UFC Live on Versus: Vera vs Jones

There was almost a knockout on the way to the ring last night for Jones -- did you catch it?  I did, and was hysterical.  It made my day to wake up and find out MMATKO.com saw it too:

This turned out to be a pretty good fight, even though I would have loved to see Vera vs Nogueira at 109.  Jones came in ready and Vera kept putting him off to start off with.  They both looked pretty comfortable.  Vera got caught on his back and hit Jones with a kick to the face.  Herb Dean called it, took a point from Vera, and then repositioned the guys where they'd left off, after Jones indicated he wanted to keep fighting.  If it would have ended there, I would have definitely been let down.  Because shortly after that, Jones attacked Vera with his left elbow and got Vera down again.  He went in for the kill with punches, and Dean pulled him off at 3:19 of the first round.  Whew!

I also enjoyed the dos Santos/Gonzaga fight.  Junior definitely earned that win. It was a slow start, but dos Santos took Gonzaga with a left hook counter that sent him to the ground.  He took Gonzaga out with punches, just 3:53 into the first round. Rosenthal was the ref that called it. 

Preliminary Card

• Light Heavyweight bout: Brilz defeated Schafer via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).

• Welterweight bout:  Pierce defeated Paulino via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

• Heavyweight bout:  Schaub defeated Gormley via TKO (punches) at 0:47 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout: Howard defeated Roberts via KO (punch) at 2:01 of round 1. This bout aired on the live Versus broadcast.

• Lightweight bout: Elkins defeated Ludwig via TKO (ankle injury) at 0:44 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout:  Matyushenko defeated Marshall via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 30-27).

• Lightweight bout: Guida defeated Gugerty via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:40 of round 2. Guida won Submission of the Night.

Main Card

• Middleweight bout: Sakara defeated Irvin via TKO (punch) at 3:01 of round 1.

• Heavyweight bout: Kongo defeated Buentello via submission (strikes) at 1:16 of round 3.

• Heavyweight bout: dos Santos defeated Gonzaga via KO (punches) at 3:53 of round 1.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Jones defeated Vera via TKO (elbow) at 3:19 of round 1.

John Howard,  Jon Jones, and Junior Dos Santos all won Knockout of the Night. 

UFC 107 LIVE! and Results

LAST UPDATED 12:47 PM ET~

EDITS:  BJ PENN HAS DEFENDED HIS TITLE!  BJ Penn beats Diego Sanchez!!

From MMAFrenzy.com:  BJ Penn retains lightweight title after opening a deep gash on Diego Sanchez's forehead in the fifth. http://bit.ly/6M00Cy


Diego and BJ are going the distance!!  We are now heading into Round 5!  

(12:40)  MMAFrenzy.com:  Penn continues to light up Sanchez in the fourth, leads 40-35 heading into the final round. http://bit.ly/6M00Cy

(12:31)  MMAFrenzy.com has Penn up 30-26 over Sanchez heading into the fourth. http://bit.ly/6M00Cy

I have recorded the BJ/Diego fight via screen shot on my laptop.  Any idea on where to upload and not get sued and/or immediately yanked?  I'll be glad to share!  They are broken into segments and are in .avi format. 


I just recorded BJ Penn's entrance on my camera phone:  http://stashbox.org/733614/1213090008.3g2


Watch UFC 107 here for free.  Really.  It's not an ad, or a scam, or a paysite.  This is so awesome!  


MAIN CARD

• OVER:  BJ Penn retains lightweight title after opening a deep gash on Diego Sanchez's forehead in the fifth.  http://bit.ly/6M00Cy  from MMAFrenzy.com
• OVER:  Frank Mir knocks Cheick Kongo down, then quickly chokes him out in the first. http://bit.ly/6M00Cy from MMAFrenzy.com
• OVER: Jon Fitch defeats Mike Pierce by unanimous decision (29-28 x 3) http://bit.ly/6M00Cy from MMAFrenzy.com
• OVER:  Kenny Florian def. Clay Guida via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 2, 2:19
• OVER:  Stefan Struve def. Paul Buentello via majority decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-28)

UFC 107 RESULTS:

- Kenny Florian (14-4) took his first step back up the ladder, forcing Clay Guida (25-8) to tap out to a rear naked choke at 2:19 of the second round of their lightweight showdown.

Florian opened a deep cut over Guida’s left eye that threatened to end the match in the first round. It didn’t last much longer, though, as midway through the second round, Florian caught Guida with a right hand that knocked Guida off both feet and face down on the mat. Florian pounced, locking in a choke and getting the submission.

“Tonight was my night,” said Florian, who lost a championship match versus Penn in August.

“I want another shot at the title.”

- Stefan Struve (23-3) opened the PPV broadcast with a unanimous decision over former title challenger Paul Buentello (25-11). Two judges scored the heavyweight match 29-28, while the third had it 28-28.

Struve used every inch of his 6-foot-11 frame to nearly submit Buentello in the first round. The second round featured several slugfests that had the Memphis crowd roaring (and left one of Struve’s teeth implanted in his mouthguard, resulting in a brief delay before the third round). Both men looked tired in the third round, with Struve controlling the stand-up game with repeated leg kicks.


In preliminary matches:

- Canadian TJ Grant (15-3) scored a TKO victory over Kevin Burns (8-4) in a welterweight match. Grant floored Burns with a combination of knees and fists, and finished him on the mat with just three seconds left in the first round;

- In a fast-paced, highly-entertaining match, DaMarques Johnson (15-7) earned a submission win with a triangle choke at 4:03 of the first round in a welterweight bout against Edgar Garcia (7-2);

- In a middleweight bout, Rousimar Palhares (19-2) submitted Lucio Linhares (13-5) with a heel hook at 3:21 of the second round;

- Johny Hendricks (8-0) remained undefeated, earning a dominant unanimous decision over Ricardo Funch (7-1) in a welterweight match.Two judges scored the match 30-27, while the third scored it 30-25;

- Matt Wiman (11-5) was awarded a unanimous decision over Shane Nelson (13-5) in a lightweight bout. All three judges scored the match 30-27.

- With the hot crowd firmly behind him, Alan Belcher (14-5) won a short but spectacular slugfest over Wilson Gouveia (12-7) in a match set at a catchweight of 195 pounds. Belcher was on the receiving end of some hard shots by Gouveia but survived to come back and land a right uppercut before finishing him on the mat at 3:03 of the first round.



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