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.
Posted on May 23, 2008 under UFC News |
Trouble comes in threes people and this month is NO exception. We’ve got major events from the UFC, WEC and EliteXC all happening within a week of each other. UFC 84 is scheduled for Saturday, May 24th. The UFC as well as UFC 84 has lived up to its name “Ill Will” for sure. What with Tito Ortiz doing battle with Dana White taking up all the news. And, Oh yeah, how about Chris Leben violating his parole by getting a DUI and then turning himself into jail? Luckily he wasn’t scheduled to fight in this one. “Ill” is certainly the operative word here. Let’s see what we’ve got…
Thiago Silva(11-0-0) Vs. Antonio Mendes(14-2-0) Here we have two very very tough customers squaring off in the Octagon. I’ll have to give Silva the edge here as Mendes is debuting in the UFC in this event. They both have impressive records but going from a small pond to the big sea is probably the experience that Mendes will have. Silva in 2.
Tito Ortiz(16-5-1) Vs. Lyoto Machida(12-0-0) Ortiz has had it with the UFC and this will be his last fight in the organization… until both he and Dana figure out that they can make more money being mad at each other together than if they we’re happy and apart. Machida is riding quite a win streak. His last fight in the UFC was a somewhat surprising win in UFC 79:Nemesis over Soko who’s fighting the undercard. I’m thinking the fading Ortiz will find his second wind and choke out Lyoto in the 3rd.
Wilson Gouveia(10-4-0) Vs. Goran Reljic(7-0-0) Here is another newcomer with a stellar record going against a salty UFC veteran. This seems to be the theme of this event. I guess, after Dana’s housecleaning this year, the stable had to be refilled with more fighters. I’m going out on a limb here and will predict a shocker win by Reljic over Gouveia in the 1st. Stranger things have happened!
Wanderlei Silva(31-8-1) Vs. Keith Jardine(13-4-1) It’s the “Axe Murderer” versus “The Dean of Mean.” Wanderlei didn’t have quite the fight he expected in UFC79 versus Chuck Liddell i.e. he lost! His days in the fight game are coming to a close so a few wins here and there would probably help his pocketbook as well as his street cred back in Brazil. He didn’t draw a cupcake in Jardine. He has earned his reputation by putting the hurt on both Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin. I thought Wanderlei was going to handle Chuck in UFC79. I was wrong. Well, maybe this time I’ll be right when I say: Silva in 3 by decision.
BJ Penn(13-4-1) Vs. Sean Sherk(35-2-1) This is the main event of the evening and for good reason. BJ, “The Progidy” has proven himself to be one recently in UFC80. Sherk proved himself last in UFC73. Although he also proved to be hopped up on performance enhancing drugs. It was a long battle for him to get reinstated to the UFC. In the mean time BJ has just been piling on the wins and training like a madman. I think Sherk will put up a good fight but then say “night night” once Penn puts a rear naked choke on him and the tappity tappity starts to happen in the 3rd.
This is one big and stacked event. The full fight card really is packed with great fighters and fights. It makes me wonder why on earth some of these fights aren’t on the main card. Oh well, at least if these fights don’t live up to the hype, there will be two more next week to calm our fears or make them worse. Trouble *does* come in threes!
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