Nick Diaz defeats Evangelista Santos via submission (arm bar) – Round 2, 4:50

Jacare Souza defeats Robbie Lawler via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 2:00

Herschel Walker def. Scott Carson via TKO (strikes) – Round 1

Roger Gracie def. Trevor Prangley via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 4:19

Armin Safiari def. Sam Bracamonte via unanimous decision (no scores announced)
Ricky Jackson def. Niko Jackson via unanimous decision (no scores announced)
Jenna Castillo def. Charlene Gellner via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:57
James Terry def. Lucas Gamaza via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:26
Germaine de Randamie def. Stephanie Webber via KO (knee) – Round 1, 4:25
Ron Keslar def. Eric Lawson via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:57
Isaiah Hill def. Bobby Stack via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:02
Nate Moore def. Nathan Coy via KO (punches) – Round 2, 0:25

My picks have been terrible recently. I”m only picking the televised fights.

As always, best of luck to all the fighters, but here are my predictions:

Nick Diaz over Evangelista Santos
Ronaldo “Jacare” De Souza over Robbie Lawler
Herschel Walker over Scott Carson
Roger Gracie over Trevor Prangley

I am anxiously awaiting the event to start. This card is full of potentially great fights. Here are my picks to win:

BOBBY LASHLEY VS WES SIMS – I would love to see Wes Sims win this, but he won’t. Bobby Lashley will take him down and get the win.

HERSCHEL WALKER VS GREG NAGY – Herschel FTW.

ROBBIE LAWLER VS MELVIN MANHOEF – This fight will end in an awesome way. I would *like* to see Robbie Lawler win this, and I believe he can KO Manhoef, but we’ll see. Someone is getting KO’d.

CRISTIANE CYBORG SANTOS VS MARLOES COENEN – Hmmm.. can anyone really beat Cyborg? I would like to see Marloes win, but I don’t really see it happening.

NICK DIAZ VS MARIUS ZAROMSKIS – I want Diaz to win this. I don’t know much about Zaromskis, except that he has awesome striking (kicks in particular) and does some cool backflips during his fights. He could KO Diaz, but I’ve never seen Diaz KO’d, and I don’t think it will happen tonight.

Tonights UFC is dedicated to Helio Gracie. Respect.

Clay Guida vs. Nate Diaz – I hope this is an awesome fight. I’m not picking a winner, I like both dudes. How can anyone not love Clay Guida? Rogan is talking about Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler and talks about how much Lawler has improved since that fight, so obviously we will see Robbie Lawler back in the UFC soon. Back to this fight, I give round one to Clay Guida for a good takedown, good GNP, and even a full-nelson into side mount to land elbows! Round two coming up…and it was another good round, won by Guida, in my opinion, just for controlling most of it, although Diaz had some good judo throws in the round. Round 3 was good, with Diaz getting the best of the striking early on, but then Guida again took controll and maintained it through the end of the round. Looks like it will be Guida winning a decision…and indeed it is, Clay Giuda wins a split decision.

Dong Hyun Kim vs. Karo Parisyan, bro. - Both dudes are notable judo guys, so this might be interesting…but it wasn’t. Another split decision, Karo Parisyan is the winner. I thought Dong won the first round, but rounds two and three were tough to score.

Jon Jones vs. Stephan Bonnar – WAR BONNAR! imo…but damn, Jon Jones is legit. He kicked that ass throughout round one. However, Bonnar started a comeback in round 2, and I give round 3 to Bonnar. Still, for his performance in the first round, Jon Jones gets a unanimous decision victory.

Lyoto Machida vs. Thiago Silva – Both guys are undefeated…but not after tonight…unless there is some weird draw, which I guess is possible with Machida? However, I am pumped for this fight. Machida is such ninja. WOW, ninja he is! Machida just threw Silva down on the mat and followed up with a punch to the chin on the ground, to KTFO of Thiago Silva at the very last second of round one. Lyoto Machida wins by KTFO.

BJ Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre – Well, basically BJ Penn got his ass kicked for 4 entire rounds, and his corner stopped the fight between the 4th and 5th rounds. I was under the impression they were going to fight to the death, but I guess not. GEORGES ST. PIERRE wins by ass kicking after 4 rounds.

Ummm….did I just hear Joe Rogan mention Fedor Emelianenko on a UFC broadcast?

FEMALE MMA STANDOUTS SHAYNA BASZLER AND CRISTIANE CYBORG ADDED TO THE CARD FOR SECOND PRIMETIME BROADCAST OF “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” SATURDAY, JULY 26 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

SHOWTIME To Televise Three Live Fights Preceding CBS Broadcast, Including EliteXC Heavyweight Championship Featuring Antonio “Big Foot” Silva vs. Justin Eilers.

The female bout between Shayna Baszler of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Brazil’s Cristiane Cyborg has been added to the lineup for the second primetime broadcast of CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, live from the Stockton Arena in Stockton, Calif. on Saturday, July 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Baszler and Cyborg, who are fighting in the 140 pound weight class, complete the primetime matchups for the CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS on July 26. Other CBS fights include:

•”Ruthless” Robbie Lawler vs. Scott “Hands of Steel” Smith (for EliteXC Middleweight title)
• Jake Shields vs. Nick Thompson (for EliteXC Welterweight title)
• Nick Diaz vs. Thomas “Wildman” Denny (Lightweights)

Nicknamed “The Queen Of Spades,” the talented Baszler is 9-4 and has won her last four starts. All of Baszler’s victories have come via submission; her last four outings ended in the first round.

Regarded as one of the roughest and toughest women in MMA, Cyborg has a record of 4-0. This will be the United States debut for Cyborg, who has scored first-round technical knockouts in her last three fights.

SHOWTIME will televise three live fights preceding the CBS broadcast from 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT including:

Antonio “Big Foot” Silva vs. Justin Eilers (for EliteXC Heavyweight title)
Wilson Reis vs. Brian Caraway (140 lb. weight class)
Rafael Feijao vs. TBD (light heavyweight fight)

CBS Sports play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson, cageside analysts Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo, and reporter Karyn Bryant will return as the “CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS” broadcast team and also have the call for the SHOWTIME telecast.

CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS will be produced by SHOWTIME Sports. The executive producer is David Dinkins, Jr. For more information on the first CBS ELITEXC SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, visit cbssports.com

The Kimbo/Thompson fight was stopped early, in my opinion, but it’s debatable. However, I think the Robbie Lawler vs. Scott Smith stop was definitely too early, a very bad call on the part of the doctor. First off, the fighter (Scott Smith) was supposed to get 5 minutes to recover, as is usually the case with fouls such as groin strikes or eye pokes, but the doctor came into the cage immediatley after the bout was paused and started asking Scott Smith if he could see. Well, of course he couldn’t see yet, he just got poked in the eye. Give him a couple minutes to recover and he’ll be fine, but no, this doctor decides she needs to make a championship fight a no contest. Scott Smith and Robbie Lawler beat the hell out of each other for no decision. At least Gary Shaw said he would pay them both their win bonuses.

The Kimbo Slice vs. James Thompson result is going to be bad controversy for EliteXC. Many people suspect a “fix” in that it’s possible Gary Shaw approached the referee before the fight and told him to stop it at the first signs of trouble for James Thompson. Obviously Gary Shaw has invested a lot of money in Kimbo, and didn’t expect the fight to go past the first round. I doubt Gary Shaw would want Kimbo to lose yet, that’s why Thompson was hand-picked for him. Do I think it was a fix? I don’t know, I guess I don’t really care. Regardless, Kimbo Slice was exposed. He is not a top heavyweight fighter yet in terms of skill.