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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.

Are You Even Listening? I'm tellin' you it was THIS big!

UFC104 came in with a mighty roar but kind of ended with a whimper.  A LOT of folks are unhappy that Shogun lost on points to Machida but that’s the breaks when you leave your fight results to the judges!  UFC104 was a pay per view event but, like UFC103, SPIKE TV aired a couple of the undercard bouts.  This is an excellent way to get more viewers to the UFC bandwagon and it also helps those of us that are tired of shoveling out $40 a pop for pay per view.  Of course, gas, a pint of suds and some nachos at the local sports bar won’t set you back $40 so that may be the way to go for us cheap skates!  Here are your UFC 104 results:

No Wanna See You Undercard Fights:

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Kyle Kingsbury vs.  Razak Al-Hassan

Kingsbury fooled the judges and beat up Al-Hassan via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).

* Middleweight bout:  Jorge Rivera vs.  Rob Kimmons

Rivera put the hurt on Kimmons via TKO (strikes) at 1:53 of round 1.

Spike TV Too Cheap For PPV Fights:

* Heavyweight bout:  Stefan Struve vs.  Chase Gormley

Struve choked the fight out of Gormley via submission (triangle choke) at 4:04 of round 1.

* Heavyweight bout:  Antoni Hardonk vs.  Patrick Barry

Barry put the hurt on Hardonk via TKO (strikes) at 2:30 of round 2.

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Ryan Bader vs.  Eric Schafer

Bader fooled the judges and beat up Schafer via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-26, 30-27).

Main PPV and/or Drunk at the Pub Fights:

* Welterweight (176 lb) bout:  Anthony Johnson vs.  Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Johnson put the hurt on Yoshida via TKO (punches) at 0:41 of round 1.

* Lightweight bout:  Joe Stevenson vs.  Spencer Fisher

Stevenson smashed up Fisher via Submission (elbows) at 4:03 of round 2.

* Middleweight bout:  Yushin Okami vs.  Chael Sonnen

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

* 157lb Catchweight bout:  Gleison Tibau vs.  Josh Neer

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

* Heavyweight bout:  Cain Velasquez vs.  Ben Rothwell

Velasquez put the hurt on Rothwell via TKO (punches) at 0:58 of round 2

* Light Heavyweight Championship bout:  Lyoto Machida vs.  Mauricio Rua

Machida fooled the judges and beat up Rua via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) to retain the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship

Main Card

* Featherweight Championship bout:  Urijah Faber vs.  Mike Brown
Brown defeated Faber via TKO (punches) at 2:23 of round 1 to become the new WEC Featherweight champion.

* Catchweight (189 lb) bout:  Paulo Filho vs.  Chael Sonnen
Sonnen defeated Filho via unanimous decision. (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Filho was supposed to defend his Middleweight Championship belt, but missed weight by four pounds, forcing the bout to be a non-title catchweight bout.

* Featherweight bout:  Jens Pulver vs.  Leonard Garcia
Garcia defeated Pulver via TKO (punches) at 1:12 of round 1

* Middleweight bout:  Jake Rosholt vs.  Nissen Osterneck
Rosholt defeated Osterneck via TKO (punches) at 3:48 of round 2

Undercard

* Lightweight bout:  Rob McCullough vs.  Donald Cerrone
Cerrone defeated McCullough via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-27)

* Middleweight bout:  David Avellan vs.  Aaron Simpson
Simpson defeated Avellan via KO (punch) at 0:18 of round 1

* Featherweight bout:  Jose Aldo vs.  Jonathan Brookins
Aldo defeated Brookins via TKO (strikes) at 0:45 of round 3

* Light Heavyweight bout:  Carmelo Marrero vs.  Steve Steinbeiss
Marrero defeated Steinbeiss via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)

* Lightweight bout:  Rafael Dias vs.  Danny Castillo
Castillo defeated Dias via TKO (strikes) at 2:54 of round 2

* Bantamweight bout:  Yoshiro Maeda vs.  Rani Yahya
Yahya defeated Maeda via submission (guillotine choke) at 3:30 of round 1