Wow, I didn’t expect that to happen. After Miller got the takedown and took round one rather easily, I can’t believe how gassed he was in round two and three. Michael Bisping seemed gassed too, but not bad enough he couldn’t beat on Jason Miller’s head quite a bit. (Here are the stats). Bisping scored a TKO win in the third round when Miller turtled up and just kept taking a beating. Some unfortunate dude on Sherdog forum supposedly put up a $7000 bet for Miller to win. Damn.

As expected, Fedor Emelianenko won again. Brett Rogers did his best to give Fedor some trouble, I think he broke Fedor’s nose with his first jab of the fight, causing some blood in the first round. In the second round, Fedor landed an overhand right that connected on Brett Rogers’ chin, sending him to the mat where Fedor pounced on him and threw a few more punches before referee John McCarthy stopped the fight at 1:48 into the second round. I think Brett Rogers’ thinks the fight was stopped early. Maybe he’s right, maybe the ref should have let Fedor punch him a few more times, but I think Rogers was done for at that point anyway.

I’m sad that CBS didn’t air Roxanne Modafferi vs. Marloes Coenen, and I’m disappointed to find out that Roxanne lost!

In other fights, Jake Shields laid on top of Jason “Mayhem” Miller for 5 rounds to win the StrikeForce middleweight belt. Mayhem had Shields in a dangerous rear naked choke at the end of round three, but Shields was saved by the bell.

Gegard Mousasi defeated Sokoudjou by TKO @ 3:43 into the second round.

and…

Fabricio Werdum won a decision victory over Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.

I gotta pick Fedor to win this. One of the fights I’m most looking forward to seeing is Roxanne Modafferi vs Marloes Coenen, and I would like to see Roxanne win this one. I think the winner gets a shot at Cristiane Cyborg.

Gegard Mousasi will defeat Sokoudjou one way or another, although Sokoudjou certainly has a punchers chance.

Mayhem Miller vs. Jake Shields is an interesting matchup, I don’t really have a favorite to win. I know Miller is an underdog according to the odds, but he is always able to be competitive, and usually wins.

Antonio Silva vs. Fabricio Werdum, I’m picking Bigfoot to win.

Kid Yamamoto loses for the first time in seven years to newcomer Joe Warren in a split decision. Yamamoto now 17-2 and Joe Warren now 1-0.

Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza ended in a NO CONTEST result after Mayhem tripped Souza to the mat and then illegally soccer kicked him in the head opening up a gnarly gash. The fight continued, but was soon stopped because of bleeding from the cut. Mayhem said “It’s because I’m a fool, I got too excited. Honestly, it was an accident. I do the same technique in training, where I grab a guy’s leg and kick him as he’s falling, but he was already on the ground. And so, here we are.”

Gegard Mousasi submitted Mark Hunt  in 1:19 of round one.

Tatsuya Kawajiri got a unanimous decision victory over Gesias Cavalcante.

In the fight I was most looking forward to, Hong Man Choi vs Jose Canseco, it actually lasted longer than I expected. I was hoping for Canseco to win..seriously..although I knew it probably wouldn’t happen. Canseco threw some big hooks and kicks at Choi, but to no avail.. Canseco fell after throwing a kick, and Choi pounced on him delivering some ground-and-pound, forcing Canseco to tap out at 1:17 of round one. I feel kinda bad for Canseco, considering it was said that nobody wanted to help train him.

Sokoudjou defeated Jan Nortje by TKO at 2:29 of round one, but Sokoudjou kept on punching Nortje for a few seconds after the referee had called for a stop.

Minowa submitted Bob Sapp with an Achilles Lock.

Man this has the makings of the best MMA fight card in the history of ever. Especially if they actually get Jose Canseco vs. Hong Man Choi on the card. There is no way in hell I would miss a fight like that.

Also awesome, is Minowa vs. Bob Sapp (I can’t believe they haven’t fought before). Gegard Mousasi vs. Mark Hunt, Jan Nortje vs Sokoudjou, and a re-match between Jason Mayhem Miller and Ronaldo Jacare Souza. Should be a fun night!

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).

Ok I didn’t watch UFC 85 live, because I actually forgot it came on at like 2:00pm where I’m at. Oh well, I did watch it after the fact, and witnessed Matt Hughes catch another beatdown. Anyway, it’s 4:00am now, and I plan to watch Sengoku Live.

Fabio Silva vs. Yoshiki Takahashi
I hope Takahashi pwns. Good staredown where to bump foreheads, but I didn’t sense much animosity. Takahashi connected with a decent right hook, but Silva kicked him in the balls. Everybody is OK and they’re fighting again. Takahashi seems bigger, I think he just fell down for some reason. Oh he got another decent punch in but Silva hit back and put Takahashi on his ass, Takahashi recovered quickly, both fighters are on the ground and Takahashi is in Silva’s guard. A pause in the action so the ref can put the fighters back in the middle of the ring, also Silva has a string hanging from his glove, so the ref cuts it off. Fight restarts, Takahashi still in Silva’s guard, passes to side control, but both fighters get up and start slugging the hell out of each other, now clinched. Back on the ground with Silva in Takahashi’s half guard, the round is almost over.

Round 2 starts and both dudes come out firing again, Silva getting the best of it, landing good knees too, ouch, there is a KO, Takahashi is down, Silva stomps him for good measure. Fight is over.

Jorge Masvidal vs. Rodrigo Damm
This should be a good fight, I saw Jorge Masvidal fight in BoDog, then I saw him beat up one of Kimbo‘s homies in the back of some fried chicken restaurant or something in a Miami streetfight. Sweet. Florida, represent. Also, Jorge just said in his pre-fight interview that he will turn Takanori Gomi into sushi.

Round one starts, fighters touch gloves, Rodrigo throws a low leg kick that misses. Fighters are still feeling each other out, Rodrigo continues with a couple more low kicks, nothing too major so far. Rodrigo fakes a few kicks and doesn’t follow through, still circling, bam Masvidal connects with a punch and knocks Rodrigo down. Rodrigo Damm recovers quick, gets a double leg, they end up in the ropes and for some reason I didn’t see the ref stands them back up on their feet. More circling, good high kick from Jorge Masvidal, but it didn’t hurt Rodgrigo Damm. One minute left in round one. Rodrigo Damm throws a decent looking high kick towards the end of the round, followed by a few strikes, but the round ends and Masvidal seems fine.

Round two starts, will probably be more of the same. I’ll predict now that this fight goes the distance. Ok, I was wrong. Jorge Masvidal just got knocked on his ass and the referee stopped the fight. An early stoppage if you ask me. This seems to be happening a lot lately, but regardless, Rodrigo Damm put a right hand upside Masvidal’s chin and knocked him down. Probably a flash KO, Masvidal is upset the fight was stopped (of course), and he did look like he was going to pull guard or something, anyway, I don’t think he’ll be turning Gomi into sushi anytime soon.

Marcio “Pe De Pano” Cruz vs. Mu Bae Choi
Choi’s nickname is “Iron Fist Fever”, which may possibly be the greatest nickname of ever. However, I think he’s going to get seriously subbed by Pe De Pano.

Round one starts, fighters clinch, and Marcio Cruz punches Choi’s ribcage over and over again. That won’t feel good. Fighters fall to the ground still clinched, Cruz continues to land body shots. Fighters are back up, clinched again, Cruz throws a knee that doesn’t do much, pushed Choi against the ropes, back to the ground and both guys are trying to get control, Choi gives up his back, Cruz is twisting Chois head around in a rear naked choke attempt. He has his hooks in but gave up on the choke and instead decides to punch Choi in the head repeatedly to soften him up. Choi is doing nothing but covering up, he’s still getting drilled with punches to the side of his head though. This sucks for him. Marci Cruz slides up for an armbar now, to triangle, or armbar again? I think Choi tapped but I didn’t see it. The fight is over, Marcio “Pe De Pano” Cruz is the winner.

Damn I’m getting sleepy. 5:19am.

Chris Rice vs. Sanae Kikuta
Chris Rice has an awesome entrance. I left to go get a snack (Frito’s) I came back and the fighters are on the ground, Kikuta is in Rice’s half guard, now full mount. Rice is doing a good job of defending, gets out of full mount but leaves his arm in there for Kikuta to work with., Kikuta trying for an armbar, but I don’t know if he’ll be able to straighten the arm out. Rice is still defending well, holding his arm bent. Uh oh, Kikuta gets it out, the arm is straightened and Rice is forced to submit. Sanae Kukuta winner, round one.

Michael Costa vs. Nick Thompson
Ok, Michael Costa also has a great entrance, coming oubut Nick Thompson’s Fu Manchu-esque mustache/sideburn thing will prevail.

Round one starts and Michael Costa shoots for a takedown and gets it, Nick Thompson holds onto an arm though, looking for a kimura, could possibly take Costa’s back now, no,going for an armbar, Costa defending well but it should only be a matter of time if Nick Thompson handles this right. Costa is in trouble. Nick Thompson gave up on the armbar attempt, now has full guard. Two minutes left in the round. Ref stands the fighters up, no same position, just moving them away from the ropes. Thompson still has full guard, using his hips well, doing a good job of nutralizing any offense from Costa. That’s the end of the round.

Round two starts, good stand up action so far, but dude this has to be my last fight, I’m getting sleepy as hell and not being able to keep up. Costa just connected and rocked Nick Thompson, sent him to the mat and follows up with some ground and pound. Thompson has guard again and is still working well off his back, but is also still getting GNP’d. Nick Thompson is able to get an ankle and reverse position, he’s on top now, in side control, oh shit he might have just broke michale Costa’s arm with a keylock, that looked rough, and Costa tapped quick, but I think he is ok now. Nick Thompson wastes no time going to his corner and putting on some awesome early 1990′s style zebra-striped Zubaz pants. These are especially awesome with his mustache. Also, I have no idea whats goins on now. There is some small Japanese guy in the ring laughing about something. But I might be hallucinating. I’m going to bed. I’ll watch the rest later.

Kazuo Misaki vs. Logan Clark
Kaz Misaki wins via Unanimous Decision

Travis Wiuff vs. Kazuyuki Fujita
Travis Wiuff wins via KO, round 1

Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Maurice Smith
Yoshida wins via submission (neck crank) in round 1

This should be a great event. I’m watching Dream III right now. I’ll do Play-By-Play as long as I’m awake and feeling like it. Maybe Jason Miller will have an awesome ring entrance. Also, it has the old PrideFC lady announcer with an awesome voice. I’m hoping to Nick Diaz, Jason Miller, Kawajiri, and Caol Uno win their fights. I also think I’d like to see Eddie Alvarez get a win. Wanna say something? Sign up on our MMA Forum and start a conversation!

1. Shoji Maruyama vs. Takeshi Yamazaki
   Round One: Some ground n pound (mostly slapping) from Yamazaki in round one. Bas saw some liver shots. He mentioned the Liver Shot drinking game. Every time he says “liver” someone should take a drink. Shoji Maruyama has some decent defense, and he hits back once in a while. They’re back on their feet and Shoji Maruyama takes down Yamazaki now and kneed him in the face, but now it was reversed again and Yamazaki is back in side control, and now full mount. Wow, now a strong reversal by Maruyama and he’s on top in Yamazakis guard, Shoji hits hard and they’re back on their feet for now. Yamazaki is holding Shoji in the corner and hoping to take the fight back down to the mat, and he is successful, now in Shoji Maruyama’s half guard. The referee drags them to the middle of the ring. Back to their feet for a second and Maruyama lands a nasty knee to the body (or as Bas Rutten says again, the liver). Dude that round ended nicely, Maruyama ended up in an armbar somehow and fought his way out of it, his arm looked like it would be over but he escaped. Bas said “no beer drinking with the left arm tonight.” — Round 1 is over.Round 2: starts and Shoji Maruyama goes for a flying knee but misses. He is now in Yamazaki’s half guard and looking for strikes but lets Yamazaki reverse, and now Yamazaki is in Shoji’s half guard. Yamazaki is took a kick to the face, and is taking several punches to the face in an attempt to score a takedown by clinching with Shoji. As the fight ends, Yamazaki scored some good takedowns and a good submission attempt, but ate alot of hard strikes from Maruyama. The judges score the fight with Yamazaki as the winner.
2. Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Katsuyori Shibata
   Round 1: Jason Miller comes out showcasing his breakdancing skills. I think he already used up alot of his cardio during the ring entrance. he came out with a fat gold chain and hip hop style. The dude he’s fighting is wearing Dan Severn’s underwear. Jason Miller begins the fight in a karate stance, and at one point while in full mount lands a mongolian chop with a KIA sound I think. Also, HOLY SHIT this fight is brutal. Jason Mayhem Miller just totally destroyed homeboy. I even heard Shibata groan in pain after a few of the strikes. The dude’s face took a severe beating via hard knees and undefended punches, and Shibata wouldn’t tap out or be knocked out. I felt sorry for Shibata, it was painful to watch. The referee finally stepped in and stopped the fight (TKO) in round 1. Mayhem Miller spoke after the fight and said in Japanese “I am a demon, I am a ghost, I am a Super Monkey”.
3. Melvin Manhoef vs. Dae Won Kim
   Round 1: Dae Won Kim presses the action against Manhoef and and looks for a takedown. The ref breaks it up and theyre on their feet. Manhoef throws blows but gets knocked upside the dome by a right hand from Dae Won Kim. Manhoef eats some more punches and ends up on the ground and gets mounted. Manhoef escapes and gets side control. OUCH a hard knee to the head of Kim. Follwed by hammerfists, the referee stops the fights at 4:08 of round 1. Melvin Manhoef winner.

**I’m starting to get sleepy. It’s nearly 5am here. I might lay off the PBP for now and just sit back and watch the fights until I fall asleep.

4. Daisuke Nakamura vs. Bu Kyung Jung
   Round 1: Jujitsu, dawg. Chess. This fight will probably go to a decision. These dudes are working hard, going for all kinds of armbars and submissions, sweet takedowns, leglocks and stuff, i’m sleepy, kick to da face. side control.
   Round 2: More of the same, but wow, the fight ended by KO, Nakamura is the winner by punch upside the chin.
5. Nick Diaz vs. Katsuya Inoue
   Round 1: I wonder if Nick Diaz is able to score weed in Japan? Inoue says he’s going to beat Diaz with Ground ‘n Pound. Nick Diaz is wearing an EliteXC shirt to the ring. THE FIGHT STARTS, fast paced, a lot of punching and kicking from Nick Diaz, although he does get hit himself at times. Inoue is bleeding from his nose now. Nick Diaz is liking to throw body shots tonight, and it’s working for him. Ouch, he just nailed homeboy with 5 or 6 good shots to the body. Now he is on top in a weak Inoue half-guard, and Diaz is throwing blows down. Back to their feet now and against the ropes. Referee breaks them up for the doctors to look at Inoue’s nose. Action continues and they start hitting each other again. Back against the rops and now this is weird, Inoue was doing a handstand while Nick Diaz held his feet in a wheel-barrow position. The ref just handed a penalty out for something, I have no idea what. These dudes are slugging again now. Diaz got nailed by some punches but I think he’s OK. Nick Diaz continues to go for body shots. A lot. Uh oh now he’s landing shots to Inoue’s head and it looks like the fight is almost over. Inoue is out on his feet and getting tagged over and over. This is target practice for Nick Diaz now. Here comes the towel. Inoue’s corner threw in the towel.
6. Luiz Firmino vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri
   Kawajiri by decision
7. Eddie Alvarez vs. Joachim Hansen
   Round 1: The fighters are just kinda feeling each others gameplans out right now, Eddie Alvarez lands a good low kick and a right hand, uh oh Joachim Hansen hits the mat. He seems to be ok and pulls guard, looking for a submission, gogoplata? Alvarez is back to his feet. More punches, Hansen tries a takedown unsuccessfully, he seems to be punching well now. Hansen pulls guard for a second but both fighters are standing up agai, Hansen got hit again with the right hand! Hitting each other in the body now. Eddie Alvarez has a bloody nose, another good right hand from Alvarez to the body of Hansen.. both dudes are hitting each other now and Alvarez gets another takedown, hetakes an upkick from Hansen, Hansen lands a straight left hand to Alvarez jawpiece, more punches are traded and Joachim Hansen actually looks to be in better shape right now.
   Round 2: Joachim Hansen lands a knee to the body and trips Eddie Alvarez to the mat. Eddie gets back to his feet but is stuck in a guillotine. He’s out of the choke but Hansen is looking for armbars and submissions from his guard. Damn Eddie Alvarez’ arm is bending he might be in trouble, he escapes though. Joachim Hansen still trying submissions. They’re back to their feet, Eddie Alvarez pushes Hansen against the ropes and tries for a takedown. BIG right hand from Eddie Alvarez at the end of the fight. This is a tough one to call, Eddie Alvarez clearly got the best strikes though. The ringside judges give Eddie Alvarez a unanimous decision victory, even though Joachim Hansen won round 2.
8. Mitsuhiro Ishida vs. Caol Uno
   Caol Uno by submission (Rear Naked Choke)