Mike Pyle over Jesse Lennox..
Peter Sobotta over James Wilks..
David Loiseau over Mario Miranda..
Matt Wiman over Mac Danzig..
Evan Dunham over Tyson Griffin, because I dig Dunhams ventriloquism..
Carlos Condit over Rory MacDonald..
Ben Rothwell over Gilbert Yvel..
Paulo Thiago over Martin Kampmann..
*Mirko CroCop over Pat Barry..
*Chuck Liddell over Rich Franklin..
**I’m picking Liddell and CroCop mostly because I want them to win, not really because I think they will. I hope CroCop doesn’t get served badly by Pat Barry.
Joey Beltran def. Rolles Gracie – TKO (Punches) 1:31 R2
** Gracie looked terrible, not what I expected.
Chris Tuchscherer def. Tim Hague by majority decision (29-28, 29-28, and 28-28. This was an unpopular decision with the audience.
Phil Davis def. Brian Stann by decision.
Rob Emerson def. Phillipe Nover by unanimous decision.
Melvin Guillard def. Ronys Torres by unanimous decision.
Mac Danzig def. Justin Buchholz by unanimous decision.
Matt Serra def. Frank Trigg by TKO in round one.
Demian Maia def. Dan Miller by unanimous decision.
Paulo Thiago chokes out Mike Swick in round one.
Chael Sonnen dominated Nate Marquardt for a unanimous decision victory.
Randy Couture defeats Mark Coleman by rear naked choke in round two. Coleman refused to tap, and was about to pass out from the choke when the referee stopped the fight.
Rolles Gracie over Joey Beltran (I hope this fight is shown)
Chris Tuchscherer over Tim Hague
Brian Stann over Phil Davis
Phillipe Nover over Rob Emerson
Ronys Torres over Melvin Guillard
Justin Buchholz over Mac Danzig
Matt Serra over Frank Trigg
Demian Maia over Dan Miller
Mike Swick over Paulo Thiago
Chael Sonnen over Nate Marquardt
and RANDY COUTURE over MARK COLEMAN…
Why was Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago the final fight? Regardless, Fitch won a unanimous decision.
Brock Lesnar looked great again, as he did against Couture. He smashed his way through Frank Mir for a 2nd round TKO. We need to see a Part III to make Lesnar/Mir a trilogy.
I’m very glad Georges St. Pierre was victorious over Thiago Alves. It will be interesting to see who GSP fights next. Anderson Silva?
Dan Henderson absolutely smashed Michael Bisping into unconsciousness. Hendo landed his trademark overhand right to Bispings jaw and knocked him out, but wait, there’s more! (I typed that with pitchman Billy May’s voice in my head). After Bisping was already on his back KO’d, Dan Henderson flies in (literally, his whole body in the air) with a gnarly forearm smash to Bispings face, all 185lbs of Dan Henderson came crashing down on Bispings dome. Bisping laid there asleep for several minutes.
Yoshihiro Akiyama defeated Alan Belcher by judges decision
I’m glad to see Mark Coleman defeated Stephan Bonner by decision. I’m not happy that they didn’t show the fight on the PPV broadcast. Sounds like Coleman’s gas tank was ok?
Jim Miller defeated Mac Danzig by decision.
Jon Jones submitted Jake O’Brien by guillotine in round 2
Dong Hyun Kim defeated T.J. Grant by decision.
Shannon Gugerty defeated Matt Grice by guillotine choke in round one.
Tom Lawlor got submission of the night for his guillotine victory over CB Dollaway in round one. Tom Lawlor also had the weirdest entrance of the night (VIDEO BELOW–and the guy on the leash in the video is Seth Petruzelli).
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.
Georges St. Pierre got his revenge on Matt Serra‘s upset victory last year by defeating him in the rematch by TKO in round 2 at UFC 83 tonight. GSP controlled the entire fight, opting to use his quick takedowns and wrestling to keep the fight on the ground and pound Matt Serra out. The final blows were some nasty looking knees to Matt Serra’s ribcage, and the referee stopped the fight because Serra quit defending.
The co-main event of the night was Rich Franklin vs. Travis Lutter. I was hoping for Lutter to win this fight, but evidently he has problems finishing armbars, because he had Franklin in what looked like a good armbar, but lost it. Travis Lutter just completely ran out of gas, and Franklin went to work, scoring a TKO victory in round 2.
Charles McCarthy vs. Michael Bisping went the way most people expected it to, with Bisping striking his way to victory. He looked really quick with his strikes, and McCarthy seemed to just cover up with his arms and wait for Bisping to quit striking, in return, I think McCarthy forearm got trashed. He was unable to continue after the completion of round 1.
The other main-card results were:
Mac Danzig def. Mark Bocek by submission (RNC) – Round 2
MIchael Bisping def. Charles McCarthy by TKO (injured arm) – Round 1
Nathan Quarry def. Kalib Starnes by Unanimous Decision – Round 3
Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter by TKO (strikes) – Round 2
Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Serra by TKO (strikes) – Round 2
Here are the results from the UFC 83 Preliminary Fights:
 Jason MacDonald def. Joe Doerksen by TKO (strikes) – Round 2
 Jason Day def. Alan Belcher by TKO (strikes) – Round 1
 Demian Maia def. Ed Herman by submission (triangle) – Round 2
 Rich Clementi def. Sam Stout by split decision
 Cain Valesquez def. Brad Morris by TKO (strikes) – Round 1
 Jonathan Goulet def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka by TKO (strikes) – Round 2
Wow, what a war between Roger Huerta and Clay Guida. I was hoping for a Clay Guida victory, and it looked like he almost had it a few times, but Huerta toughed it out and ended up connecting with a knee in round 3 that turned the tide completely in his favor. He was able to takedown Guida and secure a rear-naked choke to force a tapout from Guida.
Paul Georgieff was choked unconcious by Jonathan Goulet (RNC)
Roman Mitichyan defeated Dorian Price in only 23 seconds with an ankle lock
Matt Arroyo armbarred John Kolosci
Troy Mandaloniz vs. Richie Hightower – great fight! – This one was back and forth, Hightower is a tough SOB, but Mandaloniz got a KO victory in the last minute of the first round. On a sidenote, Jason Chambers from The History Channel’s Human Weapon was in Hightower’s corner.
Ben Saunders defeated Dan Barrera by unanimous decision, and Dan Barrera was boring as hell. All he did was takedown and lay on top of Saunders. On the other hand, Ben Saunders is a tough sumbitch.
George Sotiropoulos defeated Billy Miles via rear-naked choke.
Jon “War Machine” Koppenhaver and Jared Rollins fought a war. Those dudes shed a lot of blood and fought like hell. The fight was back and forth, they kicked each others asses. Just when it looked like “War Machine” was mounted and almost done, he managed to sweep Rollins and take mount, then proceeded to blast away at Rollins head until he knocked him out and the referee stepped in to stop the fight.
Mac Danzig won in relatively easy fashion, as he did his previous fights on The Ultimate Fighter this season. Tommy Speer started the fight by clinching with Danzig against the fence and threw a few knees, but Danzig scored a takedown and dominated the fight from there on. Mac Danzig got mount and landed several strikes to Tommy Speers head before Speer rolled to give Danzig his back, where Danzig tapped him out with a rear-naked choke.
