UFC Fight Night 24 Results: Davis beats Nogueira, Johnson decisions Hardy, Jung twisters Garcia
03/27/2011 03:14 AM
UFC Fight Night 24 Results: Davis beats Nogueira, Johnson decisions Hardy, Jung twisters Garcia
3/27/11 3:00AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
If you’re asking does Phil Davis have what it takes to be in the UFC Light Heavyweight Title race, the answer is yes he does. The former NCAA champion had a tough way to go in earning a well deserved decision over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. In the first round of there scheduled three rounder, Davis just couldn’t take Nogueira down after numerous attempts with the double leg take down, Nogueira stuffed double leg after double leg with little effort. After seeing Davis getting stuffed a few times, it was like “OH S#!T this doesn’t look too good for Davis”, but Davis kept his composure and changed the game plan and was able to take the PrideFC veteran down effectively using a single leg.
Towards the end of the second round Davis found his way to a decent top position and unleashed punches and thunderous knees to Nogueira’s exposed body sealing the second round.
In the third round it was Davis’s use of the single leg and a rather cautious approach to control the round from the top position that solidified the decision. All three judges had it scored the same, 30-27.
Not to take anything away from Nogueira but he just didn’t do enough or he just couldn’t do much against Davis. The question still remains even after this fight, “Is Phil Davis as good as many say he is?” I think it’s safe to say after neutralizing the ultra experienced Nogueira, Davis is an evolving fighter who comes with his own set of tools, he just needs to master the other tools of the mma trade, once he’s done that, he’s going to be a serious threat in the UFC Light Heavyweight Title picture.
In other action Anthony Johnson earned a unanimous decision over Dan Hardy by basically beating him up. This was a healthy strong and in shape Anthony Johnson who had his way for all three rounds of the fight. There’s not much you can do when a bigger stronger wrestler takes you down at will, and you don’t have the greatest ground game or even good takedown defense, that’s what happened to Dan Hardy.
After Hardy got dropped by a Johnson kick to the head in the first round and Johnson swarmed on him the tone of the fight was set. For the next three rounds Johnson took Hardy down like it was another day at the office and tried to pound him out. If Hardy had even good take down defense this would have been a way more entertaining fight. All three judges scored this fight 30-27.
In most UFC events there’s always a fight that defines the night, in the Leonard Garcia vs Chan Sung Jung it wasn’t the fight, it was the submission, “the submission of the night”, the Eddie Bravo Twister that earned Jung his first UFC victory. The last time these two met was at WEC 48 about a year ago, that fight was a classic brawl, this was was not.
Unlike the first fight where they both came out swinging for the fences, this time around they both seemed to have a game plan with both being a little cautious until Jung took Garcia down toward the end of the first round and unleashed some hard ground and pound on Garcia.
Towards the end of the second round Garcia found himself on his back and Jung took the fight to him using nasty elbows and punches after getting into Garcia’s guard. When Garcia tried to escape Jung took his back and with only seconds left in the round Jung found the opening and applied the Eddie Bravo Twister forcing Garcia to tap out. This was the first time in UFC history that a fighter had been submitted via a twister, it also earned Jung the Submission of the Night Bonus. The end came at 4:59 of the second round.
Here are the complete event results:
Phil Davis defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by unanimous decision
Anthony Johnson defeated Dan Hardy by unanimous decision
Amir Sadollah defeated DaMarques Johnson by submission (strikes)at 3:27 of RD2
Chan Sung Jung defeated Leonard Garcia by submission (twister) at 4:59 of RD2
Mike Russow defeated Jon Madsen via TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 5:00 of RD2
Mackens Semerzier defeated Alex Caceres by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:18 of RD2
John Hathaway defeated Kris McCray via split decision
Michael McDonald defeated Edwin Figueroa by unanimous decision
Christian Morecraft defeated Sean McCorkle via submission (standing guillotine choke) at 4:10 of RD2
Johny Hendricks defeated T.J. Waldburger via TKO (punches) at 1:35 of RD1
Aaron Simpson defeated Mario Miranda unanimous decision
Nik Lentz defeated Waylon Lowe by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:24 of RD3
3/27/11 3:00AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
If you’re asking does Phil Davis have what it takes to be in the UFC Light Heavyweight Title race, the answer is yes he does. The former NCAA champion had a tough way to go in earning a well deserved decision over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira. In the first round of there scheduled three rounder, Davis just couldn’t take Nogueira down after numerous attempts with the double leg take down, Nogueira stuffed double leg after double leg with little effort. After seeing Davis getting stuffed a few times, it was like “OH S#!T this doesn’t look too good for Davis”, but Davis kept his composure and changed the game plan and was able to take the PrideFC veteran down effectively using a single leg.
Towards the end of the second round Davis found his way to a decent top position and unleashed punches and thunderous knees to Nogueira’s exposed body sealing the second round.
In the third round it was Davis’s use of the single leg and a rather cautious approach to control the round from the top position that solidified the decision. All three judges had it scored the same, 30-27.
Not to take anything away from Nogueira but he just didn’t do enough or he just couldn’t do much against Davis. The question still remains even after this fight, “Is Phil Davis as good as many say he is?” I think it’s safe to say after neutralizing the ultra experienced Nogueira, Davis is an evolving fighter who comes with his own set of tools, he just needs to master the other tools of the mma trade, once he’s done that, he’s going to be a serious threat in the UFC Light Heavyweight Title picture.
In other action Anthony Johnson earned a unanimous decision over Dan Hardy by basically beating him up. This was a healthy strong and in shape Anthony Johnson who had his way for all three rounds of the fight. There’s not much you can do when a bigger stronger wrestler takes you down at will, and you don’t have the greatest ground game or even good takedown defense, that’s what happened to Dan Hardy.
After Hardy got dropped by a Johnson kick to the head in the first round and Johnson swarmed on him the tone of the fight was set. For the next three rounds Johnson took Hardy down like it was another day at the office and tried to pound him out. If Hardy had even good take down defense this would have been a way more entertaining fight. All three judges scored this fight 30-27.
In most UFC events there’s always a fight that defines the night, in the Leonard Garcia vs Chan Sung Jung it wasn’t the fight, it was the submission, “the submission of the night”, the Eddie Bravo Twister that earned Jung his first UFC victory. The last time these two met was at WEC 48 about a year ago, that fight was a classic brawl, this was was not.
Unlike the first fight where they both came out swinging for the fences, this time around they both seemed to have a game plan with both being a little cautious until Jung took Garcia down toward the end of the first round and unleashed some hard ground and pound on Garcia.
Towards the end of the second round Garcia found himself on his back and Jung took the fight to him using nasty elbows and punches after getting into Garcia’s guard. When Garcia tried to escape Jung took his back and with only seconds left in the round Jung found the opening and applied the Eddie Bravo Twister forcing Garcia to tap out. This was the first time in UFC history that a fighter had been submitted via a twister, it also earned Jung the Submission of the Night Bonus. The end came at 4:59 of the second round.
Here are the complete event results:
Phil Davis defeated Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by unanimous decision
Anthony Johnson defeated Dan Hardy by unanimous decision
Amir Sadollah defeated DaMarques Johnson by submission (strikes)at 3:27 of RD2
Chan Sung Jung defeated Leonard Garcia by submission (twister) at 4:59 of RD2
Mike Russow defeated Jon Madsen via TKO (doctor's stoppage) at 5:00 of RD2
Mackens Semerzier defeated Alex Caceres by submission (rear naked choke) at 3:18 of RD2
John Hathaway defeated Kris McCray via split decision
Michael McDonald defeated Edwin Figueroa by unanimous decision
Christian Morecraft defeated Sean McCorkle via submission (standing guillotine choke) at 4:10 of RD2
Johny Hendricks defeated T.J. Waldburger via TKO (punches) at 1:35 of RD1
Aaron Simpson defeated Mario Miranda unanimous decision
Nik Lentz defeated Waylon Lowe by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:24 of RD3
UFC 128 Results; Jones stops Rua to win Title, Faber decisions Wineland, Shaub KO’s Crocop
03/20/2011 02:49 AM
UFC 128 Results; Jones stops Rua to win Title, Faber decisions Wineland, Shaub KO’s Crocop
3/20/11 3:00AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
Photo courtesy of UFC/Zuffa
You wanna talk about living up to the hype and delivering, just think Jon Jones because he’s the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jones came into the fight as the 2 to 1 favorite and showed every fan at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey why by totally dominating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and stopping him in the third round of there scheduled five round UFC Light Heavyweight Title fight.
Jones came at Shogun kind of wild in the first round with a flying knee. Once Jones got the takedown, he worked by getting in a few punches and elbows, Shogun got up to his feet but was met with a numerous punches which had the tough Brazilian on shaky legs. Shogun failed at a leg lock and Jones ended up in his guard. Jones controlled the entire round, he made it look easy. That seemed to be the story of the fight, every time Shogun tried something Jones took him down and ended in his guard.
By the end of the second, and if you’re an mma aficionado, you just knew the end of this fight was near. At the end of the second round, Shogun looked like a beat fighter, face swelling fast and out of gas. It was more of the same for Shogun in the third round as everything he tried didn’t work. After Jones worked Shogun over with punches and elbows from the guard, as Shogun got up Jones charged forward with punches and knees dropping Shogun who by now was not defending himself. Referee Herb Dean called an end to the fight at 2:37 of the third round.
After the fight and during the post fight interview, Rashad Evans who not only comes out of the same camp but also trains with Jones was present to let him know he’d by fighting Jones next for the title. Evans commented “ We train together and he got that strap, so I got to go after it”. As an expression can tell stories, the new champ didn’t care to hear those words.
In the co-main event, Urijah Faber won a unanimous decision over Eddie Wineland. It took a round for Faber to get his game into action, due to Wineland’s ability to defend Fabers takedowns in round one. Round two and three it was Faber who used his aggression, speed and ground game to dominate Wineland.
In other action from UFC 128, Brandon Schaub knocked out Mirko Crocop with a right hand in the third round of there scheduled fight.
Here are the complete results from UFC 128
Jon Jones defeated Mauricio "Shogun" Rua by TKO (strikes) at 2:37 of RD3 (Jones is the new UFC LHW Champion)
Urijah Faber defeated Eddie Wineland via Unanimous Decision
Jim Miller defeated Kamal Shalorus by TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of RD3 R3
Nate Marquardt defeated Dan Miller via Unanimous Decision
Brendan Schaub defeated Mirko Crocop by KO (right hand) at 3:44 of RD3
Luiz Cane defeated Eliot Marshall via TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of RD1
Edson Barboza defeated Anthony Njokuani via Unanimous Decision
Mike Pyle defeated Ricardo Almeida via Unanimous Decision
Gleison Tibau defeated Kurt Pellegrino via Split Decision
Joseph Benavidez defeated Ian Loveland via Unanimous Decision
Nick Catone defeated Costantinos Philippou via Unanimous Decision
Erik Koch defeated Raphael Assuncao via KO (right hand) at 2:32 of RD1
3/20/11 3:00AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
Photo courtesy of UFC/Zuffa
You wanna talk about living up to the hype and delivering, just think Jon Jones because he’s the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jones came into the fight as the 2 to 1 favorite and showed every fan at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey why by totally dominating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and stopping him in the third round of there scheduled five round UFC Light Heavyweight Title fight.
Jones came at Shogun kind of wild in the first round with a flying knee. Once Jones got the takedown, he worked by getting in a few punches and elbows, Shogun got up to his feet but was met with a numerous punches which had the tough Brazilian on shaky legs. Shogun failed at a leg lock and Jones ended up in his guard. Jones controlled the entire round, he made it look easy. That seemed to be the story of the fight, every time Shogun tried something Jones took him down and ended in his guard.
By the end of the second, and if you’re an mma aficionado, you just knew the end of this fight was near. At the end of the second round, Shogun looked like a beat fighter, face swelling fast and out of gas. It was more of the same for Shogun in the third round as everything he tried didn’t work. After Jones worked Shogun over with punches and elbows from the guard, as Shogun got up Jones charged forward with punches and knees dropping Shogun who by now was not defending himself. Referee Herb Dean called an end to the fight at 2:37 of the third round.
After the fight and during the post fight interview, Rashad Evans who not only comes out of the same camp but also trains with Jones was present to let him know he’d by fighting Jones next for the title. Evans commented “ We train together and he got that strap, so I got to go after it”. As an expression can tell stories, the new champ didn’t care to hear those words.
In the co-main event, Urijah Faber won a unanimous decision over Eddie Wineland. It took a round for Faber to get his game into action, due to Wineland’s ability to defend Fabers takedowns in round one. Round two and three it was Faber who used his aggression, speed and ground game to dominate Wineland.
In other action from UFC 128, Brandon Schaub knocked out Mirko Crocop with a right hand in the third round of there scheduled fight.
Here are the complete results from UFC 128
Jon Jones defeated Mauricio "Shogun" Rua by TKO (strikes) at 2:37 of RD3 (Jones is the new UFC LHW Champion)
Urijah Faber defeated Eddie Wineland via Unanimous Decision
Jim Miller defeated Kamal Shalorus by TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of RD3 R3
Nate Marquardt defeated Dan Miller via Unanimous Decision
Brendan Schaub defeated Mirko Crocop by KO (right hand) at 3:44 of RD3
Luiz Cane defeated Eliot Marshall via TKO (strikes) at 2:15 of RD1
Edson Barboza defeated Anthony Njokuani via Unanimous Decision
Mike Pyle defeated Ricardo Almeida via Unanimous Decision
Gleison Tibau defeated Kurt Pellegrino via Split Decision
Joseph Benavidez defeated Ian Loveland via Unanimous Decision
Nick Catone defeated Costantinos Philippou via Unanimous Decision
Erik Koch defeated Raphael Assuncao via KO (right hand) at 2:32 of RD1
Zuffa buys Strikeforce
03/13/2011 03:45 AM
Zuffa buys Strikeforce
3/13/11 3:00AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
The parent company of the UFC, Zuffa LLC. officially announced that they had purchased Strikeforce, the only mma promotion company to give the UFC any type of competition in North America.
In the past few years Zuffa has acquired the Japanese organization Pride Fighting Championships, which subsequently was dissolved, WEC and Cagefighting.
In an exclusive video interview with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, UFC president and Zuffa co-owner Dana White made mention that Strikforce will be business as usual with Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker running the organization as he does now.
He also made mention that the two fight organizations will not merge the fighters signed to there respective organizations.
The the purchase took place and what the purchase price are yet to be released by either organization.
3/13/11 3:00AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
The parent company of the UFC, Zuffa LLC. officially announced that they had purchased Strikeforce, the only mma promotion company to give the UFC any type of competition in North America.
In the past few years Zuffa has acquired the Japanese organization Pride Fighting Championships, which subsequently was dissolved, WEC and Cagefighting.
In an exclusive video interview with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani, UFC president and Zuffa co-owner Dana White made mention that Strikforce will be business as usual with Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker running the organization as he does now.
He also made mention that the two fight organizations will not merge the fighters signed to there respective organizations.
The the purchase took place and what the purchase price are yet to be released by either organization.
UFC on Versus 3 RESULTS - Sanchez decisions Kampmann, Munoz stops Dollaway
03/04/2011 12:24 AM
UFC on Versus 3 RESULTS - Sanchez decisions Kampmann, Munoz stops Dollaway
3/04/11 12:05AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
This event took place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. and was aired live on the Versus Network.
Bloodied and battered Deigo Sanchez was awarded a unanimous decision in what ‘s going to be called another case of bad judging. Martin Kampmann fed Sanchez a plethora of punches during the main event of UFC on Versus 3. By the end of the first round Kampmann had Sanchez oozing blood from his nose and mouth. Sanchez was only credited with one takedown which Kapmann promptly got up from. Though transformed into a bloody mess Sanchez kept coming after Kampmann, he just didn’t do enough to win the fight but it’s not our call, again in less than a week a “nightmare” decision.
In the co-main event Mark Munoz stopped C.B. Dollaway in the first round via strikes. This fight had an interesting start as Dollaway was able to take Munoz down, but after a scramble Munoz was back on his feet. After a hard Munoz right sent Dollaway down Munoz finished the fight with a few more hard punches to Dollaway’s face causing the referee to stop the fight and award the stoppage to “The Filipino Wrecking Machine”.
Long Islands own Chris Weidman earned his first UFC victory by pounding out Alessio Sakara bringing the Long Islanders record to 5-0. Let’s give this Division 1 All American Wrestler his props after all he’s got amateur wrestling wins over UFC fighters Phil Davis and Ryan Bader.
Here are the results of UFC on Versus 3:
UFC on Versus 3 RESULTS
Deigo Sanchez defeated Martin Kampmann by unanimous decision
Mark Munoz defeated C.B. Dollaway via TKO (strikes) at :54 of RD1
Chris Weidman defeated Alessio Sakara by unanimous decision
Brian Bowles defeated Damacio Page by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:30 of RD1
Cyrille Diabate defeated Steve Cantwell by unanimous decision
Danny Castillo defeated Joe Stevenson by unanimous decision
Shane Roller defeated Thiago Tavares via KO (punches) at 1:28 of RD2
Takeya Mizugaki defeated Reuben Duran via split decision
Dongi Yang defeated Rob Kimmons via TKO (strikes) at 4:47 of RD2
Rousimar Palhares defeated Dave Branch via submission (kneebar) at 1:44 of RD2
Igor Pokrajac defeated Todd Brown via TKO (strikes) at 5:00 of RD1
3/04/11 12:05AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
This event took place at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. and was aired live on the Versus Network.
Bloodied and battered Deigo Sanchez was awarded a unanimous decision in what ‘s going to be called another case of bad judging. Martin Kampmann fed Sanchez a plethora of punches during the main event of UFC on Versus 3. By the end of the first round Kampmann had Sanchez oozing blood from his nose and mouth. Sanchez was only credited with one takedown which Kapmann promptly got up from. Though transformed into a bloody mess Sanchez kept coming after Kampmann, he just didn’t do enough to win the fight but it’s not our call, again in less than a week a “nightmare” decision.
In the co-main event Mark Munoz stopped C.B. Dollaway in the first round via strikes. This fight had an interesting start as Dollaway was able to take Munoz down, but after a scramble Munoz was back on his feet. After a hard Munoz right sent Dollaway down Munoz finished the fight with a few more hard punches to Dollaway’s face causing the referee to stop the fight and award the stoppage to “The Filipino Wrecking Machine”.
Long Islands own Chris Weidman earned his first UFC victory by pounding out Alessio Sakara bringing the Long Islanders record to 5-0. Let’s give this Division 1 All American Wrestler his props after all he’s got amateur wrestling wins over UFC fighters Phil Davis and Ryan Bader.
Here are the results of UFC on Versus 3:
UFC on Versus 3 RESULTS
Deigo Sanchez defeated Martin Kampmann by unanimous decision
Mark Munoz defeated C.B. Dollaway via TKO (strikes) at :54 of RD1
Chris Weidman defeated Alessio Sakara by unanimous decision
Brian Bowles defeated Damacio Page by submission (guillotine choke) at 3:30 of RD1
Cyrille Diabate defeated Steve Cantwell by unanimous decision
Danny Castillo defeated Joe Stevenson by unanimous decision
Shane Roller defeated Thiago Tavares via KO (punches) at 1:28 of RD2
Takeya Mizugaki defeated Reuben Duran via split decision
Dongi Yang defeated Rob Kimmons via TKO (strikes) at 4:47 of RD2
Rousimar Palhares defeated Dave Branch via submission (kneebar) at 1:44 of RD2
Igor Pokrajac defeated Todd Brown via TKO (strikes) at 5:00 of RD1
UFC 127 Final Thoughts; a few days later
03/03/2011 06:29 PM
UFC 127 Final Thoughts; a few days later
3/03/11 6:30PM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
Photograph by: Mark Kolbe, Getty Images
After letting UFC 127 digest and after deep thought on the two biggest fights of that card, I’ve decided to send out “food for thought” on the event. I’m not trying to beat a dead horse, but there are a few things I keep wondering about. These are just a few topics that just might need a different perspective.
The Draw; Penn vs Fitch
Not many gave BJ Penn a snowballs chance in hell in this fight. Most though that Jon Fitch was going to grind BJ Penn out for three rounds en route to a big decision win. Most thought Fitch’s wrestling and his training at the AKA would be more than enough to put him in line for another title shot. When it was announced a draw, everything changed for a whole lot of people.
The first round of the fight told the whole story. BJ took Fitch’s back, got those hooks in and attempted to rear naked choke. How did that happen? Fitch stated after the fight he didn’t train for shoots or takedowns. Isn’t Fitch the grinding machine who out wrestles everyone? Wasn’t Fitch fighting a BJ Penn who’s lost two of his last three fights? Haven’t you thought about, what if Fitch had trained for the take downs? Would that training have made a difference in the way this fight went? Try not to lie to yourself when you try and come up with an answer.
Finally if the last round wasn’t dominated by the physically stronger Jon Fitch, do you think it would have been called a draw? I see it this way, if BJ had just a tad bit more gas in the tank this fight would have been another win for Penn.
What about a rematch? Why not. A Penn vs Fitch II would be a fight worth seeing and the revenues for the PPV would be way bigger than the draw.
The Illegal Knee; Bisping vs Rivera
In an earlier posting this week regarding Bispings illegal knee to Rivera’s forehead, I stated “Was it intentional? I guess only Michael Bisping can answer that.” sorry for the mistake because that knee was not only intentional, but it was also malicious, done on purpose because Rivera and his camp got under the skin of Bisping. Rights after the illegal knee and as the ref sent Bisping to a neutral part of the cage, Bisping’s attitude was like “so what, yeah I did it”. If you saw the fight you know exactly what I’m talking about.
Why wasn’t this fight stopped? Regardless of what Rivera or anyone else involved wanted the referee should have stopped that fight and disqualified Michael Bisping. Allowing the fight to continue after such a blow to the head showed lack of concern for Rivera’s safety.
I wonder what Michael Bisping was thinking when he spit on Rivera’s corner. Did he think he would actually get away with it? Did he not think of the UFC fans watching his extreme un-sportsman like conduct? If you’re a mixed martial arts fan you know that when you act like an ass in this sport everyone talks about you. Finally we all know in the record books Bisping got the win. Don’t you wonder how Bisping would do against a Nathan Marquardt or a Vitor Belfort, how about Anderson Silva? Anyone want to take a guess?
3/03/11 6:30PM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
Photograph by: Mark Kolbe, Getty Images
After letting UFC 127 digest and after deep thought on the two biggest fights of that card, I’ve decided to send out “food for thought” on the event. I’m not trying to beat a dead horse, but there are a few things I keep wondering about. These are just a few topics that just might need a different perspective.
The Draw; Penn vs Fitch
Not many gave BJ Penn a snowballs chance in hell in this fight. Most though that Jon Fitch was going to grind BJ Penn out for three rounds en route to a big decision win. Most thought Fitch’s wrestling and his training at the AKA would be more than enough to put him in line for another title shot. When it was announced a draw, everything changed for a whole lot of people.
The first round of the fight told the whole story. BJ took Fitch’s back, got those hooks in and attempted to rear naked choke. How did that happen? Fitch stated after the fight he didn’t train for shoots or takedowns. Isn’t Fitch the grinding machine who out wrestles everyone? Wasn’t Fitch fighting a BJ Penn who’s lost two of his last three fights? Haven’t you thought about, what if Fitch had trained for the take downs? Would that training have made a difference in the way this fight went? Try not to lie to yourself when you try and come up with an answer.
Finally if the last round wasn’t dominated by the physically stronger Jon Fitch, do you think it would have been called a draw? I see it this way, if BJ had just a tad bit more gas in the tank this fight would have been another win for Penn.
What about a rematch? Why not. A Penn vs Fitch II would be a fight worth seeing and the revenues for the PPV would be way bigger than the draw.
The Illegal Knee; Bisping vs Rivera
In an earlier posting this week regarding Bispings illegal knee to Rivera’s forehead, I stated “Was it intentional? I guess only Michael Bisping can answer that.” sorry for the mistake because that knee was not only intentional, but it was also malicious, done on purpose because Rivera and his camp got under the skin of Bisping. Rights after the illegal knee and as the ref sent Bisping to a neutral part of the cage, Bisping’s attitude was like “so what, yeah I did it”. If you saw the fight you know exactly what I’m talking about.
Why wasn’t this fight stopped? Regardless of what Rivera or anyone else involved wanted the referee should have stopped that fight and disqualified Michael Bisping. Allowing the fight to continue after such a blow to the head showed lack of concern for Rivera’s safety.
I wonder what Michael Bisping was thinking when he spit on Rivera’s corner. Did he think he would actually get away with it? Did he not think of the UFC fans watching his extreme un-sportsman like conduct? If you’re a mixed martial arts fan you know that when you act like an ass in this sport everyone talks about you. Finally we all know in the record books Bisping got the win. Don’t you wonder how Bisping would do against a Nathan Marquardt or a Vitor Belfort, how about Anderson Silva? Anyone want to take a guess?
UFC 127 Fight Results; Penn and Fitch fight to a draw.
02/27/2011 03:29 AM
UFC 127 Fight Results; Penn and Fitch fight to a draw, Bisping stops Rivera, Siver decisions Sotiropoulos
2/27/11 3:36AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
Photograph by: Mark Kolbe, Getty Images
This event will took place at the Acer Arena in Sydney Australia on February 26, 2011 and was aired live on Facebook, ION Sports and PPV collectively.
Even though the main event ended in a draw, UFC 127 was way more entertaining than expected. BJ Penn and Jon Fitch fought a very close fight, the decision could have gone either way but it’s the fight judges who make the final call and they called it 29-28 (for Fitch), 28-28 and 28-28 so it goes down as a draw.
The first round kind of caught everyone off guard including Jon Fitch as he was taken down by Penn, then things got worse for Fitch as he had to defend from Penn’s rear naked choke attempts.
Coming out for the second round and knowing he was in the hole in this fight Fitch took Penn down but Penn got back up, while he was throwing punches Penn landed an elbow that bloodied Fitch’s nose and again Penn took him down and took Fitch’s back but was unable to secure anything. Towards the end of the round Fitch was able to roll and get the top position but did nothing with it. I gave the edge to Penn in this round.
Given honest advice in his corner that this fight might be up for grabs Fitch took it up a notch in round three by immediately striking first, hitting Penn with a right and followed it up with a takedown and went to work throwing and landing punches from the guard, again Penn got up but Fitch took Penn back down and kept a sustained attack throwing punches and elbows and keeping Penn pinned against the cage, this lasted for about three and a half minutes until the final bell was sounded.
In the interview that followed the decision a noticeably dejected Jon Fitch stated. “ I think I did enough to win a split decision” he also stated, “It just threw me off because I did zero preparations for BJ’s shooting, It was a great game plan, and it threw me off."
Penn stated in his interview that he thought he might have lost the fight, he also stated
"I think I got some dominant position in the first and second rounds, but he kicked my butt in the third round.” When asked about a rematch he stated, "If he wants to do it again, I'll do it again.”
Give props to Jorge Rivera for making this a fight everyone wanted to see even though he fell short. Michael Bisping stopped Rivera at 1:54 of the second round via techincal knockout due to strikes. Wait!!! There’s more, this fight started as expected, a stand-up war then after a scramble to get up from the ground Bisping used his knee and smash Rivera on the forehead while Rivera was on all four, it was a very illegal knee. Was it intentional? I guess only Michael Bisping can answer that.
The illegal knee thrown by Bisping was the beginning of the end for Rivera. Bisping immediately took control in round two, after a number of punches and a “legal” knee to Rivera’s head, Rivera began to cover up to try to protect himself but to no avail as Bisping unleashed a barrage of punches that caused Rivera to drop to his knee thus causing the ref to stop the fight.
Dennis Siver proved everyone wrong as he was able to drop George Sotiropoulos twice in the first round and prevent the Australian from ever taking him down in the fight thus earning a unanimous decision.
UFC 127 Complete Fights Results
Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn declared a majority draw (29-28 Fitch, 28-28, 28-28)
Michael Bisping defeated Jorge Rivera via TKO (strikes) at 1:54 RD2
Dennis Siver defeated George Sotiropoulos via unanimous decision
Brian Ebersole defeated Chris Lytle via unanimous decision
Kyle Noke defeated Chris Camozzi via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:35 RD1
Ross Pearson defeated Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision (
Alexander Gustafsson defeated James Te Huna via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:27 RD1
Riki Fukuda def. Nick Ring via unanimous decision
Anthony Perosh defeated Tom Blackledge via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:45 RD1
Tiequan Zhang defeafed Jason Reinhardt via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:48 of RD1
Mark Hunt defeated Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (punches) at 1:41 RD2
Curt Warburton defeated Maciej Jewtuszko via unanimous decision
2/27/11 3:36AM ET
Posted by Enrique Olivieri
Photograph by: Mark Kolbe, Getty Images
This event will took place at the Acer Arena in Sydney Australia on February 26, 2011 and was aired live on Facebook, ION Sports and PPV collectively.
Even though the main event ended in a draw, UFC 127 was way more entertaining than expected. BJ Penn and Jon Fitch fought a very close fight, the decision could have gone either way but it’s the fight judges who make the final call and they called it 29-28 (for Fitch), 28-28 and 28-28 so it goes down as a draw.
The first round kind of caught everyone off guard including Jon Fitch as he was taken down by Penn, then things got worse for Fitch as he had to defend from Penn’s rear naked choke attempts.
Coming out for the second round and knowing he was in the hole in this fight Fitch took Penn down but Penn got back up, while he was throwing punches Penn landed an elbow that bloodied Fitch’s nose and again Penn took him down and took Fitch’s back but was unable to secure anything. Towards the end of the round Fitch was able to roll and get the top position but did nothing with it. I gave the edge to Penn in this round.
Given honest advice in his corner that this fight might be up for grabs Fitch took it up a notch in round three by immediately striking first, hitting Penn with a right and followed it up with a takedown and went to work throwing and landing punches from the guard, again Penn got up but Fitch took Penn back down and kept a sustained attack throwing punches and elbows and keeping Penn pinned against the cage, this lasted for about three and a half minutes until the final bell was sounded.
In the interview that followed the decision a noticeably dejected Jon Fitch stated. “ I think I did enough to win a split decision” he also stated, “It just threw me off because I did zero preparations for BJ’s shooting, It was a great game plan, and it threw me off."
Penn stated in his interview that he thought he might have lost the fight, he also stated
"I think I got some dominant position in the first and second rounds, but he kicked my butt in the third round.” When asked about a rematch he stated, "If he wants to do it again, I'll do it again.”
Give props to Jorge Rivera for making this a fight everyone wanted to see even though he fell short. Michael Bisping stopped Rivera at 1:54 of the second round via techincal knockout due to strikes. Wait!!! There’s more, this fight started as expected, a stand-up war then after a scramble to get up from the ground Bisping used his knee and smash Rivera on the forehead while Rivera was on all four, it was a very illegal knee. Was it intentional? I guess only Michael Bisping can answer that.
The illegal knee thrown by Bisping was the beginning of the end for Rivera. Bisping immediately took control in round two, after a number of punches and a “legal” knee to Rivera’s head, Rivera began to cover up to try to protect himself but to no avail as Bisping unleashed a barrage of punches that caused Rivera to drop to his knee thus causing the ref to stop the fight.
Dennis Siver proved everyone wrong as he was able to drop George Sotiropoulos twice in the first round and prevent the Australian from ever taking him down in the fight thus earning a unanimous decision.
UFC 127 Complete Fights Results
Jon Fitch and B.J. Penn declared a majority draw (29-28 Fitch, 28-28, 28-28)
Michael Bisping defeated Jorge Rivera via TKO (strikes) at 1:54 RD2
Dennis Siver defeated George Sotiropoulos via unanimous decision
Brian Ebersole defeated Chris Lytle via unanimous decision
Kyle Noke defeated Chris Camozzi via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:35 RD1
Ross Pearson defeated Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision (
Alexander Gustafsson defeated James Te Huna via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:27 RD1
Riki Fukuda def. Nick Ring via unanimous decision
Anthony Perosh defeated Tom Blackledge via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:45 RD1
Tiequan Zhang defeafed Jason Reinhardt via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:48 of RD1
Mark Hunt defeated Chris Tuchscherer via TKO (punches) at 1:41 RD2
Curt Warburton defeated Maciej Jewtuszko via unanimous decision