UFC Fight Night 24 Results: Davis beats Nogueira, Johnson decisions Hardy, Jung twisters Garcia
03/27/2011 03:14 AM Filed in: UFC results
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