Originally this was hyped to be one of the top cards of the year, that is of course until Brock Lesnar had to pull out from his ailing illness that only continued to get worse. I kept thinking, wow this could be a good card if Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin were on it.
Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin fought another hard fight with Griffin coming out on top by split decision. Ortiz felt like he got robbed but in all fairness I believe the fight could have gone either way, and on my personal scoring card for the fight, it was a draw in my eyes as I thought Ortiz squeaked out round one(10-9) and definitely won round two(10-9), while Griffin easily took over in round three(10-8). Once again, the judges showed erratic inconsistency in the main event where one judge gave Griffin all three rounds. Ortiz punished Griffin in the second round with elbows leaving Griffin with a nice cut to go with it. Tito didn’t look any different from the old Ortiz, even with a “new back.”
Josh Koscheck came prepared and forced Anthony Johnson to a rear naked choke in a fight with several eye gouges to go with it. Koscheck continues to amaze me, with this being his 6th fight in a year and a half and also earning submission of the night and fight of the night honors. He even made his status known as he called out Dan Hardy, claiming he was the #1 contender, not Hardy, for Georges St. Pierre’s welterweight championship.
- Antonio Rogerio Nogueira made he arrival known to the UFC, pummeling out Luiz Cane by TKO early in the first round, winning knockout of the night honors.
- Amir Sadollah resurrected himself by controlling the stand up and defeating Phil Baroni in a unanimous decision victory.
- Ben Saunders felt he had something to prove as he ended his fight with vicious knees, putting Marcus Davis out cold!
- Jake Rosholt controlled Kendall Grove with takedowns and control, however, it only takes one mistake as Grove sank in a triangle choke late in the first round.
QUICK RESULTS
George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent
Sotiropoulos defeated Dent via submission (arm bar) at 4:36 of round 2.
Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes
Uno and Camoes fought to a majority decision draw after three rounds. The judges scored the fight 29-27, 28-28 and 28-28. A point deduction was given to Camoes for illegal kicks to the head of Uno.
Brock Larson vs. Brian Foster
Foster defeated Larson via TKO (strikes) at 3:25 of round 2.
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Grove defeated Rosholt via submission (triangle choke) at 3:59 of round 1.
Ben Saunders vs. Marcus Davis
Saunders defeated Davis via KO (knees) at 3:24 of round 1.
Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni
Sadollah defeated Baroni via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Nogueira defeated Cane via TKO (punches) 1:58 in round 1.
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann
Thiago defeated Volkmann via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27).
Josh Koscheck vs. Anthony Johnson
Koscheck defeated Johnson via submission (rear naked choke) 4:47 in round 2.
Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
Griffin defeated Ortiz via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28).
