I guess you just have to let’em fight sometimes. It’s been a few days since I watched this event transpire on July 3, 2010 in my local pub. I saw Lesnar getting his ass handed to him at the end of the first round for about 45 seconds to a minute and a half I think. I don’t know. Sometimes the fix is in and the refs stand back and watch as the current UFC posterboy gets pummeled in the hopes that he somehow wakes up and beats the bell or the other guy. They did this with Kimbo Slice/Roy Nelson fight on the Heavyweight Ultimate Fighter. Big Country had Kimbo smothered but the ref just sat there and watched for what seemed ***forever*** before finally calling the thing in favor of Roy. Looked like an obvious try at rescuing a potential ratings bonanza in Kimbo Slice but, Kimbo sucked and Nelson won. Same thing here but quite different results. Lesnar was on his back just getting the smack layed down on him and doing nothing. I would have called it and most other refs, in fact, this ref would have called any other fight that ended like this and Carwin would be the winner. This time, lucky for Dana and the UFC, Lesnar was able to shake off the beatdown and choke out Carwin in the second round. Oh well, it still was a kick ass event. The Leben/Akiyama fight was bAAAAD aaaish. Even the Krzysztof/Bonnar had its entertaining points as well. Leben is just plain scary. That will teach *ANYONE* not to underestimate him again. He didn’t even need any time to recover from his last fight. So much for hanging out on the couch for a year between UFC events. Leben won’t have any part of that.
Here are your results:
No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card:
* Heavyweight bout: Jon Madsen vs. Karlos Vemola
Madsen fooled the judges and beat up Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
* Welterweight bout: Daniel Roberts vs. Forrest Petz
Roberts fooled the judges and beat up Petz via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29).
Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:
* Light Heavyweight bout: Seth Petruzelli vs. Ricardo Romero
Romero choked the fight out of Petruzelli via submission (armbar) at 3:05 of round 2.
* Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Schaub put the hurt on Tuchscherer via TKO (strikes) at 1:07 of round 1.
* Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Dave Branch
Harris layed the smack down on Branch via KO (slam) at 2:35 of round 3.
Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:
* Lightweight bout: George Sotiropoulos vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Sotiropoulos fooled the judges and beat up Pellegrino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
* Light Heavyweight bout: Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Stephan Bonnar
Bonnar put the hurt on Soszynski via TKO (strikes) at 3:08 of round 2.
* Welterweight bout: Chris Lytle vs. Matt Brown
Lytle choked the fight out of Brown via submission (armbar) at 2:02 of round 2.
* Middleweight bout: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Chris Leben
Leben choked the fight out of Akiyama via submission (triangle choke) at 4:40 of round 3.
* Heavyweight Championship bout: Brock Lesnar (c) vs Shane Carwin (ic)
Lesnar choked the fight out of Carwin via submission (arm triangle choke) at 3:52 of round 2 to become the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.
* Middleweight bout: Kendall Grove vs. Goran Reljic
Grove fooled the judges and beat up Reljic via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28).
Another TUF was crowned on Saturday, June 19, 2010. It was Court McGee lifting up the worthless glass trophy this time. Actually, just the trophy is worthless. The six figure UFC contract ain’t too shabby of a prize. The other The Ultimate Fighter 11 freaks put on a good display. The Yager/Attonito fight was kind of disappointing. I kind of wanted to see Yager go against Hammortree to settle all the crap that happened in the house but whatever. Yager’s fight ended with another loss. I don’t know what happened to this guy. Out of all the loudmouths in the house, he looked like he could go the furthest. Maybe he should loose the fro and get serious about fight training? The Hamill/Jardine fight ended in a bloody mess. I couldn’t believe what happened to each fighter’s eyes. At one point, Jardine poked Matt’s eye then after a long clinch and a few strikes, Jardine looked like he needed to get the RED out. Jardine’s days as the “Mean” one are very numbered. I think this is loss four in a row. He’d probably make a good spokesperson for Scared Straight or something. The Octagon hasn’t been to friendly of late. Here’s the results of this (I kid you not, I couldn’t stay awake both times I attempted to watch these fights. Maybe it was the lack of Joe Rogan yelling out “oumaplata!” every other move!) snooze-fest:
No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:
* Middleweight bout: James Hammortree vs. Chris Camozzi
Camozzi fooled the judges and beat up Hammortree via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
* Middleweight bout: Kyle Noke vs. Josh Bryant
Noke put the hurt on Bryant via TKO (strikes) at 3:12 of round 2.
* Middleweight bout: Brad Tavares vs. Seth Baczynski
Tavares fooled the judges and beat up Baczynski via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
* Lightweight bout: John Gunderson vs. Mark Holst
Gunderson fooled the judges and beat up Holst via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Main Drunk on the Couch or Pub Spike TV Fights:
* Middleweight bout: Jamie Yager vs. Rich Attonito
Attonito put the hurt on Yager via TKO (strikes) at 4:25 of round 2.
* Lightweight bout: Spencer Fisher vs. Dennis Siver
Siver fooled the judges and beat up Fisher via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).
* Middleweight bout: Chris Leben vs. Aaron Simpson
Leben put the hurt on Simpson via TKO (punches) at 4:17 of round 2.
* Light Heavyweight bout: Matt Hamill vs. Keith Jardine
Hamill fooled the judges and beat up Jardine via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28). Jardine had one point deducted for a pokey in the eyehole. OUCH!
* Middleweight bout: Court McGee vs. Kris McCray
McGee choked the fight out of McCray via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:41 of round 2 to become The Ultimate Fighter.
* Heavyweight bout: James McSweeney vs. Travis Browne
Browne put the hurt on McSweeney via TKO (punches) at 4:32 of round 1.
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.
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