UFC112:Invincible was pegged as an All Star, A#1 event. Looking at the fight card, it sure had the makings of some legendary bouts. How could you miss with Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, the UFC debut of Renzo Gracie? Even Kendall Grove and Mark Munoz promised to give us some great great fights. In fact, the Grove/Munoz contest *was* the fight of the night. All the big names gave us some pretty bogus fights. Hughes and Renzo circled each other for what seemed the entire fight. BJ just was unprepared to fight Edgar and his defeat proved it. Silva and Maia have scored the weirdest fight in UFC history outside of the Kalib Starnes/Nate Quarry fight. Maia had no business stepping into the Octogon with Silva but Silva just didn’t respect the game of MMA enough to finish the fight right. Dana White was clearly ticked off about this fight. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, happens to Anderson after this. He is still top of the heap in the UFC but that can change in a instant if Dana decides that being a “jackass” is a deal breaker. Suffice to say, “Invincible” was anything but…
Here’s your Invincible Results:
No Wanna See You Card:
* Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Mostapha Al Turk
Madsen fooled the judges and beat up Al Turk via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
* Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Matt Veach
Kelly choked the fight out of Veach via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:41 of round 2.
* Welterweight bout: DaMarques Johnson vs. Brad Blackburn
Johnson put the hurt on Blackburn via TKO (strikes) at 2:08 of round 3.
* Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Rick Story
Story fooled the judges and beat up Osipczak via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).
Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:
* Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Mark Muñoz
Munoz put the hurt on Grove via TKO (strikes) at 2:50 of round 2.
* Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Rafael dos Anjos
dos Anjos choked the fight out of Etim via submission (armbar) at 4:30 of round 2.
* Light Heavyweight bout: Sweden Alexander Gustafsson vs. Phil Davis
Davis choked the fight out of Gustafsson via submission (anaconda choke) at 4:55 of round 1.
* Welterweight bout: Matt Hughes vs. Renzo Gracie
Hughes put the hurt on Gracie via TKO (strikes) at 4:40 of round 3.
* Lightweight Championship bout: B.J. Penn (c) vs. Frankie Edgar
Edgar fooled the judges and beat up Penn via unanimous decision (50-45, 48-47, 49-46) to become the new UFC Lightweight Champion.
* Middleweight Championship bout: Anderson Silva (c) vs. Demian Maia
Silva fooled the judges and beat up Maia via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship.
If you have an Xbox360, you too can see GSP and Hardy up close and personal…
It took them long enough, five rounds to be exact, to decide that GSP is indeed still one heck of an MMA’r. UFC 111 came to us on March 27th, 2010 with a much better card than the last few. GSP, Frank Mir, Shane Carwin and even Nate Diaz helped to make this event pretty good to watch for free and otherwise. I would keep an eye out for Nate. This kid is becoming a monster in the UFC and if people don’t watch out, he’s going to make everyone look stupid. He definitely made me look stupid after all the hemming and hawing I’ve done proclaiming him a fake TUF champion.
Here are your results. Don’t blink, because we have another UFC event in two days: UFC Fight Night 21. Then we’ve got UFC 112 on April 10th. Spring is definitely getting busy for mixed martial artists. They better be as ready as we are!
No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:
* Welterweight bout: Matthew Riddle vs. Greg Soto
Riddle fooled the judges and beat up Soto via disqualification (illegal upkick) at 1:30 of round 3.
Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:
* Welterweight bout: Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Brown
Almeida choked the fight out of Brown via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:30 of round 2.
* Catchweight (177 lb) bout: Nate Diaz vs. Rory Markham
Diaz put the hurt on Markham via TKO (punches) at 2:47 of round 1.
* Middleweight bout: Rousimar Palhares vs. Tomasz Drwal
Palhares choked the fight out of Drwal via submission (heel hook) at 0:45 of round 1.
Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:
* Lightweight bout: Jim Miller vs. Mark Bocek
Miller fooled the judges and beat up Bocek via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).
* Welterweight bout: Jon Fitch vs. Ben Saunders
Fitch fooled the judges and beat up Saunders via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
* Lightweight bout: Kurt Pellegrino vs. Fabricio Camoes
Pellegrino choked the fight out of Camoes via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:20 of round 2.
* Interim Heavyweight Championship bout: Frank Mir vs. Shane Carwin
Carwin layed the smack down on Mir via KO (punches) at 3:48 of round 1 to become the UFC Interim Heavyweight champion.
* Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St. Pierre (c) vs. Dan Hardy
St. Pierre fooled the judges and beat up Hardy via unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-45) to retain the UFC Welterweight championship.
* Light Heavyweight bout: Rodney Wallace vs. Jared Hamman
Hamman fooled the judges and beat up Wallace via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
That might leave a little mark… Miguel Torres isn’t looking like himself these days and may never again! I guess it’s kind of a “red badge of courage” thing for fighters to get nasty cuts. Guys with pretty faces just don’t make it in the pro ranks. I guess that’s why I never got to the big show… Anyway, WEC 47 delivered it’s usual high quality fights from the little guys. I think Torres will bounce back but he needs to get a grip on whatever is making him lose. I think the rest of the competition has figured him out. Jens needs to go ahead and retire from fighting already. He is an AWESOME coach and I think his stable of fighters will dominate for years to come. His stint on the Ultimate Fighter proved as much. Still, if Little Evil gets it together and puts some more wins on his record at WEC, it wouldn’t be unwelcome. Go Jens GO! Here are your results:
No Wanna SeeYa, Not Even For Free Card
* Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Erik Koch
Mendes fooled the judges and beat up Koch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
* Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. George Roop
Garcia and Roop flailed around but couldn’t get a win. The judges made it a draw by scoring it 29-27 (Garcia) 29-27 (Roop) and 28-28. A point was taken away from Roop for a clean shot to the gonads of Garcia. OUCH!
* Featherweight bout: Fredson Paixao vs. Courtney Buck
Paixao choked the fight out of Buck via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:39 of round 1.
* Lightweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs. France Bendy Casimir
Lamas layed the smack down on Casimir via KO (knee) at 3:43 of round 1.
Main Free As In Natty ICE Beer Card
* Bantamweight Championship bout: Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz
Cruz rained the pain on Bowles via TKO (injury) at 5:00 of round 2 to become the new WEC Bantamweight Champion.
* Bantamweight bout: Miguel Torres vs. Joseph Benavidez
Benavidez choked the fight out of Torres via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:57 of round 2.
* Featherweight bout: Jens Pulver vs. Javier Vazquez
Vazquez choked the fight out of Pulver via submission (armbar) at 3:41 of round 1.
* Featherweight bout: Deividas Taurosevičius vs. LC Davis
Davis fooled the judges and beat up Taurosevičius via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-29).
* Lightweight bout: Bart Palaszewski vs. Armenia Karen Darabedyan
Palaszewski choked the fight out of Darabedyan via submission (armbar) at 4:40 of round 1.
* Bantamweight bout: Scott Jorgensen vs. Chad George
Jorgensen choked the fight out of George via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:31 of round 1.
* Lightweight bout: Danny Castillo vs. Anthony Pettis
Pettis layed the smack down on Castillo via KO (strikes) at 2:17 of round 1.
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