart from the fact that it resulted in a better defensive position. Time is running out, it looks like this round will end with them in this position. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Jacare by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Jacare is quickest out, and comes at Bahadurzada with a series of jabs and straight punches. Bahadurzada covered up well, and I don't think anything got through. Bahadurzada hits a body shot, but it didn't connect solidly. They get in close, and it's Jacare who takes it to the ground. Bahadurzada pulls guard. There's a lull, as Jacare tries to pass, and Bahadurzada defends it. Punches get thrown every so often, but it's really a stalemate at the moment. Bahadurzada almost gets a guillotine, but it's blocked and almost leads to a kimura for Jacare, but that too goes nowhere. The referee stands them up, but the time is almost over. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Jacare.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Dull first sixty seconds to the round, as neither fighter looks willing to commit much to attack. They're both looking for angles to come in from, but they're constantly countering each other. A crisp jab from Bahadurzada that almost found its way through the guard is the sole highlight as we reach the minute mark. Jacare looks to be working an angle. Jacare ducks out of the way of a punch, then back steps quickly, just in time to avoid the uppercut that was coming. Better from Bahadurzada, although no damage has actually been done yet. Bahadurzada scores with a jab, then another, then comes in fast with a takedown. Jacare scrambles and after an extended period of struggling manages to get himself into north and south position, on top of Bahadurzada. Jacare hits a hard right to the chest, then turns and gets a full mount. Bahadurzada is really struggling, and can barely get his arms up to cover up from the strikes that Jacare is now raining down. A quick transition and Jacare has an arm and applies an americana. Bahadurzada has no choice, there's the tap out. [B]The official time of the americana submission is 2:55 of round 3.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: *** [B]Notes[/B]: Jacare with another impressive win in the UFC. He wore Siyar down for two rounds and then he struck in the third with the americana submission that finished the fight. This win could boost him as high as #5 in the Middleweight rankings. [B][CENTER]Anthony Johnson (9-1) vs. Diego Sanchez (23-4) Sherdog's Prediction: Diego Sanchez via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Johnson and Sanchez circle to start. Sanchez throws a couple of looping punches, neither hitting, while Johnson sits back, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Sanchez comes in closer, looking to unload with a right hand; that misses, and it allows Johnson to slip a nice jab in, catching Sanchez just underneath the right eye. Johnson comes in and scores with a straight left, then bounces a right hand off the body. Sanchez misses with a right cross, then backs off. Johnson stalks him, forcing Sanchez back up against the cage. Johnson doesn't rush in, instead standing back and throwing the occasional punch. Sanchez throws a big left hand in response, but it misses by quite a margin. Johnson pounces, hitting lefts and rights. Sanchez covers up from the first two punches, then clinches up to prevent any more coming in. They're up against the cage, Johnson in the dominant position. They remain that way as the time ticks down. Johnson throws the occasional knee, but can't really do much with his arms tied up like that. The referee finally tells them to break, and they return to the center. That clinch ate up a lot of time though. Sanchez comes in hard and fast, bobbing and weaving, and throws a couple of big shots. Johnson parries them with his gloves and scores with a well-executed counter punch, hitting just above the eye. They come in close again, throwing punches, but wind up clinched again. The time expires with them like that, and that round will definitely go down in Johnson's favour. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Johnson.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Sanchez throws the first punch of the round, a high searching jab that didn't carry a great deal of threat with it. Johnson throws a one-two combination in return, neither connecting, then steps in and delivers a hard kick to the outside of the thigh. Sanchez steps back, throwing a right hand as he does to buy himself space. They circle, then move in again to exchange strikes, neither fighter getting a clear advantage. They come together again and the same result. It has become something of a stalemate at the moment. They come together to exchange strikes for the third time, and this time they wind up in a clinch. Johnson hits a knee to the ribs. A couple of shots to the back from Sanchez. They struggle all the way back, with Sanchez ending up backed up against the cage. Johnson hits another knee, but there wasn't much power behind it. Sanchez stomps downward onto his foot. Sanchez manages to reverse their positions, but that only lasts about thirty seconds before it gets reversed once more. Johnson gets an arm free and tries to throw a big shot to the cheek, Sanchez ducks under it and gets the arm back under control. The referee finally breaks them up, and we're back to where we started. Sanchez tries a high kick to start, but Johnson saw it coming and easily avoids it. They come back together in the center, and it's Johnson who gets the first sustained attack of the round, hitting two hard body shots and a jab that caught Sanchez on the nose. Sanchez hits a straight right, enough to stop Johnson from following up any further. The time expires with them standing. Not a great round for either of them or the crowd, it was very scrappy. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Johnson.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Johnson leads with the right hand to set up a low kick, Sanchez deals with it well. They clinch, but only for a few seconds before it gets broken. Both throw stiff jabs at the same time, neither connects properly. Back to the clinch. It has been a disjointed start to the round, the flow hasn't quite developed properly. Sanchez uses a knee to the ribs before backing Johnson up against the cage. Right hand from Johnson connects though, that was well timed. Sanchez breaks the clinch and backs off. That was sloppy on his part, Johnson was basically gifted a free shot. Three quick jabs from Sanchez sting the gloves, then a crashing hook to the body finds its mark. Good recovery. Johnson fires off a low kick again, but it's well wide. Sanchez hits two body shots, then comes in low under an attempted right cross and uses a single leg to take Johnson down. Nicely done. Johnson pulls guard. Sanchez stands, and uses his arms to push Johnson's guard apart. Leaning down between the legs, he starts throwing vicious punches. Johnson tries to bring his legs back in to pull guard again, while simultaneously covering up, but he is having trouble; Sanchez is using his body to keep the legs from coming in. More punches rain down, and Johnson is starting to get really pounded. A big shot lands hard on the nose, then a left hand crunches into his cheek. The referee has seen enough and pulls Sanchez away, signalling the end of this match. [B]Official time of the TKO is 3:51 of the third.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: **** [B]Notes[/B]: Sanchez pulls off the TKO even though he lost the first two rounds to Johnson. Johnson did prove he deserves to be in this sort of matchup by winning the first two rounds, but Sanchez shows his greater experiance as he pulls off the win. Sanchez is now expected to fight the winner of the Fitch vs. Yoshida Tournament final fight which also has the title on the line. [B][U]Post Show News Fighter Bonuses[/U][/B] Submission of the Night: Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza Knock Out of the Night: Randy Shearer Fight of the Night: Anthony Johnson vs. Diego Sanchez [B][U]Injuries[/U][/B] Keith Jardine suffered a neck injury during his fight with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira which will keep him out for around a month. Meisner also suffered an injury as he injured his eye with an injury that will keep him out for around two months. [B][U]Signings[/U][/B] The UFC have signed Mike Whitehead (22-8) to compete in the Light Heavyweight division. Also they have signed Josh Neer (29-7-1) to compete in the Lightweight division. They have also signed both Semmy Schilt (28-15-1) and Alistair Overeem (27-12) to compete in the Heavyweight division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capelli King Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 do not post here, but i have to say, doing a good persistent job of this Chris. That is one thing most of these lack, consistency;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublin Sky Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 9-2 Went 9-2 on my pics I realy thought dollaway would have won but meh it's all good. what was your attendance if you don't mind me asking? It was a pretty packed card so I imagine pretty large? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 [QUOTE]do not post here, but i have to say, doing a good persistent job of this Chris. That is one thing most of these lack, consistency[/QUOTE] One thing I love about this game is that it's so easy to get into your game as if your almost attatched to your fighters so that really helps me to keep playing this game. Also I get quite good turnover of main contenders in the divisions, as you have already seen Huerta and Carwin win titles and the Welterweight division is full of top Welterweights such as Dan Hardy, Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Anthony Johnson so that helps as you get plenty of new matchups. Plus alot of the newly generated fighters are very talented proved by Nicolas Rodriguez and Randy Shearer. There was quite a few new fighters which came through recently so I'm thinking of doing a TUF sort of tournament including computer generated fighters and also I will take members of the board's character submissions. That will surely provide a new task to keep me in the game but should also boost readers and comments as people follow their fighters and you never know they might just get a title shot. [QUOTE]Went 9-2 on my pics I realy thought dollaway would have won but meh it's all good. what was your attendance if you don't mind me asking? It was a pretty packed card so I imagine pretty large?[/QUOTE] Actually you went 8-2 as there was only 10 fights on this last card as that is the maximum I can book for a UFN. Dolloway's stats arn't anything special really and I've really been protecting him up untill now and it came to a point where there wasn't anyone left to feed to him so I decided to put him against someone with a brighter future in my eyes which was Meisner. The attendance wasn't as big as I woud normally get as it was a UFN and it was in New Jersey which isn't somewhere I'd normally go but I did pretty well getting almost 7,000 attendance if I remember rightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 26, 2008 Author Share Posted July 26, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFC Announces UFC 107: Fedor vs. Carwin[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]Today UFC announced UFC 107: Fedor vs. Carwin. Here is the card. [B][U]Maincard[/U][/B] UFC Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko (31-3) vs. Shane Carwin (15-0) (c) Tim Sylvia (26-5) vs. Aleksander Emelianenko (15-4) Rashad Evans (16-3-1) vs. Luis Cane (8-3) Thales Leites (14-2) vs. Demian Maia (11-0) Dong Hyun Kim (14-2-1) vs. Akihiro Gono (31-15-7) [B][U]Undercard[/U][/B] Jason Tabor (8-0) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-6) Joey Villasenor (24-8) vs. Cung Le (11-0) Din Thomas (21-9) vs. Jeremy Stephens (16-3) Daniel Puder (8-1) vs. Cain Velasquez (4-2) Eric Schafer (7-3-2) vs. Antonio Mendes (15-5)[/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublin Sky Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Dub's Picks Maincard UFC Heavyweight Championship: [B][U]Fedor Emelianenko[/U][/B] (31-3) vs. Shane Carwin (15-0) (c) Tim Sylvia (26-5) vs. [B]Aleksander Emelianenko[/B] (15-4) [B]Rashad Evans[/B] (16-3-1) vs. Luis Cane (8-3) [B]Thales Leites[/B] (14-2) vs. Demian Maia (11-0) Dong Hyun Kim (14-2-1) vs. [B]Akihiro Gono[/B] (31-15-7) Undercard [B]Jason Tabor[/B] (8-0) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-6) [B]Joey Villasenor[/B] (24-8) vs. Cung Le (11-0) Din Thomas (21-9) vs. [B]Jeremy Stephens[/B] (16-3) Daniel Puder (8-1) vs. [B]Cain Velasquez[/B] (4-2) Eric Schafer (7-3-2) vs. [B]Antonio Mendes[/B] (15-5) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFC 107: Fedor vs. Carwin[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [B][U][CENTER]Undercard[/CENTER][/U][/B] [B][CENTER]Eric Schafer (7-3-2) vs. Antonio Mendes (15-5) Sherdog's Prediction: Antonio Mendes via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] The round starts slowly, with both fighters circling, tentatively throwing out the occasional jab. Schafer is the first to make a positive move, stepping in to throw a right hand, although he probably wishes that he hadn't, as Mendes picks him off with a crisp jab to the cheek. Schafer throws a wild punch as a counter, but Mendes ducks and backs off out of range. They meet again in the center for an exchange of punches. Schafer gets a clubbing blow to the side of the head in, but takes a hard shot to the stomach in return. The early pattern seems to be that Schafer is looking for big punches, Mendes is happy to avoid them and use quick counter punches instead. They clinch up, and Schafer manages to back Mendes up against the cage. Schafer takes a half step backward and throws a big right hand to the head, but Mendes ducks under at the last second, scores with a pair of punches to the gut, then darts out of trouble before Schafer can unload. Schafer may need to think about changing tactics, Mendes is looking far sharper in these striking battles, and is beginning to control the pace and tempo of the round. Schafer fakes a right hand, then shoots out a low kick, catching Mendes on the thigh. Mendes presses forward for the first time, getting in close and using a couple of jabs to the body. Schafer gets a nice left hook in, glancing off the gloves, and then clinches up. Time ticks away and the round ends just a few seconds after the referee separates them. The 1st round ends. [B]Sherdog.com scores 10-9 Mendes.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] The round starts. They touch gloves. Schafer throws a rapid-fire series of punches, forcing Mendes to back off. Mendes throws a nice kick that thumps into the rib cage. Another kick is thrown, this time aimed at the head, but Schafer sees it coming and steps back. Mendes advances and they meet in the center. Schafer ducks a right hand, scores with a left to the gut. Mendes throws a one-two combination, neither connecting, but it does allow him to follow up with a stinging kick to the ribs. A big red mark has appeared there. Schafer bursts forward and goes for a big swing, Mendes ducks under it, hits a right to the chest, then unloads another kick. This one hits the thigh, causing Schafer to noticeably wince. It may have caught the very top of the knee judging from the replays. Schafer tries to come in to get a measure of revenge, but is met with some low kicks that make sure that he can't get close enough to throw any bombs. Mendes's impressively sharp kicking game is hurting Schafer and allowing him to take firm control of this round. There's not much time left, and Schafer is going to have to do something special to win this round now. He doesn't, as time expires without anything interesting happening. End of round 2. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Mendes.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Schafer starts the round by throwing some low kicks. Mendes checks them, then comes in and clearly wants to trade punches. Schafer doesn't seem too bothered by that, and they enter into the first exchange of punches of the round. Difficult to say who came out on top, neither of them did a great deal of damage, most of the shots hit the opponent's gloves. Schafer cleverly head-fakes, allowing him the time and angle that he needed to catch Mendes with a beauty of a right hook. Mendes stumbles backward, but doesn't go down. Schafer presses the advantage by following in with a kick, then a right hand. Mendes clinches. They remain clinched for a while. Mendes scores with a nice knee, it appeared to catch Schafer in the gut. Schafer uses a single leg trip and takes the fight to the ground. Schafer gets to side control upon impact, and immediately goes for an armbar. Mendes reacts quickly, but is in real danger. Schafer has his left arm straightened out, fortunately Mendes has managed to roll and get a good position that is stopping Schafer from getting the leverage needed to apply an armlock. Schafer tries to step over and fully apply it, but Mendes breaks free and gets him to back off with a couple of up-kicks. Schafer steps back and motions for him to stand up. They go back to circling in the center. Mendes hits a nice right hand, but takes one back too. The time runs down; Schafer will probably get that round on points, he hit the best punch of the round, and got the only takedown, plus was the one who was working toward a submission. End of round 3. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Schafer. Antonio Mendes wins, with a score of 29-28 from two judges, 30-27 from the other.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Mendes gets a good win that could get him into the grove of things and maybe he will get a good winning streak going. [B][CENTER]Daniel Puder (8-1) vs. Cain Velasquez (4-2) Sherdog's Prediction: Daniel Puder via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Slow start to this round, Puder is being tentative and Velasquez looks like he is waiting for an angle to appear. The first exchange of strikes doesn't really go anywhere. A second set falls in Puder's favour, as he gets a nice jab in, hitting right above the nose, and a solid shot to the body. Velasquez goes in for a takedown but only manages to secure one leg. Puder hammers down two shots to the back, but can't really do a lot else. Velasquez tries to push him over onto his back, but Puder manages to pull free and back off. Velasquez throws a high left handed jab then goes in for another takedown. Good sprawl from Puder, and he backs off. Velasquez doesn't get a chance to go for a third, because Puder takes the fight to him with a barrage of lefts and rights, forcing him back against the cage. Puder clinches up, only after hitting a hard shot to the stomach though. The clinch seems to go on forever, with Velasquez unable to get a good enough position to try a takedown, and Puder tied up too much to really throw any decent strikes. Eventually the time runs out and they head back to their corners. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Puder.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] The fighters come together right in the center. Velasquez throws out a jab, but Puder bobs out of the way and uses a right hand to glance a blow off the side of the ribs in response. Puder works an angle and storms in suddenly with three crisp jabs and a looping overhand punch, Velasquez covered up quickly but at least one of the jabs hit home. Puder is making Velasquez look sluggish in comparison, such is the speed and crispness with which he is delivering strikes. Velasquez hits a low kick before back-pedalling to avoid a clubbing blow. Puder looks for an opening. They meet in the center to exchange a flurry of strikes that gets the crowd on their feet. Puder got slightly the better of it, he definitely snuck through a right hand that rocked Velasquez slightly. Velasquez initiates a clinch, and the action grinds to a halt. Velasquez looks out of ideas, he is being repeatedly lured into these exchange of strikes, but Puder is clearly winning them. Velasquez needs to find some way to deal with them. Not much time left in this round. The referee separates them. Puder tries a speculative high kick, but Velasquez saw it coming and was well out of range by the time it came. Velasquez tries to work an angle, but Puder is having none of it and fires off a straight right hand to keep him from stepping in. Comfortable round for Puder, he will probably be disappointed not to have done more damage given his dominance of the striking in this round. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com scores 10-9 Puder.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Puder starts fast, immediately going on the attack with jabs and straight rights. Velasquez covers up from the initial burst, then starts throwing some raking rights and lefts. Puder bobs and weaves out of harm's way, countering by flicking off jabs whenever possible, peppering Velasquez with strikes. None of them are likely to knock Velasquez down, but they will add up over time. Velasquez moves in and tries to back Puder up against the cage, but he is too quick, and won't allow himself to get caught. Velasquez is having a real problem with Puder's movement, which is allowing him to dart in and out almost at will, hitting quick jabs and avoiding any counters. There's another example, as Puder scores with a sharp left hand to the chest, and is gone before the big right hand of Velasquez hits. Velasquez looks frustrated, and switches tactics, no longer looking for the big punches but trying to stop Puder getting in close by using low kicks and long, raking punches. Puder is kept from doing any further damage, but Velasquez isn't generating any offence either. Puder comes in from an angle, takes a right hand, but scores with a flurry of his own. Velasquez tries to hit a low kick, but misses. Time is running down, Puder is going to take this round on points, he has been able to dominate it thanks to his superior movement. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Puder by 10-9. All three judges give a score of 30-27 in favour of Daniel Puder.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: * [B]Notes[/B]: Puder comes back from his loss to Chris Tuchscherer with an impressive win over Cain. This win should get him back on track. [B][CENTER]Din Thomas (21-9) vs. Jeremy Stephens (16-3) Sherdog's Prediction: Jeremy Stephens via Knock Out[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] A fizzing right hand from Stephens opens the round; it didn't find its intended target of Thomas's chin, but it did land hard on the left shoulder instead. Thomas fights back with a jab, but takes a hard shot to the body after leaning in too far. Stephens pins him to the cage with a quick burst, and unloads with lefts and rights. Thomas looks for a moment like he may be about to get overwhelmed, especially after a right hand appears to hit flush on the chin, but he recovers well and works his way back to the center. Stephens is looking the more confident of the two by far. He smells blood, and comes in looking for a big right hand, only to walk right into a takedown. Thomas had to time that perfectly, and did. Stephens doesn't pull guard, instead scrambling, ending up onto his knees, with Thomas taking his back! Thomas tries to go for a choke, but Stephens bucks and twists, scrambling back to his feet and backing off. A big right hand and a high kick prevent Thomas from following too closely. After that frenetic minute of action, things die down, with the fighters circling. Stephens scores with two leg kicks, Thomas hits a tasty right hand to the body, but otherwise nothing much happens for the next couple of exchanges. Indeed, the clock runs down and the round ends without further noteworthy events. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Stephens by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Stephens starts brightly by throwing some looping punches. Defended well by Thomas. They circle, throwing tentative jabs. Thomas goes for a single leg and puts Stephens on the floor, but he is up very quickly, preventing Thomas from getting on top. Stephens definitely seems to want to keep this standing. Thomas hits a nice jab, avoids a counter left hook, then comes in low and takes down Stephens again. This time Stephens isn't able to get up, and has to pull guard. Times ticking away though, Thomas will have to hurry to finish. He goes for an armbar, but Stephens defends. Thomas tries to slip past to get side control, but Stephens just about manages to keep guard. A second attempt works though, and Thomas has the side. Two big elbows land, and Stephens seems in trouble. Thomas goes for the kimura, but can't quite get it. The time expires before he can try again, and the referee separates them. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Thomas.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] The two fighters meet in the center with an exchange of jabs, but neither gets anything but gloves or air. They go right into a clinch, with only a few seconds of the match gone. Thomas gets a knee to the ribs in, but it wasn't particularly hard. They break. Thomas throws a combination but gets smothered into a clinch. They back up against the cage. Stephens hits a wicked uppercut, taking Thomas completely by surprise, then starts wailing away with lefts and rights. Thomas can only cover up against the ferocious attack, but that doesn't stop a couple of big shots landing. More shots rain down, and Thomas is getting obliterated, he can't throw any counter punches as he can't move his hands down without getting hit again, and he can't get past Stephens to safety either. The referee finally sees enough and covers Thomas up. [B]Stephens wins via 3rd round TKO with the official time being 1:58.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: *** [B]Notes[/B]: Great fight. Back and forth action between these two with Stephens taking the first round and then Din took the second and then it was all over when Stephens let go as he wailed on Din for the TKO win. This win should boost Stephens up the rankings quite abit. [B][CENTER]Joey Villasenor (24-8) vs. Cung Le (11-0) Sherdog's Prediction: Cung Le via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Villasenor starts strongly, immediately rushing in for a takedown. Le got taken by surprise a little, but wrestles his way free of the grapple and pulls to safety. Le doesn't hang around for a second attempt, he uses a looping left to set himself up to come in close and score with a series of strikes, two or three nice body shots included. Villasenor covers up, throwing the occasional jab as a counter. Le goes for a vicious uppercut, but gets pulled into a clinch. Villasenor goes for a takedown via a trip, but Le defends it. Another trip attempt, another failure. Villasenor pushes Le up against the cage and tries to wrestle him to the ground, but Le keeps his balance and sprawls to stop it. Le gets in a hard right hand to the side of the face, taking advantage of the fact that Villasenor was leaning in too far. Le reverses so that Villasenor is against the cage. They remain clinched, with nothing more than minor strikes being thrown, for a long time. The referee finally breaks them apart and gets them back to the center. Le throws a kick, waist-high, but Villasenor avoids it. That could have been used for a takedown attempt if Villasenor had been quicker and caught it. Le hits two or three punches in a row, stinging the gloves of Villasenor. The round draws to a close. It'll be interesting to see where the judges go with this, as Le clearly got the better strikes in throughout the round, but Villasenor did probably show more aggression by virtue of his almost constant attempts to get the takedown. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Le.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Le meets Villasenor in the center. They exchange tentative long-range punches. Villasenor steps in to press the action, but gets caught with a right hand. Le scores with a left too, then a crisp jab. Villasenor backs off, that exchange did not go in his favour by any means. Le presses the advantage and gets in a couple more jabs, forcing Villasenor onto the back-foot, all the way until he is up against the cage. Le stands just in range and starts throwing occasional straight rights, forcing Villasenor to try and react in time. Villasenor parries a few shots away, but also gets caught with a couple. He steps forward and tries to get a clinch, but Le keeps away from it and continues to flick quick jabs out. Villasenor is really getting schooled so far, Le's hand speed and technique have allowed him to completely control everything about this round, Villasenor hasn't been able to generate anything of note. Villasenor tries to change that by coming after Le, but Le meets him in the center and exchanges punches, again winning the encounter comfortably. The final minute of the round sees Villasenor try two more times, and in neither can he manage to break Le's control. The round ends. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Le by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Le doesn't exactly disguise his intentions for this round, going right to the center and motioning for Villasenor to come and trade blows. Villasenor wisely keeps back for the time being, content to throw long-range jabs. Le isn't quite as content though, as he begins to stalk Villasenor. They meet near the cage. Villasenor hits a nice jab, then goes to clinch. Le stops that with a powerful right hand to the body, then a fizzing left hook that glances off the side of the head. An attempt at a knock out right hand finds nothing but gloves. It is clear that Le believes that he has the power to get a knock out here, his game plan appears to be to look for the one punch finish. Villasenor is trying to keep moving, to not let Le get set to throw a bomb. Le is controlling this round by virtue of the knock out threat, as Villasenor is being forced to fight somewhat defensively. Le throws another big punch, narrowly missing, but does score with a follow up jab, landing just above the right eye. Villasenor returns fire with a pair of jabs, both finding gloves. Time begins to tick away. It hasn't been the most exciting round, but Le has controlled it and managed to land the better shots. End of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Le by 10-9. The official scores are: 30-27 (twice), 29-28 for Cung Le.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Le with another win as he improves his already impressive record to 12-0. He can't be too many wins off a title shot now with him being 7-0 in the UFC already. [B][CENTER]Jason Tabor (8-0) vs. Marcus Aurelio (15-6) Sherdog's Prediction: Jason Tabor via TKO[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Tentative start to the round, the fighters are circling. Tabor throws out a couple of range-finding jabs, but they aren't anything that will trouble Aurelio. Kick to the thigh from Aurelio, but it lacked power. Aurelio looks to be working an angle. The two fighters clinch up, ending up struggling next to the cage, with the referee watching intently to make sure there are no rules being bent during the grappling match. Aurelio gets in a cheeky right hand, but that's all the offence he can generate from the clinch before Tabor sweeps his legs and takes him down to the ground. Tabor breaks the guard and stands up, leaving Aurelio on his back. Aurelio tries to keep Tabor back with some up-kicks, Tabor has to be careful not to get caught with them, they have power. Tabor fakes a dive, pushes the legs to one side, and gets side control. Aurelio tries to turn into it so that he can pull guard, but Tabor isn't allowing it, and traps both arms, creating a crucifix position. Tabor starts throwing punches to the face, Aurelio having no arms free to block them. Big shot from Tabor, that caught Aurelio on the chin as he momentarily lifted his head while trying to struggle free. Aurelio is out like a light. The referee jumps in, this is over. [B]Tabor wins via 1st round knock out with the official time being 1:13.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Tabor with another win that keeps him undefeated at 9-0. Tabor once again showed his antastic ground and pound skills showing great ground control to get side control and then the crucifix poistion that allowed him to get the KO. This win should put him back into the top three Lightweights ahead of Shinya Aoki. [B][U][CENTER]Maincard[/CENTER][/U][/B] [B][CENTER]Dong Hyun Kim (14-2-1) vs. Akihiro Gono (31-15-7) Sherdog's Prediction: Dong Hyun Kim via Knock Out[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Gono comes out fast, and looks like he is aiming for a quick takedown, but Kim stops that plan with some looping punches. Solid right hand from Kim connects, and that's the best moment of the opening minute of the round. Gono is mainly defending against punches, it looks like he is trying to work an angle to try for a takedown. Kim seems to have noticed, as he is purposely positioning against that. Straight left from Kim, then a low kick, then a wicked body shot. Gono felt that, and backs off. Gono tries to get in for a clinch, perhaps looking for a takedown from that position, but Kim gets him to back off with some jabs. Kim has really been able to stamp his gameplan on this round, Gono has been blocked at every turn. The round ends. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Kim.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Gono pushes Kim up against the cage in a clinch. Gono throws a knee, then a couple of short punches to the side of the head. Kim pushes him away and steps in to score with an uppercut. Gono took it flush on the chin and is rocked! Another right hand drops Gono against the cage, and Kim follows up by unloading with a barrage of punches. [B]The referee gets in and pulls Kim away, he wins the match by TKO. The official time of the TKO is 1:42 of round 2.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Kim since being knocked out of the tournament has been performing well and this win will do him good as he looks to get inside the title picture. [B][CENTER]Thales Leites (14-2) vs. Demian Maia (11-0) Sherdog's Prediction: Demian Maia via Decision[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Exchange of punches to start, nothing really hit though. They go into a clinch, and the pace disappears as both fighters try and get the advantage. Eventually the referee separates them. Jab from Maia, who then has to react quickly to avoid a right hook that was aimed right at the chin. Maia puts on a burst of energy and fires off a big sequence of punches, maybe twelve or thirteen in a row, although not many actually connected. Leites covered up well, and gets in a couple of shots of his own before moving out of range again. They both seem to be looking for an opening, and it's creating a stalemate at the moment. Low kick from Leites, almost to the groin, although it didn't look intentional. They come together in a clinch again, and it returns to a stalemate. Not a great round by anyone's standard, but that flurry should mean that Maia will take the round on points. The first round is over. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Maia.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] The round starts slowly, with both fighters circling, tentatively throwing out the occasional jab. Leites is the first to make a positive move, stepping in to throw a right hand, although he probably wishes that he hadn't, as Maia picks him off with a crisp jab to the cheek. Leites throws a wild punch as a counter, but Maia ducks and backs off out of range. They meet again in the center for an exchange of punches. Leites gets a clubbing blow to the side of the head in, but takes a hard shot to the stomach in return. The early pattern seems to be that Leites is looking for big punches, Maia is happy to avoid them and use quick counter punches instead. They clinch up, and Leites manages to back Maia up against the cage. Leites takes a half step backward and throws a big right hand to the head, but Maia ducks under at the last second, scores with a pair of punches to the gut, then darts out of trouble before Leites can unload. Leites may need to think about changing tactics, Maia is looking far sharper in these striking battles, and is beginning to control the pace and tempo of the round. Leites fakes a right hand, then shoots out a low kick, catching Maia on the thigh. Maia presses forward for the first time, getting in close and using a couple of jabs to the body. Leites gets a nice left hook in, glancing off the gloves, and then clinches up. Time ticks away and the round ends just a few seconds after the referee separates them. End of round 2. [B]Sherdog.com scores 10-9 Maia.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] The round starts with some tentative striking. Both fighters look to be using their strikes merely to keep the opponent off-balance while they work for an angle for a takedown, rather than actually trying to inflict too much damage. Maia goes for the first takedown, but Leites has it well-scouted and they merely end up in a clinch. They tussle, ending up all the way back against the cage. Both fighters try trips, but neither gets anything. Finally, the referee steps in and separates them. Leites storms back in almost immediately and takes Maia down, into guard. It's hard to say whether that was just a good takedown or whether Maia just had a lapse in concentration. Leites tries to pass the guard but can't, with Maia employing a rubber guard now. There's a definite stalemate, Maia is defending very well but isn't really offering any attacking threat or really trying to get out of this predicament. Leites makes a big effort to pass, and manages to get to half guard, but Maia has him tied up pretty well all the same. Time is ticking away, what has been a very tame round looks set to end without much in the way of highlights. It'll have to go to Leites on points, the takedown is really the only noteworthy thing that has happened. The third round is over. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Leites. The three judges all give the match as 29-28 to Demian Maia.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ** [B]Notes[/B]: Leites now has two losses in a row whith the first loss coming at the hands of Middleweight contender Rousimar Palhales. Maia is now 12-0 and surely can't be too far off a title shot. [B][CENTER]Rashad Evans (16-3-1) vs. Luis Cane (8-3) Sherdog's Prediction: Rashad Evans via Knock Out[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] The two fighters circle. Cane flicks out a couple of jabs, then an unconventinal looping right hand. Evans easily side-steps it, but trips and falls to the ground! He is up quickly, before Cane could get in. Replays confirm that it was purely a stumble, the punch was well wide of the mark. Evans moves in, ducks under a big right hand, and gets two crisp jabs in before getting smothered into a clinch. One of those jabs landed hard, Cane is a little rattled. They struggle in the clinch, both throwing small punches to the back and ribs. The referee separates them. Cane forces Evans back up against the cage, and starts throwing jabs. He looks to be keeping Evans in position, waiting to unload a big punch. Cane does, lunging in with a huge right cross, but Evans saw it coming and goes underneath it, scoring with a right hand to the gut on the way past. Cane turns and tries to follow up immediately, but gets tagged with a wicked left hook that drops him to one knee. Cane is up quickly, causing Evans, who was about to dive in, to back off. Replays show that the punch connected, but Cane was already going downward to duck the punch, so it wasn't as powerful as first thought. Cane throws a high kick, but it doesn't do anything but cause Evans to step back. The time expires without anything further of note happening. The first round is over. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Evans.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] The fighters touch gloves, then circle. Evans throws a low kick, but it was without any conviction, it seemed designed more to keep Cane from coming inside. Evans works an angle, then comes in with a one-two combination, Cane responds with a crisp uppercut that wasn't far off from connecting. Evans backs off slightly, maybe a bit relieved not to have taken that one on the chin. Neither fighter appears to be looking for any sort of takedown or grapple, this is all about the striking. Cane circles and throws a series of high jabs, but Evans blocked them with ease, using the gloves. Evans fakes a high kick, then storms in with a wild looking right hand and a series of body shots. Cane covers up and rides out the storm, clinching to stop any further blows. It was a nice attack from Evans though, best action of the round. They stay clinched for a while, exchanging occasional punches to the ribs, then are separated by the referee. It looks like this round is going to the judges though, as there's only a few seconds remaining. Evans throws a leg kick that connects, albeit without too much force, and the round is done. End of round 2. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to Evans.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] They circle each other. Cane misses with a low kick, and Evans darts in to hit a jab before retreating. They come together and exchange punches, both got a few shots in. Evans is looking much lighter on his feet, and keeps moving in, hitting a few punches, then getting back out of range. Cane is trying to catch him coming in, but doesn't have the timing quite right. It happens again. Evans isn't getting much power on the punches, but he is getting ahead on points. Cane tries to get in close, but Evans is keeping moving, and isn't letting himself get cornered. They both seem to be looking for an opening, and it's creating a stalemate at the moment. Evans gets a solid punch in, catching Cane just above the left eye. Cane finally gets a clinch, forcing Evans up against the cage, but it's too little, too late as the round ends. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Evans by 10-9. Rashad Evans wins the match, getting a score of 30-27 from all three judges.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: *** [B]Notes[/B]: Evans with his third straight win. In Evans last three fights he has beaten Chuck Liddell via TKO, Rich Franklin via TKO and now Luis Cane via Decision. He surely can't be far from a title shot against Rampage. [B][CENTER]Tim Sylvia (26-5) vs. Aleksander Emelianenko (15-4) Sherdog's Prediction: Tim Sylvia via Knock Out[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Tentative start to the round, the fighters are circling. Sylvia throws out a couple of range-finding jabs, but they aren't anything that will trouble Emelianenko. Kick to the thigh from Emelianenko, but it lacked power. Other than a few half-hearted jabs, there's been a definite lull over the past minute. Emelianenko forces Sylvia back against the cage, where they clinch up. Emelianenko has the better position, all the leverage is with him. He uses that to lift Sylvia up onto his shoulder, turns...and hits a running slam that gets the crowd going crazy! Big power takedown from Emelianenko. Sylvia pulls guard, but he has to be stunned from that. Emelianenko stands, and uses his arms to push Sylvia's guard apart. Leaning down between the legs, he starts throwing vicious punches. Sylvia tries to bring his legs back in to pull guard again, while simultaneously covering up, but he is having trouble; Emelianenko is using his body to keep the legs from coming in. More punches rain down, and Sylvia is starting to get really pounded. A big shot lands hard on the nose, then a left hand crunches into his cheek. The referee has seen enough and pulls Emelianenko away, signalling the end of this match. [B]Emelianenko wins via 1st round TKO with the official time being 1:56.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: *** [B]Notes[/B]: Aleks gets a big big win over Sylvia and depending on where he is in the new rankings and the result of the nights main event he could be the next in line for a title shot. [B][CENTER]UFC Heavyweight Championship: Fedor Emelianenko (31-3) vs. Shane Carwin (15-0) (c) Sherdog's Prediction: Fedor Emelianenko via Knock Out[/CENTER][/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] Carwin throws the first punch of the round, a high searching jab that didn't carry a great deal of threat with it. Emelianenko throws a one-two combination in return, neither connecting, then steps in and delivers a hard kick to the outside of the thigh. Carwin steps back, throwing a right hand as he does to buy himself space. They circle, then move in again to exchange strikes, neither fighter getting a clear advantage. They come together again and the same result. It has become something of a stalemate at the moment. They come together to exchange strikes for the third time, and this time they wind up in a clinch. Emelianenko hits a knee to the ribs. A couple of shots to the back from Carwin. They struggle all the way back, with Carwin ending up backed up against the cage. Emelianenko hits another knee, but there wasn't much power behind it. Carwin stomps downward onto his foot. Carwin manages to reverse their positions, but that only lasts about thirty seconds before it gets reversed once more. Emelianenko gets an arm free and tries to throw a big shot to the cheek, Carwin ducks under it and gets the arm back under control. The referee finally breaks them up, and we're back to where we started. Carwin tries a high kick to start, but Emelianenko saw it coming and easily avoids it. They come back together in the center, and it's Emelianenko who gets the first sustained attack of the round, hitting two hard body shots and a jab that caught Carwin on the nose. Carwin hits a straight right, enough to stop Emelianenko from following up any further. The time expires with them standing. Not a great round for either of them or the crowd, it was very scrappy. The first round is over. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Emelianenko.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Slow start, both fighters are throwing tentative punches without threatening anything more powerful. Emelianenko puts together the first exciting moment, stringing together four punches in quick succession, but Carwin defended well. Straight right from Carwin in response, but it caught nothing but gloves. They start circling. The referee tells them to fight, the lack of action so far is worrying. They get in close and exchange body shots, Emelianenko probably getting the slightly better punches in, and then fall into a clinch. That goes nowhere, and the referee separates them. Carwin gets a nice kick in just before the time expires, but it's unlikely that is going to stop the judges giving that round to Emelianenko. The round ends. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Emelianenko.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Carwin hits some tentative punches, then comes in fast and forces Emelianenko to back up against the cage, where they clinch. Carwin hits a nice body shot, but takes two short punches to the side of the head in return. Emelianenko tries a trip, but it doesn't go anywhere. They separate, with Carwin having to stay sharp to avoid a scorching right hand from Emelianenko. Emelianenko hits a low kick, then moves in for a jab. Carwin saw it coming and unloads with an enormous punch to the jaw. Emelianenko goes down immediately, he has been knocked clean out by the power of Carwin. [B]Official time of the knock out is 3:29 of the third. Shane Carwin retains the UFC Heavyweight title.[/B] [B]Rating[/B]: ***** [B]Notes[/B]: Carwin shows a true champion's spirit by KO'ing Fedor despite losing the first two rounds. Carwin has now beaten what many were calling the two best Heavyweights ever and Carwin has finished both of them. Depending on the new rankings at the end of the month Carwin's next challenger could be anyone from Rolles Gracie to Aleksander Emelianenko. [B][U]Post Show News [B]Attendance[/B]: 23,049 Fighter Bonuses[/U][/B] Submission of the Night: N/A Knock Out of the Night: Jeremy Stephens Fight of the Night: Fedor Emelianenko vs. Shane Carwin [B][U]Resignings[/U][/B] Jason Tabor, Fedor Emelianenko, Cung Le and Daniel Puder will all be resigned to new UFC contracts. Cain Velasquez unfortunately will not be resigned and will leave the company either after his next fight or when his contract expires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 [B][U]Prediction Contest[/U][/B] I have decided to award a prize to Dublin Sky for his constant predictions on my recent events. If Dublin could check is PM's he will be informed of his prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFC Announce New Rankings After UFN 17 & UFC 107[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]UFC have released the new rankings following their UFC 107 & UFN 17 events.[/CENTER] [B][U]Lightweight[/U][/B] 1. Roger Huerta 2. Eddie Alvarez 3. Shinya Aoki +2 4. Jason Tabor -1 5. Jim Miller +2 6. Billy Evangelista 7. Kenny Florian +1 8. Thiago Tavares +1 9. Josh Neer - New Entry 10. Jeremy Stephens - New Entry [B][U]Welterweight[/U][/B] 1. Diego Sanchez +2 2. Jon Fitch -1 3. Yoshiyuki Yoshida -1 4. Matt Hughes 5. Dong Hyun Kim +1 6. Anthony Johnson -1 7. Dan Hardy 8. Matt Serra 9. Thiago Alves 10. BJ Penn [B][U]Middleweight[/U][/B] 1. Anderson Silva 2. Forrest Griffin 3. Michael Bisping 4. Rousimar Palhales 5. Georges St. Pierre 6. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza +2 7. Demian Maia 8. Cung Le -2 9. Aaron Meisner - New Entry 10. Dan Henderson [B][U]Light Heavyweight[/U][/B] 1. Quinton Jackson 2. Lyoto Machida 3. Wanderlei Silva 4. Rashad Evans +3 5. Keith Jardine 6. Matt Hamill -2 7. Rich Franklin -1 8. Thiago Silva 9. Glover Teixeira +1 10. Tomasz Drwal - New Entry [B][U]Heavyweight[/U][/B] 1. Shane Carwin +1 2. Aleksander Emelianenko +4 3. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 4. Fedor Emelianenko -3 5. Rolles Gracie -1 6. Sergei Kharitonov +1 7. Tim Sylvia -2 8. Alastair Overeem - New Entry 9. Brandon Vera -1 10. Fabricio Werdum [B][U]P4P[/U][/B] 1. Roger Huerta 2. Quinton Jackson +1 3. Shane Carwin +2 4. Anderson Silva 5. Diego Sanchez - New Entry 6. Lyoto Machida 7. Jon Fitch 8. Eddie Alvarez 9. Forrest Griffin 10. Aleksander Emelianenko - New Entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]UFC Announce T.U.F. Season 8 Team Silva vs. Team Forrest[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]Today the UFC announced that they have a new season of T.U.F. coming very soon. The two coaches will be Middleweight champion Anderson Silva and the #1 contender Forrest Griffin. It was confirmed that the coaches would fight at a later date. The weight classes for Season 8 will be Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight. Each weight class will feature eight fighters with four on each team and the winner will be crowned after the standard T.U.F. knock out tournament. The UFC also released the competitors and what team they will be on. [B][U]Light Heavyweight Team Silva[/U][/B] Mike Tran (5-3-1) Trent Riley (6-0) Jackie Lewis (6-0) James Sabat (11-0) [B][U]Team Forrest[/U][/B] Yujiro Hashin (8-0) Cory Devala (11-1) Kimitada Yama****a (0-0) David Avellan (6-1) [B][U]Heavyweight Team Silva[/U][/B] Donovan Couch (9-0-1) Jacob Moore (0-0) JaJuan Caballeros (0-0) Edgar Sanchez (0-0) [B][U]Team Forrest[/U][/B] Dayu Hashimoto (0-0) Lance McMahon (0-0) Perry Mascarin (10-3) Rob Williams (10-3) UFC have said that this season won't be quite as long as the other seasons as they are going to have the shows more match orientated instead of in house action with a minimum of three fights on each show with the rest of the show showing highlights of the in house action and the fighters saying their thoughts. They said they will announce the tournament brackets for oth weight classes very soon.[/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]T.U.F. Season 8 Team Silva vs. Team Forrest Episode One Preview[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]The UFC today announce the Quarter Final match-up's for T.U.F. season 8. [B][U]Light Heavyweight[/U][/B] Yujiro Hashin (8-0) (Forrest) vs. Mike Tran (5-3-1) (Silva) David Avellan (6-1) (Forrest) vs. Jackie Lewis (6-0) (Silva) Kimitada Yama****a (0--0) (Forrest) vs. James Sabat (11-0) (Silva) Corey Devala (11-1) (Forrest) vs. Trent Riley (6-0) (Silva) [B][U]Heavyweight[/U][/B] Perry Mascarin (10-3) (Forrest) vs. Edgar Sanchez (0-0) (Silva) Rob Williams (10-3) (Forrest) vs. Jacob Moore (0-0) (Silva) JaJuan Caballeros (0-0) (Forrest) vs. Donovan Couch (9-0-1) (Silva) Lance McMahon (0-0) (Forrest) vs. Dayu Hashimoto (0-0) (Silva) They announced that the first episode of Season 8 will feature all the Quarter Final bouts in the Light Heavyweight section of the season apart from the James Sabat vs. Kimitada Yama****a bout.[/CENTER] OOC: So everyone get roleplaying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelPaul Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 [B]*Clip of Mike working with Jackie Lewis on the ground*[/B] I'm Mike Tran. I'm 5-3-1, and I'm a black-belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I might have started off my career 1-3-1, but since then I've won my last four, and it seems like I'm finally get my career off to the right track. I wasn't really going to try out for the show considering that my ideal fighting weight is 185, but I decided to give it a shot to become the next Ultimate Fighter. [B]Switches over to a still shot of Mike talking[/B] I've fought once at 205 before, and it was my only draw. My opponent had me beat entering the third round. Then the judges for some reason, gave me the 10-8 round forcing a draw. I wasn't disappointed in the result, but I would have rather won the fight than getting a draw. Being the Ultimate Fighter to me would be a huge stepping stone. I'm training for one of the greatest fighters in the world, Anderson Silva, and that in itself is a huge opportunity. I want to fight him one day, but I know that I am nowhere near his level. Hopefully after I become the Ultimate Fighter, I can go back to my ideal fighting weight like previous winners Mac Danzig, Joe Stevenson and Rashad Evans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dublin Sky Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Perry Ponders..... Perry's thoughts on being on TUF 8 Edgar Sanchez........who the f*ck is Edgar Sanchez? i've never heard of him...... I hate the idea of being in this house with these a**holes. Team? who needs a team.......I don't need anyone to train with.....my strategy is to go out there and throw bombs for 15 minutes. Whoever I face better hurt me before I hurt them....i'm not here for games or to make friends i'm to old for that s*it. My couch Forrest Griffin seems like a good guy wonder how much he can drink......we'll see. I wonder if they give us free booze here, I've never watched these shows so I don't know if I get my own room....I hope I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I haven't heard much about my opponent,JaJuan Caballeros. I don't know what kind of a fighter he is, nor do I know his accomplishments. Regardless of any of this, I hope to have a good showing for my coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critical-23 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 [B]*Rob Williams in the confessional[/B] [B]Ill Will:[/B] Me facing Jacob Moore is a trip to me. I mean, I have the experience and all that, but there's one thing I have learned from being a MMA fighter: Anyone can be beaten at anytime. So I just gotta learn to listen to Forrest and his trainers for this fight. So, "J-Mo", get ready for a beatdown, kid. You ain't gettin' and easy win off of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]T.U.F. Season 8 Team Silva vs. Team Forrest [/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]The show kicks straight off with the first fight after building the two fighters up. They said Lewis was said to be a top class submission specialist and his Stand-up was solid aswell. [B]Jackie Lewis vs. David Avellan Sherdog's Prediction: Jackie Lewis via Submission[/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] The round starts with some tentative striking. Both fighters look to be using their strikes merely to keep the opponent off-balance while they work for an angle for a takedown, rather than actually trying to inflict too much damage. Avellan goes for the first takedown, but Lewis has it well-scouted and they merely end up in a clinch. They tussle, ending up all the way back against the cage. Both fighters try trips, but neither gets anything. Finally, the referee steps in and separates them. Lewis storms back in almost immediately and takes Avellan down, into guard. It's hard to say whether that was just a good takedown or whether Avellan just had a lapse in concentration. Lewis tries to pass the guard but can't, with Avellan employing a rubber guard now. There's a definite stalemate, Avellan is defending very well but isn't really offering any attacking threat or really trying to get out of this predicament. Lewis makes a big effort to pass, and manages to get to half guard, but Avellan has him tied up pretty well all the same. Time is ticking away, what has been a very tame round looks set to end without much in the way of highlights. It'll have to go to Lewis on points, the takedown is really the only noteworthy thing that has happened. That's the end of the round. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Lewis by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Fast start by Lewis, who has thrown three crisp jabs in the first twenty seconds, although none of them got past the gloves. Avellan circles, drawing a lunge from Lewis, allowing him to score with a nice low kick to the front leg. Lewis ignores that and darts in for a takedown, but only ends up holding one leg, Avellan hopping on the other to remain vertical. Lewis tries to push forward to complete the takedown, but Avellan manages to pull them all the way back to the cage before ultimately going down. That's a much better position to be in though, he has his corner right there, and can use the cage to effectively cut off any form of attack to the left hand side of his body. Lewis has one leg trapped between Avellan's, and is struggling to get it free. He throws a couple of punches, none of them doing much damage, and then tries to work on one of the arms. It might be a kimura that he looking for. Avellan defends it well, without fully escaping it, Lewis can't really do a lot with it due to how much he is having to stretch to apply it, due to his leg being trapped. Avellan suddenly releases the leg and scrambles up, looking to take Lewis's back. Lewis was ready for it though, and blocks it by pinning a half-standing Avellan up against the cage. It's a precarious position for both fighters. Avellan throws a couple of short-range punches. Lewis gets a leg in and trips Avellan, putting him back on the ground, albeit this time in full guard. It was a nice escape attempt from Avellan, at least he can take heart from the fact that it resulted in a better defensive position. Time is running out, it looks like this round will end with them in this position. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Lewis by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Lewis moves in quickly to begin, trapping Avellan against the cage. Looks like a statement of intent, Lewis is going to try and out-wrestle Avellan. Lewis works for position, and tries to get in a hard shot to the face, Avellan turned out of it and got free though, no damage done. Lewis comes in again, looking for the grapple, but gets sent back with a succession of three crisp jabs and a speculative high kick. They come together, both throwing punches. Lewis gets a nice clean shot in, and Avellan stumbles backwards and falls to the floor. Lewis is on top of him quickly, and unloads with two more big punches, both connect solidly. The referee jumps in and pulls him away before a third is thrown, this match is over by TKO. Replays show the referee may have been slightly early. [B]Official time of the TKO is 2:22 of the third round.[/B] After the fight Lewis celebrates with his team and is congratulated by his coach Anderson Silva. After the break team Silva are shown training with the camera focusing on Trent Riley in perticular. Then the next fight comes along. [B]Trent Riley vs. Cory Devala Sherdog's Prediction: Trent Riley via TKO[/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] They meet in the center. Devela hits a nice jab, a second misses. Riley steps in close and hits a brutal body shot, causing Devela to back up quickly. That was a really powerful shot. Riley stalks Devela, flicking occasional jabs. It looks like Riley wants to stand and trade punches with Devela. Riley gets within striking distance and throws a bomb of a right hand, narrowly missing. Devela fires off a raking left hook in response, but that is off target too. They meet and exchange punches. Devela goes for the body, but gets tagged with a left hand to the side of the head. Devela is rattled by it, but doesn't step off, instead throwing a couple of crisp jabs. Riley throws another big punch, this time thundering it into Devela's shoulder. They clinch. So far it looks like Devela simply can't live with the power that Riley has in his hands, you get the sense that if this continues, Devela is going to wind up knocked out sooner or later. The clinch is broken, but within thirty seconds they are right back in it, this time leaning against the cage. By the time that is broken, the round only has a few seconds left. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com gives that one to Riley by 10-9.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] Not much happening at first. Devela is the first to make a move, coming in with a right hand that narrowly misses. Riley gets in a jab that landed on the left cheek of Devela, and leaves a mark. Quite a slow paced round so far. Devela takes another jab and moves in to retaliate, but it was a set-up and he gets creamed with a high right kick to the side of the head! Devela stumbles but doesn't go down, and has to cover up as Riley comes in with a series of punches to try and finish the job. Devela somehow manages to hold on long enough to get his senses back, and buys some time by clinching. Hard knee from Devela from the clinch, and Riley felt that, he looks a little tired from unloading that barrage. They break, and Devela gets in a nice right hand. Riley with a body shot. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 Riley.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] Riley and Devela circle to start. Devela throws a couple of looping punches, neither hitting, while Riley sits back, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Devela comes in closer, looking to unload with a right hand; that misses, and it allows Riley to slip a nice jab in, catching Devela just underneath the right eye. Riley comes in and scores with a straight left, then bounces a right hand off the body. Devela misses with a right cross, then backs off. Riley stalks him, forcing Devela back up against the cage. Riley doesn't rush in, instead standing back and throwing the occasional punch. Devela throws a big left hand in response, but it misses by quite a margin. Riley pounces, hitting lefts and rights. Devela covers up from the first two punches, then clinches up to prevent any more coming in. They're up against the cage, Riley in the dominant position. They remain that way as the time ticks down. Riley throws the occasional knee, but can't really do much with his arms tied up like that. The referee finally tells them to break, and they return to the center. That clinch ate up a lot of time though. Devela comes in hard and fast, bobbing and weaving, and throws a couple of big shots. Riley parries them with his gloves and scores with a well-executed counter punch, hitting just above the eye. They come in close again, throwing punches, but wind up clinched again. The time expires with them like that, and that round will definitely go down in Riley's favour. End of round 3. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Riley. The official scores are in; two judges give 30-27, the other 29-28, all for Trent Riley.[/B] Riley is shown celebrating Team Silva's second straight win putting Team Silva 2-0 so far in the season. The next segment is showing Mike Tran training with Jackie Lewis as they work on Tran's ground game. It then goes to a still shot of Tran where he goes on to say he is on a four fight win streak but has only fought at 205 once before. It then goes on to the fight after the break. [B]Yujiro Hashin vs. Mike Tran Sherdog's Prediction: Mike Tran via TKO[/B] [B][U]Round 1[/U][/B] The round starts slowly, with both fighters circling, tentatively throwing out the occasional jab. Hashin is the first to make a positive move, stepping in to throw a right hand, although he probably wishes that he hadn't, as M. Tran picks him off with a crisp jab to the cheek. Hashin throws a wild punch as a counter, but M. Tran ducks and backs off out of range. They meet again in the center for an exchange of punches. Hashin gets a clubbing blow to the side of the head in, but takes a hard shot to the stomach in return. The early pattern seems to be that Hashin is looking for big punches, M. Tran is happy to avoid them and use quick counter punches instead. They clinch up, and Hashin manages to back M. Tran up against the cage. Hashin takes a half step backward and throws a big right hand to the head, but M. Tran ducks under at the last second, scores with a pair of punches to the gut, then darts out of trouble before Hashin can unload. Hashin may need to think about changing tactics, M. Tran is looking far sharper in these striking battles, and is beginning to control the pace and tempo of the round. Hashin fakes a right hand, then shoots out a low kick, catching M. Tran on the thigh. M. Tran presses forward for the first time, getting in close and using a couple of jabs to the body. Hashin gets a nice left hook in, glancing off the gloves, and then clinches up. Time ticks away and the round ends just a few seconds after the referee separates them. The round ends. [B]Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for M. Tran.[/B] [B][U]Round 2[/U][/B] M. Tran starts with a high kick, but Hashin was well out of range. For a second it looked like Hashin was about to go for a takedown, but nothing came from it. M. Tran steps in and exchanges strikes with Hashin, neither fighter gets a particular advantage from it. Hashin parries away a nice right hand and gets in a crisp counter punch that catches M. Tran on the shoulder. The round has been a little flat so far, neither of them is really forcing the issue. They enter into a clinch, which doesn't help matters, and that seems to last for an eternity before the referee separates them and tells them to get on with it. M. Tran finally shows some fire, putting together a combination of two jabs, a cross, and an uppercut. Hashin did well to defend it, bobbing and weaving out of the way and using his gloves to parry away anything that was too close. He uses a low kick to the thigh as a response, then steps in and unloads with two fine punches, although M. Tran blocked them. M. Tran scores the best punch of the round so far, coming in fast, ducking under a dangerous right hand, and catching Hashin square in the face with a lunging overhand right. Hashin backs off and covers up, clearly having felt that one, and unfortunately M. Tran's attempts to follow up and thwarted as he gets tied up in a clinch near the cage. The time expires, with M. Tran probably having stolen that round thanks to that one big punch. The round is over. [B]Sherdog.com has it down as 10-9 M. Tran.[/B] [B][U]Round 3[/U][/B] The round starts with some tentative striking. Both fighters look to be using their strikes merely to keep the opponent off-balance while they work for an angle for a takedown, rather than actually trying to inflict too much damage. Hashin goes for the first takedown, but M. Tran has it well-scouted and they merely end up in a clinch. They tussle, ending up all the way back against the cage. Both fighters try trips, but neither gets anything. Finally, the referee steps in and separates them. M. Tran storms back in almost immediately and takes Hashin down, into guard. It's hard to say whether that was just a good takedown or whether Hashin just had a lapse in concentration. M. Tran tries to pass the guard but can't, with Hashin employing a rubber guard now. There's a definite stalemate, Hashin is defending very well but isn't really offering any attacking threat or really trying to get out of this predicament. M. Tran makes a big effort to pass, and manages to get to half guard, but Hashin has him tied up pretty well all the same. Time is ticking away, what has been a very tame round looks set to end without much in the way of highlights. It'll have to go to M. Tran on points, the takedown is really the only noteworthy thing that has happened. End of round 3. [B]Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 to M. Tran. The official scores are in; two judges give 30-27, the other 29-28, all for Mike Tran.[/B] The show ends with half the screen on Team Silva celebrating there three straight wins and then the other half focusing on Team Forrest with them distraught at losing the first three straight fights. Next week we might see a Heavyweight fight or two.[/CENTER] [B][U]UFC.com Notes[/U][/B] UFC put a free and exclusive fight video up on there website earlier today showing a fight between Joey Villasenor and Terry Martin in a fight which Villasenor won via KO after two minutes and fifty five seconds of the first round. OOC: Get those roleplays in. Reaction to fights win or loss. Reactions to life in the house and training with such accomplished fighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caulfield Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 [CENTER][IMG]http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/wackyplanetshop/ufc-section-banner.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B][U][CENTER][SIZE="5"]T.U.F. Season 8 Team Silva vs. Team Forrest Episode Two Preview[/SIZE][/CENTER][/U][/B] [CENTER]The UFC announced today that T.U.F. season 8 will only be 3 episodes long plus the live Finale. They announced the remaining Quarter Final fights will be shown on episode two and then the four semi-final bouts will be shown on episode two with the two finals being shown on the live finale. Here is the fights scheduled to appear on episode two. Kimitada Yamashi.ta (0--0) (Forrest) vs. James Sabat (11-0) (Silva) Perry Mascarin (10-3) (Forrest) vs. Edgar Sanchez (0-0) (Silva) Rob Williams (10-3) (Forrest) vs. Jacob Moore (0-0) (Silva) JaJuan Caballeros (0-0) (Silva) vs. Donovan Couch (9-0-1) (Silva) Lance McMahon (0-0) (Forrest) vs. Dayu Hashimoto (0-0) (Forrest)[/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RennikKain076 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 [B]James Sabat[/B] A video package of James Sabat traning with Anderson Silva is shown. [B]Sabat Comments on his upcoming fight[/B] To be honest I really dont know anything about my opponent from what I understand he's never had a pro fight. But I never underestimate any opponent so i'll be ready for anything. But ive had eleven fights and ive never tasted defeat yet and I dont plan on changing that anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlzilla Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 [B]Yujiro Hashin talks about his loss to Mike Tran. [/B] I'm very disappointed in that fight. I feel that the fight was really not either of our best showings. I'm not going to say he shouldn't have won, but I feel that I could have just as easily been given the decision. There's always Next time, and I'd love to get a rematch against Tran, I think we could have a great fight if both of us put more effort into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.C. Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 [B]Donovan Couch talks about life in the house[/B] You know, this isn't as bad as I thought it would be. Most of the guys are very cool, although some are douche bags. I'll just stay focused on not making an ass of myself and winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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