Ultimate Fight Night 6 Review
Alright, it’s that time again. We have a very nice Main Event fight, and some nice fights overall for free TV. As always, I will be bringing you the fights as I see them, and record them for all time on my trusty VHS tapes. I see BJM grew a beard and stuff.
THE FIGHTS:
Josh Koscheck vs. Jonathan Goulet(Welterweights)
Rd. 1:
A lot of circling, then some strikes and some nice kicks, a punch and some circling. Kos hits Jon hard and Josh gets a Guillotine choke, but fails to sink it. In half guard, this looks like a standard Kos lay-n-pray right now, though he’s throwing some punches, and Goulet is trying to get a better position. Goulet has Kos’s right arm locked up, then Kos gets posed up and Jon eats some punches and elbows. Kos’s arm is again locked up, and he’s still stuck in halfguard. Shit, Goulet gave up the back, and Kos drops a few punches. That’s a nice flurry. Appears that Jon taps? Apparently not, BJM stops the fight.
GAME, SET, MATCH- Koscheck WINS, TKO (4:10, Rd. 1)
Koscheck’s standup HAS improved ALOT since his TUF appearance. His ground also, it turns out it was NOT a Koschek lay-n-pray. nice to see a decisive victory for the guy.
He talks about MySpace, I tried getting him on on the first day of TUF and been re-applying every month or so and he never adds me. I’m kinda pissed. Oh, and yes, I do have a Myspace, but I also have a life.
Dean Lister vs. Yuki Sasaki(Middleweights)
Rd. 1:
I hate Steve Mazigatti…
Starts out with almost no action at all, then Dean shoots but fails. Throws an elbow, but then he’s against the fence. Slow action thus far. Steve separates them. Yuki goes for a cool punch, anf fails, lister kicks high, an echange of kicks and a punch exchange. Dean catches a kick, and SHOOTS, but fails again. And they hit the ground, dean hanging on like a monkey, and it’s DOWN again! Dean going for a RNC, but Yuki seems to be defending well. Dean throws some punches, and they start moving. AND DOWN AGAIN, courtesy of Dean. He throws some shots, trying to choke Yuki now, but Yuki still defending well. Dean on top throws some shots, then they roll over and over. Yuki pulls some fun stuff, and eats an elbow near the end of Rd. 1.
I score it: 10-9 Dean
Rd. 2:
They start with a nice exchange, and dean goes for another failed shoot. more exchanging of shots, and another botched takedown attempt followed with a punch. Lister screws up a shoot, and Yuki gets on top. It appears Dean’s going for a triangle, and Dean is throwing some elbows from the bottom. And then it’s a slow action, and Dean near has an armbar. But no, they fall back down, and has a triangle. It may only be time now. Yuki is eating some elbows, and is bound to screw up soon. Has an armbar, gets mounted, and hits back control. Yuki eats some punches. Standing again. Some nice pun ches by Sasaki on the feet, and the round ends with Dean eating shots.
I score it: 10-9 Dean, even with that finishing flurry by Yuki.
Rd. 3:
Srarts with a punch and kick from each of them, and lister tries a kick. Lister falls down, and stands up. Now they’re both just throwing, Yuki getting the better of the exchanges. Lister’s striking isn’t good. Lister going for another takedown on the fence. He’s starting to tire bad though. Sasaki is on top now, which is bad. But they don’t do anything. Though both stand again. and Sasaki punches hard and goes down. Stands up, Yuki keeps punching, Dean takedown to some reversals. On the fence, and they just stand there. Just standing, AND DOWN. Dean on the back, and then another stand against the cage. Lister breaks it with an elbow, and they throw a few lazy shots. Shoots, and against the fence they go and DOWN.
I score it: 10-9 Dean
My Total: 30-27 Dean
Judges score the fight: 30-27 Unanimous for Dean
DEAN WINS, 2-0 in UFC, 9-4 overall
Round three showed Lister’s cardio isn’t the best, but that’s OK, something for him to work on. Yuki has nice standup, nice TD defense, and a decent ground. Against Lister, to survive on the ground is some serious shit.
Chris Leben vs. Jorge Santiago(Middleweights)
Rd. 1:
shit,, it’s Herb…
Starts out with some circling, and a kick from Jorge. Chris lunges and misses, and another kick from jorge. Leben punches low, and now an exchange getting Leben in guard. Leben stands and falls back, avoiding an armbar. Side conteol for Leben, dropping shots hard. Then leben stands and throws some long shots. Leben back in guard, bleeding. Dropped an elbow, stands up. Leben kicks the legs, and falls back into Jorges guard. Throws some body shots, and get stood up. Leben is chasing Jorge with some shots, and they end up back in the middle. More chasing, and a kick from leben. Dodges a shot, and throws some of his own. Santiago on top on the ground. Chris is struggling for position, trying to sit up. Chris has him in half-guard. Still there at the buzzer.
I score it: 10-9 Leben. In my opinion, he just did more that round.
Rd. 2:
starts with chris throwing and Santiago tries to takedown. Doesn;t work, and another shot, Leben falls onto him and Herb stops after some punches.
LEBEN WINS, KO!!! (0:35, Rd. 2)
I dunno about this one, Chris’s ground still isn’t great. But a tough opponent he faced. And KO’d him. Not a bad comeback.
Joe Riggs vs. Jason Von Flue(Welterweights)(BONUS TELEVISED FIGHT)
Riggs stayed at welter…Huh I still hate Steve…
Rd. 1:
It starts slow, then Flue tries something stupid, and Riggs hits nicely. Riggs gets a kick and a fun takedown. A small ground struggly ensues, and gets Flue’s back. REVERSAL of positions, now Jason is in Joe’s guard. Joe gets a triangle locked, and that must hurt, but Jason taps.
JOE RIGGS WINS, TRIANGLE CHOKE TAPOUT!!! (2:01, Rd. 1)
I can’t believe Joe stayed at 170. I can’t believe it. But he looked nice tonight at this weight, so we’ll see. Flue has a fetish with ‘the finger’ or something…
Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan(Welterweights) (MAIN EVENT FIGHT)
Rd. 1:
We start out the first round with with Diego throwing punches, and then takes Karo down, Diego mounted and gets the back of Karo, and throws some punches to Karo’s head. More shots from Diego, and karo stands and they both stand, and then Karo takes Diego down, and falls into Diego guard. Upkick by Diego, connects to the face, then Karo drops some nice shots from- Diego on the back and they stand up again. Karo gets Diego on the fence and throws some punches and karo throws a nice Judo move, but they both up quick. And they both throw some shots and karo again gets Diego down and attempts some punches. Diego throws some elbows from the bottom, and back up. Karo throws a jab, and then a double jab. They both ate one there, and Karo follows with punches, as does Diego. and Diego connects a punch at the end of Rd. 1.
I score it: 10-9 Karo.
Rd. 2:
Starts with some circling and punches from karo. Nice stiff shots, and a head kick. Diego tries a shot, but is hit by more than he threw. A few more missed punches by both, and Karo slams Diego yet again. In halfguard, karo throws some punches and has a unique pass, both up and both down again fast. Karo again throwing some punches. Back up, and Diego throws punches. Then Diego eats one, and Diego gets Karo down, falls into the guard, and throws some body elbows. A few punches, more gravity-driven elbows to the body, he stands and falls with a punch or two. and they’re back up. A nice exchange, Diego getting the better of it. Then Karo shoots after some punches but Karo gets a North-south position, then Diego gets the back again.
I score it: 10-9 Karo
Rd. 3:
Starts with some immediate shots by both guys, and karo gets him against the fence. Karo throws a knee, and some missed punches by both. A couple connected. Uppercut, uppercut, some serious damage going to both of ‘em. Karo SLAMS Diego yet again. back up, and down. Diego has Karo’s back, a RNC!!! Nope, but mounted again Drops some shots, nice GnP. Diego’s on karo’s back, and they separate and karo gets Diego against the cage, then it reverses and they separate. Diego throws a bunch of shots, and so does Karo. Very nice connections, another toss to Sanchez on top. Body elbows, punches raining down. Karo is throwing shots from the bottom too, but they have little effect. More shots from both, more Gravity Elbows, punches… end of round
I score it: 10-9 Diego
My Total: 29-28 Diego
Judges Score the fight: 29-28 29-28 30-26 Unanimous Diego
WTF??? Who’s the retard that scored it 30-26? Someone shoot him, PLEASE. He’s the same retard, garunteed, that’s scored all the other fights so screwy.
that’s UFN 6, thanks alot for reading the review.
TITO ORTIZ vs. KEN SHAMROCK 3 Final Conflict
Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock go at it one final time, Tuesday, October 10th on SpikeTV. Tickets for this Florida Hard Rock Hotel & Casino event go on sale Tuesday.
When will the rematches ever end?
Rumour about Tito Ortiz vs Chuck Liddell in December
I hope this isnt true as you know who will win, they need to put better fighters in the ring against Chuck. This is just going to be a crowd puller.
UFC 62 Results - What a great night of fights
Chuck Liddell
vs.
Renato Sobral
Chuck Liddell won by TKO in the First Round.
Forrest Griffin
vs.
Stephan Bonnar
Forrest Griffin won by Unanimous decision in the Third Round.
Nick Diaz
vs.
Josh Neer
Nick Diaz won by Kimura in the Third Round.
Hermes Franca
vs.
Jamie Varner
Hermes Franca won by Arm Bar in the Third Round.
Cheick Kongo
vs.
Christian Wellisch
Cheick Kongo won by KO in the First Round.
Wes Combs
vs.
Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia won by rear naked choke in the First Round.
Cory Walmsley
vs.
David Heath
David Heath won by rear naked choke in the First Round.
Yushin Okami
vs.
Alan Belcher
Yushin Okami won by Unanimous decision at the end of Third Round.
Rob MacDonald
vs.
Eric Schafer
Eric Schafer won by referee stoppage due to choke out in the First Round.
Cage Rage Contenders 2 Results
* Jess Liaudin def. Lee Doski by TKO - Doski unable to continue after round 2
* Andre Winner def. Jess Lawson by Verbal Submission 1:26 R2
* Ch’e Mills def. Marios Zaromskis by KO 4:49 R1
* Jason Barret def. Nigel Whitear by TKO - Whitear unable to continue 2:29 R2
* Afnan Saheed def. Wesley Murch by Arm Bar 3:00 R1
* Sami Berik def. Steven Elliott by Triangle 1:38 R1
* Jake Bostwick def. Nick Porter by KO 0:19 R1
* Jason Young def. Paul Phipps by Tap Out to Strikes 0:26 R1
* Luke Smith def. John Gisby by TKO - Ref Stoppage from strikes 1:11 R1
* Marvin Arnold Bleau def. Terry Bostwick by TKO - Ref stoppage from strikes 4:03 R1
Tyson and Pride
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In somewhat of a surprise move, Pride announced that heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will face Mark “The Hammer� Coleman and Middleweight Grand Prix champion Mauricio “Shogun� Rua will square off with Coleman’s teammate Kevin Randleman.
With the already announced participation of Coleman and Rua, it was highly speculated that the two would be paired up when Pride debuts in Las Vegas. Rua has been very vocal about wanting a rematch since being upset by Coleman in February earlier this year. Pride instead opted for the Emelianenko-Coleman rematch.
Perhaps the biggest surprise at the press conference was the attendance and announcement of former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. Apparently Tyson has entered into some sort of agreement with the Japanese promoter.
Neither he nor Pride would give any specific details as to their partnership when Tyson was asked if he will be fighting for the promotion in the future. But just his presence alone at the press conference is sure to ignite plenty of speculation.
Also announced, although no further pairings were stated, were the intended participation of several other Pride stars for “The Real Deal� fight card at the Thomas & Mack Center. The card now also features Josh Barnett, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mirko “Cro Cop� Filipovic, Phil Baroni, Vitor Belfort, and middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva.
With UFC president Dana White’s recent comments in a Canadian interview in regards to an already announced bout between UFC champion Chuck Liddell and Wanderlei Silva in the UFC in November, “I don’t even know if Silva’s going to happen… the Japanese are very hard to do business with and you never know what’s going to happen,â€? and Pride’s announcement of Silva on their October 21st U.S. debut, it now seems apparent that the bout between the two champions is off.
Dana White Confirms Liddell vs. Silva Bout Isn’t Happening
The following is a new article from today’s Las Vegas-Review Journal:
Sanchez scores thrilling win
UFC title contender wears down Parisyan in fast-paced match
By KEVIN IOLE
REVIEW-JOURNAL
A few minutes after winning perhaps the best Ultimate Fighting Championship match since Forrest Griffin defeated Stephan Bonnar in a wild slugfest on April 9, 2005, Diego Sanchez had his mind squarely on business.
Sanchez (18-0) scored a unanimous decision Thursday over Karo Parisyan at Red Rock Resort in an entertaining battle that left UFC president Dana White practically giddy.
But seconds after signing for his paycheck, dollar signs danced in Sanchez’s head.
“I have to get this outfit up on eBay,” the welterweight said. “You have to make a few bucks anyway you can. And after that fight, there’s probably going to be a lot of bids.”
If the bidding is as fast-paced as the fight, Sanchez will make a tidy little bonus for auctioning his gloves, trunks and hand wraps.
Sanchez and Parisyan are regarded as perhaps the UFC’s best young fighters, and they appeared to step it up a notch Thursday.
Sanchez, who said he hopes to get a fight at home in Albuquerque, N.M., appears to be in line for a title match against the winner of the Sept. 23 bout between champion Matt Hughes and challenger Georges St. Pierre.
“I beat the No. 3 guy in the world, so what else is there?” Sanchez asked.
It was Sanchez’s frequently criticized stand-up skills that proved to be the difference. He landed a hard right uppercut seconds into the fight that began a process that left Parisyan’s eyes swollen shut.
Parisyan (23-4) scored several effective judo throws in the first round, and despite bleeding heavily from the nose and mouth, he appeared to be in control by round’s end.
But Parisyan wasn’t able to keep up the pace and Sanchez slowly assumed control. The 24-year-old Sanchez was so in charge of the final round that judge Glenn Trowbridge scored it 10-8 for him.
“It went pretty well for the first two rounds, but I gassed a little bit and he got the best of it,” Parisyan said. “It’s really disappointing because it’s a fight I could have won. I have to go back and figure it out and come back and win it next time.”
But he’ll have to make a trip to the dentist before he hits the gym again. As the fighters were in a clinch along the fence in the third round, Sanchez crushed Parisyan with a knee to the face. A tooth came flying out of Parisyan’s mouth.
Later, Sanchez had a small wound on his knee where the contact was made. Shortly after the knee, Sanchez went for a rear naked choke and nearly cinched it.
By the end, as the crowd was in a near-frenzy, it was all Sanchez.
“I’ve worked so hard on my (stand-up skills) and I’m a lot more complete fighter,” Sanchez said. “I hit him with some shots, and I hurt my knuckle I hit him so hard. He was hurt. He was bloody. The very first jab I hit him with, I broke his nose. I was confident.
“He threw me a couple of times, but all that did was to wake me up.”
• NOTE — White had announced July 8 that the winner of the Aug. 26 light heavyweight title fight between Chuck Liddell and Babalu Sobral would meet Wanderlei Silva, a star in the Pride Fighting Championship. But White has had difficulty negotiating a deal with Pride and said Thursday a Silva fight would not occur.
TUF 4 Fight REVIEW - Shonie Carter vs Rich Clementi
Well, we got the first TUF 4 fight which should be very nice.
Shonie Carter vs. Rich Clementi
Rd. 1 :
The round opens with alot of nothing. Then more nothing, and then a punch from rich and a kick from shonie, into a kick by rich. Takedown by rich, dropping a couple of elbows. Back up on the fence. Shonie almost takes a knee to the face, still on the fence, then he punches for a separation. An exchange occurs, and Shonie connects with a kick afterward. another kick by Shonie, and more nothing. Then Shonie connects nice with a punch and a kick, Rich hits a kick as well. Another Shonie kick/Rich Punch . Shonie takes it to the ground, but gets caught in armbar position. He escapes, Shonie takes side control and drops some shots. Then he stands up and does nothing but kick the legs. Shonie takes a knee to the stomachand is trapped on the fence, taking punches. End round.
I say they both sucked here… 10-9 Shonie(BARELY)
This round DID NOT IMPRESS at all. Neither was willing to fully commit to anything. Starting to piss me off, and it’s only 5 minutes into this fight.
Rd. 2:
This round starts with another kick/punch, and rich takes Shonie down and mounts. Shonie though puts up a nice fight from the bottom and gets into another armbar position. And escapes again, shonie on top throwinf some shots. Rich holds him down nicely, but Shonie manages some body shots and head shots that might be doing some damage. They both throw shots from their respective positions, and they’re both eating some weaker shots. Shonie gets side control and knees, then north-south into another armbar position, and gets out. He’s back in Rich’s guard, bnut gets the back, as Rich sort of lays there struggling for a bit. And againl, Shonie has north-south and they’re up again. Shonie connects some shots and throws a head kick which is blockes. Rich is throwing knees from the Thai clinch, and then they exchange some shots and the buzzer sounds
I say: 10-9 Shonie… better this round.
This round was better, but still not that impressive to me. But yes, Shonie won the fight by the judges cards.
I hope the next one is better.
The Ultimate Fighter 4 ( TUF 4 ) What did you think?
Hmmm, watched this last night. Its gonna take a few episodes to get used to the new system. No dedicated coaches (eh) It doesnt feel as competitive as the others. Was great when you had rivals like Tito and Shamrock always at each other.
1st fight wasnt great either, the highlight was spray painting the UFC logo. Lets hope things spice up in the up and coming episodes.
Im sure things will even out and will be addictive viewing.
Whats your thoughts? Post what you think here
2 Major Bouts Confirmed For PRIDE’s October U.S. Debut
A press conference was held earlier today in Japan by Dreamstage Entertainment to announce two confirmed bouts for the upcoming U.S. debut of PRIDE at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 21st.The two confirmed bouts see a Heavyweight rematch between kingpin Fedor Emelianenko and Mark “The Hammer” Coleman, as well as somewhat of a revenge match as Hammer House star Kevin “The Monster” Randleman battles the returning Chute Boxe’r Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
Also at the press conference was boxing phenomenon “Iron” Mike Tyson, whom DSE offered no comment about regarding whether or not he’d fight for the promotion. As we already reported on the “PRIDE Newsboard” earlier today, Tyson is reportedly going to be boxing an exhibition bout at an upcoming PRIDE show, although it is believed to be a different show than the U.S. debut the press conference was held for.
