Ronaldo Jacare Souza vs. Luke Rockhold, great fight so far into round two. Slowed down a bit in the third and fourth rounds. Now going into the 5th round, it has been pretty much a stand up fight with only a couple of minutes of ground fighting. 5th and final round is over. Tough fight to score, I’m predicting they’ll give the win to Jacare, but Rockhold fought like a beast.

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

Quick picks:

Overeem v. Brett Rogers – Hmm.. interesting matchup, two strikers. I’m picking Overeem over Rogers.
Antonio Bigfoot Silva v. Andre Arlovski – Man, I want Andre to win this… I’m hoping his chin is good tonight.
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza v. Joey Villasenor – Jacare by submission
Roger Gracie v. Kevin Randleman – I’m a Randleman fan…but I think he’s getting submitted tonight.

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!