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Preliminary Card

Welterweight bout: Brazil Fernando Bettega vs. United States Wayne Phillips

Rd 1 – Fighters touch gloves and begin the round.  Both fighters throw punches, but nothing lands clean. Now Bettega pushes Phillips against the cage. Phillips turns him around and drops down for a single leg.  Phillips gets the takedown and ends up in Bettega’s guard. Phillips is holding him down, but doesnt seem to be trying for much. Bettega looks to be going for a guillotine, but has no luck. Big John has seen enough and stands them back up. Phillips lands a couple decent shots at the 10 second mark.

Replay MMA scores the round 10-9 for Phillips

Rd 2 – The action has picked up a bit to start the second round. Both fighters throw shots, but nothing lands too cleanly.  Phillips tries for a nice head kick that almost connects.  Phillips appears to be the more technical striker as he tries to work a couple nice jabs.  Battega has thrown nothing but wild hooks so far. Phillips goes for a takedown, but Battega stuffs it. Phillips lands a nice body kick and Battega answers with a leg kick that connects.  The fight is a little slow and crowd is growing restless.  The bell to end the round is followed by a bit of booing.

Replay MMA scores the round 10-9 Phillips

Rd3 – Both fighters dance around and Phillips throws a couple jabs. One lands. Now a little more dancing and booing. Phillips lands a really nice body kick that he follows up with a left hook.  Battega wears it well and returns a shot of his own.  Phillips barely misses with a giant Jeremy Stephens style uppercut and then shoots in for the takedown.  Battega goes for a guillotine, but Phillips escapes pretty easily.  Phillips is in his opponents halfguard and is trying to pass with no success. Phillips throws some shots, but nothing significant.  The round ends and the booing begins. 

Replay MMA scores the round 10-9 for Phillips and the fight 30-27 Phillips.

The judges disagree however, and award Battega the split decision. 

Lightweight bout: United States Justin Lawrence vs. Russia Max Martynuk

Rd1 – Lawrence lands a nice leg kick.  Martynuk rushes in and tries to land a right hand, but Lawrence changes levels and takes him down with ease.  Lawrence is in Martynuk’s half guard and effortlessly switches to mount. Now he goes for an arm triangle and it looks deep. Martynuk manages to escape what looked to be a very tight submission. Lawrence stays in side control while Martynuk throws punches from the bottom that do not look to be bothering Lawrence.  Justin rides out the rest of the round in side control, not landing much, but easily controlling him.

Replay MMA scores the round 10-9 for Justin Lawrence.

Rd2 – Round starts slowly. Lawrence lands a nice legkick.  Max throws a right and a left, both hit the air, but miss Lawrence.  Lawrence tags Max with a big right hand. Justin throws a head kick that barely misses and now he unloads a flurry of shots that drop Max. Lawrence follows through with some nice ground and pund. The fight looks to be over, but Max manages to regain his composure. Justin stands back up and throws a nice leg kicks. Right before the ten second mark Lawrence throws a Brazillian kick that almost lands.

Replay MMA scores the rd 10-9 for Justin Lawrence.

Rd3 – Lawrence stars the round throwing a couple leg kicks. Lawrence lands a monstrous left hook that drops Max and then makes a huge mistake by throwing a kick directly into the face of a downed Max Martynuk.  Big John steps in to break it up and check on Max.  Martynuk is unable to continue and the fight is stopped.  They consider it an accidental foul and go to the scorecards.

The judges score the fight 30-27 for Justin Lawrence.

Light Heavyweight bout: United States Terrell Brown vs. United States Patrick Cummins

Cummins immediately shoots for the takedown, Brown stops it. Brown fakes a leg kick. Cummins is landing some nice little jabs. Now he grabs a single leg and forces brown to the mat. Cummins goes directly to side control with little resistance and starts looking for a submission on Brown’s right arm.  Brown manages to get to halfguard, but its not helping as Cummins is landing HUGE shots. Cummins stands up and continues the barrage. The shots are landing hard and the ref is forced to step in and call the fight.

Pat Cummins wins by vicious ground and pound halfway through round 1.

Middleweight bout: United States Lucas Lopez vs. United States Cortez Coleman

Rd1 – Cortez comes out looking very light on his feet and throwing big rights and lefts. Lopez shoots for the takedown, Coleman stuffs it and almost immediately goes for a guillotine. Coleman secures the guillotine and Lopez is forced to tap barely 2 minutes into the first round.

Cortez Coleman wins via guillotine choke 2:04 into the first round.

Light Heavyweight bout: United States Lee Brousseau vs. United States Mike Glen

Rd1 – Both fighters come out trading heavy. Glenn shoots for a takedown and gets stuffed. Glenn is on his knees getting pounded for at least 30 seconds straight. Glenn is taking some good shots.  Glenn manages to put Brousseau on his back. Glenn takes side control. Now he switches to mount and starts raining bombs. Brousseau is having trouble defending the ground and pound. Big John is forced to step in and call the fight. Great comeback win for Mike Glenn. Very exciting undercard fight.

Mike Glenn wins by TKO stoppage 2:00 minutes into the first round.

Lightweight bout: United States Tom Aaron vs. United States Matt Ricehouse

Rd 1 – Both fighters feeling each other out. Aaron gets the takedown.  Aaron trys for sidecontrol, changes his mind and decides to stand back up. Ricehouse lands a big shot and drops green .  Fighters scramble and wind up back on their feet. Both fighters throwing knees. Now they are clinched against the cage.  Aaron goes for takedown and ends up in the guard of Ricehouse. Green stands back up and almost immediately shoots for another takedown. Aaron lands a big shot at the ten second mark.

Replay MMA scores rd 10-9 for Aaron

Rd2 – Both fighters feeling each other out to start rd 2. Ricehouse lands a good right hand then gets the takedown. Ricehouse is in side control, but Aaron is doing a good job of defending himself.  aaron manages to return to his feet and fighters clinch against the cage.  Aaron looks to be bleeding a little from the top of his head. Ricehouse has Aaron pinned against the cage and is throwing the occasional knee to the body. Big John steps in and seperates them.  Ricehouse presses Aaron against the cage and this time gets a big takedown.  Ricehouse ends the round in halfguard.

Replay MMA scores Rd 2 10-9 for Ricehouse

Rd3 – Ricehouse throws superman punch and misses then he presses Aaron against the cage. Aaron shoots in for a single leg and Ricehouse goes for a guillotine.  Aaron escapes the guillotine attempt and gets Ricehouse to the ground. Ricehouse squirms out from underneath and forces his way into the mount position. Aaron kicks off the cage and escapes, but is beginning to look quite winded. Ricehouse lands a good knee to the body against the cage and gets another takedown. Ricehouse is in Aarons guard throwing punches to the body and short hammerfists to the face.  Aaron is doing a good job of avoiding any big shots, but is being controlled on the ground.  Ricehouse ends the round on Aaron’s back landing shots.

Replay MMA scores the 3rd and final round 10-9 Ricehouse. 

Replay MMA scores the fight 29-28 for Ricehouse

Matt Ricehouse wins the fight by unanimous decision.

Middleweight bout: United States Booker DeRousse vs. United States Coltin Cole

Catchweight (130 lbs) bout: United States Josh Epps vs. United States J.W. Wright

Main Card

Light Heavyweight bout: United States Benji Radach vs. Haiti Ovince St. Preux

The fighters enter the cage ready to get the main card started. The crowd is pumped.

Rd1 – Both fighters come out careful. St. Preux throws a body kick. A brief exchange near the cage leads to a Radach takedown. St. Preux uses the cage to make it back to his feet. Ovince looks to have some dangerous striking. A flurry of punches and kicks ends up with Benji dropping and Ovince taking his back.  St. Preux postures up and starts landing some absolute bombs. Ovince goes for the rear naked, but Radach avoids it.  St. Preux returns to the strikes and is hammering him from his back. At the ten second mark Ovince lets go and lands some big shots.

Replay MMA scores the round 10-9 St preux. Very close to a 10-8

Rd 2 – St. Preux lands a massive uppercut that drops Benji. St. Preux takes his back once again, its not looking good for Benji.  St. Preux has slowed his pace a little. he is picking his spots and landing clean with big shots from Benji’s back. St. Preux has freakishly long limbs that are allowing him to land some good left hands underneath the defense of Radach.  After three and a half minutes Benji manages to escape to guard. That doesnt last long as St Preux takes his back again. The round ends in this position. 

Replay MMA scores the round 10-9 for St. Preux

Rd 3 – Showing the massive heart that he has, Benji comes out on fire and lands a couple good shots. Then St. Preux lands a beautiful straight left that drops Benji. St. Preux takes his back. The ref decides he has seen enough of this position and stands them up. Benji shoots in for the takedown, but is denied.  The ref breaks them apart and Benji immediately shoots back in. Ovince throws a couple downward elbows from the clinch and the ref gives him a warning.  Benji secures a takedown and the fight ends with him on top.

Replay MMA scores the 3rd Round 10-9 St Preux

The judges award St Preux the unanimous decision.

Heavyweight bout: Brazil Antonio Silva vs United States Mike Kyle

Rd 1 – Both fighters enter the cage and the size difference is not quite as obvious as I had expected. 10 seconds in and Bigfoot is dropped hard by a big right hand. Kyle chases him to the mat and starts working some awesome ground and pound. Silva may actually be part sasquatch because most humans would have been knocked cold by this point. Bigfoot is able to recover and takes very few strikes for the rest of the round, besides a couple quick headbutts to the body that Kyle is scolded for.

Rd 2 – Bigfoot starts the round looking much better. He lands a really hard right hand that shakes up Kyle a little. Bigfoot  throws a legkick and then shoots for the takedown and is successful. Bigfoot starts landing his own ground and pound and goes for an anaconda choke. Kyle escapes, but ends up with Bigfoot mounted on top of him. Wow, Bigfoot applies the rape choke technique made famous by Wanderlei against Jardine and starts dropping rights on Kyle’s head that would kill a buffalo. there is nothing Kyle can do and the fight is finished at 2:49 of the second round.

Silva goes to check on Kyle after the fight and shows some of the great sportsmanship this sport is known for.

Antonio Silva wins via TKO stoppage. 

Welterweight bout: England Paul Daley vs. United States Scott Smith

Rd 1 – Fighters touch gloves and start the fight.  Smith is working the jab, he is looking quick at his new weight. Daley throws a left right combo that drops Smith. daley follows him to the ground and lands a couple punches, but Smith is able to get back to his feet.  Daley lands a left hook and Smith faceplants like a TON of bricks. There have been a lot of face first KOs in MMA. This might be the most devastating one I have ever seen. Smith’s face hitting the mat was almost as loud as the fireworks they set off before the fights. Wow.

After the fight, Daley calls out Noons. That will be an epic fight. Some of the best hooks in MMA going at it.

Paul Daley wins via “Sorry, Robbie mine was better” KO

Middleweight bout: United States Robbie Lawler vs. United States Matt Lindland

Rd 1 – the round starts with both fighters throwing shots. Robbie’s look much cleaner and its only a matter of time until one of Robbie’s shots end this fight. Robbie throws a right uppercut, left hook, right hook combo that flattens Lindland.  Lawler follows up with ground and pound that consists of one giant punch that would make Fedor jealous. Lindland is out cold. Lawler shows how good of a sport he is by stopping immediately after the first shot.  The first one was plenty.

Lawler wins via brutal, highlight reel KO.

Light Heavyweight bout: United States Dan Henderson vs. Brazil Renato Sobral

Rd 1 – After about 30 seconds of feeling each other out, Babalu throws a head kick that Hendo blocks.  Now Dan unleashes a right and a left and Babalu is down. Now he is working the ground and pound and just about every shot is making its way through. Babalu cant take much more of this. Bablu is out, the fight is over. Very impressive fight for Hendo.

Dan Henderson wins via KO

Awesome night of fights. The last 3 fights contained some of the best KOs of the year.