WEC 48 Aldo VS Faber

Though many may consider men who enter an mma proving ground little more than hired human pitbulls ripping each other apart for massive money and radical amusement, I tend to reject this view via a yawn of black hole, concluding that professional level mma is the combat of highly disciplined human spirits, opposing each other for but the duration of the bout, probably ending up as unified in the process as we could conceive, simply through their magnificent shared experience of being in a cage where the damage one suffers is the wit one failed to exhibit. That is how, in my opinion, the mma fighter fights against herself/himself. The reaction of one's opponent is the reaction to whatever one could offer as offense.

Notice that the ultimately glorious moments of mixed martial arts are not of those of KOs and submissions. They are of those of hugging the formal rival at the end of the bout, circulating the most honest, pure respect spirit and related (?) intelligence may come upon, the limitless respect each fighter deserves simply by making an attempt of expressing themselves thoroughly, honestly on the proving grounds. The biggest respect one could give is the assumption that one needs every skills- and wits to neutralize the rival. A fight is nothing less than the expression of these skill sets, put though to the test utterly and completely, instead of infinitely theorizing about them. The most glorious moment of the bout emerges in the form of the ensuing peace between the fighters, a legit, palpable sensation, unifying the former enemies and the grateful audience once the collision reaches its conclusion.

This is a review of the latest WEC event to date, WEC 48 - Aldo VS Faber.



Introductory thoughts about the more significant lineups

WEC 48 gives you two pivotal matchups, as long-time former WEC untouchability Uriah Faber comes back to the cage to redraw himself as a relentless presence, and there is no more solid nor more serious of a way of doing that than to do battle against Jose Aldo, the warrior who came out of nowhere, "just" to destruct everyone he crossed path with in the arena to emerge as WEC Featherweight Champion. Uriah Faber states that he wants to be the best of the world, and he wants to be chased by everyone else for the Belt. Jose Aldo replies: "Uriah thinks it is his belt. Come and get it."

Ben Henderson and Donald Ceronne will collide for a second time. The strait winner - by decision - of the first meeting and current WEC Lightweight Champion Ben Henderson demonstrated exceptional punishment tolerance in the first fight, resisting submission attempts many would have tap out of. Henderson comes to defend his title with this kind of determination intact, fueled by properly positioned bad intentions, if you can ever call those that. The defendant probably will have a whole lot to deal with, as Ceronne has shown tactical improvement in the recent period, making his set of tools the most versatile, and, perhaps, lethal in the division. It is more interesting than ever to see if this tactically improved Donald Ceronne is able to stop Ben Henderson or - are you ready for this? - not.

Anthony Njokuani VS Shane Roller

Dangerous striker Anthony Njokuani storms the cage with an iron determination, just to find himself being taken down by Shane Roller, who exhibits considerable skills at off-balancing his rival. Roller subjects the opposition to various submission attempts on the ground, and, while Njokuani shows initial readiness to defend himself efficiently, there is no end to the numbers of the submission maneuvers Roller is throwing at him. Njokuani proves unable to offer the necessary skills to escape from the position of the hunted tonight, and taps out of this contest due to a rear naked choke.

Manvel Gamburyan VS Mike Brown

Former WEC Lightweight Champion Mike Brown gets put away rather quickly tonight, as result of a solid counter punch and the consecutive air to ground missiles, all administered by Armenian prospect Manvel Gamburyan.

Ben Henderson VS Donald Cerrone

Ben Henderson brings this championship confrontation to a swift and efficient conclusion, muscling Cerrone to the fences and maintaining control from the back. After softening up the former bull rider with a raining storm of knees to the legs, Henderson commands Donald to the ground, on which he administers a guillotine choke in 1:57 of the very first round.

Jose Aldo VS Uriah Faber

Reigning WEC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo is quick to define and claim complete control of this match, showing efficiency at finding the range, yet giving nothing of that for his rival. Faber is methodically getting taken apart simply by failing to find the defendant in the cage, suffering massive leg kicks in the process. These attacks on the low quarters eventually take a steep toll on Uriah's ability to offer relevant offense, slowly and surely ending up with the role of the harassed. With each and every round convincingly falling to Aldo's favor, the especially notable moments of the collision include numerous canvas inspections performed by the Sacramento Kid, as result of legs that can not help but give out from the kicks that land on them, while a healthy portion of fourth round observes Faber in the immensely dangerous crucifix position, with Aldo reigning down strikes and elbows to the head. Complete domination by the defendant with not a single moment of danger he has to deal with. Jose Aldo reigns supreme via putting up a truly stellar performance against a warrior many thought could not easily be defeated, yet, tonight: he got.

Leonard Garcia VS Chan Sung Jung

You do not see many matches like this, as the pace dictated and the punishment absorbed by its participants both converge to delicious absurdity: this collision, which very well might be among the most spectacular confrontations in the history of WEC and in the history of mma to date, delivers a back and fourth battle with simply way too much happening in it to be suitable and/or functional to address in a written form. This is the match you want to show to your family and friends so they can see what mma is all about.

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Strikeforce Nashville

Though many may consider men who enter an mma proving ground little more than hired human pitbulls ripping each other apart for massive money and radical amusement, I tend to reject this view via a yawn of black hole, concluding that professional level mma is the combat of highly disciplined human spirits, opposing each other for but the duration of the bout, probably ending up as unified in the process as we could conceive, simply through their magnificent shared experience of being in a cage where the damage one suffers is the wit one failed to exhibit. That is how, in my opinion, the mma fighter fights against herself/himself. The reaction of one's opponent is the reaction to whatever one could offer as offense.

Notice that the ultimately glorious moments of mixed martial arts are not of those of KOs and submissions. They are of those of hugging the formal rival at the end of the bout, circulating the most honest, pure respect spirit and related (?) intelligence may come upon, the limitless respect each fighter deserves simply by making an attempt of expressing themselves thoroughly, honestly on the proving grounds. The biggest respect one could give is the assumption that one needs every skills- and wits to neutralize the rival. A fight is nothing less than the expression of these skill sets, put though to the test utterly and completely, instead of infinitely theorizing about them. The most glorious moment of the bout emerges in the form of the ensuing peace between the fighters, a legit, palpable sensation, unifying the former enemies and the grateful audience once the collision reaches its conclusion.

This is a review of the latest Strikeforce event to date, Strikeforce - Nashville.



Introductory thoughts about the more significant lineups

Strikeforce has a special night indeed, claiming the promotion offers a free card on national television which lists and delivers collisions of pay per view caliber. Seeing how the night features three championship bouts and six top of the food chain Strikeforce notabilities in them, it is safe to say that the promotion did everything in their power to assuage the dire need of the fans to see Fedor Emelianenko in action. Originally, Strikeforce Nashville planned to put Fabrizio Werdum against Fedor, but the Russian phenom's primer promoter, M1 Global was not entirely satisfied with the conditions settled between Strikeforce and the aforementioned Russian promotion. Fortunately, negotiations brought agreement, but, as for the next performance of Fedor, brought a little bit of delay, as well. While The Last Emperor is likely to make an attempt at Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem in the near future, the Nashville card is as solid of a roster as you can get from the organization without featuring these particular heavyweight top dogs.

Former Pride! and UFC Legend, Dan Henderson steps up against Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields to - bizarrely enough - take the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion title.

Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez greets Shinya Aoki in the organization with nothing less than a title defense, as Aoki comes to this bout as the fighter of higher consensus caliber. While Melendez renders this title defense
with the agenda of destructing a prestigious name, Aoki needs to prove that Melendez is not a fighter who is ready to negate the masterful submissions Shinya is notorious of.

Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Gegard Mousasi collides with King Mo Lawal, instantly summoning the promise of massive fireworks mma aficionados are eager to see being realized tonight.

Gegard Mousasi VS King Mo Lawal

Though not many would have thought that this match has a chance of going to the distance, it does, and resonates similar sequences of actions all the way through. The story of the fight is Lawal's relentless intent to take his rival down, and masterfully brings these attempts to dynamic fruition each time he decides to. It is clear that Mousasi's gameplan is to tire King Mo out on the ground, regardless how he - Gegard - is on his back. While in the earlier periods of the collision, Mousasi indeed shows considerable skills at offering solid resistance from the lower position, yet King Mo does not show the desperately low energy levels the reigning Champion probably hoped he would. King Mo's takedowns already are numerous AND counting, and all of a sudden Mousasi no longer seems to be particularly comfortable on his back, slowly and surely losing all control whatsoever of where-, and how this fight takes place. My impression is that Mousasi considered himself to be a more versatile fighter who may get away with the victor "simply" by tiring out his rival and move in for the kill, but this strategy collapsed utterly and completely, rendering you Gegard in the position of the hunted and harassed at the end of the day. King Mo Lawal is rightfully crowned as the new Srikeforce Heavyweight Champion as result of his ability of sticking to a gameplan and executing it with relentless will and raw power.

Gilbert Melendez VS Shinya Aoki

Shinya Aoki showcases his amazing skill set of how to be bullied around the cage for the duration of five five minute rounds, having virtually nothing to offer except the solid defensive work Melendez forces him to exhibit without no end. As a fighter of higher consensus rankings Aoki might have come, yet he leaves the cage tonight as the utterly defeated, as result of having no antidote to the fervency his opponent subjected him to. Dominant performance by Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez.

Jake Shields VS Dan Henderson

Dan Henderson comes in with a stellar opening, finding a home for his right hand of stopping power on two separate occasions, knocking down the reigning Champion and maintaining the role of the aggressor. In-, and from the second round on though, Henderson shows to be unable to prevent Shields' sound takedowns, and offers no resistance from the consecutive inferior positions he finds himself in. Shields mounts Henderson in the second round, administering effective ground and pound. Shields mounts Henderson in the third, fourth and fifth rounds as well, accumulating no less than 11 separate occasions of gaining and maintaining dominant positions. Having few if any alternatives than to bring desperate conclusion to this match with the dynamites Henderson sports as his right fist, the former Pride! and UFC notability still ignites his primal standup weapon, but finds no home for the strikes this time. After a catastrophic opening round, Jake Shields comes back on the tides of sheer will, scoring takedowns, controlling Henderson on the ground and delivering mild-, nevertheless efficient punishment. Jake Shields defends his title and remains the Strikeforce Middleweight Champion.

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UFC 113 Predictions

These are my predictions for the upcoming mma event UFC 113 Shogun VS Machida 2

Josh Koscheck VS Paul Daley

Though an excellent wrestler and a striker who shows constant willingness to improve in the standup position, Koscheck has shown difficulties so far when put together with notoriously dangerous punchers. Thiago Alves was able to take apart Koscheck, and I expect nothing less-, in fact, I expect more from Paul "Semtex" Daley, who lands his nuclear bombs with relentless precision and a tendency to find a home for those as soon as possible. As much as it would be nice to see a Koscheck who is able to offer relevant surprises for the immensely talented Brit, I fail to spot these possibilities right now and tend to think that Daley's efficiently positioned intensity and related raw power will earn him yet another impressive knockout victory, let alone the prestigious trophy I anticipate Koscheck to end up as this time. I am more than ready to be mistaken, though.

Kimbo Slice VS Matt Mitrione

A truly friendly and spiritual character, former YouTube phenom Kimbo Slice still struggles to prove himself as a professional level mma fighter, now that he is officially one of those. This here matchup that puts him against fellow-, former Ultimate Fighter contestant Matt Mitrione may seem like it has some promise in it in theory, but, in reality, my impression of Slice currently is that of a fighter who is superfervent at gassing out quickly, - sic! - and, regardless of his respectable urge to add new tools to his arsenal, prefers to wrap the confrontation up on the feet, switching to sloppy, non-impressive desperation mode when no home can be found for the bombs he is keen at releasing. Matt Mitrione, a man with the luscious psychotic tendencies he openly nurtures and discusses about, has all the chance in the world to put Kimbo away, as result of his - Mitrione's - massive punishment resistance, something Slice seems to lack currently. I expect Mitrione to knock Kimbo out.

Lyoto Machida VS Mauricio Rua

Seeing how their previous meeting went down, I feel and - frankly - hope that Shogun might once again emerge as the better fighter, as he did in the former collision, in my opinion. You have to - convincingly, decisively - beat the man to be the man though, and now it remains interesting to see if UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida brings an antidote against those vicious legkicks, or once again brings but the mere hunger-, and related landing zones for them. I tend to think that both fighters will exhibit an exceptionally cautious approach once again, though with the constant possibility present of turning the valve all the way to the right incorporated to their respective gameplay. Machida has a whole lot to prove in this fight, as many fans have been disappointed in his performance, while Shogun has "not much more" to do than what he did earlier, except for doing it "just a little" more or, - better scenario: more. This is a fight with myriad aspects worth looking forward to, and, though I am a Machida fan as well, I am with the Shogun this time, as I feel he got robbed previously, and remain ready to see him claim the Belt I feel already is belonging to him right now. If, on the other hand, Machida comes with the agenda and the consorting gameplan of negating Shogun AND will prove his ability to accomplish that, then my amazement of his skills will be complete once again.


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UFC 112 Invincible - Anderson Silva VS Demian Maia, BJ Penn VS Frankie Edgar

Though many may consider men who enter an mma proving ground little more than hired human pitbulls ripping each other apart for massive money and radical amusement, I tend to reject this view via a yawn of black hole, concluding that professional level mma is the combat of highly disciplined human spirits, opposing each other for but the duration of the bout, probably ending up as unified in the process as we could conceive, simply through their magnificent shared experience of being in a cage where the damage one suffers is the wit one failed to exhibit. That is how, in my opinion, the mma fighter fights against herself/himself. The reaction of one's opponent is the reaction to whatever one could offer as offense.

Notice that the ultimately glorious moments of mixed martial arts are not of those of KOs and submissions. They are of those of hugging the formal rival at the end of the bout, circulating the most honest, pure respect spirit and related (?) intelligence may come upon, the limitless respect each fighter deserves simply by making an attempt of expressing themselves thoroughly, honestly on the proving grounds. The biggest respect one could give is the assumption that one needs every skills- and wits to neutralize the rival. A fight is nothing less than the expression of these skill sets, put though to the test utterly and completely, instead of infinitely theorizing about them. The most glorious moment of the bout emerges in the form of the ensuing peace between the fighters, a legit, palpable sensation, unifying the former enemies and the grateful audience once the collision reaches its conclusion.

This is a review of the latest UFC event to date, UFC 112 - Invincible.



Introductory thoughts about the more significant lineups

UFC 112 puts two UFC Belts on the line, as UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson "The Spider" Silva defends his title against the man many professionals regard as the direst threat one can face on the - literal - earth: Jiu-Jitsu Master-Wizard Demian Maia comes to the collision with an improved standup game, expressing openly that there is no secret in his gameplan tonight: he wants to invite Anderson to the ground and apply one of this -Maia's - lethal choke or submission on the Champion. Silva is not spring chicken on the ground either though, and says that he has a couple of ground-tricks up his sleeve that might surprise the talented Challenger. I predicted that Silva will exhibit no intention to wage this war on low quarters with the exceptionally dangerous Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, and, seeing how Silva outclassed Forrest Griffin with his standup game with offering nothing else than playful dodge maneuvers and a consecutive mercykill of it, Maia either would be very brave or very fool to accept an exchange invitation from The Spider.

UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn greets the superfervent Frankie Edgar in - logically - another Championship matchup. With the new kind of discipline he is dedicated cultivator of since 2007, BJ Penn certainly looks very hard to touch, and fans expect nothing less than the affirmation of this quality tonight. Frankie Edgar likes the role of the underdog, and certainly seems to be ready to capitalize on this special opportunity. Recently, no man could stand the standup talent BJ Penn brings to the Octagon, and, though Frankie Edgar states that Penn did not face the raw intensity he is capable to deliver, the Champion promises that if Edgar is serious about engaging on the feet, then he will find out pretty soon that he is in the cage with another street fighter.

The third match of vital importance is a collision of ancient - no disrespect, rather respect and lots of it - mma giants, as UFC Hall of Famer Matt Huges faces Renzo Gracie. Renzo is here to avenge the loss his cousin, Royce Gracie suffered under the meticulous care of Hughes' hands, while Hughes expresses his hopes of having more to deal with this time than what Royce gave him to.

Mark Munoz VS Kendall Grove

Following a first period in which he is getting crushed by a solid uppercut and numerous submission attempts by the tallest competitor of the UFC's middleweight division, Mark Munoz comes back to the Octagon with an agenda in the consecutive period: he finds more and more success on the highly cultivated ground warfare, maintaining-, and sticking to the position from which he is able to deliver air to ground missiles to Grove. Though Kendall's defense shows initial fruition, the number of missiles do not decrease, quite the contrary: Munoz is able to incorporate an increased amount of intensity and efficiency into these shots, eventually swarming the fighter who controlled the first round with an iron fist. Tremendous comeback victory from Mark Munoz, probably the biggest the UFC have seen in years.


Matt Hughes VS Renzo Gracie

Both the first and second round exhibit nothing less and nothing more than ultra-conservative approach cultivated by both legendary participants, introducing very cautious standup warfare in which Hughes finds more success by landing
solid leg kicks and landing a lot of those. By the third round, Renzo Gracie is gassed considerably, giving the chance to Hughes to deliver his leg kicks on even more frequent occasions. Gracie's leg eventually gives out, and then gives
out again, up to the point by which - as correctly pointed out by Mark Goldberg and Joe Rogan - nothing but pride invites him to stand up again. In the twilight of the round, even that proves to be a challenge: Gracie spends more time on his back, recovering, than what he probably had plans for. Finally, Hughes moves in for the kill at the fence and manages to greet the opposing Legend with a successive flurry of shots that puts an end to this contest. Matt Hughes emerges as the victor by grinding down Royce Gracie.

BJ Penn VS Frankie Edgar

The Lightweight Championship goes to the distance all the way, presenting a kickboxing match and a Frankie Edgar who is pretty effective at mixing up his attacks, especially from the third round on. His constant movement makes him very hard to find, and even manages to score two takedowns during the match. Though the collision shows quite balanced characteristics, BJ Penn shows signs of slowing down and can not resonate a radical verdict this time. Frankie Edgar is crowned as the new UFC Lightweight Champion via remaining in the ring with The Prodigy for five five minutes rounds and being able to express himself as a relentless Challenge BJ Penn could not negate tonight.

Anderson Silva VS Demian Maia

Silva delivers a showcase of his standup skills in the first two rounds, proving to Maia and the audience that the talented Jiu-Jitsu practitioner has no chance to find The Spider in the Octagon. In the second period, Silva puts tremendous effort into taunting his rival, inviting him to engage in the standup position as opposed exhibiting the constant urge to wage the war on the ground, expressed by Maia's jump-in attempts in order to score a takedown of any kind. From the third round on though, Silva becomes super-passive: the forth round is pretty much a chronicle of two fighters circling in the Octagon for three minutes, up to the point by which Referee Dan Miragliotta gives a warning to Anderson with the additional message to cease the utilization of this approach immediately. Many do wonder what happened, and, among those, Joe Rogan is the first to express an opinion that Silva might have tired during the rounds, but, I, for one have the impression that Silva simply did not want to destruct Maia, not after the massive amount of taunting he gave him earlier. Taunting a man in a professional fight this way, THEN knocking him the frick out - makes it very difficult to leave the Octagon without unnecessarily hard feelings. I have the impression that Anderson Silva did not want to take away Demian Maia's dignity by crushing him after the taunt. Anderson Silva emerges as successful defendant of the Middleweight Belt. On a sidenote: Dana White was utterly dissatisfied by Silva's noted performance. What can one say beyond this: we will see what is - up.

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UFC 112 Predictions

These are my predictions for the primal matchups of the upcoming mma event UFC 112.

Anderson Silva VS Demian Maia

In my opinion, reigning UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva will want to keep this fight on the feet, strictly refusing to spend time on the ground with the exceptionally talented Jiu-Jitsu prodigy, who is notorious of putting away even the most fierce warriors when handling them downstairs. Silva is not a fighter who is keen at taking risks, he fights with the intact, rational agenda of eliminating the rival with the least possible effort required and exhibited. Regardless how this earned the momentary dissatisfaction of the crowd previously, Silva refused to go to the ground with Thales Leites, and will probably be ready to do so again when subjected to the imminent ground threats of even higher caliber which Maia could introduce to him. It is unlikely that the Challenger will be able to pose as a threat against The Spider in the standup position though: in my opinion, Silva solidly wins this on the feet.

BJ Penn VS Frankie Edgar

Challenger Frankie Edgar is as fervent as they come, but that only never was enough so far to take BJ Penn down - unless you are George St. Pierre, that is. Mini-steam machine Frankie Edgar is not, though: while I expect a decent fight out of him against The Prodigy, I do not think that he is ready against The Little Buddha yet. Hopefully Edgar will be able to offer more than Joe Stevenson did against Penn, but I expect him - Edgar - to be less efficient against The Champion than highly analytical Kenny Florian was. I see BJ Penn coming out of this in a dominating fashion, actually, I would be surprised if Edgar would be able to catch Penn with a red hand. Phun intended. BJ Penn wins this solidly.

Matt Hughes VS Renzo Gracie

This is a tough nut to crack, as I have no knowledge about the fighting style of Renzo Gracie at all, except for the fact of course that he is one of the most respected Jiu Jitsu Masters of the planet and a mythic face of early days mma. My curiosity in him: is complete. As Matt Serra have said, and, in my opinion, said correctly, Matt Hughes really is a one trick pony, who does that one trick superbly: he takes you down, giving you that bonus punch you can land on him in the process, then grinds through you via relentless ground and pound or a submission. This will go to the ground rather quickly, as both fighters will have the probable willingness to invite a conclusion at low quarters. This truly is a blind pick, but I'm going with The Renzo, as it would be nice to see how Jiu-Jitsu Wizardry prevails - but I'm ready to put on a hat just to be able to take that off to salute the highly-, nevertheless humorously egoistical Mr. Hughes in case he is able to pull the victor off that day.

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UFC Fight Night 21

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Though many may consider men who enter an mma proving ground little more than hired human pitbulls ripping each other apart for massive money and radical amusement, I tend to reject this view via a yawn of black hole, concluding that professional level mma is the combat of highly disciplined human spirits, opposing each other for but the duration of the bout, probably ending up as unified in the process as we could conceive, simply through their magnificent shared experience of being in a cage where the damage one suffers is the wit one failed to exhibit. That is how, in my opinion, the mma fighter fights against herself/himself. The reaction of one's opponent is the reaction to whatever one could offer as offense.

Notice that the ultimately glorious moments of mixed martial arts are not of those of KOs and submissions. They are of those of hugging the formal rival at the end of the bout, circulating the most honest, pure respect spirit and related (?) intelligence may come upon, the limitless respect each fighter deserves simply by making an attempt of expressing themselves thoroughly, honestly on the proving grounds. The biggest respect one could give is the assumption that one needs every skills- and wits to neutralize the rival. A fight is nothing less than the expression of these skill sets, put though to the test utterly and completely, instead of infinitely theorizing about them. The most glorious moment of the bout emerges in the form of the ensuing peace between the fighters, a legit, palpable sensation, unifying the former enemies and the grateful audience once the collision reaches its conclusion.

This is a review of the latest UFC event to date, UFC Fight Night 21.



Introductory thoughts about the more significant lineups

The UFC Fight Night events have the fruity tendency of colliding up and coming prospects with each other OR against former top tier warriors who suffered mild or even significant setbacks, giving a chance to the fresh additions to make a solid statement "simply by" taking out a recognized name. The main event of the night gives you Sorrowful Samurai Kenny Florian, who, beside being a highly analytical fighter with a scientific approach and a super-solid skillset, comes off a stellar performance against superfervent adrenaline monster Clay Guida. Prior to that, Kenny suffered a defeat against UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn at UFC 101 Declaration, now facing Takaroni Gomi of whose identity I have sub-zero clue about, yet it is enough to see the enthusiastic face expression of Joe Rogan to know that Gomi certainly has a well deserved reputation, now expressing his imminent plans to shape a UFC Belt on that. Taking out Florian would be a huge step along that path.

The Skyscraper Stephan Struve will collide against latest Ultimate Fighter TV show winner to date, Roy Nelson, who packs insane punching power, but he currently is on the bad side of UFC President Dana White, who openly expressed on numerous occasions that he is not too impressed by the performances of Cannonball Roy so far. Struve put up one helluva' fight against Paul Buentello, who has a similar buildup and style than Nelson, now is the time to see if a similar matchup could yield results of significantly fruity attributes. Here you can see a gif animation of an epic exchange between Buentello and Struve: can you find the epic exchange between Buentello and Struve on this page?

Nate Quarry VS Jorge Rivera

The first round of this fight revolves entirely around Rivera's ability to get away with the better of the standup exchanges, effectively molesting Quarry with moderately effective shots at the fence when the first period reaches its conclusion. It is surprising that Quarry has yet enough tenaciousness in him to answer the bell for the second round, by which he gets knocked down swiftly, then put away by administration of a brief and effective ground and pound sequence. Veteran Jorge Rivera emerges victorious via steamrolling over fellow veteran Nate Quarry.

Roy Nelson VS Stephan Struve

Roy "Big Country" Nelson puts away The Skyscraper Stephan Struve via nuclear bombs, and here is a nice gif animation of those:

This is the way to impress Dana, great job, Roy. Feel free to comment on this article, or, if your humbleness makes you reluctant to do so, then let me congratulate on a rock solid performance. This is the second time we see Stephan Struve giving out on his super-long, super-elastic legs, one must wonder if it is a special technique of him which he is still perfecting.

Though consensus opinion is that it is easy to underestimate Roy Nelson because of his physical buildup, the man commands a thick layer of muscle beneath all that fat. Big Country showed no signs of being intimidated by the height- and reach advantage at all, finding a place for those bombs in but matters of seconds, something that shows Nelson's ability to close the distance with ruthless efficiency.

Kenny Florian VS Takaroni Gomi

Takaroni Gomi takes his time experiencing his inferiority in the standup position, having little if any chance of reaching Florian in a flow of battle that invites the third and final round into consensus reality. While not exactly the most intense fight to watch as result of Florian's ability to negate Gomi AND remaining calm while doing that, Kenny goes for a takedown in the concluding round, and executes the maneuver perfectly. Following some time and related punches of softening Gomi up, Kenny sinks in the hooks and forces the Japanese notability to tap out of this contest. Kenny Florian wins by shutting down the recent UFC addition utterly and completely.



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