Wolf
29-Jun-2006, 01:41 PM
Mark Hominick v. Jorge Gurgel
Hominick by unanimous decision (29-28,29-28,29-28). This fight pissed me off. While it was a great striking match, and I think Hominick technically earned the decision, it really angered me to see him actually turn his back and run from Gurgel to avoid the takedown a number of times. Overall though he did land more strikes and got a legit win...BARELY
Stephan Bonnar v. Rashad Evans
Evans by majority decision (29-28,29-28,29-29)
A pretty good fight, that didn't turn out how I wanted it. Rashad pretty much dominated. From the get go the slammed Bonnar at will and then tried to pound from the guard. Though Rashad has no idea how to get a submission he sure knew how to avoid one dodging multiple triangle, kimura and armbar attempts from Bonnar's guard. He earned the decision, and the one judge that ruled it a draw is on some serious drugs.
Rob Macdonald v. Kristian Rotharmel
Macdonald by armbar in Rd 1.
I was rooting for Kristian, but I knew he wouldn't be ready. I was right. He gassed early and was thrown all over the place by Macdonald's superior wrestling. Towards the end of the first he through an arm out that Macdonald seized for a perfect armbar.
Chris Leben v. Anderson Silva
Silva by KO in Rd 1.
This one was over FAST. They both came out swinging. Silva caught Leben early and rocked him hard! I've never seen Leben even close to rocked that hard. It knocked him down, but he fought to stand up as Silva didn't pursue. Then Silva landed a couple more punches, got the clinch and caught him with a big knee in the head for the KO.
Luke Cummo v. Jonathan Goulet
Goulet by majority decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-29)
This fight was awesome. I knew Luke would have trouble if he couldn't keep the fight standing though. From the start Goulet got the takedown and pressed Cummo hard on the ground. Cummo has a very impressive ground game from a defensive standpoint. Goulet landed some shots, but couldn't come close to a submission. However, he kept Cummo down the entire round. By this point Cummo is really gassed from fighting off the groundgame. The second round begins and Cummo rocks Goulet hard with a punch. Goulet is knocked down, and Cummo tries to finish. Goulet is able to fight it off though. From here it's more of the same. He repeatedly takes Cummo down and GnP's him until the end of the round. The third round looked to be more of the same until the very end when Cummo reverses things and sinks in a REALLY deep RNC that pretty much everyone thought would end it. But with less than 10 seconds left Goulet fights out of it because Cummo is so tired and reverses it for a few more punches to end the fight. Goulet gets the well earned decision.
Overall it was a good night of fights, but I was disappointed. Not 1 fighter I wanted to win did. I was really pulling hard for Luke, and I think he has the ability to do well. His striking is great, and he's decent on the ground, he just needs a little better takedown defense. Bonnar really dissappointed me by not fighting better. I think Gurgel looked really good, just Hominick was way to fast to get a takedown on. Leben just plain got KTFO, what can you say. I think we can assume Kristian is done. He's never looked good so far.
Hominick by unanimous decision (29-28,29-28,29-28). This fight pissed me off. While it was a great striking match, and I think Hominick technically earned the decision, it really angered me to see him actually turn his back and run from Gurgel to avoid the takedown a number of times. Overall though he did land more strikes and got a legit win...BARELY
Stephan Bonnar v. Rashad Evans
Evans by majority decision (29-28,29-28,29-29)
A pretty good fight, that didn't turn out how I wanted it. Rashad pretty much dominated. From the get go the slammed Bonnar at will and then tried to pound from the guard. Though Rashad has no idea how to get a submission he sure knew how to avoid one dodging multiple triangle, kimura and armbar attempts from Bonnar's guard. He earned the decision, and the one judge that ruled it a draw is on some serious drugs.
Rob Macdonald v. Kristian Rotharmel
Macdonald by armbar in Rd 1.
I was rooting for Kristian, but I knew he wouldn't be ready. I was right. He gassed early and was thrown all over the place by Macdonald's superior wrestling. Towards the end of the first he through an arm out that Macdonald seized for a perfect armbar.
Chris Leben v. Anderson Silva
Silva by KO in Rd 1.
This one was over FAST. They both came out swinging. Silva caught Leben early and rocked him hard! I've never seen Leben even close to rocked that hard. It knocked him down, but he fought to stand up as Silva didn't pursue. Then Silva landed a couple more punches, got the clinch and caught him with a big knee in the head for the KO.
Luke Cummo v. Jonathan Goulet
Goulet by majority decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-29)
This fight was awesome. I knew Luke would have trouble if he couldn't keep the fight standing though. From the start Goulet got the takedown and pressed Cummo hard on the ground. Cummo has a very impressive ground game from a defensive standpoint. Goulet landed some shots, but couldn't come close to a submission. However, he kept Cummo down the entire round. By this point Cummo is really gassed from fighting off the groundgame. The second round begins and Cummo rocks Goulet hard with a punch. Goulet is knocked down, and Cummo tries to finish. Goulet is able to fight it off though. From here it's more of the same. He repeatedly takes Cummo down and GnP's him until the end of the round. The third round looked to be more of the same until the very end when Cummo reverses things and sinks in a REALLY deep RNC that pretty much everyone thought would end it. But with less than 10 seconds left Goulet fights out of it because Cummo is so tired and reverses it for a few more punches to end the fight. Goulet gets the well earned decision.
Overall it was a good night of fights, but I was disappointed. Not 1 fighter I wanted to win did. I was really pulling hard for Luke, and I think he has the ability to do well. His striking is great, and he's decent on the ground, he just needs a little better takedown defense. Bonnar really dissappointed me by not fighting better. I think Gurgel looked really good, just Hominick was way to fast to get a takedown on. Leben just plain got KTFO, what can you say. I think we can assume Kristian is done. He's never looked good so far.