Sorry for the late post chaps, i know you've all been waiting with baited breath for my customary post event analysis
i've just got a new Sky box & it's
pre-set in auto standby mode so it turned itself off at 4am so i had to wait till 23:00 tonight to see the last 3 fights.
Melvin Guillard v Jeremy Stephens: Dana's pre show fight of the night pick, 2 guys that where supposed to go at it from the off which Stephens obviously did but Guillard had different ideas. Now working with Greg Jackson & it showed with a perfect in & out game plan, not the best as far as some fans go but effective to gain a win.
Matt Mitrione v Joey Beltran: This was gonna be the stand up fight of the night until Beltran felt the power of Mitrione & decided to try for the take down even though he didn't know how, which made it partially a stop start fight, in my opinion both these fighters are just YouTube fighters who will always fall short against a good opponent.
C.B. Dollaway v Joe Doerksen: What a performance from Dollaway, especially against someone with 33 submission victories, when he got the guillotine he bided his time well. 4/5 years ago this would've brought a hale of boos from the crowd but it was obvious he was putting a plan into action & the now well versed crowd knew it & what followed was a perfect throwback to some crazy Royce Gracie shit!!! & one of the best ends to a ground fights i've ever seen.
Sean Sherk v Evan Dunham: Sherk is a tough son of a.. He's never been submitted & now we know why, to get out of those guillotines takes some doin, that said he gave up his head very easy, this was an even fight goin into the last round. Unfortunately this is when my Sky box turned itself off so my DVD stopped taping
& i didn't get back till 23:05 tonight so i haven't seen the last round.
Antônio Rogério Nogueira v Ryan Bader: This wasn't a great fight, Bader couldn't get any rhythm & Nogueira didn't try to mix up his game & therefore suffered a few half take downs which were enough for a Bader decision.
Frank Mir v Mirko Cro Cop: The less said the better, although i'm disappointed with the KO as i wanted to see how the judges would've called it.
Overall i though Dollaway apart it was a pretty poor night.
UFC 119
Preliminary card:
Matt Mitrione v Joey Beltran-KO...
C.B. Dollaway v Joe Doerksen-Sub F57 W45 L2 Subs33, now that's some cool shit!!!...
Don't mind bein wrong on this one
Main card:
Melvin Guillard v Jeremy Stephens-Someones gettin KO'd...
Sean Sherk v Evan Dunham-50/50 on a UD... split decision, UD same shit!
Chris Lytle v Matt Serra-UD..
Right call wrong fighter
Antônio Rogério Nogueira v Ryan Bader-50/50 as Lil Nog's on a KO streak, but Bader is rising...
Mirko Cro Cop v Frank Mir-Sub hope i'm wrong but i think UFC wise Cro Cop isn't quite there???...
KO, sub.. a wins a win!!!
Fighters were awarded $70,000 bonuses.
Fights of the Night: Sean Sherk v Evan Dunham and Matt Mitrione v Joey Beltran
Knockout of the Night: Not awarded
Submission of the Night: C.B. Dollaway