UG member “Brett Rogers High Kick WTF II” posted a thread a couple weeks ago about wanting to see Shogun vs. Anderson Silva fight soon…I AGREE…would be a great matchup. Make it happen, I’d like to see it.

Mauricio “Shogun” Rua defeated Lyoto Machida by KO in round 1, ending the controversy surrounding their first matchup, in which Lyoto Machida was awarded a decision victory, despite many people who thought Shogun should’ve been the winner. This was Machida’s first loss.

Josh Koscheck TOTALLY dominated the trash-talking Paul Daley, and won an easy decision victory. I don’t think Paul Daley really showed any offense at all, until after the fight was over, when he snuck up behind Josh Koscheck and sucker-punched him with a left hook to the face. Unbelievable. There really isn’t any excuse Daley can give for his actions. I’m sure he’ll try to say he was full of adrenaline, or maybe even make up a lie about Koscheck saying something rude to him during the fight… but who cares. Daley seems like scum.

In other results from UFC 113:

1. John Salter defeats Jason McDonald after McDonald suffers a broken ankle in round one.
2. Mike “Joker” Guymon defeats Yoshiyuki Yoshida by decision
3. Joey Beltran defeats Tim Hague by decision
4. Johny Hendricks defeats TJ Grant by decision
5. Marcus Davis defeats Jonathan Goulet by TKO
6. Joe Doerkson defeats Tom Lawlor by submission (rear naked choke)
7. Alan Belcher defeats Patrick Cote by rear naked choke, after a gnarly almost-piledriver.
8. Matt Mitrione defeats Kimbo Slice by TKO in round 2.
9. Jeremy Stephens defeats Sam Stout by decision.

Kyle Kingsbury over Razak Al-Hassan
Jorge Rivera over Rob Kimmons
Chael Sonnen over Yushin Okami

Antoni Hardonk Vs. Pat Barry - I am excited about this fight.. should be interesting. Somebody is getting kicked. I’ll go with Pat Barry for the win.

Eric Schafer over Ryan Bader
Anthony Johnson over Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Spencer Fisher over Joe Stevenson
Josh Neer over Gleison Tibau
Ben Rothwell over Cain Velasquez

and… Lyoto Machida will defeat Shogun Rua.

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

Seriously, Coleman/Rua II was now one of my favorite fights of all the times.. I would pay to see a 3rd..

Joe Silva & Dana White, please keep allowing Coleman to fight whenever he wants to, he is also very entertaining. Dude seriously had the best post-fight interview ever probably since Paul Buentello said “don’t fear me; fear the consequences.” (coincidentally, if Buentello wins his upcoming fight at Affliction, he will hopefully unleash another on of the most terrific quotes of ever).

Back to Coleman, he and Kevin Randleman or Baroni should have their own reality television show.. I would never miss an episode.. it would be the best show since TV..

UFC 93 is LIVE from Ireland right now. Don’t read further unless you want to know the results. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Henderson vs. Rich Franklin is a fight I’ve wanted to see for a long time now. Should be an action packed stand-up war. The fight is scheduled to take place at UFC 93 in Dublin, Ireland.

In a news release, Dan Henderson said “This is the fight my fans have wanted for a long time now, and they want to see me fight Rich Franklin.” Henderson continued “I think this will be a great fight for Ireland. It definitely will be exciting because we both like to stand and bang, and we both have knockout power. I’m excited to go to Ireland and to take on Rich; I think he’s a tough opponent and a huge challenge, but I don’t see myself losing to him.”

Rich Franklin had a similar statement, but of course sees himself winning the battle, saying ““Dan Henderson has great credentials, and he is going to be one of the toughest fights of my career, that being said, I’m planning on winning the fight, and I’m looking forward to fighting in the main event and fighting in Ireland. I love the fans, and the way they react by singing and chanting makes it a unique experience for me.”

Also scheduled for the same night is a rematch between Mark Coleman and Mauricia “Shogun” Rua. In February 2006, Mark Coleman defeated Shogun Rua at PRIDE 31 when Rua landed wrong and suffered a broken arm, ending the fight after only 49 seconds.

After Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was forced to withdraw from his bout with Chuck Liddell due to a knee injury, Rashad Evans has been picked to replace him as Liddell’s opponent on the June 7th event that will take place in London, England.

According to the Fight Network

By Loretta Hunt (loretta@thefightnetwork.com)
Photo Courtesy of UFC.com

If Chuck Liddell is contemplating retirement, his trainer and closest confidante John Hackleman is the last to hear about it.

“He’s already said he’ll be back in the gym next Monday,” said Hackleman, who has coached Liddell for 16 years. “He’s going to fight again, hopefully as soon as possible, maybe in December. We’re looking at ‘Shogun.’”

Along with Liddell, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua was among the casualties at Saturday night’s at UFC 76 “Knockout” at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Rua, largely considered one of the top three light heavyweights in the world, was systematically dismantled by Forrest Griffin, succumbing to exhaustion and a rear-naked choke in the third round’s final seconds. With Griffin not even ranked in the top ten, the loss was considered a sizable upset, only matched by former light heavyweight champion Liddell’s defeat to Keith Jardine via a split decision a few moments later.

Liddell’s second consecutive loss successfully derailed a New Year’s Eve collision with former PRIDE light heavyweight champion Wanderlei Silva, who sat cageside shaking his head following Saturday’s results. The pairing of Silva and Liddell has been long sought-after by UFC president Dana White.

Popular San Luis Obispo trainer Hackleman says his camp had already been alerted that a match-up with the Brazilian Chute Boxe member could be on the horizon. In response, Hackleman approached both White and UFC matchmaker Joe Silva Saturday night to make it known Liddell’s team was favorable to the bout, which could take place as early as Dec. 29’s UFC 79 in Las Vegas, Nev.

“Chuck will face anyone they put in front of him,” says Hackleman. Due to their formidable records, a bout between Liddell and Rua would catapult either fighter back into title contention.

Speculation of Liddell’s retirement surfaced Saturday following a routine post-fight press conference where the 37-year-old deferred comments regarding his next career move and intonated he would have to mull things over.

“You’re dealing with a guy that just lost a fight, is totally depressed right after a humungous loss,” says Hackleman, who was not present at the press conference. “Of course, he’s disappointed. We didn’t get into details about the fight, especially after a loss, because that’s not the time you want to talk about it. We usually talk about it when we get back in the gym.”

Hackleman has his theories as to what went wrong for his prized student in the cage he dominated for four years till his defeat at the hands of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson last May at UFC 71.

“I think things went wrong with Keith Jardine. Keith Jardine came out and fought like a freakin’ killer,” says Hackleman. “Chuck just couldn’t pull the trigger in time and was just a hair off and Jardine’s timing was perfect.”

This is actually a great idea for a match. I hope it happens. Winner gets Wanderlei if he wins his first fight back in the Octagon. Visit our UFC Forums.

Forrest pretty much dominated the entire fight before submitting Shogun with a RNC at the end of round 3. Discuss this fight on the new UFC Forums!

As I’ve already said, this is one of the worst fights Chuck Liddell could have taken. But regardless, it’s supposed to happen tonight at UFC 76: Knockout. I really think Chuck will win this, but anything could happen.

John Fitch vs. Diego Sanches should be a great fight, I don’t really have a favorite to win.

How about Kaz Nakamura vs. Lyoto Machida?! Nakamura making his UFC debut, a lot of folks don’t know about him, hopefully he’ll put on a good showing tonight, whether he’ll win or not against the undefeated Machida, who knows. Both guys are tough as hell. Although Machida needs to start finishing fights, after having his last 3 bouts go to judges decisions. This is a tough fight to call, I’m gonna go with Nakamura by sub though, or Machida by decision.

 Anyway, I’ve been kinda busy lately and haven’t been keeping up with everything MMA, but here are my picks to win for tonight:

Liddell by KO

Shogun by sub

Fitch by KO/TKO

Nakamura by sub

Tyson Griffin by TKO

Anthony Johnson vs. Rich Clementi, hmmm, Anthony Johnson looked strong in his UFC debut, but I’d really like to see Clementi get a win here. Odds are against it happening.

Scott Junk vs. Christian Wellisch, I’m going with Scott Junk just because his last name is Junk.

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