UFC 105- Couture v. Vera on Spike

[goh]

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I wouldn't put it past Bisping to under estimate Kang and get caught but I doubt either would destroy the other.

Just a heads up for any fellow Canadians,it's on live here.

[Scoop_Brady]

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I think if Randy can keep this in the clinch he's got it. If he can't use his wrestling he's gonna get knocked out.

[MachoMyers]

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Hoping Hardy wins for a title shot and Bisping gets his block knocked off again. Kang is (surprisingly?) the favorite.

[ManiacMatt1782]

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Some prelim results so far

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Andre Winner vs. Roli Delgado
Round 1
Delgado throws a right head kick that grazes Winner, who drops his hands and taunts Delgado. Winner melts Delgado with a right hand and follows him to the mat, but quickly retreats once Delgado traps one of his arms. Delgado looks alright and knees Winner from the clinch along the cage. Winner wobbles Delgado with a short left cross, but the bearded Delgado shakes it off. He does not shake off the jab, overhand-right combo that puts him to sleep at 3:22 of the first round. Referee Leon Roberts intervenes, giving Andre Winner and his countrymen a knockout win to open the night.

Alexander Gustafsson vs. Jared Hamman
Round 1
Gustafsson and Hamman come out bombing. Hamman is landing some wild overhand rights, but the big Swede doesn't back down. Referee Kevin Mulhall steps in to warn Gustafsson for poking Hamman in the eye. The fight is restarted and Hamman eats a huge straight-right hand that floors him. Gustafsson follows him to the canvas and finishes him with punches. Mulhall calls it at just 41 seconds. Gustafsson remains perfect with a knockout win in his UFC debut.

Paul Kelly vs. Dennis Siver
Round 1
Siver batters Kelly with an array of strikes, but most notably a pair of left hooks. Kelly closes the distance and grabs a front headlock and knees to the legs and body of Siver, sending a chorus of cheers up from the English crowd with each shot. Siver continues to get the better of the striking exchanges, but Kelly scores a takedown with just 15 seconds left in the round. Sherdog.com scores the round 10-9 for Siver.

Round 2
Siver and Kelly trade punches and Kelly, again, tries to take the fight to the mat. Unsuccessful, Kelly is force to stand and Siver takes advantage. He lands a picture-perfect spinning-back kick to the midsection that folds Kelly in two and puts him on his seat. Siver swarms before backing away and inviting Kelly to stand. In obvious pain, Kelly struggles to his feet only to be overwhelmed by Siver strikes. Referee Dan Miragliotta stops the bout at 2:53 of the second frame. Kelly stays down on the mat for a couple minutes as he is tended to. He leaves the cage with help of his team, who are holding a bucket in front of him in case he has to vomit.

Matt Riddle vs. Nick Osipczak
Round 1
Riddle and Osipczak exchange leg kicks. Riddle, with a huge smile on his face, pushes forward into a body lock and then a single-leg takedown. Osipczak is active off his back, but riddle lands some nice elbows. The fight is stood up by referee Marc Goddard after a head butt to the body by Riddle. Riddle takes the fight back to the mat and gets reversed with about 20 seconds left in the round. Osipczak takes mount and Riddle can only hang on. Round one goes to Osipczak 10-9 on the Sherdog card.

Round 2
Osipczak lands a right head kick to lead off the second stanza. Riddle scores a takedown, but is stood back up because of a lack of action. Riddle tries to answer, but Osipczak lands a right hand that forces Riddle to shoot. Osipczak sprawls and forces riddle to his back. He controls from the top and batters him with shots until the round ends. 10-9 Osipczak.

Round 3
Riddle ducks under a right hand and scores a takedown. He is unable to advance position or strike and is stood up. Riddle gets another takedown and moves to Osipczak's back. The Brit gets his guard back and sweeps to mount. He pounds away while Riddle feverishly tries to extricate himself. Goddard decides Riddle has had enough and steps in at 3:53 of the final round, giving Osipczak the TKO win.

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Hype show is on now. They're saying only on PPV so I guess it's an old ad or Sportsnet is just taking a UK feed.

Looks like there's gonna be ads.

I was hoping for Pearson but now I can't cheer against Riley coming out to Oakenfold. Riley got Assassin's Creed trunks too.

Spoiler

Round 1 belongs to Ross. Some great Muay Thai there. Greg Jackson is telling Riley to pressure Pearson.

Round 2 Pearson display great boxing for 4 minutes then wins by stoppage with a flying knee from the Thai clinch that I'm 99% sure broke Riley's nose cause he's a mess.

[MachoMyers]

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Can't find a Stream for this.

[goh]

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Wilks/Brown up next...

Doesn't seem to be as much love for Wilks as there was for Pearson.

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That was pretty awful. Wilks has a mouse under his left eye and it's closing up. The US crowd would've booed the hell out of that but the UK crowd was just quiet. Guess I'd give that to Wilks as he had control most of the round though Brown had a the sub attempt.

Round 2 MUCH,MUCH better. Wilks is gassing but showed quite the heart. Round is for sure Brown's. He hit a flying knee in the opening moments that dropped Wilks and started some GnP but Wilks ended up going for a leg lock and Brown got out. Brown had good position towards the end but Wilks flipped it on him. Brown got Wilks in a triangle as time expired.

Brown by TKO in the 3rd. Wilks locked on a kimura but Brown rolled out of it. Brown got a guillotine when they stood up,Wilks ended up on his back and Brown took the mount from there and got the GnP win.

[Wet Bandit]

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Doesn't seem to be as much love for Wilks as there was for Pearson.

That's because Wilks has been living in the US for like the past decade.

Winner/Delgado:

Spoiler

Glad to see Winner fight with some attitude. I thought he wilted mentally in the Pearson fight and gave that fight away, so it was nice to see him fight stronger.

[XFactah416]

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Anybody got a stream for this?

[goh]

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That's because Wilks has been living in the US for like the past decade.

I know.

Kang/Bisping next...

Bisping is really pumped up,huge ovation,could barely hear Goldberg/Rogan for a bit there. Bisping is almost Guida like.

Spoiler

Round 1 to Kang. He dropped Bisping early with a right and they grappled on the ground for the rest of it. Kang got mount but couldn't do anything. Bisping showed good defense but Kang was on top the whole time.

Bisping ends it in round 2 by TKO. He got a takedown and did some damage but Kang got up. Bisping took him down again did more damage and Kang got up again. Kang was wobbly and Bisping finished him off up against the cage.

Should mention the refs for the first 2 fights were UK refs and this one was Dan Murg...whatever it is.

[Wet Bandit]

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That Bisping/Kang fight was a lot of fun to watch.

[goh]

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Hardy/Swick

Hope this one is explosive.

Someone stole Swick's hat. He got the Assassin's Creed trunks too.

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Round 1 was mostly them switching positions up against the cage. Bad ref job to only seperate them once. It's a non-UK ref this time. Dunno who I'd give it to but Hardy landed a good punch at the start of the round so that might give him the edge.

Round 2 opend with a Hardy flurry but most of the round was up against the cage again. When they seperated Swick got a couple of shots in but took another one himself. Another small exchange towards the end and it ends with them on the cage again. Another toss up but I think Hardy got it.

Round 3 started like I thought the whole fight would be like. Hardy picked him up for a takedown but Swick got the guillotine and slipped off. Hardy cut him with elbows while on top and they got stood up after a bit. Nothing much happens afterwards. Round 3 is for sure Hardy's,no doubt in this one.

So I've got it 30-27 Hardy.

30-27,30-27,29-28 UD for Hardy.

[XFactah416]

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Spoiler

Hardy put Swick on queer street from minute 1, and then rocked him in every other round as well.

War Hardy, although he'll get his *** beat against GSP.

[goh]

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Iiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttt's ttttttiiiiimmmmmeeeeee /Buffer

Couture's hat stolen too. How you steal dudes hat when he comes out to Zeppelin?

UK ref.

Spoiler

Wow that was almost over fast. Couture's forehead is busted open.
Couture holds him against the cage. Break. Couture holds him against the cage. Break. Couture holds him against the cage. Round 1 over.

Round 2,Vera throws a bit and back on the cage it goes. Vera switched it on him. Couture gets position again. Should probably be a break here. There it is. Vera throws a nice kick then some Muay Thai knees,Couture is hurt,Vera on top of him. Stood up again. Back to the cage. Round over. I'm giving that to Vera,Couture had control but he didn't do anything. Vera did damage.

Round 3 Couture throws some combos and they're up against the cage again. Ref slow on seperating again. Threatens it. Seperated. Vera does a bit more damage and they're up against the cage again but Vera's in control. Ref is getting pissy,crowd is getting pissy. Vera with the takedown to mount. They're up and Vera throws,slugfest at the end both trying to steal it.

I've got it 29-28 Vera,that takedown won him round 3 for me but I'm sure the judges gave round 2 to Couture despite him not doing any damage.

[Wet Bandit]

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Spoiler

Hardy put Swick on queer street from minute 1, and then rocked him in every other round as well.

War Hardy, although he'll get his *** beat against GSP.

Spoiler

Yep. Those counter hooks will be almost worthless against GSP, who uses quick, long striking with his good jab and his kicks. And if Hardy tries to close the distance to use those hooks, he'll be dumped on his ***.

Hardy's got a decent puncher's chance, but that's it.