Nate Diaz (10-2) vs Clay "The Carpenter" Guida (24-6) Lightweight bout
Are you ready? Fight!
Diaz used his eight-inch reach advantage by peppering Guida with straight jabs. Diaz was the early aggressor as he was trying to pick apart his opponent.But when it went to the ground game, after Guida slammed Diaz, the Carpenter gained control to wear out his opponent. Guida was able to place himself on top and threw a few vicious elbows when Diaz avoided a submission attempt. The Carpenter gave Diaz a knee to the head when they were able to stand up and Diaz ended the round with a leg shot of his own.
The second round was more technical battle as Guida was trying to get a kumora on Diaz while the latter was expending a lot of energy fighting off the submission maneuver. Diaz is able to throw Guida twice on the mat but he isn't able to shake him off.
Sensing that the fight was going against him, Diaz came out throwing punches. The same instructions that Guida's corner advised their man.Diaz was able to land a solid right. About a minute later, he seemed to take control as he unleashed a barrage of punches that Guida had no answer for.
But Guida is far from finished as he is able to pin Diaz to the fence and try for another submission move. But with time running out, the fight was going to the scorecards. And Guida wins it in a split decision. He is the first man to beat Nate Diaz in the octagon.
Anthony Kiedes of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Michael Clarke Duncan were in the house.
Karo "The Heat" Parisyan (26-5) vs. Dong Hyun "The Stun Gun" Kim (welterweight bout) 11-1
A battle of judokas. If Parisyan popularized the use of judo in the octagon, now he's got what he wanted. A battle of black belters in judo.
Kim almost immediately got on Parisyan's back and the Heat slammed him twice but Kim refused to let go. Kim was able to get an arm bar but Karo was able to wriggle free. But all throughout, Kim was out working him with the grappling. When they'd break the clinch, few punches were thrown.
Save for one flip, Parisyan was never able to inflict his damage and power on Kim. After three rounds, it was again... going to the judges' collective decision. Incredibly, the victory was awarded to Parisyan via split decision to a cascade of boos.
Sorry but this was highway robbery.
Stephan "The American Psycho" Bonnar (14-4) vs. Jon Jones (7-0 ) in a light heavyweight bout
Jon Jones unorthodox moves really put the comebacking Bonnar in an early fix with a couple of takedowns, a suplex, and a spinning elbow strike that sent Bonnar down hard. The American Psycho took a knee to the face before the end of the first round.
In the second round, it was more of the same as Jones scored on a reverse kick and had a couple of takedowns on Bonnar whose best hope was to turn this to a toe-to-toe slugfest and not get into the grappling and technical fighting. And Jones showed fab technique with his suplexes. The Greco-Roman background (Jones was a JUCO Champ) was throwing Bonnar off guard.
Surprisingly, Bonnar entered the third looking to clinch despite his previous troubles there and he was able to get some solid licks in. If it didn't hurt Jones, it seemed he was losing steam. He just held on in a lackluster third round that went to the judges. A unanimous decision for Jones!
Lyoto "Dragon" Machida (13-0) vs Thiago Silva (13-0) in a light heavyweight bout of unbeatens
Machida's style has been to let his opponents chase him, cause them to miss then go on a quick counter. Thrice Silva fell for it. Thrice Silva got the bejeezus knocked out of him. None more telling and brutal than a knockout punch at the end of the first round that gave Michida the 14-0.
BJ Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre Welterweight Championship
Lesson to be learned from the results of this match? Stop boasting and go out and do it. For all of Penn's talk about taking St. Pierre's strength, pride, and killing him, he was thoroughly dominated and looked overmatched as St. Pierre gave him a can of ass whuppin! He was outslugged, outkneed, and outwrestled when the game went to the canvass. It was a virtual no contest and Penn only looked more like a loser after his corner cried "No mas" after the fourth and they didn't come out to fight.
Are you ready? Fight!
Diaz used his eight-inch reach advantage by peppering Guida with straight jabs. Diaz was the early aggressor as he was trying to pick apart his opponent.But when it went to the ground game, after Guida slammed Diaz, the Carpenter gained control to wear out his opponent. Guida was able to place himself on top and threw a few vicious elbows when Diaz avoided a submission attempt. The Carpenter gave Diaz a knee to the head when they were able to stand up and Diaz ended the round with a leg shot of his own.
The second round was more technical battle as Guida was trying to get a kumora on Diaz while the latter was expending a lot of energy fighting off the submission maneuver. Diaz is able to throw Guida twice on the mat but he isn't able to shake him off.
Sensing that the fight was going against him, Diaz came out throwing punches. The same instructions that Guida's corner advised their man.Diaz was able to land a solid right. About a minute later, he seemed to take control as he unleashed a barrage of punches that Guida had no answer for.
But Guida is far from finished as he is able to pin Diaz to the fence and try for another submission move. But with time running out, the fight was going to the scorecards. And Guida wins it in a split decision. He is the first man to beat Nate Diaz in the octagon.
Anthony Kiedes of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Michael Clarke Duncan were in the house.
Karo "The Heat" Parisyan (26-5) vs. Dong Hyun "The Stun Gun" Kim (welterweight bout) 11-1
A battle of judokas. If Parisyan popularized the use of judo in the octagon, now he's got what he wanted. A battle of black belters in judo.
Kim almost immediately got on Parisyan's back and the Heat slammed him twice but Kim refused to let go. Kim was able to get an arm bar but Karo was able to wriggle free. But all throughout, Kim was out working him with the grappling. When they'd break the clinch, few punches were thrown.
Save for one flip, Parisyan was never able to inflict his damage and power on Kim. After three rounds, it was again... going to the judges' collective decision. Incredibly, the victory was awarded to Parisyan via split decision to a cascade of boos.
Sorry but this was highway robbery.
Stephan "The American Psycho" Bonnar (14-4) vs. Jon Jones (7-0 ) in a light heavyweight bout
Jon Jones unorthodox moves really put the comebacking Bonnar in an early fix with a couple of takedowns, a suplex, and a spinning elbow strike that sent Bonnar down hard. The American Psycho took a knee to the face before the end of the first round.
In the second round, it was more of the same as Jones scored on a reverse kick and had a couple of takedowns on Bonnar whose best hope was to turn this to a toe-to-toe slugfest and not get into the grappling and technical fighting. And Jones showed fab technique with his suplexes. The Greco-Roman background (Jones was a JUCO Champ) was throwing Bonnar off guard.
Surprisingly, Bonnar entered the third looking to clinch despite his previous troubles there and he was able to get some solid licks in. If it didn't hurt Jones, it seemed he was losing steam. He just held on in a lackluster third round that went to the judges. A unanimous decision for Jones!
Lyoto "Dragon" Machida (13-0) vs Thiago Silva (13-0) in a light heavyweight bout of unbeatens
Machida's style has been to let his opponents chase him, cause them to miss then go on a quick counter. Thrice Silva fell for it. Thrice Silva got the bejeezus knocked out of him. None more telling and brutal than a knockout punch at the end of the first round that gave Michida the 14-0.
BJ Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre Welterweight Championship
Lesson to be learned from the results of this match? Stop boasting and go out and do it. For all of Penn's talk about taking St. Pierre's strength, pride, and killing him, he was thoroughly dominated and looked overmatched as St. Pierre gave him a can of ass whuppin! He was outslugged, outkneed, and outwrestled when the game went to the canvass. It was a virtual no contest and Penn only looked more like a loser after his corner cried "No mas" after the fourth and they didn't come out to fight.
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