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Rampage a bit more cautious this round. Dan throws a leg kick, Rampage counters with a punch. Quick clinch, Dan able to take Rampage down with another leg trip. Dan working the elbow from the side control again. Dan throwing knee to the side of Rampage. Rampage also throwing elbows from the bottom to the side of Dan. Rampage quickly takes advantage of little space Dan gave him and stands up. Dan tries to take Rampage down but ends up on the bottom this time. Rampage now has the side control with 90 seconds. Dan tries to roll. Rampage throwing some hard elbows to the body.
Flurry exchange of punches one minute into the round. Dan goes for the knee but Rampage able to take Dan down. Rampage has the side control. Rampage throwing knee to the side of Dan. Dan tries to roll, Rampage able to hold on to the position. Dan trying to work the kimura but Rampage able to get his hand out, and maintain the top position. Dan again trying for the kimura. Dan able to roll with the kimura and has the top position now. Dan has the full mount for a short period, but Rampage able to turn and stand up. Exchange of knees and the round ends.
Round starts with Rampage coming out with jabs. Dan throws punches and misses, Rampage throws punches and knocks Dan to the ground. Rampage on top but Dan going for the armbar. Rampage able to get his arm out and has the side control. Dan trying for the kimura again but no success. Rampage maintaining the top position and does some damages with elbows and punches. Referee stands them up for lack of action. Dan throws a spining back kick and miss. Rampage throws good combination punches.
Inside leg kick by Dan. Dan lands a left hook. They end up in a clinch. Rampage doing a good job of avoiding the takedown. Dan lands a good right elbow. Another good uppercut by Dan. Nice combination of Rampage. Leg kick by Rampage. Good right hand by Dan, clinch and takedown by Dan. Dan has the full guard position with less than 2 minutes left. Dan trying to throw punches from this position. Rampage able to stand up and Quinton takes Dan down. Dan gets up with 10 seconds to go. Rampage able to push Dan down and was about to do some damage when the final bell rang.
Houston Alexander is a machine and I hope he moves up the ladder quickly since he's an "older" guy as well (I think it said he was 37?). Not that you can tell by how he's pummelling his opponents. Very impressive fighter.
Bisping got worked pretty good and looked very jittery and uncomfortable from the openeing bell. Hamil absolutley dominated the first round, but the 2nd and 3rd rounds were toss ups for me as neither right really dominated in any regard. Bisping pretending he dominated the fight at the end was pretty lame though, even his hometown fans were booing him and cheering Hamil, ouch!
I don't think the results really protrayed how much Cro-Crop actually got worked by Kongo. Outside of the first round takedown and ground work, he did pretty much nothing and Kongo was in control and pushing the pace, hunting down Cro-Crop with repeated vicious kicks and knees, albeit a few misplaced knees, but at the same time Cro-Crop did nothing to get off the cage and out of harms way. Kongo had improved since his last outing, but he still has holes in his game that would be exploited by a better, more well rounded fighter than Mirko. What a bust for the UFC on him thus far, I know I've been unimpressed after all the hype.
Dan Henderson looked really good in the first round, but I think he gassed pretty early and couldn't do as much, but even then still gave Rampage a really good fight. I'm looking forward to seeing more from him as well. Henderson vs. Silva/Franklin would be a great fight to see.
Overall, I thought the card was really good even with the commercial breaks (although the main event was commercial free which was awesome).
Rampage is hilarious. When he said," I didnt know Dan was going to try and break my fists with his face. (or something like that) I died laughing. He said he was trying to knock him out but Dan's jaw was like iron.
Matt Hammer is a beast. I love that kid. Hope he continues to do well. He crushed Bisping as far as I'm concerned.
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I think Houston is like 32. Not 100% sure. He may need to work on his interview skills though.
Bisping is a joke now. He got beat. Just admit it.
Disappointed with Cro Cop as well. The heavyweight division is now so stacked, he's not getting a title shot anytime soon, after 2 consecutive losses.
Dan looked great initially. He was the smaller opponent but his wrestling was awesome. Quinton is no joke either. He was able to work his way out of some bad situations and had better conditioning. Dan can easily move down to Middleweight and do quite well there.
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Houston Alexander is a machine and I hope he moves up the ladder quickly since he's an "older" guy as well (I think it said he was 37?). Not that you can tell by how he's pummelling his opponents. Very impressive fighter.
Bisping got worked pretty good and looked very jittery and uncomfortable from the openeing bell. Hamil absolutley dominated the first round, but the 2nd and 3rd rounds were toss ups for me as neither right really dominated in any regard. Bisping pretending he dominated the fight at the end was pretty lame though, even his hometown fans were booing him and cheering Hamil, ouch!
I don't think the results really protrayed how much Cro-Crop actually got worked by Kongo. Outside of the first round takedown and ground work, he did pretty much nothing and Kongo was in control and pushing the pace, hunting down Cro-Crop with repeated vicious kicks and knees, albeit a few misplaced knees, but at the same time Cro-Crop did nothing to get off the cage and out of harms way. Kongo had improved since his last outing, but he still has holes in his game that would be exploited by a better, more well rounded fighter than Mirko. What a bust for the UFC on him thus far, I know I've been unimpressed after all the hype.
Dan Henderson looked really good in the first round, but I think he gassed pretty early and couldn't do as much, but even then still gave Rampage a really good fight. I'm looking forward to seeing more from him as well. Henderson vs. Silva/Franklin would be a great fight to see.
Overall, I thought the card was really good even with the commercial breaks (although the main event was commercial free which was awesome).
There was actually a post from one of the judges on another forum (posted from another forum, "Underground" I believe...) stating how and why he scored the Bisping/Hamil fight the way he did. It seemed like it fit with how I saw it. I'll try to find it later, unless someone beats me to it.