UFC 109 Relentless came at us on February 6, 2010 and lived up to it’s name:  Relentlessly boring.  OK, maybe not all of it was boring.  Seeing Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman was a good trip back to the olden times.  The Sonnen vs. Marquardt fight was definitely the fight of the night.  I guess you can’t have a really big fight card every time but it seems like these guys have been pulled out from the very back of the closet.  Let’s see some newer shinier “toys” mix it up next time.  I’m sure it will make shelling out the $50 for PPV easier.

No Wanna See You Undercard Fight:

* Heavyweight bout: Tim Hague vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Tuchscherer fooled the judges Hague via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).

* Lightweight bout: Phillipe Nover vs. Rob Emerson
Emerson fooled the judges Nover via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout: Melvin Guillard vs. Ronnys Torres
Guillard fooled the judges Torres via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout: Mac Danzig vs. Justin Buchholz
Danzig fooled the judges Buchholz via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout: Matt Serra vs. Frank Trigg
Serra put the hurt on Trigg via KO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Dan Miller
Maia fooled the judges Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Brian Stann vs. Phil Davis
Davis fooled the judges Stann via unanimous decision. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Maia vs. Miller bout.

* Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Paulo Thiago
Thiago choked the fight out of Swick via submission (d’arce choke) at 1:54 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout: Nate Marquardt vs. Chael Sonnen
Sonnen fooled the judges Marquardt via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Mark Coleman
Couture choked the fight out of Coleman via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:09 of round 2.

* Heavyweight bout: Rolles Gracie vs. Joey Beltran
Beltran put the hurt on Gracie via TKO (punches) at 1:31 of round 2. This fight aired on the PPV broadcast following the Couture vs. Coleman main event bout.

Here’s what happened about a month ago at UFC 108: Evans vs. Silva.  I’ve been really busy and not blogging so I will be correcting this in the very near future.  MMA, UFC, and WEC stuff will once again fill this blog.

No Wanna See You Undercard Fight:

* Lightweight bout:  Rafaello Oliveira vs.  John Gunderson
Oliveira fooled the judges and beat up Gunderson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Lightweight bout:  Cole Miller vs. Dan Lauzon
Miller choked the fight out of Lauzon via submission (modified kimura) at 3:05 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Mike Pyle vs. Jake Ellenberger
Ellenberger put the hurt on Pyle via TKO (punches) at 0:22 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Denmark Martin Kampmann vs. Jacob Volkmann
Kampmann choked the fight out of Volkmann via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:03 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout:  Mark Muñoz vs. Ryan Jensen
Munoz put the hurt on Jensen via submission (punches) at 2:30 of round 1.

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Heavyweight bout:  Junior dos Santos vs. Gilbert Yvel
dos Santos put the hurt on Yvel via TKO (punches) at 2:07 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Jim Miller vs. Duane Ludwig
Miller choked the fight out of Ludwig via submission (armbar) at 2:31 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Joe Lauzon vs. Sam Stout
Stout fooled the judges and beat up Lauzon via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).

* Catchweight (172 lb) bout:  Dustin Hazelett vs. Paul Daley
Daley laid the smack down on Hazelett via KO (punches) at 2:24 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Rashad Evans vs. Thiago Silva
Evans fooled the judges and beat up Silva by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight Championship unification bout:  Jamie Varner vs.  Ben Henderson
Henderson defeated Varner via submission (guillotine choke) at 2:41 of Round 3 to become the undisputed WEC Lightweight Champion.

* Featherweight bout:  Urijah Faber vs.  Raphael Assuncao
Faber defeated Assuncao via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:49 of Round 3.

* Lightweight bout:  Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus
Shalorus defeated Jansen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Featherweight bout:  Mike Brown vs.  Anthony Morrison
Brown defeated Morrison via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:54 of Round 1.

* Featherweight bout:  Mackens Semerzier vs. Deividas Taurosevičius
Taurosevičius defeated Semerzier via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Preliminary Card

* Bantamweight bout:  Charlie Valencia vs.  Akitoshi Tamura
Valencia defeated Tamura via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

* Bantamweight bout:  Wagnney Fabiano vs.  Clint Godfrey
Fabiano defeated Godfrey via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout:  Mark Hominick vs.  Bryan Caraway
Hominick defeated Caraway via submission (triangle) at 3:48 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast.

* Bantamweight bout:  Eddie Wineland vs.  George Roop
Wineland defeated Roop via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 20-27).

* Bantamweight bout:  Coty Wheeler vs.  Will Campuzano
Campuzano defeated Wheeler via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27, 30-27).

* Lightweight bout:  Donald Cerrone vs.  Ed Ratcliff
Cerrone defeated Ratcliff via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:47 of Round 3.

* Lightweight bout: Nigeria Anthony Njokuani vs.  Chris Horodecki
Njokuani defeated Horodecki via TKO (strikes) at 3:33 of Round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Joseph Benavidez vs.  Rani Yahya
Benavidez defeated Yahya via TKO (strikes) at 1:35 of Round 1.

* Bantamweight bout:  Takeya Mizugaki vs.  Scott Jorgensen
Jorgensen defeated Mizugaki via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Undercard

* Lightweight bout: Poland Bart Palaszewski vs.  Anthony Pettis
Palaszewski defeated Pettis via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Muhsin Corbbrey vs.  Zach Micklewright
Micklewright defeated Corbbrey via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Bantamweight bout:  John Hosman vs.  Chad George
George defeated Hosman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Featherweight bout:  Brandon Visher vs.  Courtney Buck
Visher defeated Buck via KO (punches) at 4:45 of Round 1. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast after Benavidez/Yahya.

* Bantamweight bout: England Brad Pickett vs.  Kyle Dietz
Pickett defeated Dietz via submission (Peruvian necktie) at 4:36 of Round 2. This bout, although preliminary, was aired on the live broadcast after Njokuani/Horodecki.

* Featherweight bout:  Jameel Massouh vs.  Erik Koch
Koch defeated Massouh via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Which Way Did He Go?

Uhh… think you might want to get that cut checked out Diego!  BJ Penn cemented his place in the Lightweight Division of the UFC.  He will be the man until someone else with the chops brings him down or he decides to do the stupid thing and go back up to Welterweight to face GSP again.  Dana White is talking about this like it will probably happen.  I guess he has a point.  There’s only so many lightweights that we will want to see BJ beat the crap out of.  His biggest test was Sherk and he made him quit.  We also saw Frank Mir put his opponent down.  Will we see a rematch of him and Lesnar?  You bet we will.  We will just have to wait until Brock heals up though.  Here are your results:

No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Kevin Burns vs.  TJ Grant

Grant layed the smack down on Burns via TKO (strikes) at 4:57 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout:  Rousimar Palhares vs.  Lucio Linhares

Palhares choked the fight out of Linhares via submission (heel hook) at 3:21 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout:  Johny Hendricks vs.  Ricardo Funch

Hendricks fooled the judges and beat up Funch via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-25).

* Lightweight bout:  Matt Wiman vs.  Shane Nelson

Wiman fooled the judges and beat up Nelson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Heavyweight bout:  Paul Buentello vs.  Stefan Struve

Struve fooled the judges and beat up Buentello via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Kenny Florian vs.  Clay Guida

Florian choked the fight out of Guida via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:19 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout:  Jon Fitch vs.  Mike Pierce

Fitch fooled the judges and beat up Pierce via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Heavyweight bout:  Frank Mir vs. France Cheick Kongo

Mir choked the fight out of Kongo via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 1:12 of round 1.

* Catchweight bout (195 lbs):  Alan Belcher vs.  Wilson Gouveia

Belcher layed the smack down on Gouveia via TKO (strikes) at 3:03 of round 1.

* Lightweight Championship bout:  B.J. Penn (c) vs.  Diego Sanchez

Penn layed the smack down on Sanchez via TKO (cut) at 2:37 of round 5 to retain the UFC Lightweight Championship.

* Welterweight bout:  DaMarques Johnson vs.  Edgar Garcia

Johnson choked the fight out of Garcia via submission (triangle choke) at 4:03 of round 1.

The Ultimate Fighter Heavyweights Finale rumbled in on December 5th, 2009 with a whimper and left with a big HONK! er Country. Yes, horror of all horrors, Roy “Big Country” Nelson emerged victorious and is now the newest Ultimate Fighter winner. I keep forgetting and, I think, everyone else keeps forgetting that this is a *GAME SHOW*. So Brendan Shaub getting nailed in the temple shouldn’t have been a surprise. He just doesn’t have the ring experience that Nelson has. At least he didn’t get his face smashed by Roy’s belly like all the other losers on TUF that got schooled by him. “Meathead” Mitrone took down “Big Baby.” I was really pulling for Marcus to redeem himself but he showed his inexperience as well. He’s got a few years to get better though. Kimbo won his first match as a UFC fighter. This shouldn’t have been such a snoozer. You can thank Houston Alexander’s camp for sticking to the most boring gameplan ever: Circle, circle, circle, smack Kimbo in the knee, circle, circle, circle, smack Kimbo on the knee, Oops! get owned by Kimbo Slice’s *ground game*??!?! The headliner fight between Matt Hamill and Jon Jones was easily the most exciting if you remove the win by DQ for Hamill. I’ve won by DQ before. You really feel like a bitch raising your hand in victory while you are bleeding your nose out. Hamill is better than that but Jones is something else. Watch out UFC, Jones is not going away!

Here’s your results in all their inglorious crappitude…

No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  John Howard vs.  Dennis Hallman
Howard put the hurt on Hallman via KO (Strikes) at 4:55 of round 3.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Brian Stann vs.  Rodney Wallace
Stann fooled the judges and beat up Wallace via unanimous decision. (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

* Heavyweight bout:  Jon Madsen vs.  Justin Wren
Madsen fooled the judges and beat up Wren via split decision. (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)

Main Drunk on the Couch or Pub Spike TV Fights:

* Heavyweight bout:  Marcus Jones vs.  Matt Mitrione
Mitrione put the hurt on Jones via KO (Punches) at 0:10 of Round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Frank Edgar vs.  Matt Veach
Edgar choked the fight out of Veach via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:22 of Round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  Mark Bocek vs.  Joe Brammer
Bocek choked the fight out of Brammer via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:36 of round one.

* Catchweight (212 lb) bout:  Kimbo Slice vs.  Houston Alexander
Slice fooled the judges and beat up Alexander via unanimous decision. (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Matt Hamill vs.  Jon Jones
Hamill dropped his hands and used his unguarded face to win against Jones via DQ (illegal elbow) at 4:14 of Round 1

* Heavyweight bout:  Darrill Schoonover vs.  James McSweeney
McSweeney put the hurt on Schoonover via TKO (Strikes) at 3:20 of Round 3.

* Heavyweight bout:  Roy Nelson vs.  Brendan Schaub
Nelson put the hurt on Schaub via KO (Punch) at 3:25 of Round 1 to become the The Ultimate Fighter 10 Heavyweights Winner.

UFC 106: Someone vs. Someone else came and went on Saturday Novemeber 21, 2009.  Everything was shuffled around.  Some guys who weren’t headlining became stars.  Others who were stars became chumps.  Still another fighter wound up winning without even fighting!  Must have taken Enter the Dragon to heart and learned the Art of Fighting Without Fighting.  At least we still get our Freebies and they were some great matches.

Forgot how much I missed Ben Saunders crazy smiles.  Well, Griffin got his “revenge.”  Guess that will teach him not to have Jr. Seau in his corner this time.  Sorry Junior, I bled Charger Blue with you for 10 years but you are no MMA cut man no matter what your new show says.  Junior was there when Anderson Silva took apart Griffin quite handily.  Maybe their rematch will go better.  Here are your results:

No Wanna See You Undercard Fight:

* Lightweight bout:  Caol Uno vs.  Fabricio Camoes
Uno and Camoes fumbled around to a draw after three rounds. The judges scored the fight 29-27 (Uno), 28-28 and 28-28. Camoes got a point taken off for a few love taps to the head of Uno… with his FOOT.

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Ben Saunders vs.  Marcus Davis
Saunders put the hurt on Davis via KO (knees) at 3:24 of round 1. This bout aired on the PPV broadcast following the Cane vs. Nogueira bout.

* Welterweight bout:  Brock Larson vs.  Brian Foster
Foster put the hurt on Larson via TKO (strikes) at 3:25 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout:  George Sotiropoulos vs.  Jason Dent
Sotiropoulos choked the fight out of Dent via submission (armbar) at 4:36 of round 2.

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight bout:  Amir Sadollah vs.  Phil Baroni
Sadollah fooled the judges and beat up Baroni via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Luiz Cane vs.  Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Nogueira put the hurt on Cane via TKO (punches) 1:58 in round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Paulo Thiago vs.  Jacob Volkmann
Thiago fooled the judges and beat up Volkmann via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).

* Middleweight bout:  Kendall Grove vs.  Jake Rosholt
Grove choked the fight out of Rosholt via submission (triangle choke) at 3:59 of round 1.

* Welterweight bout:  Josh Koscheck vs.  Anthony Johnson
Koscheck choked the fight out of Johnson via submission (rear naked choke) 4:47 in round 2.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Tito Ortiz vs.  Forrest Griffin
Griffin fooled the judges and beat up Ortiz via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28).

* Featherweight Championship bout:  Mike Brown (c) vs.  Jose Aldo
Aldo defeated Brown via TKO (strikes) at 1:20 of round 2 to become the new WEC Featherweight Champion.

* Featherweight bout: Armenia Manvel Gamburyan vs.  Leonard Garcia
Gamburyan defeated Garcia via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Rob McCullough vs. Karen Darabedyan
Darabedyan defeated McCullough via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Danny Castillo vs.  Shane Roller
Roller defeated Castillo via submission (rear naked choke) at 3:32 of round 3.

* Lightweight bout: Kamal Shalorus vs.  Will Kerr
Shalorus defeated Kerr via TKO (strikes) at 1:26 of round 1.

Undercard

* Featherweight bout:  Diego Nunes vs.  LC Davis
Davis defeated Nunes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26).

* Featherweight bout:  Cub Swanson vs.  John Franchi
Swanson defeated Franchi via submission (guillotine choke) at 4:50 of round 3.

* Bantamweight bout:  Antonio Banuelos vs.  Kenji Osawa
Banuelos defeated Osawa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout:  Ricardo Lamas vs.  James Krause
Lamas defeated Krause via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Bantamweight bout:  Seth Dikun vs.  Frank Gomez
Gomez defeated Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

Now the ultra-hyped Couture vs. Vera fight… hmmmm if I didn’t know better I’d say the fix was in. But hey, what do I know. I’ve never stepped into the Octagon myself much less sat in judgment of two world class UFC fighters, but I know what I saw from many many angles on SPIKE and that was a Brandon Vera victory. This is the crap that happens when you “leave it to the judges.” Takes me back to some of my worst days on the tournament floor… At least it was free!!! Any way, here are your results:

No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:

* Lightweight bout: Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver

Siver put the hurt on Kelly via TKO (strikes) at 2:53 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs. Matthew Riddle

Osipczak put the hurt on Riddle via TKO (punches) at 3:53 of round 3.

* Lightweight bout: Terry Etim vs. Shannon Gugerty

Etim choked the fight out of Gugerty via submission (guillotine choke) at 1:24 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Paul Taylor vs. John Hathaway

Hathaway fooled the judges and beat up Taylor via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26).

Main Freebies are Cool Fights:

* Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs. Rolando Delgado

Winner layed the SMACK down on Delgado via KO (punch) at 3:22 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman

Gustafsson layed the SMACK down on Hamman via KO (punches) at 0:41 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Aaron Riley

Pearson put the hurt on Riley via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 4:34 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: James Wilks vs. Matt Brown

Brown put the hurt on Wilks via TKO (punches) at 2:26 of round 3.

* Middleweight Bout: Michael Bisping vs. Denis Kang

Bisping put the hurt on Kang via TKO (punches) at 4:24 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout: Mike Swick vs. Dan Hardy

Hardy fooled the judges and beat up Swick via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Light Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs. Brandon Vera

Couture fooled the judges and beat up Vera via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:

* Women’s 145 lb bout:  Marloes Coenen vs.  Roxanne Modafferi

Coenen choked the fight out of Modafferi via submission (armbar) at 1:05 of round 1.

* Catchweight 150 lb bout:  Jeff Curran vs.  Dustin Neace

Curran choked the fight out of Neace via submission (injury) at 1:39 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout:  John Kolosci vs.  Shamar Bailey

Bailey fooled the judges and beat up Kolosci via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27).

* Middleweight bout:  Louis Taylor vs.  Nate Moore

Moore put the hurt on Taylor via submission (strikes) at 3:24 of round 2.

* Welterweight bout:  Christian Uflacker vs.  Jonatas Novaes

Uflacker fooled the judges and beat up Novaes via unanimous decision (29-26, 30-25, 30-25).

Main Freebies are Cool Fights:

* Heavyweight bout:  Fedor Emelianenko vs.  Brett Rogers

Emelianenko put the hurt on Rogers via TKO (Punches) at 1:48 of round 2.

* Middleweight Championship bout:  Jake Shields vs.  Jason Miller

Shields fooled the judges and beat up Miller via Unanimous Decision (48-47,49-46,48-47) to become the new Strikeforce Middleweight Champion.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Gegard Mousasi vs.  Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

Mousasi put the hurt on Sokoudjou via TKO (punches) at 3:43 of round 2.

* Heavyweight bout:  Fabricio Werdum vs.  Antonio Silva

Werdum fooled the judges and beat up Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).