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joey__stalin · 12-30-2007, 08:06 AM

That was a pretty good night of fights. I didn't call them all, but just the ones that mattered.

Main Fight Card

Interim welterweight championship bout: Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre

Well I didn't call the method or round of the win, but I am still happy. GSP dominated Matt Hughes in every facet of the game! It was very entertaining watching that smug jerk Hughes take that beating. The look on his face when he verbally tapped out was priceless. Was he saying "Oh God! Oh God, please help me!" heheh

First round, all GSP. Landed a couple good kicks, but it was his take down defense that was impressive as always. Matt couldn't get close to a take down. In fact GSP was able to take down Hughes at will. GSP had Hughes pressed against the cage and punching away at him if there was more time it could have been stopped IMO. Second round, again able to take Hughes down and out wrestle him. I loved the judo-esk throw he took Hughes down with. And finally ended up with a possible triangle choke on Hughes with his legs AND went for a kimura, which had Matt flopping around like a fish out of water when GSP grapped his arm, turned into an arm bar with Hughes' submission. Great fight!

Light heavyweight bout: Chuck Liddell vs. Wanderlei Silva

I really didn't expect this to go to a decision! And I have to say that Wandy has a great chin, he took quite a few of Chucks right hands and remained standing. He was rocked a few times, and possibly playing possum one time in an attempt to lure Chuck in close in the first round I think it was. Chuck went in and they both landed some good shots in the exchange.

I do believe that if this fight happened multiples times it'd be a toss up every time. Both of them displayed a very impressive stand up game. I think Chuck was rocked quite a few times as well from Wandy's punches, he was pretty good at hiding when he is stunned though. I think he threw kicks to get time to recover. I could tell he knew he didn't think he could KO Wandy when he went for, and got a take down, on Wandy at the start of the second round. That was just something to add points to the score card for him, which he did again at the end of the third round

It was a good fight to watch. They were both bashed up at the end, Wandy just a little more so, had a pretty bad cut over his right eye from an elbow Chuck threw. Chuck landed a pretty good spinning backfist near the middle of the third round, didn't connect properly, hit Wandy with his forearm, but it still rocked Wandy. And Chuck advanced throwing all he had trying to KO him. After that he paced himself trying not to gas out and ended the third round with a take down on Wandy for the win. I was surprised one judge scored it 30-27 for Chuck.

Light heavyweight bout: Lyoto Machida vs. Cameroon Rameau Sokoudjou

I am pretty happy this went all the way. I got it right that Machida won, however; it was by triangle choke I thought decision originally. Sokoudjou didn't seem comfortable in the fight, Machida kept throwing some pretty good kicks. Sokoujou didn't seem to have any specific plan of attack, and lost because of it.

Lightweight bout: Rich Clementi vs. Melvin Guillard

Once again I was right, Clementi Choked out Melvin (ya don't say!?) near the end of round one. So it ended a lot quicker than I thought it would.

Heavyweight bout: Eddie Sanchez vs. Soa Palalei

I got it wrong, Eddie won. And OMG this was the most boring fight of the night... Soa displayed no talent in any facet of mma. All he did was throw haymakers and tied up with Eddie. And it went on for nearly 3 rounds. The fight ended by referee stoppage near the end of round 3. Apparently due to an injury to Soa's eye I believe. Personally, I just think the Ref ended the fight cause he was tired of watching them waste time.

4 out of 5 right on the main card? I'll take that.

Preliminary Card

Light Heavyweight bout: James Irvin vs. Luis Cane

Janes Irvin apparently won this fight, it wasn't aired so I didn't see it. Apparently He won by disqualification when Cane delivered an illegal knee to Irvin

Welterweight bout: Tony DeSouza vs. Roan Carneiro

Well it was Roan for the win but not by submission, which is what I thought. He defeated Tony by TKO in the middle of the second round. This fight was not aired.

Lightweight bout: Nate Mohr vs. Manvel Gamburyan

Manvel won but not by decision, which is what I thought. He was pressing the action and it ended by submission pretty quick in the first round. Won via a leg lock, which looked like it hurt Nate pretty bad.

Middleweight bout: Dean Lister vs. Jordan Radev

Dean Lister took this fight via unanimous decision, all the judges scoring it 30-27. This fight was not aired.

Lightweight bout: Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek

The Canadian pulls through with a unanimous decision over Bocek all judges scoring it 29-28. Must have been a close fight. This fight was not aired.

And I have 3 out of 5 right for the undercard.

davidm724 · 12-30-2007, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by joey__stalin

Lightweight bout: Doug Evans vs. Mark Bocek

The Canadian pulls through with a unanimous decision over Bocek all judges scoring it 29-28. Must have been a close fight. This fight was not aired.

Bocek won that fight. I was pulling for Doug, who's a fellow Alaskan, but I'm sure he put on a great fight.

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Originally Posted by SuzukS

It was actually a pretty easy night to predict.

Rich has good BJJ, while Guillards is non-existent.
Sao is (apparently) a good striker, but Sanchez is more experienced and talented.
Sokky is a hard hitter, but Machida is more technical in every aspect of the game.
GSP is younger, faster, more talented and more hungry than Hughes.

The only one I had trouble with was Liddell/Silva.

4-1 tonight baby

I'm in pretty much the same boat.
My picks:
GSP > Hughes
Wandy > Liddell
Machida > Sokky
No Love > Melvin
Sanchez > Palelei
Irvin > Cane (would have been happy with Cane winning though)
Manny > Nate
Booger > Radev
DeSouza > Carneiro
Evans > Bocek

So, 7/10 is probably my best card ever. I only wish I would have SEEN the damn fights! I've been at work for the past 15 hours, and I missed everything. I really think that with some more experience, Evans could be pretty good in the LW division. I honestly think he should go featherweight in the WEC though.

joey__stalin · 12-30-2007, 09:22 AM

Oops, got the canadian part right but mixed the names up heh.

TeamPunishment5 · 12-30-2007, 10:32 AM

im so pissed that i mised the GSP fight. I never thought I'd see someone dominate Hughes on te ground like that, awsome

UseOf_A_Weapon · 12-30-2007, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuzukS

It was actually a pretty easy night to predict.

Rich has good BJJ, while Guillards is non-existent.
Sao is (apparently) a good striker, but Sanchez is more experienced and talented.
Sokky is a hard hitter, but Machida is more technical in every aspect of the game.
GSP is younger, faster, more talented and more hungry than Hughes.

The only one I had trouble with was Liddell/Silva.

4-1 tonight baby

i agree. stupid me, i was hoping for a guillard 1hit KO. I guess clementi was too, since he never got close enough to get railed.

But as for St. Pierre... I knew he'd win, but I never expected him to DOMINATE hughes like that. what the hell??? Hughes didn't even take him down once did he? it was like Hughes was throwing the fight... but that Kimora was gnarly.
that was indeed fight of the night.

TheNatureBoy · 12-30-2007, 06:41 PM

u got that right he beat his ass

**GMW** · 12-30-2007, 06:44 PM

I did alright.
I went 4-1 on the maincard but I picked Liddell by KO, GSP by TKO and Machida by decision. So i got the fighters right but I got 3/4ths of the methods wrong.

mattandbenny · 12-30-2007, 08:03 PM

Just watched it. My thoughts....

Clementi v Guillard: Not a bad fight, I thought guillard may win, his ground game is horrible though. Was funny after the fight.
Sokoudjou v Machida: I expected it to go pretty similar to this, except ithought Machida would win by decision. I like Machida, his technique is great, he was so dominant here, and must be a contendow now with that win.
Palalei v Sanchez: How crap was Palalei - i looked at his record and he has a damn good one, but he was so dreadfull it was baffling me. He made Sanchez look good, but credit where its due, Sanchez did do pretty decent.
Liddel v Silva: WOW. That was an amazing fight, lived up to the expectations and more. I may have to download that fight and watch it again tomorrow. I had Chuck winning 29-28, Wanderlei winning the middle round. Was class fight, all the way through. You better believe Liddel is back.
St Pierre v Hughes: How dominant was St Pierre! I expected him to win, but not with that ease. Took Hughes down at will and shrugged off the Hughes takedown attempts. Made Hughes, one of the best welterweights ever, look poor. He's gonna smash Serra.

Overall: 9/10. All good fights cept for the Palalei v Sanchez one (thanks Palelei for stopping it getting the 10), but i'm just so happy that the Silva-iddel fight lived up to the hype, i had a horrible deeling it would be a snoozefest, similar to the Liddel v Jardine fight, but boy was i wrong. Amazing fight, i could watch it over and over.

I'm very happy with the card, lived up to my high expectations. Can anyone beat St Pierre? He's looked unbeatable in his last 2 fights.

Also suprisingly the prelims sounded a bit crap, i've read the commentary for them and they all sound pretty boring, which is a bit of a suprise, as many times the prelims are more exciting than the main cards.