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.

Last nights Fight For The Troops event had some devastating looking injuries, most notably Corey Hill. The UFC reports that Corey underwent surgery for a broken leg Thursday morning in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The injury was sustained in the second round of his fight versus Dale Hartt on Wednesday night at the Crown Coliseum. He is expected to be out of action for a year to 18 months. He is said to be handling the injury well and is in good spirits a day after suffering the gnarly shin-break. I like Corey Hill, and hope he rebounds quickly.

But.. I’ve got to LOL @ Razaak Al-Homeboy for not tapping to that damn armbar. I thought Al-Hassan said he was good on the ground? He honestly looked like he’s never trained any grappling in his life. I don’t feel bad for pro fighters who refuse to tap. Thankfully, it sounds as though he will be OK. He was treated for a dislocated elbow and released from the hospital.

In other injury updates from the December 10th event, light heavyweight Razaak Al-Hassan was treated and released from the hospital last night after suffering a dislocated right elbow in a submission loss to Steve Cantwell, and welterweights Yoshiyuki Yoshida and Jonathan Goulet were both treated and released for concussions after KO losses to Josh Koscheck and Mike Swick, respectively. Goulet will also have his knee checked out when he returns to his native Canada.

First off, you should go to www.FightForTheTroops.com and donate something to the cause. This was a fantastic event with some awesome finishes and great fights.

Joe Rogan said Jim Miller is a freight train (aka Frate Trane?). Jim Miller definitely looked good, but how about Wiman’s chin? Holy crap that dude takes a punch.

Nate Loughran was taking some good shots from Tim Credeur too, but failed to answer the bell for round three.

OMG @ Razak Al-Hassan getting his arm torqued by Steve Cantwell. That looked nasty, I wanna see a .GIF… also, LOL @ putting a dude with an Al-Quaeda name in a “Fight For The Troops” show.

Damn, there have really been some good fights tonight, and some great finishes. Jonathan Goulet got mess up by that right hand, and Mike Swick adds another quick victory to his resume.

BRUTALITY Ben Saunders with those knees! Homeboy he was fighting, Brandon Wolff, didn’t have a chance once he ended up in that muay thai clinch.

And for the worst thing of the night, poor Corey Hill got his leg broke off. Gnarly gnarly gnarly. My thoughts are with him and I really hope he heals from that injury 100% and is able to fight again. That leg break is a limb-threatening injury.

Here is a picture courtesy of Fight Magazine.

and my picks to win are:

Yoshida by submission
Swick by TKO
Steve Cantwell by KO
Tim Credeur vs. Nate Loughran – possible fight of the night? both seem to have nice submission skills. I’ll pick Credeur because I’ve seen more of his fights, thanks to the reality show.
Matt Wiman vs. Jim Miller – another possibly great matchup. I’m picking Wiman to win.
Luigi Fioravanti
Ben Saunders by JKD
Corey Hill by being 6’4″ and 155lbs.
Justin McCully