Jason “Mayhem” Miller dominated Kala Hose, taking him down, administering some gnarly hammerfist-style ground and pound, forcing Hose to give up his back, where Mayhem proceeded to sink a rear-naked choke causing Kala Hose to tap out a little more than 2 minutes into the fight (round one).

I’m thinking so. Rogan and Goldberg sure were pushing the “goodbye” angle tonight at UFC 97, they kept letting us know that it was possibly the final time Liddell would step into a cage. Ok, we get it already? Chuck said he wasn’t sure, but Goldberg says it’s the end of an era. Whatever. Seems like they’re trying to make his decision for him.

Well, Chuck Liddell got KTFO again. Damn. Get well soon, Chuck. I wish he’d get back on a winning streak, somehow.

Anderson Silva was semi-impressive, in the fact that he didn’t get punched nearly at all, in five rounds of fighting. He won a unanimous decision over Thales Leites. Was Silva trying to finish the fight? Or is he just happy to get a decision?

Other results from UFC 97 are:
Sam Stout defeated Matt Wiman (robbery decision, imo)
TJ Grant defeated Ryo Chonan by decision
Mark Bocek defeated David Bielkheden by choke in round 1
Ed Herman defeated David Loiseau by decision
Nate Quarry defeated Jason MacDonald by TKO in round one
Denis Kang defeated Xavier Foupa-Pokam by decision
Eliot Marshall defeated Vinicius Magalhaes by decision
Luiz Cane defeated Steve Cantwell by decision
Cheick Kongo defeated Antoni Hardonk by TKO in round 2
Krzysztof Soszynski defeated Brian Stann by Kimura in round 1
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua defeated Chuck Liddell by TKO in round 1
Anderson Silva defeated Thales Leites by decision

Watt Wiman over Sam Stout
Ryo Chonan over TJ Grant
Mark Bocek over David Bielkheden
Ed Herman over David Loiseau
Nate Quarry over Jason MacDonald
Denis Kang over the Savate Kickboxing dude
Eliot Marshall over Vinicius Magalhaes
Steve Cantwell over Luiz Cane
Antoni Hardonk over Cheick Kongo
Brian Stann over Krzysztof Soszynski
Chuck Liddell over Mauricio “Shogun” Rua
Anderson Silva over Thales Leites

i have a bad habit of picking who i want to win, and not who will probably win.. oh well.. how long can Anderson Silva’s winning streak stay intact?

Dude I’ve been looking forward to this fight more than most in recent months. I’m also hoping Nick Diaz kicks that ass jiu-jitsu style to defend his Sensei.

Alistair Overeem in the audience. Wasn’t he just in the UFC audience earlier this year?

Brett Rogers vs. Abongo Humphrey to start the show off.
Round one is going pretty good until Herb Dean stops to warn Brett Rogers about grabbing Humphrey’s dreadlocks. I say bullshit. Humphrey was in a thai clinch, and Rogers just about can’t help but get a palm full of hair when he’s clinching. Herb Dean took a point away from Rogers. Crappy call, imo.

Kevin Randleman in the house, hugging it out with Mickey Rourke.

Round two sees Brett Rogers crush Abongo Humphreys with knees before referee Herb Dean stops the fight, giving Brett Rogers a TKO victory, and he remains undefeated.

Hitoni Akano vs. Cris Cyborg
Cyborg kicked Hitoni Akanos ass for 2.5 rounds before getting a TKO victory in round 3.

Benji Radach vs. Scott Smith
Someone is getting knocked out in this fight. It’s over now, and Scott Smith was getting his ass kicked for most of the fight, and landed a gnarly right hand to comeback and win by knockout over Benji Radach…LOL @ Smith thanking mis masseuse Tom Atencio at the post-fight interview.

Gilbert Melendez vs. Rodrigo Damm
I’d like to see Rodrigo Damm win this. But he didn’t. Gilbert Melendez got the KO victory in round 2. Rodrigo Damm got KTFO. Melendez is now the interim lightweight champion.

Nick Diaz vs. Frank Shamrock
One thing you can be sure of, is that Nick Diaz will give a middle finger at some point tonight. Round one was good, I score it in Diaz’ favor. He got the fight to the ground and controlled it, even gaining mount and throwing down some punches at the end of the round.

Nick Diaz TOTALLY dominated round 2 and got a TKO victory after making Shamrock’s face a bloody mess and dropping him to the mat against the canvas, where Shamrock didn’t defend himself and the referee had to stop the fight. Diaz immediately offered his hand to help Shamrock off the mat. Contrary to what I said previously, I haven’t seen Diaz give anybody the bird yet.

FightZone TV, in their third year of broadcasting the Best of MMA Programming from around the country, will celebrate their 500th airing on FSN affiliates this month with “Ultimate Warrior Challenge’s (UWC) “Man ‘O’ War,” an event that was so packed with exciting fights, it had to be split into two hour and a half shows.

Production values on these shows rival anything on the air today. Promoter Marcello Foran spared no expense to bring UWC fans the best video presentation possible and FightZone TV is proud to bring this historic event to their viewers.

The Washington, DC show was taped before a SRO crowd on February 21st, 2009 at the George Mason University Patriot Center Arena in Fairfax, VA breaking all UWC attendance records.

Of course, FightZone’s Jay Adams was cageside to call all the action along with Bloody Elbow’s Luke Thomas. Another UWC/FightZone first was reached when the show was streamed live for free on www,Sherdog.com, the world’s premier MMA site, to over hundreds of thousands of viewers.

Highlight include:
Mike Easton in the UWC inaugural bantamweight title against late replacement Justin Robbins substituting for a totally unexplained “No Show” by scheduled headliner Bebe Chase.

In the co-main event, IFL veteran Jamal Patterson took on TUF alumni Antwain Britt.

Other action saw John Dodson vs. Jose Villarisco, an exciting but controversial “No Contest” in the fight between TUF vet Richie Hightower and Marcus Foran resulting in a confirmed rematch in the next event.

A definite crowd pleaser was the women’s fight between Moroccan born Iman Achhal and HIT Squad’s Felice Herrig, a first for UWC.

UWC’s next show “Capital Punishment” takes place April 25th, also at the Patriot Center, tickets for which are on sale now. Visit www.uwcmma.com for more information.

Coming soon on FightZone TV, look for Pure Combat “Backyard Brawl” from Tulare, CA, which was also hosted by Jay Adams and shown live on Sherdog, Pro Battle MMA “Return To Glory ” from Ft. Smith, AK, Mainstream MMA’s “Pinnacle II” from Iowa

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