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UFC 142
Saturday, Week 2, May 2012
Live from Phoenix, Arizona
Prelims
Middleweight Division
Brad Tavares (7-1) vs "Crazy" Tim Credeur (12-3)
Tim Credeur d. Brad Tavares at 3:54 of the 1st round (Submission - Arm Triangle) [Decent]
Lightweight Division
Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone (12-4) vs Kyle Watson (13-7-1)
Donald Cerrone d. Kyle Watson at 1:46 of the 1st round (Submission - Guillotine) [Good]
Featherweight Division
Yves "Tiger" Jabouin (18-6) vs Tony "Lionheart" Hervey (14-9)
Toney Hervey d. Yves Jabouin (Unanimous Decision) [Decent]
Bantamweight Division
Mark Oshiro (13-3) vs Ken Stone (9-1)
Ken Stone d. Mark Oshiro at 1:48 of the 1st round (TKO - Strikes) [Good]
Light Heavyweight Division
Vladimir "The Janitor" Matyushenko (25-6) vs "The Ox" Dongi Yang (10-3)
Vladimir Matyushenko d. Dongi Yang at 3:46 of the 1st round (Submission - Armbar) [Great]
Main Card
Lightweight Division
Chris "The Polish Hammer" Horodecki (18-2) vs "The Mongolian Wolf" Tie Quan Zhang (13-0)
Round 1: Slow first round. It's a feeling out process between the two fighters. Zhang probably does enough to win the round.
Round 2: Another round of just stand up but neither fighter lands anything big as both would rather counter then go for big strikes. Probably Zhang's round though.
Round 3: Horodecki knows he is in trouble and has to do something to finish Zhang. He throws a spinning backfist that rocks Zhang but Zhang is able to recover and starts hammering Horodecki with big leg kicks. With under a minute left Horodecki throws a miracle left that catches Zhang flush and knows him out cold!
Chris Horodecki d. Tie Quan Zhang at 4:40 of the 3rd round (KO - Puncj) [Decent]
Middleweight Division
Maiquel "Big Rig" Falcao (28-3) vs Thales Leites (21-5)
Round 1: It's a solid first round as both men have a spirited exchange. Leities manages a takedown to end the round and unloads a few big shots with Falcao against the fence but the round ends.
Round 2: It's a slow second round but Falcao should get the advantage for his solid leg kicks that are starting to have an impact on Leites.
Round 3: Falcao keeps with the leg kicks for much of the third and he has Leites on his heels. Leites wants the takedown but there is not much left in his tank. Falcao amps up the pressure and nearly KO's Leites but the round ends.
Maiquel Falcao d. Thales Leites (Unanimous Decision) [Good]
Heavyweight Division
Antonio "Minotauro" Rodrigo Nogueira (33-7-1) vs "Big" Ben Rothwell (33-8)
Round 1: Big Nog wants this fight on the ground and a minute it in he goes to take Rothwell down but Rothwell sprawls and Nog is stuck face down. Rothwell unloads with some vicious shots and Nog is hurt forcing the ref to step in.
Ben Rothwell d. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at 1:56 of the 1st round (TKO - Strikes) [Good]
Co-Main Event/Welterweight Division
"The Prodigy" B.J Penn (17-8-1) vs Jon Fitch (26-5-1)
Round 1: Snorer of a first. Shields gets a takedown but he cannot pass guard. It's a lot of mat action but not much is happening.
Round 2: This time Penn gets the takedown and it's much of the same. Not a whole lot happening.
Round 3: Another yawner. Penn is the more active fighter and I think he takes the fight.
B.J Penn d. Jake Shields (Unanimous Decision) [Poor]
Main Event/UFC Featherweight Title Fight
Jose Aldo [c] (21-1) vs "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung (12-3)
Round 1: What a first round. It could have gone either way as it was a tail of two halves. Zombie knocked Aldo down early but later in the round Aldo got a knockdown of Jung. These guys are just beating the hell out of one another.
Round 2: Aldo goes in for the kill this round and he is after Jung with all he has got. Aldo makes a mistakes though and Jung throws an incredible spinning heel kick that knocks Aldo out!
Chan Sung Jung d. Jose Aldo at 2:29 of the 2nd round (KO - Spinning Heel Kick) to win the UFC Featherweight Title [Excellent]
Show Review
Critical Rating: Great
Commercial Rating: Average
PPV Buys: 1.7 million
Fight of the Night: Chan Sung Jung vs Jose Aldo
KO of the Night: Chan Sung Jung
Submission of the Night: Tim Credeur
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