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WEC 48: Aldo vs Faber flashed across Pay Per View sets all over the country on April 24, 2010 for the first time. It showcased the power and the action that is World Extreme Cagefighting to the hard core UFC fans. It’s success proves that the little guys will provide us with entertainment that is worth paying for. Unfortunately for us cheapskates, they may have done their jobs too well. I think seeing the action in these fights will bring up the paydays for these hard working “everymen.” I like these bouts because they feature the Regular Joe type frames that are walking our streets. You could see yourself stepping into one of these fights and doing battle. Of course, you and I would get owned by these guys but it isn’t altogether inconceivable… I’m glad that Manny Gamburyan did well. I’ve always thought that he was robbed of much MMA love ever since he lost to Nate Diaz in The Ultimate Fighter 5. Maybe now the MMA gods will take notice and give him a shot in the big leagues.

Uriah Faber didn’t do too well this bout. Is it because he’s pushing 30 and at this size that really means that he’s losing a step to the youngsters? It could be. Aldo had him in check with his sound kicking technique. Faber is by no means washed up yet but if he lands on his face a few more times a la Jens Pulver, it may be time to go into surfing or coaching. Heavyweights can last well into their 40s because it usually takes brute strength to win their battles while lightweights rely on their blistering speed and flexibility. You don’t have that in your 30′s and beyond like the 20 year old punks.

So, Yay! and Boo! to a successful WEC or whatever this was 48 because we may not see as many freebie main events in the future or even a WEC. It’s possible that Dana White and Zuffa will reabsorb the little freaks back into UFC. We’ll see. For now, here are your results:

No Wanna See You Card:

* Bantamweight bout: Takeya Mizugaki vs. Rani Yahya
Mizugaki fooled the judges and beat up Yahya via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).

Drunk on the Couch or Pub Spike TV Fights:

* Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung
Garcia fooled the judges and beat up Jung via split decision (29–28, 28–29, 29–28).

* Lightweight bout: Alex Karalexis vs. Anthony Pettis
Pettis choked the fight out of Karalexis via submission (Triangle Choke) at 1:35 in round 2.

* Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. Anthony Morrison
Mendes choked the fight out of Morrison via submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:13 of Round 1.

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Featherweight Championship bout: Jose Aldo (c) vs. Urijah Faber
Aldo fooled the judges and beat up Faber via unanimous decision (49–45, 49–45, 50–45) to retain the WEC Featherweight Championship.

* Lightweight Championship bout: Ben Henderson (c) vs. Donald Cerrone
Henderson choked the fight out of Cerrone via submission (Guillotine Choke) at 1:57 of round 1 to retain the WEC Lightweight Championship.

* Featherweight bout: Brandon Visher vs. Tyler Toner
Toner put the hurt on Visher via TKO (Elbows) at 2:36 of Round 1.

* Featherweight bout: Mike Brown vs. Manvel Gamburyan
Gamburyan layed the smack down on Brown via KO (Punches) at 2:22 of round 1.

* Bantamweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Demetrious Johnson
Pickett fooled the judges and beat up Johnson via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28).

* Lightweight bout: Anthony Njokuani vs. Shane Roller
Roller choked the fight out of Njokuani via submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:21 in round 1.

* Bantamweight bout: Antonio Banuelos vs. Scott Jorgensen
Jorgensen fooled the judges and beat up Banuelos via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

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.

This was a pretty packed card for a freebie. I could argue that it was an even better card than the last few Pay Per View UFC fights what with Kenny Florian, Gomi, Roy Nelson, Nate Quarry and Gleison Tibau. I gotta say, Roy “Big Country” Nelson is another of those fighters that I have to eat crow about. Nate Diaz is one that I’ve really really come to respect after talking a bunch of trash about him. Nelson just does NOT look like the kind of guy that can lay you out but he’s proven it in match after match that he belongs in the Octagon, big stomach and all. Guess we’ll be seeing a LOT more of this guy. I think a Kimbo rematch is in order. Oh yeah. Remember THAT guy??!? He *is* still under contract if I’m not mistaken. Let me know if I am… Here are your BIG results.

No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:

* Welterweight bout: Charlie Brenneman vs. Jason High
Brenneman fooled the judges and beat up High via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

* Middleweight bout: Gerald Harris vs. Mario Miranda
Harris put the hurt on Miranda via TKO (punches) at 4:49 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Lucio Linhares
Okami put the hurt on Linhares via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 2:47 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout: Rob Emerson vs. Nik Lentz
Lentz fooled the judges and beat up Emerson via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28).

* Lightweight bout: Jacob Volkmann vs. Ronnys Torres
Volkmann fooled the judges and beat up Torres via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 30-27).

* Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs. Rafaello Oliveira
Winner fooled the judges and beat up Oliveira via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27).

Main Drunk on the Couch or Pub Spike TV Fights:

* Lightweight bout: Ross Pearson vs. Dennis Siver
Pearson fooled the judges and beat up Siver via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Middleweight bout: Nate Quarry vs. Jorge Rivera
Rivera put the hurt on Quarry via TKO (punches) at 0:29 of round 2.

* Lightweight bout: Caol Uno vs. Gleison Tibau
Tibau put the hurt on Uno via TKO (punches) at 4:13 of round 1.

* Heavyweight bout: Roy Nelson vs. Stefan Struve
Nelson layed the smack down on Struve via KO (punches) at 0:39 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs. Takanori Gomi
Florian choked the fight out of Gomi via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:52 of round 3.

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).

BONES wins! I like that Jon “Bones” Jones got the win on Sunday, March 21, 2010. A win over an opponent like Brandon Vera is impressive. Bones needed that after having his decisive thrashing of Matt Hammil nixed by his illegal down elbow strike. Dana White has a great new product now but I’m afraid of what he might do to him if I hear him right. He said Bones isn’t ready for a title belt until he beats guys like Rashaad, Rampage, Rua and Machida. Hmmm, me thinks Dana is trying to protect his aging stock of used up fighters/friends. There’s new meat to cook in the UFC. Give Bones a shot! I hope Vera makes it through this ok. His face was broken by Bones in a few places. Vera is a tough tough customer and I think we’ll be seeing more Jones/Vera action for many years to come!

Here’s the results:

No Wanna See You (Not Even For FREE!) Card

* Light Heavyweight bout: Eric Schafer vs. Jason Brilz
Brilz fooled the judges and beat up Schafer via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs. Julio Paulino
Pierce fooled the judges and beat up Paulino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Heavyweight bout: Brendan Schaub vs. Chase Gormley
Schaub rained the pain on Gormley via TKO (punches) at 0:47 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout Duane Ludwig vs. Darren Elkins
Elkins rained the pain on Ludwig via TKO (ankle injury) at 0:44 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Eliot Marshall vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
Matyushenko fooled the judges and beat up Marshall via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27).

* Lightweight bout: Clay Guida vs. Shannon Gugerty
Guida choked the fight out of Gugerty via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:40 of round 2.

Main (Now You can Watch This on the Couch With a 12 Pack on Direct TV) Card

* Welterweight bout: John Howard vs. Daniel Roberts
Howard layed the smack down on Roberts via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round 1.

* Middleweight bout: Alessio Sakara vs. James Irvin
Sakara rained the pain on Irvin via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 3:01 of round 1.

* Heavyweight bout: France Cheick Kongo vs. Paul Buentello
Kongo choked the fight out of Buentello via submission (strikes) at 1:16 of round 3.

* Heavyweight bout: Junior dos Santos vs. Gabriel Gonzaga
dos Santos layed the smack down on Gonzaga via KO (punches) at 3:53 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight bout: Brandon Vera vs. Jon Jones
Jones rained the pain on Vera via TKO (elbow) at 3:19 of round 1.

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.

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Light Heavyweight Bout: James Te-Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac
Te-Huna put the hurt on Pokrajac via TKO (strikes) at 3:26 of round 3.

* Middleweight Bout: C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
Dollaway fooled the judges and beat Reljic via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Heavyweight Bout: Mirko Filipović vs. Anthony Perosh
Filipović put the hurt on Perosh via TKO (doctor stoppage) at 5:00 of round 2.

* Light Heavyweight Bout: Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader
Bader layed the smack down on Jardine via KO (punch) at 2:10 of round 3.

* Welterweight Bout: Chris Lytle vs. Brian Foster
Lytle choked the fight out of Foster via submission (kneebar) at 1:41 of round 1.

* Lightweight Bout: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
Sotiropoulos fooled the judges and beat Stevenson via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

* Middleweight Bout: Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping
Silva fooled the judges and beat Bisping via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

* Heavyweight Bout: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
Velasquez layed the smack down on Nogueira via KO (punches) at 2:20 of round 1.

* Light Heavyweight Bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Soszynski put the hurt on Bonnar via TKO (cut) at 1:04 of round 3.

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).

Main Card

* 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).