Dana White's philosophy is for every fight to be finished, to "never leave" the balance in the hands of the judges.
Its a philosophy that Martin Kampmann should heed well, as regardless of where the venue or whom the judges are, he simply can't buy a break.
Last October, his fight against UFC newcomer and welterweight number one contender ended with a decision for Jake Shields and a chorus of boos. On Thursday night, his fight with Diego Sanchez, now calling himself "The Dream" ended with the same thing, despite Kampmann making hamburger meat of Sanchez's face with precise striking and takedown defense.
"I thought I won the fight," Kampmann told cage interviewer Joe Rogan. "I think I won all three rounds.
"He was throwing a lot of flurries, but most of it wasn’t landing. I feel I was landing way more and cleaner shots. I'm very disappointed."
He should be. Against Shields, the argument could be made that he lost by simply being controlled with a takedown. Against Sanchez, he worked on that facade of his game, being taken down one time the whole fight (that being early on in the 3rd), and scrambling right back up. Its difficult to fathom if finishing a fight would give him a new lease on his UFC life, but for the first time in his career he's lost back to back fights.
For Sanchez, however his victory is tainted. Despite keeping the pressure on, he simply didn't do enough of a job to justify the damage done to his face and his takedowns were controlled.
Next for Sanchez : Really difficult to determine what could be accomplished from another fight with Kampmann, but I'm calling for a rematch. If that rematch isn't available, how about the winner of the Hardy-Johnson fight later this month.
Next for Kampmann : This guy should go to boxing, as his shots don't count for much with MMA judges. Perhaps a fight with Carlos Condit.
In the co-main event, Mark Munoz put away CB Dolloway with a first round TKO. Catching Dolloway with a big shot early on, Dolloway fell back and Munoz did clean up duty. Dolloway got up and protested the stoppage, but there was no doubt on anybody's mind he had been out, as much of a "flash" knockout as it was.
Next for Munoz : he should call out a aging, past his prime Tito Ortiz. When Tito gets healthy.
Next for Dolloway : he could call out aging, past his Prime Brandon Vera. Presuming his not still a "free agent" and back in the fold.
Brian Bowles earned a victory in his promotional debut with a first round submission victory over Damacio Page. So confident in his submission that once Bowles had him in the guillotine choke, he turned to the referee after about 15 seconds and told him that Page was out.
Next for Bowles : Still think he's one fight away from being back in the title hunt. Perhaps a fight against nemesis Miguel Torres?
Next for Page : The loser of Eddie Wineland and Urijah Faber.
On the streamed fights on Facebook, Danny Castillo earned a unanimous decision victory over former TUF competitor Joe Stevenson. "Daddy" never seemed in the fight as Castillo kept beating him to the punch and used effective takedowns to cruise to victory in his UFC debut.
Next for Castillo : Perhaps Mac Danzig.
Next for Stevenson : If he doesn't get released, the UFC will convince him to drop to 145. If that happens, a fight with former WEC title holder Mike Brown?
All things considered, 2-2 on my 4 picks and 8-9-1 for the year. But I'm knowing that big card will come through!
Until next time, Fight fans.
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