Mark Bocek vs. Joe Brammer
John Howard vs. Dennis Hallman
**Brian Stann vs. Rodney Wallace
Jon Madsen vs. Justin Wrenn
**Darrill Schoonover vs. James McSweeney
Marcus Jones vs. Matt Mitrione
Frank Edgar vs. Matt Veach
**KIMBO SLICE vs. HOUSTON ALEXANDER
Matt Hamill vs. Jon Jones

** Rodney Wallace’s nickname is “Shonuff The Master” — so, I’m picking him to win.

** Darrill Schoonover has been called back to military duty (he was in the Army for 4 years already) and he’ll be leaving for duty again soon after his fight.

** WAR KIMBO, ALL DAY SON.

MMAMania broke the news, and it’s a ridiculous decision by the UFC to cut Jon Fitch. Also, Dana White is supposedly pissed off at the entire AKA (American Kickboxing Academy) group of fighters, and won’t be doing business with them anymore. According to Kevin Iole, Dana White said he will keep AKA welterweight Mike Swick because he said Swick called him and told him he wants to keep fighting for the UFC. However, as Jon Fitch and heavyweight Christian Wellisch were cut, heavyweight prospect Cain Velasquez and welterweight Josh Koscheck could be next.

Seriously, what the hell? Fitch said Wednesday that the reason he was cut was because he wouldn’t sign a lifetime contract to allow the UFC to use his name and likeness in a video game. He said he “simply didn’t understand the need to sign a lifetime contract, particularly since it would not pay his family in the event of his death.” Futhermore, Fitch said this has nothing to do with money and that he’s never caused a problem for the UFC. “He wanted us to sign that merchandising agreement, and it was not a very good agreement,” Fitch said. “There was not really a reason for us to sign it. The first thing they brought to us was for us to sign all of our rights away for everything forever. It was for very small compensation, and there was no compensation for family members if we were to die…We could die and they could make memorial figurines and stuff and make thousands, millions of dollars, and our families wouldn’t see a penny of it. The way they bring the contracts and stuff to us, I don’t know, it’s just not how business is done.”

Dana White is quoted as saying “Affliction is still out there trying to build its company. Let him go work with them. Let him see what he thinks of those (expletive). F**k him. These guys aren’t partners with us. F**k them. All of them, every last f**king one of them.”

Jon Fitch has an outstanding record of 17 wins and 3 losses. He went undefeated in the UFC for 8 fights before losing a decision to Georges St. Pierre in a welterweight championship fight.

You know something isn’t right when Jon Fitch gets cut and Brock Lesnar and his 2-1 record (1-1 UFC) gets a title shot with Randy Couture.

Meanwhile, we’ve got Dana White cussing up a storm, and members of The Ultimate Fighter cast drinking each others piss and eating semen tainted food, they make Junie Browning seem normal and classy. Wonderful. Let’s not forget the stupid “Condom Depot” advertisements that fighters wear across the ass of their shorts.

Pure class. While bitching about the Jon Fitch/AKA fiasco, Dana White also bitched about the economy and how the fighters should get out there and find out just how tough it is in todays economy. I can tell you, he would make more money with the UFC and go mainstream a lot quicker, if he would do things a little bit differently. He could appeal to a wider audience.

Regardless, the UFC seems to be the only game in town right now, and they can try to make whoever they want disappear. I know, MMA loyalists are still wanting to see Fedor Emelianenko fight Randy Couture or Brock Lesnar. It’s not going to happen if Dana White doesn’t want it to. Why does Dana even have to let people know who Fedor is? The general public and casual MMA fan doesn’t know the name Fedor, only us who follow MMA religiously really know who he is. If UFC is the only brand with any recognition, they never even have to mention Fedor, they can let him be forgotten and tell the world that Brock Lesnar is teh greatest evah!!1

So can we count on the UFC having the worlds best fighters? Or maybe just the worlds best “yes-men”? I think Dana needs to give Rob Emerson a LW title shot. Then maybe he should give Houston Alexander a HW title shot.

Dan Miragliotta still sucks, and he looks fatter.

Houston Alexander tried some illegal-looking knees but was ultimately unsuccessful. He’s 37 years old and seems to run out of gas really quick, and obviously is helpless on the ground. Will he be back in the UFC? Props to Eric Schafer for dedicating his win to Evan Tanner. Props to Eric Schafer for taking those illegal knees to the face while he was down.

The UFC is definitely in partnership with or has purchased StrikeForce. With Dana White’s recent comments about StrikeForce having a good business model, and Cung Le in the audience at a UFC event recently, along with Joe Rogan mentioning Strikeforce tonight during the Clay Guida/Mac Danzig fight, the evidence is too strong.

Joe Rogan appears to be working on his Evan Tanner tribute beard. Props to him.

Clay Guida is a badass.

Josh Neer’s board shorts were cool. They were black with a chain link fence design that blended perfectly with the cage, creating a near optical illusion.

Nick Diaz got his name mentioned a few times by Goldberg and Rogan, further evidence of a UFC/Strikeforce partnership… or Nick will be back in the UFC soon.

The UFC will be in Omaha Nebraska on September 17th, for the 15th “Ultimate Fight Night” event that will be broadcast LIVE on SpikeTV.

Nate Diaz vs. Josh Neer
Clay Guida vs. Mac Danzig
Houston Alexander vs. Eric Schafer
Ed Herman vs. Alan Belcher
Joe Lauzon vs. Kyle Bradley

..more fights may be added later.

UFC Fight Night, which I had to record and watch after the event aired.

Houston Alexander was victim of a quick knockout at the hands of James Irvin. In the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Houston says he was conscious the whole time, and said he gets hit harder by his children. Poor Houston Alexander, he needs to stick to teaching kids about “Hip-Hop culture” and trying to convince people it’s a “charitable” deed.

Nate Diaz kept his composure even as he was getting drilled upside his orbital bone by Kurt Pellegrino, and managed to survive round one. In round two, he scored a triangle choke and forced Pellegrino to tap. Joe Rogan was exactly right when he said it was the “most entertaining” triangle of the year (or something like that). Diaz gave a double-bird and flexed while Pellegrino was tapping.

I figured Matt Hamill vs. Tim Boetsch would be a messy fight, knowing Hamill likes the ground-n-pound and is very good at it. They both ended up getting their faces thrashed a bit. Matt Hamill’s bottom lip is sliced into two pieces. Hamill won the fight by TKO after pressing Boetsch against the cage and hammering his head around, finally holding his neck down and punching his face. I’m just wondering how the general public will react to Joe Rogan using the term “Rape choke.”

Karo Parisyan complained about an early stoppage, he was more vocal about it that Houston Alexander was, but in Karo’s defense, I couldn’t actually tell if he was knocked out or not, whereas there is no doubt Houston Alexander was unconscious and not defending himself for a couple of seconds, even though he says otherwise.

Tommy Speer is indeed a robot. The dude has a hard noggin on him, but I guess even robots can be destroyed after being hammered repeatedly. Anthony Johnson just owned him with kicks and punches. Tommy Speer stayed standing for like 20 or 30 seconds, taking more punishment and trying to fight back, but the striked had him moving slower and slower. Anthony Johnson finally nailed him and left him asleep leaning against the cage.

Kinda surprised to hear Joe Rogan mention Shinya Aoki and JZ Cavalcante during the Frankie Edgar/Gray Maynard fight.

Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon was a great fight. For the most part, Florian dominated. The fight ended with Florian having mount, and pounding away on Lauzon. Joe Lauzon did a good job defending his face, but was unable to escape.

Houston “I’m Alright” Alexander. Sadly, he is not a force in the UFC’s Light Heavyweight division. Anyway, thanks James Irvin for winning me some quick money (real quick– I think they said his knockout of Houston Alexander was one of the fastest in UFC history. Now I have to leave the house for awhile and will record the rest of the show to watch later.

Seems like a good fight card to see where a few guys stand in the UFC. Will Houston Alexander be able to keep up his knockout streak, or will Thiago Silva tear him down? Also, I’m hoping to see Rashad Evans kick Michael Bisping’s ass.

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Frankie Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher

The first fight of the pay-per-view show could be a great one. Frankie Edgar vs. Spencer Fisher should be exciting. Frankie starts with a great takedown and has Spencer Fisher is a bit of a guillotine, Fisher escapes that and now has guard, Edgar stands and Fisher throws a couple of upkicks that don’t do damage, both fighters now back on their feet. Edgar scores another takedown and is in Spencer Fisher’s guard. Frankie Edgar seems content to ground-n-pound Fisher right now, but Fisher is doing a good job defending from the bottom. Uh oh, Edgar lands some good elbows and strikes but Fisher has his arm in a possible submission, nothing happens, back on their feet for a second but right back to the mat and Fisher is still on bottom absorbing some punches, some nasty elbows by Edgar with 10 seconds left in round 1, this round definitely goes to Frankie Edgar.

Round 2 starts and Fisher tries a knee but is immediately take down again where he pull guard, but Frankie Edgar passes to half-guard. Spencer Fisher get full-guard back and pushed Edgar off temporarily with an upkick but Edgar moves to side mount, but eventually both fighters are back on their feet. Unfortunately, Spencer Fisher can’t seem to stop Frankie Edgar’s takedowns, because they’re now back on the mat, usual position, Frankie Edgar on top content to use elbows and short punches. Spencer Fisher is taking a beating so far in this fight. Frankie Edgar takes Fisher’s back with 20 seconds left in round 2 but can’t do anything with it, Fisher gets guard back and the round ends. I have Frankie Edgar winning round 2 also. Spencer Fisher needs a KO/Submission or stoppage in round 3 to win.

Round 3 starts and Spencer Fisher tries some kind of spinning kick but gets taken down again and Frankie Edgar has his back again with both hooks in. Spencer Fisher is defending well and he actually reverses and gets back to his feet, now both fighters are standing up, temporarily. Fisher does more of the same (gets taken down). Edgar now has him against the fence and is beating him up. Back up, back down, more of the same. With about a minute and a half left in round three I think it’s safe to say this will be a unanimous decision for Frankie Edgar. Indeed, the judges agree.

Ed Herman vs. Joe Doerksen

in 2004, Joe Doerksen defeated Ed Herman via triangle choke, I don’t think that will happen this time. I imagine this one ends with Ed Herman winning, possibly by ground-n-pound or possibly by just holding him down for three rounds. Some dude I’ve never heard of is referee.

Round 1 starts and both dudes are swinging, maybe I’ll be wrong and this will be an exciting fight. Uh oh, after being pressed against the cage standing for a few seconds, Hermann takes Doerksen down, but now they’re back on their feet but pressed against the cage doing nothing. The referee agrees and breaks them up and starts from the center. Herman goes apeshit and throws a bunch of strikes, now back to the mat with Ed Herman on top pressing Doerksen against the cage. Doerksen is cut near his eye, possibly from an elbow thrown by Ed Herman during his apeshit flurry a minute ago. Doerksen back to his feet for a split second but falls back into Herman’s side control, Ed Herman takes mount and now back in Doerksens guard, good job by Doerksen to get guard back. Round 1 ends, Herman wins that round.

Round 2, Doerksens left eye is screwed up looking. Doerksen throws a low leg kick but falls down instead, Herman back on top in Doerksens guard. I’m sticking with my prediction, Herman by gnp or lay-n-prey. Referee stands them back up though, so maybe Ed Herman will go apeshit again. Nope, Doerksen gets the takedown this time and has Ed Hermans back! Uh oh! This could be bad for Ed Herman if he can’t get Joe Doerksen off his back. Ed Herman reverses and takes Doerksens back temporarily and Doerksen transitions to a knee bar, but doesn’t pull it off, Herman back to dominating now and land a few strikes on the ground. A couple of nice knees to the rib cage, too. OH HELL, Joe Doerksen gets a damn tight triangle at the end of the round and then turns it into a nasty armbar but Herman is literally saved by the bell! If this fight would’ve went another 10 seconds Doerksen would’ve had him asleep or tapped out. I think Doerksen wins that round, but it would be tough to call because Herman controlled a lot of it.

Herman’s corner asks him “Do you have fuckin five minutes for me?”

Round 3 starts and they’re both swinging, BOOM, Ed Herman lands a left hook to the jaw and sends Joe Doerksen falling on his ass, where Herman lands one more for good measure before the newb referee steps in and stops the fight. Winner: Ed Herman by KTFO. He says he’s happy to get his first KO so Chris Leben will quit making fun of him.

Ryo Chonan vs. Karo Parisyan

I wouldn’t mind seeing Ryo Chonan get this win. Regardless, it should be another good fight. During an interview, Karo tells us “I can’t lose to a Japanese fighter.” Ryo Chonan has a victory over current UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.

Round one, Karo knocks down Ryo Chonan down with a left hook and landed in top position right away, not much happens and the newb referee (Kevin Mulhall) stood the fighters back up, not much else happens but Karo gets another takedown.. I’m going to the kitchen to get a snack after this round……Round 3 ends and I’m done eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fight goes to a judges decision, and Karo Parisyan is the winner (unanimous).

Houston Alexander vs. Thiago Silva.

Ok, maybe this fight won’t last all three rounds. Also, WAR SILVA! but props to Houston Alexander for walking out to Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba” song. Both fighters had badass entrance music.

Round 1 starts and Houston looks like he’s gonna bumrush Silva like he has in his other 2 UFC fights, but they clinch and dance for a few seconds before the ref breaks them up. I think Silva may be a bit nervous about striking with Houston Alexander, but they clinch again. Alexander slams Silva to the mat but Silva grabs a leg and now he has Alexander on his back, this could be BAD for Houston Alexander. OH HELL, Thiago Silva now has full mount, WAR SILVA! This would be fantastic to see Alexander get TKO’d in round one.

THIAGO SILVA JUST KNOCKED HOUSTON ALEXANDER THE HELL OUT!

Alexander was actually asleep for a few seconds. Houston Alexander is still having trouble standing straight. Houston Alexander has no ground game, he just got handled fairly easily by Thiago Silva. During the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Thiago Silva talked for like 5 minutes straight, and I didn’t understand any of it.

Rashad Evans vs. Michael Bisping

Bisping doesn’t even deserve to be in this fight, in my opinion. Not because he’s no good, but because he should be fighting a rematch with Matt Hamill, or Hamill should be fighting Rashad Evans. Oh well, I’d like to see Rashad win this one. He’ll probably take down bisping and holds him there for three rounds, or TKO him via GNP. Michael Bisping has Rampage Jackson in his corner. On a sidenote, where the hell is Big John McCarthy tonight?

Ok, I took a break from writing during this fight. This one went all three rounds and it’s up to the judges. This fight could actually be called a draw, but I tend to give it to Rashad Evans, although I could be a bit bias.

Officially, the judges gave a split-decision victory to Rashad Evans.