December 27th, 2008

UFC 92 – Best UFC Event Ever?

A lot of people were expecting this to be the best UFC show ever, and the fight card certainly had some great match-ups.

Ryo Chonan vs. Brad Blackburn – Brad Blackburn won via decision

Dan Evensen vs. Pat Barry – Pat Barry won via TKO from kicks to the leg.

Matt Hamill vs. Reese Andy – Matt Hamill won via TKO from punches.

Antoni Hardonk vs. Mike Wessel – Hardonk won via TKO from punches.

Yushin Okami vs. Dean Lister – Okami won via decision.

Cheick Kongo vs. Mustafa Al-Turk – Cheick Kongo won via TKO from punches.

Wanderlei Silva vs. Quinton Rampage Jackson – Rampage won via KTFO out of Wanderlei.

CB Dollaway vs. Mike Massenzio – CB Dollaway won via TKO, but he got rocked early on and then it damn sure looked like he started to tap from a guillotine but the referee didn’t see it. I’ll need to see a .gif or replay.

Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira – Wow, total domination by Francisco Mir. TKO’d Nogueira in round 2.

Rashad Evans vs. Forrest Griffin – Rashad Evans won via TKO in round 3.

June 22nd, 2008

Kendall Grove Defeats Evan Tanner By Split Decision; Other Results From The Ultimate Fighter Finale

Although many saw the fight as a unanimous decision, the official scoring had Evan Tanner winning one round. Although Evan was able to take Kendall Grove down, the reach advantage of Grove proved to be too much for Tanner. Kendall used his long legs to land good knees. I hope to see Evan Tanner back in action though, he is a true warrior, and despite being 12 years older than Grove, and living a harder life, he managed to last all 3 rounds and fought all the way through.

Other results from the show include Amir Sadollah scoring a 1st round armbar submission victory over CB Dollaway.

Diego Sanchez defeated Luigi Fioravanti by TKO (strikes) – Round 3
Matt Riddle defeated Dante Rivera by unanimous decision
Spencer Fisher defeated Jeremy Stephens by unanimous decision
Dustin Hazelett defeated Josh Burkman by submission (arm bar) – Round 2
Drew McFedries defeated Marvin Eastman by TKO (strikes) – Round 1
Dean Lister defeated Jeremy Horn by submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1
Matt Brown defeated Matt Arroyo by TKO (strikes) – Round 2
Rob Kimmons defeated Rob Yundt by submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1

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