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Round 1
Al Turk lands a hard right hook to the temple. Cro Cop shrugs off a takedown and circles away from his charging opponent. Cro Cop lands a left hand and starts to move forward. Al Turk lunges in with a right hand than glances. Cro Cop opens up with his hands and hurts al Turk. An inadvertent eye poke sends al Turk reeling. Cro Cop jumps all over his opponent with punches until referee Dan Miragliotta pulls him off at 3:06 of the first.
Round 1
Kongo uses his jab to set up two right hands that rock Velasquez’s world. A hurt Velasquez his a desperation single-leg, but Kongo flips him over. Velasquez gets back on top and takes the mount. Kongo gives up his back and Velasquez works his arm under the chin for a rear-naked choke. Kongo rolls out and stands, only to be slammed hard to the canvas. Velasquez goes to the mount and again ends up on his opponent’s back. Velasquez tees off with right hands. Kongo gets to his feet and Velasquez, a decorated amateur wrestler, lifts him high into the air and deposits him on the floor. Velasquez is completely dominating with positioning, although Kongo gets back to his feet at the sound of the horn
Round 2
Kongo again hurts Velasquez with a right hand to start a round. Velasquez clears the cobwebs and gets a takedown after Kongo unexplainably went for a single on the hurt fighter. Velasquez advances to Kongo’s back. Left and right hooks are landing by the bulk. Kongo rolls over and Velasquez tees off on the face from half guard with his right hand. Kongo works hard to get to his feet and is taken back down within a second. Velasquez lands directly in side control, but he’s not satisfied with the dominant position. He goes for Kongo’s back and gets it. Two huge knees connect with the kidney of Kongo as the hurt fighter turtles up with blood pouring from his nose. Kongo turns over and is mounted before the horn sounds.
Round 3
Kongo blasts Velasquez again with a right hand. Velasquez’s eyes roll but his chin is phenomenal. Kongo, repateing his mistake of round two, works for a single-leg as his opponent clears the damage from his mind. Velasquez defends the single and takes the back door to Kongo’s back. Sound familiar? Right-handed hammerfists rain down for minutes at a time as Kongo absorbs punishment. Kongo somehow finds a doorway to his feet, but again he is taken down. Velasquez traps both arms from side control before advancing to mount. Elbows and right hands connect with the mouth of Kongo. Velasquez absolutely tees off with punches from both hands in the bout’s final 10 seconds.
Round 1
A feel-out period unfolds through the first 90 seconds. The southpaw Franklin lands a left-hand lead and Silva counters wildly with both hands. Franklin backs up and exits clean. Franklin goes to Silva’s body with his left leg. Silva catches another Franklin kick and takes him to the floor. Silva begins to work from Franklin’s open guard. Silva tripods and lands some leather with his right. Franklin stands and Silva, now bleeding from his right eye, tries to pull guard with a guillotine. Franklin easily avoids it and advances to the mount. Silva escapes to his feet and throws wild haymakers to close the frame.
Round 2
“I think I broke his nose,” says Franklin to trainer Matt Hume in between rounds. Silva looks to the body with a right kick to start round two. Silva lands a right hand counter as Franklin loses balance. A right jab knocks Silva down briefly as he had shaky legs following a kick attempt. Franklin is outpointing his foe from the outside with kicks to the body and his straight left. Silva is swinging for the fences and Franklin refuses to play that game. Just when it looked like Franklin was taking over, Silva scores a right hand that buckles Franklin’s legs. Silva pounces and roughs the former champion up with a flurry of punches. Both fighters are exhausted as Franklin clears his head and lands a right hand of his own at the end of the round.
Round 3
The fighters touch gloves to start the final frame. Both men meet in the center of the Octagon to trade leather. Neither fighter lands clean. Franklin lands a kick to the body and a left hook that backs Silva up. Franklin smashes Silva with a kick to the body. Silva stands in the pocket and lands a clean right hand. Silva is now chasing the retreating Franklin around the cage with two minutes remaining. Silva is still looking for the knockout with every punch late into the fight. Franklin shows good footwork and lands his best jab of the fight. Silva waves his hands into the air for the crowd and attacks with both hands. Franklin senses danger and gets a tatakedown. Silva stands and Franklin takes his back while standing. Franklin punches the head while Silva throws backward elbows in rapid succession. Great end to a solid fight.
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With another loss to his record, and now loosing 5 out of his last 6 is it time for Wanderlei to hang up his gloes. With his legendary status I'm sure he would be able to open a gym or start a fight team.
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Originally Posted by Joemoplata
Kind of a boring, lackluster UFC. Especially when compared to the last WEC. Oh well.
Wanderlei is awesome, all he wants to do is make a good fight for the fans. I love that guy.
He's def one of my favorite all-time fighters. I just hate seeing him pile up the losses.
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Apparently Mustapha is appealing the about the fight because of the eye poke.
1) Is no-contest how people wind-up with that 23-5-x. X representing no-contest
2) This happened a while back as well right? I think the fighter was Anthony Johnson. He was fighting a fighter who used palm strikes, and he caught like three eye pokes. The last eyeshot wound up opening a chance for a stoppage by strikes.
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The third column can be No Contest or Draw. (Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans ended in a draw. Tito won 2-1 rounds but since he had 1 point deduction for repeated offense of holding on the fence)
Yes it was Anthony Johnson but that one was still held as loss for him. I don't think he appealed it but just accepted his misfortune and asked for a rematch instead.
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There should be no draws. I say go another round for sudden death.
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