Shogun Rua vs Jon "Bones" Jones
From the beginning of Round one it seemed that Jones was setting the pace of the fight. Shogun made various attempts to damage the challenger and succeeded with minimal damage. Rua was out matched by Jones’ long reach,which made it hard for him to get in from any angle. The fight turned ending surprisingly when Jon caught Shogun with a kick which stunned him and put him to the mat. Next the champion then got up still walking on queer street he walked into a furry from Jones which started with a knee and ended with a battered Shogun on the ground.
A great fight overall- but one can't help but wonder if Jones has enough of the experience to keep the belt or if Rashad wrestle it from him later this year.
Mirko Filopovic Cro Crop vs Brendan Shaub
The day was filled with anticipation at the thought of such a great card. Recently a lot of smack talked filled the airwaves from Schaub in regards to the Cro cop vs Schaub fight. So like so many others I was on the edge of my seat again anticipating another Cro Cop fight.
The first few rounds of the fight were pretty evenly scored. The two seemed to be exchanging pretty evenly. I thought it was going to have to go to the hands of the judges.However in the middle of round 3 the fight ended quickly when Mirko began to throw a left low kick and was stopped by Brendan’s overhand right which caught in him square in the temple –folding Mirko to the ground. Afterward we overheard how Brendan is such a big fan of Mirkos he even remarked to Mirko that he started in the sport because of him.
Now, again the rumors have began to circulate about Mirko retiring from the UFC or Dana dropping him since his most recent fights haven’t been Cro Cop knockouts. But I hope before they hand Mirko his UFC walking papers that they consider how many fans this legend brings to the seats and why we keep coming, because obviously this man keeps bringing his best no matter the consequences and he keeps influencing the sport. If that is the case hopefully Strikeforce will capitalize on this man’s talent and existing fanbase before bringing in another newcomer.
Strikeforce by Out
Can you believe that Zuffa bought Strikeforce -Thanks to the real scoop from Inside MMA this past week--They claim they will keep business as usual and seperate business but I do smell Superfights in the future both here and in Japan! whoo! :)
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Way to guys! ~Gwen ;)
photo from :CROCOP.INFO
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
UFC 126
The fight began and you could see the two fighters beginning to feel eachother out. Anderson stalked Vitor sizing up his punches methodically. Anderson seemed quite comfortable in his defense as Vitor finally attempted to exchange. After only a few minutes ( 3:25 )into the first round Vitor began to get comfortable and dropped his hands and Anderson capitalized on his relaxed form and then teep kicked Vitor in true Muay Thai fashion knocking him out.
Jones truly set the pace of the fight while still defending a few Bader submissions and ended up submitting Bader with a second round gullotine choke earning him a title shot.
The bout for Light-Heavyweight Champion will take place in March with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua against John Jones since "Suga" Rashad Evans was recently injured.
VITAL STATISTICS
Name Mauricio Rua
Nick Name Shogun
Record 19 - 4 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Wins 16 (T)KOs ( 84.21 %)
1 Submissions ( 5.26 %)
2 Decisions ( 10.53 %)
Losses 1 (T)KOs ( 25 %)
2 Submissions ( 50 %)
1 Decisions ( 25 %)
Association Universidade da Luta
Weight 201lbs (92kg)
Birth Date 1981-11-25
City Curitiba
Country Brazil
Nicknamed Shogun, Rua was the winner of the PRIDE Fighting Championship's 2005 Middleweight (205 lb) Grand Prix. He received a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Nino Schembri after winning the Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix, as well as being a black belt in Muay Thai.
It looks like Jones will have his work cut out for him if he wants to win over the Chute Box Academy graduate!
::Fight Byte::
Did you know?
Muay Thai is also called the science of 8 limbs
Watch for Rua vs Jones in March at UFC 128!
excerpt from: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maur%C3%ADcio_Rua
Anderson Silva vs Vitor Belfort
Anderson " The Spider" Silva lives up to his nickname
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Forrest Griffin and Rich Franklin
The two exchanged pretty evenly for three rounds, with Forrest winning a 29-28 decision.
John Jones vs Ryan Bader
Jones truly set the pace of the fight while still defending a few Bader submissions and ended up submitting Bader with a second round gullotine choke earning him a title shot.
Light -Heavy Weight Champion "Shogun" prepares for new contender
The bout for Light-Heavyweight Champion will take place in March with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua against John Jones since "Suga" Rashad Evans was recently injured.
VITAL STATISTICS
Name Mauricio Rua
Nick Name Shogun
Record 19 - 4 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)
Wins 16 (T)KOs ( 84.21 %)
1 Submissions ( 5.26 %)
2 Decisions ( 10.53 %)
Losses 1 (T)KOs ( 25 %)
2 Submissions ( 50 %)
1 Decisions ( 25 %)
Association Universidade da Luta
Weight 201lbs (92kg)
Birth Date 1981-11-25
City Curitiba
Country Brazil
Nicknamed Shogun, Rua was the winner of the PRIDE Fighting Championship's 2005 Middleweight (205 lb) Grand Prix. He received a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Nino Schembri after winning the Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix, as well as being a black belt in Muay Thai.
It looks like Jones will have his work cut out for him if he wants to win over the Chute Box Academy graduate!
::Fight Byte::
Did you know?
Muay Thai is also called the science of 8 limbs
Watch for Rua vs Jones in March at UFC 128!
excerpt from: wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maur%C3%ADcio_Rua
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Fighter to watch in 2011
girlswithmuscle.com."Rin Nakia"
Rin Nakai -Shooto Dojo Shikoku camp
Sengoku- Soul of Fight Dec 30, 2010
Rin Nakai vs. Mika Harigai
Rin had an impressive quick 10TH win that went something like this-- a round of pounding, then a shoot -ending in a take down, finally finishing with a stong armed kimora!
Prior to making her MMA debut, as a freelance, Nakai had four grappling matches on July 23, 2006 at Smackgirl Grappling Queen Tournament 2006 in the middleweight tournament. She defeated Harumi by armbar and ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship 2007 finalist Felicia Oh by points (10-4). She lost against Takayo Hashi by points (4-17) and Akiko Ninomiya by referee decision after drawing in points (0-0, advantages 2-2), and finished in fourth place
MMA RECORD
Total 10
Wins 10
By knockout 3
By submission 4
By decision 3
Losses 0
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Way to go Rin! ~Gwen ;)
excerpt from wikipedia.com
and photo by: girlswithmuscle.com
Strikeforce - Diaz vs Cyborg
The Welterweight Champion keeps his title.
Nick's slightly akward stand up skills met their match in Evangelista Cyborg. Although some might argue that Cyborg set the pace of the fight early on by landing low kicks to Diaz's lead leg time and time again. The tables turned when it hit the ground and Diaz submitted Cyborg with an armbar in the second round.
Another fight that stood out from the night was "Jacare" vs Lawler
After the fight when asked if he wanted to fight Strikeforce's own Jason "Mayhem" Miller "Jacare" replied stoically“You kidding me man? I beat this guy two times. No more!”
* I am thinking perhaps he will change his mind these days, since we know now so many Bully Beatdown fans would pay to see that -me included !~Go Mahem!
Gwen ;)
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Nick Diaz and Evangelista Cyborg
Nick's slightly akward stand up skills met their match in Evangelista Cyborg. Although some might argue that Cyborg set the pace of the fight early on by landing low kicks to Diaz's lead leg time and time again. The tables turned when it hit the ground and Diaz submitted Cyborg with an armbar in the second round.
Another fight that stood out from the night was "Jacare" vs Lawler
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Ronaldo "Jacare"Souza
"Jacare" survived his first title defense. Opponent Robbie Lawler knocked him hard in the first round and the stunned "Jacare" looked shaken.“He has a hard punch, man!” said Souza of Lawler, but although initally stunned "Jacare" gained his composure and rested back on his jui jitsu strengths and won by rear naked choke.
* I am thinking perhaps he will change his mind these days, since we know now so many Bully Beatdown fans would pay to see that -me included !~Go Mahem!
Gwen ;)
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Strikeforce Challengers
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Jan. 7 2011 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville,TN
(Brief overview of night below)
Nunes vs Budd
The women grabbed the Strikeforce spotlight again. Overall It was a great night of fights, but I especially liked the Nunes Budd fight --go figure! Nunes was like a little pitbull pouncing with her striking --knocking out Budd just 14 seconds! However I still don't think she would size up against the champion's striking power though. If they end up fighting I don't think it will go in Nunes' favor and Cyborg will overpower her.
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Champion -Cristiano Cyborg -Chute Boxe Camp
Humphrey vs Ovince Saint Preux
The Abongo Humpry /OSP fight was a good one too-- I thought Abongo was going to get the win since he pretty much set the pace--but he ended up lacking on the ground.
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Cormier vs Cole
The Cormier/Cole fight was a great one too. Many of us were surpised by his stand up as well as his ground and pound too.
Woodley vs Saffiedine
Finally the main event Woodly "T- Wood" vs "Sponge" Saffiedine was impressive.Although Sponge was most active and he had a strong third round,Woodley controlled the first two rounds, and dictated the action and won the desicion.
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Strikeforce Challengers Nashville did not disappoint. The night was filled with action even a few knees!~
Gwen ;)
Gwen ;)
*photos courtesy of http://www.cagetoday.com/, http://www.strikeforce.com/
http://www.sbnation.com/ , www.nhbnews.blogspot.com and http://www.sherdog.com/
http://www.sbnation.com/ , www.nhbnews.blogspot.com and http://www.sherdog.com/
Coming soon-
Jan 29th Strikeforce
Diaz vs Cyborg
Strikefroce returns to HP Pavilion in San Jose as Welterweight Champ Nick Diaz will face Evangelista Cyborg and Middleweight Champ Jacare Souza will square off with Robbie Lawler!
Friday, July 2, 2010
UFC 115 and Strike Force
UFC 115-- CRO COP VS BARRY and LIDDELL VS FRANKLIN
For those that missed it -it was a great night of fights! But although the card held many favorites including Chuck the "Ice Man" Liddell no fight stuck out more than Mirko Filopovic "Cro Cop" vs Pat Barry.
UFC 115 was held in the City of Vancouver, Canada on Saturday, June 12. I have to admit I was on the edge of my seat watching the
TWO amazing strikers going at it full force. Each round becoming more and more fiercesome. While these two fighters battled all the while you could see the respect for one another in each of their eyes. Before long Cro Cop did take the victory, but Pat Barry did not leave anything behind.
photo and excerpt courtesy of : Sherdog.com
“I never met Pat, but I definitely like the guy,” said Cro Cop. “Not because he said that I’m one of his favorite fighters; I like him because he’s very polite and I don’t like that tough attitude of fighting at the press conference. This is just a sport and I like people who act like sportsmen. Pat is definitely a sportsman, he’s a good fighter, a good striker, and that’s what I like. I prefer to stay in the standup position, Patrick will stay in the standup position, it will be a good standup war and I think the audience will be very satisfied with the fight. The second thing is that there will be many Croatian fans and flags, and what fighter could wish for more than that? A good opponent and an excellent audience, that’s all I can wish for.”
By Thomas Gerbasi
Read the entire story at: http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=82605
references: Sherdog.com
StrikeForce
Fedor "The Last Emporer" Emelianenko vs Fabricio Werdum
excerpt taken from: Bloody Elbow.com
by: Kid Nate
The biggest upset in MMA history happened tonight.Fabricio Werdum trapped Fedor Emelianenko in a triangle- arm bar and forced the tap in the first round.
The world's #1 heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko put his reputation, but no title belt, on the line against Brazilian jiu jitsu ace Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce: Fedor vs Werdum.
Going into the bout, a great deal of controversy swirled about whether or not Fedor, riding a ten year undefeated streak, remains the undisputed beat heavyweight in the game with the UFC's Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin, Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez rising fast.
Fedor appeared unphased by the controversy, displaying his usual preternatural calm in the cage. Big John McCarthy, another MMA legend in exile from the UFC, reffed the match.
Werdum landed first with a glancing leg kick but it wasn't long before Fedor dropped him with a hard series of punches. Fedor lept into Werdum's guard and quickly found himself trapped by the former jiu jitsu world champion. Werdum locked up a triangle and used it to get the arm bar.
Cyborg vs Finney
excerpt taken from:Fightline.com
http://www.fightline.com/fl/news/2010/0626/529543/strikeforce-fedor-vs-werdum/index.shtml by Tim Ngo
Finney lands a nice right and appears to have upset Cyborg. The champ has her clinched against the cage and lands some knees to the thigh.
Cybog lands some bombs in the center of the cage and connects with a sick Muay Thai knee to the grill that drops Finney.
Finney survives and fights on. Cyborg lands some more power shots against the cage and drops Finney again. Finney will not quit.
Cyborg putting on a striking exhibition as she drops Finney again. Cyborg lands some knees to the body and is destroying Finney.
Ref takes point away from Cyborg for hitting to the back of the head. She warned Cyborg multiple times before stopping the bout to deduct.
Cyborg picks up where she left off and lands countless shots to the grill. Finney will not quit despite the barrage.
Cyborg stands over her and is waiting for ref to stop it. Finney is hanging in on though. Fans start booing, perhaps want fight stopped.
To say it's one-sided would be an understatement. Ref needs to watch Finney carefully in the second round. 9-8 Cyborg due to point deduction.
Finney lands another nice right to start a round. Cyborg is pissed again and starts pounding away. Crowd is booing because Finney ...
drops to the ground to protect herself. Finney is game, but Cyborg is killing her with vicious power shots to the face.
Cyborg drops her with a knee and drops a few shots before the fight is stopped. Cyborg easily defends her crown.
Cung Le vs Scott Smith
Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos Defeated Jan Finney via KO at 2:56 in the second round (Cyborg retains Strikeforce Women's Middleweight Title)
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* Overall this was a good fight to watch-- I was disappointed that Finney didn't put up more of a fight, but who could blame her she was fighting CYBORG!This woman is unstoppable!?~Gwen
Cung Le vs Scott Smith -II
Another great fight of the night!
Cung Le triumphed over Scott with his Sanshou skills.
Excerpt taken from:MMA FIGHTING by: Ben Fowlkes and photo by Jeff Chui
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The is the Strikeforce live blog for Cung Le vs. Scott Smith, a middleweight bout on tonight's Strikeforce and M-1 Global event from the HP Pavillion.
Le will look to avenge a painful loss to Smith last December when they meet for this rematch. Le was dominating their first encounter until a third-round knockout dealt him his first career loss.
The live blog is below.
Round 1: Smith gets after Le right away, closing the distance and forcing him into the fence. It's a partisan crowd for Le here tonight, but Smith had to be expecting that. The Vietnamese flags are out in force. Le deftly avoids a lunging punch from Smith and then tags him with a right. He's moving away from Smith's power and looking to counter, but Smith, true to his claims, is going after him and looking for the knockout. Le knocks Smith back up against the fence and Smith shoots in for a single-leg, but he's not even close to finishing it. Le softens up his body with some short punches. Smith works his way up to his feet and then nails Le with a hard hook. Le comes back with a head kick that's mostly blocked, then a two-punch combo that wobbles Smith. Smith looking for the single-leg again in the final seconds, but more as a respite from the stand-up game than legitimate strategy. MMA Fighting scores the round 10-9 for Le.
Round 2: They're right back to banging on each other in the second round, and Le unleashes another head kick that's mostly blocked, but still seems unpleasant. A spinning back kick to the gut drops Smith. Le follows him to the mat and picks his spots to punch, but Smith holds on and gets back to his feet. Another back kick to the stomach from Le and Smith is down again, clearly in a lot of pain. Le moves in carefully and lands several damaging blows. No answer from Smith, and that'll be it.
Cung Le def. Scott Smith via TKO (strikes) at 1:46 of round 2
( *Remember Cung Le left the ring to focus on his move career for a short while- watch for him in the new movie Tekken and Pandorum!)
Did you know? Cung Le's martial art's method is Sanshou
Sanshou (Chinese: 散手; pinyin: sǎnshǒu; literally "free hand") or Sanda (Chinese: 散打; pinyin: sǎndǎ; literally "free fighting") or an "unsanctioned fight" is a Chinese hand-to-hand self-defense system and combat sport.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
UFC 107 -Penn vs Sanchez a night to remember!
Sherdog.com http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/UFC-107-Results-and-Live-Play-by-Play-21462
Monday, December 14, 2009
Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo
Mir floors Kongo with a left hook lead. Mir pounces and locks up a
guillotine. Mir tells referee Herb Dean that Kongo is out. Dean lifts the arm
of Kongo to verify, and it’s confirmed. Frank Mir chokes Cheick Kongo out
cold with a guillotine at 1:12 of the opening frame.
UFC Lightweight Championship
B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez
Round 1
Penn is all over Sanchez from the start as he belts the challenger with a right hook. Sanchez falls face first and
Penn is peppering him with punches from both hands. Sanchez is hardly defending, but referee Herb Dean
does a tremendous job in letting the fighters work. Sanchez takes a beating but he’s still in the game. Sanchez
gets to his feet and now is fighting very tentative as he clears his head. Penn snaps Sanchez’s head back with
a jab and a right hand. Another right straight clips the chin of Sanchez. Sanchez, bleeding from the bridge of
his nose by the right eye, shoots in for a single. Penn sprawls and defends beautifully. Sanchez opens up and
is smashed by a right-hand counter. Sanchez walks to the wrong corner at the bell.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-8 Penn
Penn measures Sanchez off and fires a right-hand lead that falls short. The challenger shoots for a single and
swoops up Penn’s left leg. The champion’s balance is amazing. He hops on one foot and avoids the
takedown while making it look easy. Again Sanchez shoots and fails. The crowd starts to chant “B.J., B.J.”
Penn has taken control of the center of the Octagon. Sanchez is circling while Penn cuts off the cage.
Sanchez drops levels for two more takedowns and it’s clear that he can’t take Penn down early in the fight.
Sanchez throws a sloppy right hook and Penn uses head movement to avoid it, just as he has since the
opening bell. Sanchez briefly trips Penn to the floor, but the Hawaiian hops back to his feet in less than a
second. Through two rounds, Penn is both dominating and more fresh in terms of wind.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Penn
Round 3
Sanchez charges in for a takedown and is still unable to secure it. Penn’s balance and space is too refined.
Sanchez puts his head down and looks at the floor while throwing a one-two. The punches miss their mark
by a foot. A left-footed head kick is blocked by Penn and the fight goes back to the clinch as Diego misses
on another takedown. Penn cracks Sanchez with a standing elbow. Sanchez is displaying his best war face,
but he’s been unable to land a single significant strike or takedown. Puts stuffs another and roughs Sanchez
up with a right hook. Penn bounces on his right foot while Sanchez tries desperately to drag him to the floor.
Penn has none of it, and lands another right hand before time expires.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Penn
Round 4
Sanchez attempts a head kick that doesn’t come within feet of Penn. The champion connects with right hook
as Sanchez tries to clinch. Penn backs Sanchez up to the fence and hurts him with a right hand that crisply
follows a jab. Penn lands another right hand that forces Sanchez to retreat. A resilient Sanchez tries
takedown after takedown, but he just can’t execute it. The pace slows as Sanchez works for a double
against the fence. Penn defends by pushing the head down. The crowd goes restless and begins to boo. Penn
chucks Sanchez off and returns to the center of the cage. Sanchez comes forward and Penn blasts him with a
right-hand lead.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Penn
Round 5
Sanchez has an awful cut on his bottom lip. Cornerman Saulo Ribeiro pleas with Sanchez to take Penn down
in between rounds. Sanchez comes out and tries just that, but he has no chance. Sanchez pushes his head to
the floor and beats him up with punches and elbows. Sanchez stands and Penn lands a head kick that opens
up a three-inch cut above the left eye of Sanchez. The challenger tries for a desperation takedown that is
easily defended. Blood is pouring from the face of Sanchez and Herb Dean calls time to have the cut
examined. The cavernous gap is jagged and wide, which gives the doctor no choice but to call and end to the
fight. The official time is 2:37 or round five.
photos from:
Sherdog.com
vo2ov.com
urdirt.com
pics4city.com
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We had great fight seats at the fight, we were lucky enough to sit in the midst of the fighters family section so throughout the coarse of the night we were overwhelmed with cheers, jeers and cries of the Penn/Sanchez section.
What more can I say, Memphis left a lasting impression on me--overall the weekend was filled with fun, excitement, fun with some great people, amazing BBQ (and a trolley~ -I say loved it! Gwen ;)
Monday, December 14, 2009
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Sherdog.com reports from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn.,
with UFC 107 results and live play-by-play. In the main event,
lightweight champion B.J. Penn will put his title on the line against
challenger Diego Sanchez.
with UFC 107 results and live play-by-play. In the main event,
lightweight champion B.J. Penn will put his title on the line against
challenger Diego Sanchez.
Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo
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Round 1
Mir floors Kongo with a left hook lead. Mir pounces and locks up a
guillotine. Mir tells referee Herb Dean that Kongo is out. Dean lifts the arm
of Kongo to verify, and it’s confirmed. Frank Mir chokes Cheick Kongo out
cold with a guillotine at 1:12 of the opening frame.
UFC Lightweight Championship
B.J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez
Round 1
Penn is all over Sanchez from the start as he belts the challenger with a right hook. Sanchez falls face first and
Penn is peppering him with punches from both hands. Sanchez is hardly defending, but referee Herb Dean
does a tremendous job in letting the fighters work. Sanchez takes a beating but he’s still in the game. Sanchez
gets to his feet and now is fighting very tentative as he clears his head. Penn snaps Sanchez’s head back with
a jab and a right hand. Another right straight clips the chin of Sanchez. Sanchez, bleeding from the bridge of
his nose by the right eye, shoots in for a single. Penn sprawls and defends beautifully. Sanchez opens up and
is smashed by a right-hand counter. Sanchez walks to the wrong corner at the bell.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-8 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-8 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-8 Penn
photo from: vo2ov.com
Round 2
swoops up Penn’s left leg. The champion’s balance is amazing. He hops on one foot and avoids the
takedown while making it look easy. Again Sanchez shoots and fails. The crowd starts to chant “B.J., B.J.”
Penn has taken control of the center of the Octagon. Sanchez is circling while Penn cuts off the cage.
Sanchez drops levels for two more takedowns and it’s clear that he can’t take Penn down early in the fight.
Sanchez throws a sloppy right hook and Penn uses head movement to avoid it, just as he has since the
opening bell. Sanchez briefly trips Penn to the floor, but the Hawaiian hops back to his feet in less than a
second. Through two rounds, Penn is both dominating and more fresh in terms of wind.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Penn
Round 3
Sanchez charges in for a takedown and is still unable to secure it. Penn’s balance and space is too refined.
Sanchez puts his head down and looks at the floor while throwing a one-two. The punches miss their mark
by a foot. A left-footed head kick is blocked by Penn and the fight goes back to the clinch as Diego misses
on another takedown. Penn cracks Sanchez with a standing elbow. Sanchez is displaying his best war face,
but he’s been unable to land a single significant strike or takedown. Puts stuffs another and roughs Sanchez
up with a right hook. Penn bounces on his right foot while Sanchez tries desperately to drag him to the floor.
Penn has none of it, and lands another right hand before time expires.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Penn
Round 4
Sanchez attempts a head kick that doesn’t come within feet of Penn. The champion connects with right hook
as Sanchez tries to clinch. Penn backs Sanchez up to the fence and hurts him with a right hand that crisply
follows a jab. Penn lands another right hand that forces Sanchez to retreat. A resilient Sanchez tries
takedown after takedown, but he just can’t execute it. The pace slows as Sanchez works for a double
against the fence. Penn defends by pushing the head down. The crowd goes restless and begins to boo. Penn
chucks Sanchez off and returns to the center of the cage. Sanchez comes forward and Penn blasts him with a
right-hand lead.
Jordan Breen scores the round 10-9 Penn
Brian Knapp scores the round 10-9 Penn
Mike Fridley scores the round 10-9 Penn
Round 5
Sanchez has an awful cut on his bottom lip. Cornerman Saulo Ribeiro pleas with Sanchez to take Penn down
in between rounds. Sanchez comes out and tries just that, but he has no chance. Sanchez pushes his head to
the floor and beats him up with punches and elbows. Sanchez stands and Penn lands a head kick that opens
up a three-inch cut above the left eye of Sanchez. The challenger tries for a desperation takedown that is
easily defended. Blood is pouring from the face of Sanchez and Herb Dean calls time to have the cut
examined. The cavernous gap is jagged and wide, which gives the doctor no choice but to call and end to the
fight. The official time is 2:37 or round five.
urdirt.com (photo from)
References/ Source
Excerpt /Story from Sherdog.com
photos from:
Sherdog.com
vo2ov.com
urdirt.com
pics4city.com
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We had great fight seats at the fight, we were lucky enough to sit in the midst of the fighters family section so throughout the coarse of the night we were overwhelmed with cheers, jeers and cries of the Penn/Sanchez section.
What more can I say, Memphis left a lasting impression on me--overall the weekend was filled with fun, excitement, fun with some great people, amazing BBQ (and a trolley~ -I say loved it! Gwen ;)
Richard Bertrand judged that night of fights, he introduced us to some great people and sent us a token to remember the night!
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