Ahhh, the day after saturday night. Sunday morning (or afternoon, based on how much you've had to drink last night) has come and the card last night was somewhat entertaining, even if it wasn't really worth 60 dollars in HD.
In the main event, welterweight contenders BJ Penn and John Fitch fought to a majority draw. While the 3 judges scored it 29-28 for Fitch and 28-28 apiece (twice), I still believe that Penn did enough in the second round to eek out a slim decision.
In the first, Penn showed exactly how much training he spent in the gym with former rival Matt Hughes and he immeadiately went for a take down. He was able to get dominant position via a body triangle, and looked like he could get in a choke, but Fitch fought it off. The second round started out much of the same as the first, as Penn got a lot of good strikes inside in the clinch and was able to get Fitch's back and go for a choke, but Fitch spun it around and was able to use his weight to outgrind Penn until the end of the round. Fitch dominated the 3rd, securing a takedown early and grinding Penn with short elbows and hammer fists until the fight ended.
Afterward, Fitch thought he had done enough to win, while Penn was very desolate and thought he had lost the fight based on his performance in the 3rd. "I think I got some dominant position in the first and second rounds, but he kicked my butt in the third round," he said.
Next for Penn : a rematch with Fitch on a free Spike card.
Next for Fitch : a rematch with Penn on a free Spike card.
In the co-main event, Michael Bisping got Jorge Rivera to eat the words he talked via various videos on youtube with a second round TKO....though it wasn't without controversy. Midway through the first round following a scramble, Bisping clearly landed an illegal knee to Rivera's head (while he was on the ground), costing him a point and possibly the round. Rivera was never in it from that point, as aside from a right hand he landed on Bisping's chin got beat to the punch on every exchange, as Bisping finished him with strikes at 1:54 of round 2. Immediately afterward, Bisping gave us a display more tasteless than generic rice cakes, getting in Rivera's face telling him to "apologize" for his comments and spitting in the corner of his opponent.
Next for Bisping : I know this guy will call for a title shot. But he still has one more fight to go before that happens (even though it will be a cakewalk for Anderson Silva), and i suggest giving him the winner of Jorge Santiago and Brian Stann.
Next for Rivera : Perhaps Nate Marquardt, so he can pad his resume even further with names that have beaten him.
In the first of 2 main card fights I picked, hometown product George Sotiropoulos was defeated by Dennis Siver via unanimous decision. Puts the breaks on a potential title shot that Dana White was promising the Australian.
Next for Siver : Donald Cerrone.
Next for Sotiropoulos : Perhaps that fight with Canadian Marc Bocek doesn't seem so far fetched after all. Dear Mr. White and Mr. Silva, hope you're taking notes.
In the second, Brian Ebersole made every one of those 60+ fights on his resume count during his octagon debut, as he upset Chris Lytle by unanimous decision. So yeah, I went 0-3-1 for the four fights (MEH!) which drops my record this year to 6-7-1.
For some Canadian content, Calgarian and TUF season 11 veteran Nick Ring remained undefeated following a unanimous decision win over DEEP veteran Riki Fukuda. Look I'm all for Canadians going to represent, but what exactly were those judges thinking? Fukuda beat Ring to the punch on every exchange and secured takedown after takedown after takedown, although Ring's body locks were able to neutralize Fukuda's ground offense for the most part.
Questions? Comments? Agree or Disagree?
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Until next time, Fight fans!
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