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Mark Bocek vs. Mac Danzig
Bocek is now with Team Quest.
We'll see if that improves his game enough to hang with the well
rounded TUF champ Danzig. Major 5" reach advantage for Bocek. They come
out fighting, dancing around before Bocek forces Danzig against the
cage and gets a single. Bocek working from Danzig's guard, at one point
Mac gets a triangle and moves to an omaplata but Bocek breaks it up.
Bocek going for an arm triangle. Bocek ground and pounding as the
Canadian crowd chants his name. Danzig stands it up and reverses
position. Danzig is punishing Bocek on his back from inside Bocek's
guard as the round ends. Hard to call this one.
Round 2: Danzig
catches Bocek with a knee at range! What a knee. Bocek drops like a
sack of concrete, Danzig jumps on him but Bocek recovers his wits.
Danzig in side mount, throwing blows as Bocek works for a single.
Elbows raining down on Bocek. Bocek works for another single. Danzig
gets mount is teeing off. Danzig riding Bocek's back, has him stretched
out. Bocek gets back to his back, still taking punishment. Danzig back
to back control, has hooks in, teeing off with hammer fists. Danzig
stands up. Bocek throws a weak high kick as they circle. Bocek throwing
and landing combo punches and going for a single. Danzig has wrist
control and gets Bocek's back. Bocek going for a heel hook as the round
ends. Looks like a 10-8 round for Mac. the replay shows that Danzig
landed that knee while Bocek was leaning in to push a jab.
Bocek
has a big shiner on his left eye. Bocek backs Danzig up against the
cage and goes for another single, and gets the takedown! In Danzig's
guard. Danzig working an omaplata, maybe a gogoplata, throwing elbows,
Bocek busts out of it. Bocek with elbows, drags Danzig back to the
center. Danzig stands up. They're dirty boxing. Danzig lands a knee.
Danzig pursuing a bleeding Bocek. Leg kick followed by a left that
makes Bocek turn his back. The ref stops it to look at Bocek's cut.
Bocek is looking like Herman Munster. Danzig is unscathed. Danzig
peppering him with jabs and dancing away. Danzig sweeps from the
clinch, gets right to mount, then the back, has hooks in, going for a
choke. He has it. Danzig by submission. How bout that Luke Thomas?
Charles McCarthy vs. Michael Bisping
Battle of the classic UK rock songs as McCarthy comes out to the Stones
and Bisping comes out to the Clash. Bisping with a 4.5" reach advantage
and 3" in height on Chainsaw. McCarthy throwing some sloppy haymakers
that miss. Bisping coming in and out with jabs. Gets McCarthy up
against the fence and lands a bunch of knees. McCarthy taunts him after
the onslaught ends. Bisping is landing at will, to the body, to the
head, knees to the face. McCarthy gets a SLAM! Into 1/2 guard. Bisping
trying to get to the fence. McCarthy gets the Brit's back, going for an
arm. Bisping in trouble, trying to keep McCarthy stacked up on bottom
so he can't extend the lock. Bisping escapes. Back to the feet, more
jabs, more knees and a high kick. Uppercuts and knees! Bisping is
teeing off and McCarthy drops. Bisping trying to finish with GnP as the
clock runs out. McCarthy is too hurt to continue. Bisping by TKO.
Nathan Quarry vs. Kalib Starnes
Starnes is 3" taller but has
NO reach advantage. Quarry looks very ripped. Starnes...not so much.
Big bump from the crowd for Starnes. I wonder if they are testing the
refs for steroids, could be a problem for this one. Quarry trying to
cut off the Octagon from the get go. Quarry is chasing Starnes all over
the cage. Now in the clinch with Quarry against the fence. Back to the
center of the cage. Quarry still lunging after Starnes. Leg kicks from
Quarry. Starnes slips on a puddle of blood, now they're clinching
again, Quarry with his back to the fence. Crowd is booing. They break
out with Quarry throwing to the head and body. Quarry is still chasing
Starnes all over the Octagon. Not impressed with Starnes here. I give
this round four thumbs down. Boo-urns. Quarry 10-9.
Round 2:
More of the same. More booing from the crowd. More chasing from Quarry.
More running away by Starnes. Finally a leg kick from Kalib. Quarry
answers with several of his own. A hard right lands for Quarry. More
flurries ending in leg kicks. Starnes tries for a single, sweeps Quarry
and lands some punches. Lets see more of that Starnes! Quarry's leg
kicks are adding up. Ken Flo is calling for a high kick, but I'm not
sure Quarry is limber enough to do it. Quarry is a bit too tired to
sprint after the elusive Starnes. Fans chanting BOOring. 10-9 for
Quarry who gives the round the thumbs down.
Round 3: Starnes
taking more leg kicks. Starnes grabs a leg kick but can't hold it.
Quarry chasing and battering. Jabs and leg kicks and uppercuts from
Quarry. I hope we don't see Starnes on the main card anymore. He's
dancing the clock away. Quarry is answering the old zen riddle, what's
the sound of one man fighting? Quarry going for the kill and mocking
Starnes with a "running man" impression at 0:30. Clearly a win for
Quarry. Awful awful performance from Starnes. Not what I'm paying
$44.95 to see. "Why aren't you fighting faggot" says Starnes to someone
maybe in Quarry's corner. Pretty weak Kalib. Pretty fucking weak. The
Canadians are showering Starnes with richly deserved boos and cheering
for Quarry as he takes an easy decision. Lets not see Starnes back,
please Joe Silva. One judge scores it 30-24.
Travis Lutter vs. Rich Franklin
Lutter trying to gin up
some heat in the pre-fight buildup with accusations of Franklin ducking
him. Matt Hume in Franklin's corner along with Jorge Gurgel. Serious
staredown. Franklin in the vintage ugly pink shorts. Lutter forcing a
clinch, Franklin catches him coming in. Lutter forces it to the clinch.
Franklin fighting for wrist control. Lutter gets Franklin's back
standing, forces him to the ground, trying to get the hooks in, now in
side mount. Franklin gets back to 1/2 guard. Lutter gets mount,
Franklin gets underhook and back to full guard. Lutter passes to 1/2
guard. Lutter's JJ is scary but Franklin is defending gamely. Lutter
gets to mount. Lutter gets an arm, Franklin spins out! Nice moves.
Lutter on his back, Franklin kicking, backs away to get the fight back
to the feet. Franklin sprawling away from a Lutter shoot. Landing some
ground and pound, Lutter pushing the single leg forces Franklin to the
cage, working for a double. I'd have to score it 10-9 for Lutter.
Franklin did great to escape that arm bar.
Round 2: They
clinch right way. Franklin landing knees, stuffs a shoot from Lutter.
And again Franklin stuffs a shoot, lands a high kick, then goes for
some ground and pound but Lutter goes for a heel. Lutter is one
dimensional, but very scary. Franklin escapes, they're back to their
feet. Franklin stuffs a shoot and KNEES Lutter. Lutter is gassed and
eating punches. Uppercuts from Franklin, knees. Lutter drops for an
ankle, Franklin punching the head of the downed man. Lutter crawling on
the ground with an empty gas tank. Franklin is teeing off. Drops Lutter
and the ref steps in. Good job by Franklin to survive Lutter's first
round onslaught.
Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra
Lots of real heat for the
championship fight. Serra can certainly sell a fight. Big roar from the
crowd when they see GSP entering the arena. He seems very focused as he
walks through the crowd to the arena. I really wish UFC had more PRIDE
like entrances sometimes. The Crow is wearing a suit in GSP's
entourage. Serra enjoys the boos as he struts to the Octagon. 8" reach
advantage for GSP but it didn't help him last time. Yves Lavigne is the
ref (I miss Big John). Cecil Peoples is NOT a judge tonight. BOOS for
Serra from the Montreal crowd. GSP is all business at the stare down.
Round
One: GSP with a quick takedown. to 1/2 guard. Working small punches as
Serra fights to get full guard but GSP holds on to 1/2. Now Serra gets
guard and GSP passes back to 1/2 guard. Big left to the head from GSP.
Serra back to full guard. They're trading elbows, GSP lands a mean
combo to the head. The beat down is coming. GSP is grinding Serra down.
GSP passes to side mount. Serra gives up his back. Serra goes for a
kneebar, fails, Serra fighting to get to his feet. GSP is riding Serra
and feeding him lots of punches. Now they're on their feet in the
middle of the Octagon. Serra jabbing. GSP with a superman punch/kick
combo and gets another takedown. Immediately gets past Serra's guard
and is beating Serra as the bell rings. 10-8 for GSP. He's utterly
baffled and dominated Serra in the opening round.
Round 2: GSP
grabs a kick and gets the takedown. Has Serra up against the fence,
Serra tries to use an underhook to get back to his feet. Nothing doing.
Serra fights back to his feet and escapes a single leg. Back to the
feet. Serra lands a head kick. Serra throwing hooks. GSP throws a
spinning back kick. GSP landing jabs, gets another double leg. Throwing
from Serra's guard, passes, landing punches from Serra's back. Serra
back to guard. GSP landing big shots from the top. Getting Serra
turtled up and kneeing his ribs. Serra rolls back to guard. GSP stacks
the guard and passes to 1/2 and to side mount. Serra rolls, takes more
knees to the ribs. Serra is NOT looking like the better jiu jitsu
fighter here. Serra roling, eating shots and its over! Knees to the
ribs are too much for Serra. This is the GSP we all knew existed. Bring
on Jon Fitch. Bring on B.J. Penn. Bring on Anderson Silva?
Kuniyoshi Hironaka vs. Jonathan Goulet
This should be a good one from two proven veterans, both of whom have
had some bad luck in their recent UFC outings. I expect the loser won't
be back. Hironaka comes out to some truly wack music. Goulet comes out
in a hockey jersey. Lol. Both fighters living up to national
stereotypes.
Hironaka
tries for a takedown immediately, fails. Goulet misses a headkick.
Hironaka shoots again, Goulet counters with knees that score. Hironaka
hangs on to the clinch. The ref breaks them up. Goulet lands some stiff
jabs, throws combinations, leg kicks. Stuffs a takedown, counters with
a knee. Hironaka snaps Goulet's head back with a counter. Superman
punch and front kick from Goulet. Snapping leg kick from Goulet.
Hironaka shoots, Goulet stuffs with a whizzer and follows with a knee.
Damn I can't believe I picked Hironaka. Hironaka drops him with a left!
Holy crap. Hironaka ground and pounding trying to finish. I love this
kid. Hironaka gets mount as the crowd chants Goulet. Trying for an arm
lock. Goulet gets guard, trying to get his feet. Hironaka landing some
shots as the bell rings. Very hard to score that round. Great great
round. It was a short left right on the button that dropped Goulet.
10-9 for Hironaka based on the knock down.
Round 2: Goulet
with a huge shiner on his right eye. Hironaka throwing punches and
moving away. Goulet with a high kick and a superman elbow. Left from
Hironaka. Hironaka catches Goulet with a left that crumples Goulet
briefly. Superman punch from Goulet. Goulet knocks him down with an
elbow, Goulet follows up with knees and KOs a stunned Hironaka with a
punch. Great fight. Excellent back and forth from both fighters. Good
night fight fans.
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