It's starting in about an hour....

Bout order....

Kevin Randleman (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)
Dean Lister (USA) vs. Ricardo Arona (Brazil)
Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine) vs. Yuki Kondo (Japan)
Vitor Belfort (Brazil) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland)
Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (Brazil)
Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan) vs. Yoon Dong Sik (Korea)
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (USA) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (Brazil)
Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Hidehiko Yoshida (Japan)

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Yeah, starts in a little bit....

First fight: Randleman vs. Nakamura.....


Round 1
Boring round, Nakamura get mount towards end, Randleman escapes. Not much action...

Round 2

Nak throws a kick and Randleman gets the TD. Then Randleman just lays on him...Nak manages to get a high sidemount and reigns down the blows and then he goeds for a keylock and almost gets it, but Randleman miraculouly gets out. Randleman gets on top and lays till the end of the 2nd Round

Round 3....

Really boring, crowed booing the fighters, Yellow cards at end of round.....

Nakamura wins by unanimous decision

Next fight: Arona vs. Lister....

Round 1...

Arona did better on the feet although he's very stiff. He knocked Lister down once , but Lister was giving Arona trouble with going for a heel hook at the end of the 1st round...

Round 2.

Lister with a lowkick...Shoots for a single legs and gets forced back so Arona is on top

Arona with some weak gnp while Lister does his best to find a sub. A solid straight left from Arona stopped Lister for a second, but then he keeps looking and moving while Arona hits the boddy and re-opens the cut pretty well.

half round finished........Lister moving his foot up so Arona gets out and stands....

Arona faints with a rigt jab and lands a huge upper and Lister ducks the faint.

Lister with a big swing that misses but the clinch with Arona off balance and he gets taken down and mounted with Lister in half (barely)...Arona fights out of the position and looks for the triangle while Lister throws some ineffective shots

Arona gets the traingle pretty much set, and the bell rings

Round 3...

Lister with a lowkick....he shoots for a single and gets Arona down.... Arona had the triangle but it was too shallow and Lister falls back with Arona`s leg...Arona follows the motion and gets on top....he has full mount...right now Arona just pounding to the body of Lister, and lister gives his back....spins out, gets Arona in a dangerous spot to knee so Arona pulls him back and kicks him over....Lister scrambles to Arona`s guard, Grabs a leg, but Arona defends easily.....Action being called to Lister who is resting on top while Arona punds from below. Arona grabs his leg and sweeps him, Jumps up and gets side position and is pounding away. Lister holding his head down but Arona gets mount, and then stands........the bell rings

Arona wins Unanimous decision....

Igor vs. Kondo next....

Round 1

30 seconds passed.........just feeling out with Kondo pressuring. Igor throws one but it is blocked.....Kondo with a highkick and Igor takes it to the ground. Igor works to north/south and unloads a knee before Kondo gets him back to the side position. Igor goes for the mount and Kondo gets him into his guard. Igor throws a huge shot that Kondo slips well.. Kondo gets for an arm with Vov is punching him and Vov stands to get out so Kondo goes for his foot. He eats one big shot but still goes for it until Vov stands. Igor drops back to half guard and Kondo lands some from the bottom while keeping Vov at distance. Vov gets full mount and immediately Kondo reverses him to be on top in guard.....5 minutes gone
Both exchanging while Kondo is on top and they get a don`t move, and restart in the middle. Kondo passes to half but Vov sits up and grabs his arm for a kimura....he really cranks it but so far Kondo is defending well...... They spin anth Vov now on top and he has the kimura still locked behind Kondo`s back.....He lets go......, but gets full mount with 2 minutes left He sits up to unload but Kondo defends to punches well but just cannot spin out of it...Kondo reverses it.....he is on top now and stands for something snd Vov grabs a leg to reverse Yuki before the bell rings...

Round 2

Vov comes out hard and strong and throwing heavy leather....Kondo with some nice counters though and he lands a solid one which stops Vov and Vov picks him up and drops him to the ground , on top in half guard......Vov lands 3 huge body shots followed by 2 to the head and Kondo slips his own counter in between blows.. Vov throwing some huge shots but Kondo is doing really well at avoiding getting tagged and most ae missing the head or simply glancing...Vov jumps over to get side position now.....he lands two knees before Kondo gets a leg and Vov bak into half. Vov lands about 10 reasonable shots to the head but Kondo is fin and the crowd starts chanting KONDO just a Vov mounts him again...Vov throws some weak shots until the bell rings.....

Round 3.

Kondo goes for the tackle and Vov grabs his neck....they hit the mat and Vov looks like he wants to finish it throwing a lot at the head and body before Kondo gets him back in guard.. They stand, in the clinch....Vov backs off and Kondo shoots....Vov sprawls and ends up with Noth/South....he throws two knees before Kondo gets back up and they are clinching. they both flurry and Igor lands a huge right, but Kondo seems OK...it hits the ground and Vov gets on top.....unloads a few shots...Kondo trying to get him off but fails and Vov throws several more shots. Only a couple actually land but Kondo cannot get up, and there is less than 1 minute left. final minute was simply Vov pounding away, not doing much damage but in total control.

Winner is Igor Vovchanchyn by Unanimous Decison...

Belfort vs. Overeem up next....

Round 1....

Vitor with a highkick that just misses and Over jumps in the a knee for the clinch. Vitor reverses it in the corner, and then Over reverses it and takes it to the ground. Over on top in Vitors guard hammering away with some big shots, and Vitor spins very quickly into a armbar.....just misses as Over pulls out. They stand, Vitor comes in with a left which Over ducks, clinches and drops Vitor to the ground, before standing and looking for the stomp but the ref calls break. Vitor unloads 4 or 5 huge shots that just glance, so Over clinches and Vitor ries to pull guard...they break again..Over lands a highkick but it just glances, but Vitor takes him down and gets on top..Vitor looking to unload but alister is tying him up big time while throwing little shots of his own...Vitor keeping busy but not really landing anything or causing damage. 4 minutes left..Vitor stands in guard to try and land something but falls back into guard landing nothing....he stands again and lands 4 nice body shots......they get stopped and Overeem is yellow carded. Overeem lands some standing kicks before shooting in and taking Vitor down.Over throwing some weak body shots and Vitor again spins for an armbar, which Over defends..1 minute left. Over very busy on top but doing no damage or advancing....they get a break and Vitor is yellowed.
They restart and Over lands a big knee dropping Vitor....he jumps on and punds like hell but Vitor survives and tackles forward. Overeem gets a front choke as he goes back and Vitor taps out.......

Overeem wins by Guillotine choke 9min round 1.....

Hendo vs. Nog up next.....

Round 1

They both offload and Hendo slips, getting back to his feet and landing a lowkick..Nog with the jab from a mile away....Hendo counters one that lands flush but has no effect on Nog, and the clinch..Hendo gets him to the ground and is pounding Nog as he tries to get up. Nog bleeding from the nose a lot already..and they stop to clean up..Nog throws a good combo most of which Hendo ducks, they once again clinch and end in the corner with Hendo loking for the takedown. Neither can do anything and as the break is called Hendo gets one to the b\nuts....Breif stop...They clash in the middle and Hendo slips backwards and Nog obviously jumps on.....hendo scrambles and gets to his feet they are having a drunken brawl in the middle for a second, both wild swings but neither landing and Nog clinches and pulls back down to the ground..He gets Hendo`s arm and Hendo pulls out and stands while Nog is on the ground..Hendo goes back to ground but cannot get past his feet and Nog pounds on the top of his head.... hendo looks a bit gassed.......gasping for air.....they are clinched in the corner.....Hendo breathing hard and Nog bleeding from nose and maybe eye. Break is called and after some wild swings hendo grabs a single which Nog defends, he gets Hendo on the groundd and has his arm.....extends and Hendo taps.....

Winner is Nog by Armbar....

Sakuraba vs. Sik up next *****es...

Intermission, disregard last post....

Sakuraba vs Sik....

Round 1...

comes in with a decent combo...and Saku backs out..Sik in with another and then Saku attacks and lands a huge one.....follows up and Sik is falling and wins via KO!!!

Sakuraba wins by KO R1 0:38!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shogun vs. Rampage coming up!

Round 1...

Shogun by TKO...

Silva vs. Yoshida next....

Rampage quit due to some broken ribs....

Round 1

Silva wih some swings, and Yoshida clinches to take down but silva takes him in the reversal.......Yoshida on the bottom but Silva is locked in hard and cannot get his head away from the body to punch.....Yoshida with kicks to the lowback...Break...Yoshida yellow carded for holding...Yoshi and Silva swinging like a brawl, Silva getting the slight edge but yoshida started laughing....Silva advances and Yoshi shoots but then both back up....circling each other......They both throw at the same time and both miss.....Highkick by Silva that misses....huge swing from Yoshida that Missses and a clinch hipthrow from Yoshida takes Silva down with Yoshi in half guard..Yoshida working for,.....and getting side position...he is ounding away but doing little damage and Silva muscles his way to his feet....in the clinch with Silva on the ropes..Taken down and Yoshi is again on top...they get a dont move and restart with Yoshi in Silva`s guard in the middle..Silva throwing a bit from the bottom and Yoshi throws a couple himself looking to set up and arm but giving it away to keep on top..Yoshi throws some big shots but each lands on the mat...2 minuts left..Silva grabs his head and pounds in some shots, followed by some knees from the bottom....he swings into an armbar position but doesn`t even try to sink it., and spins back to the guard...1 minute left...Silva again swings for the arm and Yoshida slams him and lands 4 nice hammerfists.....Silva gets up and Yoshi shoots misses and lands on the ground....Silva is just about to start stomping as the bell rings..

Round 2

Yoshi circling....Silva stops in the middle and they both unload....Silva's lands...Yoshida goes in with a shot and Yoshida was about to shoot and falls on his ass pulling Silva down to the grond woth him. Silva in hi guard and Yoshi went for an arm, but gave it away...Silva asking the ref to stop Yoshi from holding. as Yoshi reallu has him tied up again.Silva tripods and lands a big 1, 2 while Yoshida`s head was flat on the mat....he tries it again but misses so stands for the stomp. misses, jumps in with another and Yoshida grabs his arm to lock so Silva drops forward and elbows 3 big ones to yoshida stomach..End Round 2

Round 3...

Silva jabs to the air, and then lands a lowkick....another...Another lowkick. Yoshi jabs and misses, Silva swings twice and misses...Silva runs in with a right, misses and Yoshida hooks a counter that also misses...they have an exchange where they both land a little...Silva lands a big lowkick that hurt and Yoshida is slowing down....2 minutes left...more lowkicks..Yoshi shoots, misses but lands a 1, 2....then Silva replies with a big one of his own....Final misute and Silva lands one that drops Silva...Silva stomps and Yoshida goes for the leg...then locks in a front choke that Silva is saying is OK.....cannot see if it was in, but the round ends

Vanderlei Silva wins a split decision....

Recap

Nakamura defeats Randleman by UD
Ricardo Arona Defeats Dean Lister by UD
Igor Vovchanchyn Defeats Yuki Kondo by UD
Alistar Overeem Defeats Vitor Belfort by Guillotine Choke
Antonio Rogerio Noguera Defeats Dan Henderson by Armbat
Kazushi Sakuraba defeats Dong sik by KO
Shogun defeats Rampage by TKO
Silva defeats Yoshida by split decision....

What happened with Rampage/Shogun's scrap? You just wrote one sentence.

Thanks Kaps!

Kaps, you just got tired or what? I've gotten an account of the fight but I was just askin cause you did the entire blow by blow on the rest of em.

Oh, I see. You DID the whole thing, you just added that bit about the broken ribs.

As you were.

there isno post on the rampage fight it just says shogun tko

Shogun broke Rampage's ribs with a knee I think, Rampage gave up....

Man i was hoping Yoshida pulled it off. He looked to have some opportunities he just couldn't capitolize on. great fight for Yoshida and Silva again.

Rampage... I dunno. Broken Ribs gotta suck.

Baroni... what the...

Shogun broke Rampage's ribs with a knee I think, Rampage gave up....

Saw it last night; Rampage ain't look good from the bell to me. Don't know if it's a hangover from the Silva beatings, the ribs hampered his performance that much or if Shogun's just that good but Rampage barely resembeled the guy I've seen all these years.

Just a helluva coincidence considering his Jesus fascination and his losses of late.

Didn't notice anyone's remarks of the overall show but did it seem relatively boring to you guys? I'm working this weekend, 12 hr shifts, and I was tired as hell trying to stay awake.

It was a good show for a hard core mma fan. I'm sure all the new TUF fans and saying WTF. Putting Lister vs Arona and Randleman vs Nakamura in the first two fights was a mistake. Stick the grapplers in the middle of the card so you can go make a sammich.

The announcer pissed me off several times. "Why doesn't he just.." or "He should just..." These are some of the best fighters in the world, who the hell is he to talk **** about how they're working? The guy read Bas Rutten's books and now he's an expert. Plus, instead of trying to hype up the fights like he's getting paid to do, he's *****ing because the action was too slow. I will admit to yawning a few times during those first two fights but it's his job to make them sound exciting or explain "the chess match" on the ground.

Time for Jackson to change trainers. He's getting beat by the same style over and over. A few months at Miletich, ATT or Team Quest and he'll be good as new. I'm not sure if his ribs were injured before the fight but he still could use some new blood to train with.

The fighters all seemed out of their games. Hendo looked like he was on one lung as did Igor. Silva wasn't all muscled up like normal. Jackson's punches didnt have anything on them. Something was wrong over there.

Baroni should do well in Pride, the Japanese crowd will love him.

Yoshida could have won that fight. It was close but I think his stalling in the guard hurt him the most. I think the third round pulled it out for Silva, that and being the defending champion.

Man i was hoping Yoshida pulled it off. He looked to have some opportunities he just couldn't capitolize on. great fight for Yoshida and Silva again.

Rampage... I dunno. Broken Ribs gotta suck.

Baroni... what the...

about time you showed back up

I havnt seen it yet, but from most accounts, it sounds like UFC was better. Which is sad, because the UFC wasnt even that good.....

I havnt seen it yet, but from most accounts, it sounds like UFC was better. Which is sad, because the UFC wasnt even that good.....

I think the hype killed it. Plus the first two fights were so boring. I thought Igor's fight was cool watching him trying to sub Kondo but the action wasn't that good. I still think something was wrong, like everyone had food poisoning or something.