So I probably should have stuck with my original feeling about this card, boooring... The best fights were the free prelims on spike, I didn't get to see the undercard fights and they didn't even award a knockout of the night. it has taken me so long to get this blog up because I have found it very difficult to find the motivation to even want to write about these fights.
The prelims featured two fights,
Matt Mitrione vs. Joey Beltran - heavyweight
This fight was so good! It was awarded one of the two fights of the night. MItrione or "Meathead" was on the 10th season of the Ultimate Fighter. He was coached by Rashad Evans and lost out in the quarter finals. Before the fight his UFC record was 2-0. I considered it more 1-0, each fighter actually only counting for half a fight. His two wins were against two fellow cast members Marcus "Big Baby" Jones and Kimbo Slice. Although those fights ended by KO and TKO so obviously the guy does have skills. His opponent Joey "The Mexicutioner" Beltran. He comes from King of the Cage and total combat and before this fight had only three fights in the UFC. The two fighters get in a few big exchanges, both swinging, not looking like they're really defending at that point. The first two rounds are definitely split, one to each fighter and in the last second of the third round they get in another big exchange. The fighters both ended the fight smiling and acknowledging the great battle, thats the way I like to see it end. Meathead gets the unanimous decision in his hometown.
C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen - middleweight
Very early in the first round the two get into an exchange and end up on the mat. Dollaway gets a guillotine choke. He plays it very smart, he doesn't waste his arm strength, just holds it and waits for Doerksen to tire. He gets the open and tightens the choke to win by submission in the first round. Too bad for the
The rest of the fights were a bit of a snooze fest...
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens - lightweight
Guillard wins by split decision. I wasn't surprised that it was split but one judge had it 30-27, what?! Stephens without a doubt had the third round.
Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham - lightweight
This fight was pretty crazy. First round Dunham got a huge cut just to the side of his right eye and I mean huge, I'm shocked that the doctor didn't call it. Blood was all over his face, he looked like something out of a horror movie. Sherk kept giving Dunham an open guillotine but for some reason Dunham just couldn't hold it. Sherks neck is just too dang big. It somehow went all three rounds and Sherk grabs the split decision. Again, what?! Sherk got a few takedowns but man if the judges use "aggression" as a scoring factor Dunham definitely ran that fight. The dude has a hole in his head and kept fighting!!
Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle – welterweight
Boooooring, Lytle pretty much runs the fight and tadaa gets the decision win 30-27 from all three judges.
Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueiro - light heavyweight
It was a decent fight, Bader definitely has the first round, knocking Nog down a couple times, landing some big hits. Of course it goes all three rounds and Bader wins unanimous decision 30-27 from all judges. I definitely thought Nog got the second round though so again, what the heck are the judges watching?!
Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop - heavyweight
This fight was awful! I'm not even sure Cro Cop showed up. He hardly threw any kicks, maybe one right leg. The biggest kick came from the ref, Herb Dean when he tapped the guys with his foot before he has to separate them AGAIN! Nobody was impressed with this fight. Joe Rogan starts to say things in the third round like; "It's the fans who lost in this fight", "It looks like they made a silent agreement to keep aggression to a minimum", and "Now is a good time to get you potato chips if you're out!". In the middle of Rogans stand up routine Mir gets a knee that knocks Cro Cop right out. Then when he jumps on him to make sure he's out he misses!! This win was ugly. At least Mir admitted it wasn't a pretty win and I'm so glad they didn't give him knockout of the night even for the only knockout.
Sorry if I made any mistake, I honestly wasn't paying that close attention at some points. So I guess two of my picks won it, 3 should have but what can you do. That's why Dana always says don't leave it up to the judges...
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