Mixed Martial B0nes

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.

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.

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.