Mixed Martial B0nes

UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin knocked us down out of our stand up game on June 12, 2010.  This was another in a star studded UFC main events.  However, the main event wasn’t the one we were hoping for as Tito Ortiz ducked out of this one to get his neck hammered by a doctor.  This has become standard for us The Ultimate Fighter fans as far as the coach vs coach battles go.  I fear that by the time Ortiz vs. Liddell happens, they will both be in wheelchairs fighting with an Xbox or Wii controller!  Chuck took a hard one on the chin from Franklin and possibly ended his UFC comeback career although I think Dana White may give him one last shot at the “Doorknob” Ortiz.  I really thought that Chuck would do much better than a 1st round knockout loss but that’s how this crazy fight game works. It makes you wonder if Ortiz could have pulled out a win on this one…

Other stand up guys and honest to goodness favorites fell hard in this event as well:  Big Mac Danzig, Tyson Griffin, Paulo Thiago, and Pat Barry(who I thought was going to lay waste to Mirko) bit the dust.  Good to see Carlos Condit getting a win in the UFC and squashing some of those stupid “WEC fighters can’t compete with the UFC guys” comments I always see in the MMA blogosphere.  Keep on keepin’ on Carlos!  We shall see if Ortiz can score another win from “the grave” when the TUF 11 Finale happens this Saturday, June 19th!

Here are your results…
No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:

* Welterweight bout:  James Wilks vs.  Peter Sobotta
Wilks fooled the judges and beat up Sobotta via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–28, 30–27).

* Middleweight bout:  David Loiseau vs.  Mario Miranda
Miranda put the hurt on Loiseau via TKO (punches) at 4:07 of round 2.

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout:  Mac Danzig vs.  Matt Wiman
Wiman choked the fight out of Danzig via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:45 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Ricardo Funch vs.  Claude Patrick
Patrick choked the fight out of Funch via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:48 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Tyson Griffin vs.  Evan Dunham
Dunham fooled the judges and beat up Griffin via split decision (30–27, 28–29, 29–28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Carlos Condit vs.  Rory MacDonald
Condit put the hurt on MacDonald via TKO (strikes) at 4:53 of round 3.

* Heavyweight bout:  Ben Rothwell vs.  Gilbert Yvel
Rothwell fooled the judges and beat up Yvel via unanimous decision. (30–27, 29–28, 29–28)

* Welterweight bout:  Paulo Thiago vs.  Martin Kampmann
Kampmann fooled the judges and beat up Thiago via unanimous decision. (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)

* Heavyweight bout:  Mirko Filipović vs.  Pat Barry
Filipović choked the fight out of Barry via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:30 of round 3.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Chuck Liddell vs.  Rich Franklin
Franklin layed the smack down on Liddell via KO (punch) at 4:55 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Mike Pyle vs.  Jesse Lennox
Pyle choked the fight out of Lennox via technical submission (triangle choke) at 4:44 of round 3.

UFC 114 kicked us where it counts this Memorial Day Weekend on May 29, 2010.  We finally got to see BA Baracus aka Quintin Rampage Jackson take on Rashad Evans.  As much as a goofball as Rampage is, I kind of wanted him to beat the daylights out of Rashad who seemed all too smug during his stint as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter.  Unfortunately for BA, he might as well as been stuck up in a plane as that was as comfortable as his outing in the Octagon.  We’ll see if we ever get the two of these guys to fight again.  Dan Lauzon’s troubles did not stay within the family this time, even his family jewels took it on the “chin” when Efrain Escudero pounded him to a defeat.  Maybe he better kiss and make up with his brothers and take his training more seriously?  Amir Sadollah looks to become another in a long line of TUF show winners that consistently disappoint the more they fight.  Anyway, here are the results of this actually star packed event:
No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:

* Middleweight bout:  Jesse Forbes vs.  Ryan Jensen
Jensen choked the fight out of Forbes via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:06 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Aaron Riley vs.  Joe Brammer
Riley fooled the judges and beat up Brammer via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout:  Efrain Escudero vs.  Dan Lauzon
Escudero fooled the judges and beat up Lauzon via unanimous decision (29–27, 29–27, 29–27). Escudero was deducted 1 point due to repeated kicks to the gonads… OUCH!

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Luiz Cane vs.  Cyrille Diabaté
Diabaté put the hurt on Cane via TKO (strikes) at 2:13 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Amir Sadollah vs.  Dong Hyun Kim
Kim fooled the judges and beat up Sadollah via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Diego Sanchez vs.  John Hathaway
Hathaway fooled the judges and beat up Sanchez via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–26).

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs.  Jason Brilz
Nogueira fooled the judges and beat up Brilz via split decision (28–29, 29–28, 29–28).

* Heavyweight bout:  Todd Duffee vs.  Mike Russow
Russow layed the smack down on Duffee via KO (punch) at 2:35 in round 3.

* Lightweight bout:  Melvin Guillard vs.  Waylon Lowe
Guillard put the hurt on Lowe via TKO (strikes) at 3:28 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout:  Michael Bisping vs.  Dan Miller
Bisping fooled the judges and beat up Miller via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–27).

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Quinton Jackson vs.  Rashad Evans
Evans fooled the judges and beat up Jackson via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 30–27).

UFC113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 came to the great province of Quebec in the city of Montreal on May 8, 2010.  Again it was a feature packed event.  After a few lackluster UFC‘s this one looked to fill our bills with MMA goodness.  What we came away with instead was a whooole lot of questions:

Is Lyoto Machida exposed as merely a “karate guy” that can’t hang with real MMA’rs?  This is a conceit by many a fan and many a competitor that Machida had proved wrong time and time again until this bout with Shogun Rua.  Rua just completely took apart Machida and left him a tub of goo on the Octagon floor.

WTF was Paul Daley thinking???!!?  Seeya dude.  Dana is really trying to create a better product so he can sell it to “normal” TV in the future.  That’s Dana White’s ultimate goal: To gain as many fans as the NFL and grab a spot on a regular television network.  That’s not going to happen if you have jackholes, punching people looong after the bell has rung.  Even a complete UFC novice knows not to do that.  So, for now, Daley’s out of the UFC until Dana White says he can come back on.  He had such a great prize to look forward to.  A title shot at GSP and a coaching gig on The Ulimate Fighter!  Quite a bonehead move.

Kimbo’s in the same boat: Out of the UFC for now.  Getting taken apart by “Meathead” Mitrone wasn’t what Dana had in mind for Kimbo in the UFC.  Still, I don’t think one loss should have meant booting out a surefire ratings bonanza like Kimbo out of the organization.  Kimbo will go back to Strikeforce and bump up the ratings again.  Hopefully, with what he’s learned he’ll completely dominate and earn his spot back into the UFC.  Fighters with bigger beefs against Dana have come back and will fight again, see Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz!

Here are your results:

No Wanna See You Card:

* Middleweight bout:  Jason MacDonald vs.  John Salter
Salter put the hurt on MacDonald via TKO (injury) at 2:42 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs.  Mike Guymon
Guymon fooled the judges and beat up Yoshida via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Heavyweight bout:  Tim Hague vs.  Joey Beltran
Beltran fooled the judges and beat up Hague via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28).

* Welterweight bout:  TJ Grant vs.  Johny Hendricks
Hendricks fooled the jugges and beat up Grant via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28).

* Welterweight bout:  Marcus Davis vs.  Jonathan Goulet
Davis put the hurt on Goulet via TKO (punches) at 1:23 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout:  Joe Doerksen vs.  Tom Lawlor
Doerksen choked the fight out of Lawlor via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:10 of round 2.

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Middleweight bout:  Patrick Côté vs.  Alan Belcher
Belcher choked the fight out of Cote via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:25 of round 2.

* Heavyweight bout:  Kimbo Slice vs.  Matt Mitrione
Mitrione put the hurt on Slice via TKO (punches) at 4:24 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Sam Stout vs.  Jeremy Stephens
Stephens fooled the jugges and beat up Stout via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29).

* Welterweight bout:  Josh Koscheck vs.  Paul Daley
Koscheck fooled the jugges and beat up Daley via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

* Light Heavyweight Championship bout:  Lyoto Machida (c) vs.  Mauricio Rua
Rua layed the smack down on Machida via KO (punches) at 3:35 of round 1 to become the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion.