Once again, a satisfying night[day here] of fights!
Vera showed why he's too much for Soszynski[or however the fuck you wanna spell his name out]! I'm really awaiting the day Anderson Silva gets to face Brandon Vera. I know that's too much to ask, but come on. Who doesn't want to see detonation? Good win for Brandon. Pilipino! Pilipino! Pilipino! Bebot Bebot be-Bebot Bebot!
Next stop is the Leben-Rosholt fight. This clearly shows how "lower-tier" Leben has become. He's a C-level gatekeeper at best. Even on the roids, he wasn't fast enough. Really looked slow and sluggish. Rosholt on the other hand, shows us that excellent wrestling peppered with good jiu-jitsu could get you the W. Leben only has bricks for fists while Rosholt is more well rounded, which is what every aspiring champ should be[check out GSP].
The Maia-Marquardt really shocked me because of the devastating fashion displayed in the right hand that caused the stoppage. Royce Gracie 2.0 really didn't have any hands to begin with, so The Great just exploited this and gave us a glimpse of what happened to Arlovski before when he faced Fedor.
Dean Of Mean-Thiago Silva was of no surprise to me. I saw the outcome of that fight in a crystal ball ever since that match-up was announced by Joe Silva[though I got 4 picks out of 10 wrong]. I actually saw a split-screen on the crystal ball's image. One was showing Thiago pounding Jardine out in the 1st round, and the other was an image of Silva knocking Jardine out with a leg kick followed by a stiff hook to the chin.
The last bout was a battle for the ages! The fight definitely lived up the the hype! I was just surprised at Nogueira's boxing, which is really underrated. But as far as I know, I do remember him having pretty good boxing during his Pride days. Randy did pretty well in the stand-up too, until "he got caught"[which is pretty much becomin' a cliche nowadays and is the most used up excuse in the book of MMA or fighting in general].
I'm sure Randy executed his game plan to perfection. It's just that it's extremely difficult to follow your own formulated strategy if it's not playin' itself out and you're bein' repeatedly punched in the face.
All in all, a great night of fights! Thank you UFC. You just gave me my monthly dose of MMA-fix. Good enough to last 'till UFC 103 next month. 'Till then, see you around in cyberspace!!! It's a lazy afternoon!
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