The UFC Results

Georges St. Pierre defeats Matt Serra by TKO in round two
Rich Franklin defeats Travis Lutter by TKO in round two
Michael Bisping defeats Charles McCarthy by TKO in round one
Mac Danzig defeats Mark Bocek by submission in round three
Nate Quarry defeats Kalib Starnes via unanimous decision
Jason MacDonald defeats Joe Doerksen via technical knockout in round two
Jason Day defeats Alan Belcher via technical knockout in round one
Demian Maia defeats Ed Herman via submission (triangle choke) in round two
Rich Clementi defeats Sam Stout via split decision
Cain Velasquez defeats Brad Morris via technical knockout in round one
Jonathan Goulet defeats Kuniyoshi Hironaka via technical knockout in round two

Jorge Gurgel def. John Halverson, unanimous decision
Diego Sanchez def. David Beilkheden, submission (strikes), 4:43 R1
Josh Koscheck def. Dustin Hazelett, TKO, 1:24 R2
Luigi Fioravanti def. Luke Cummo, unanimous decision
Andrei Arlovski def. Jake O’Brien, TKO, 4:17 R2
Jon Fitch def. Chris Wilson, unanimous decision
Yushin Okami def. Evan Tanner, KO (knee), 3:00 R2
Chris Leben def. Alessio Sakara, TKO, 3:16 R1
Heath Herring def. Cheick Kongo, split decision
UFC middleweight title: Anderson Silva def. Dan Henderson, submission (rear naked choke), 4:52 R2

Tim Sylvia has recently commented in his forum that “I have one fight left on my contract I want to stay with the UFC but I am going to go were the money is right now Brock is making more money then me that has to change I have a better name then him and I am a better fighter then him, in case u didn’t know my manager runs m1 so I have a pretty good in so we will see what happens in the next few months.”

Since he has that in with M1, this could actually provide the organization with a real heavy weight for Fedor to fight. This could be very, very interesting to see. Even though we would much rather see Fedor and Couture, this potential fight would at least give us something to speculate on. Would Fedor be able to finish, will he be able to stand up with Sylvia, etc, there are so many comparisons to made.

Even though we are not real hot on Tim Sylvia, he has been the champ twice, and is very well known in the UFC. If the UFC were to lose him it would be a huge blow and only thin out the already thinning heavy weight division more.

Chuck Liddell and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua are set to fight at UFC 85 in London. Like every fight in the UFC it could be scheduled today and canceled tomorrow, but let’s cross our fingers.

This is a very good test for Chuck Liddell. Yes, he just beat Wanderlei Silva (see the quick UFC 79 Results) but people have questioned him recently because he has suffered some pretty nasty knockouts in his last few fights. But when it comes down to it Chuck Liddell still beat Wanderlei Silva! Since Liddell lost to Keith Jardin he has so much to prove and the UFC is not letting him off the hook with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

Shogun is a scary fighter. There were rumors of him being injured before the Forest Griffin fight, but he still lost, and lost decisively. An injury can hurt a fighter’s confidence, so a healthy, fired up Shogun coming off of a loss is a lot to handle for Liddell. If Shogun beats The Iceman he is back but will either face Griffin for a title shot (if Griffin wins) or will face Griffin for a rematch before moving on to fight Rampage.

The title shot route for Liddell will probably be similar. The UFC management wants to make as much money as possible. Chuck Liddell is a money maker, especially when he is trying to get revenge. If Liddell gets passed Rua, Rampage/Liddell 3 is almost inevitable. So I guess we just sit back and watch the 205 lbs. fireworks go off!

Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira vs. Tim Sylvia
Winner: Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira via Submission (guillotine choke)

Frank Mir vs. Brock Lesnar
Winner: Frank Mir via submission (kneebar)

Nate Marquardt vs. Jeremy Horn
Winner: Nate Marquardt via submission (guillotine choke)

Alan Belcher vs. Ricardo Almeida
Winner: Ricardo Almeida via submission (guillotine choke)

Tyson Griffin vs. Gleison Tibau
Winner: Tyson Griffin via unanimous decision

Chris Lytle vs. Kyle Bradley
Winner: Chris Lytle via technical knockout (strikes)

Tim Boetsch vs. David Heath
Winner: Tim Boetsch via technical knockout (strikes)

Terry Martin vs. Marvin Eastman
Winner: Marvin Eastman via unanimous decision

Keita Nakamura vs. Rob Emerson
Winner: Rob Emerson via split decision

Mike Swick defeats Josh Burkman via majority decision
Patrick Cote defeats Drew McFedries via technical knockout (strikes) in round one
Thiago Tavares defeats Michihiro Omigawa via unanimous decision
Nate Diaz defeats Alvin Robinson via submission (triangle choke) in round one
Kurt Pellegrino defeats Alberto Crane via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Gray Maynard defeats Dennis Siver via unanimous decision
Jeremy Stephens defeats Cole Miller via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Corey Hill defeats Joe Veres via technical knockout (strikes) in round two
Matt Wiman defeats Justin Buchholz via submission (rear naked choke) in round one