Still recovering from that beating I took on my predictions. But I don't think very many people did all that well on this card prediction wise so I feel a little better knowing that.
Wow. I always knew that Lyoto Machida had the talent to be champion some day, but I have no idea just how good he was. He looked amazing in dismantling an undefeated champion. He knocked Evans down on three separate occasions and finished the bout alongside the cage with a devastating left hook that floored the champion. Like most people, I was concerned that this fight could be a snoozer but I was very happy to be proven wrong. Evans did not have much offense at all except for a little early in the second. Machida just dominated him and now has to shoot up everyone's Pound-for-Pound rankings. And it goes without saying that he is the number 1 LHW in the world. Next up for Machida is Quinton Jackson, but I am more than a little upset that we will apparently have to wait half a year for this fight because the word is that they will be coaching TUF 10 first.
Matt Serra gave Matt Hughes a much tougher run for his money than I expected. I was really expecting Hughes to use his size and power to overwhelm Serra and blow through him but that did not happen. It was a really close fight and could have gone either way on the scorecards. I had it 29-28 Hughes but a case can certainly be made for Serra. The second round you for sure have to give to Hughes. But the first and the third rounds could have been scored for either guy. It looked for a bit like Serra would finish Hughes in the first but Hughes survived nicely. I had the first round for Serra and then rounds two and three for Hughes. Hughes says he still has more fights left in him but I'm not sure what exactly. It's not like anyone wants to see Hughes/GSP 4.
Chael Sonnen really impressed me. I thought Miller would use his submission skills to control the fight on the ground but Sonnen put him on his back and kept him there for most of the fight. Frankie Edgar also really impressed me. I thought his huge size disadvantage would be the difference but it was a complete non-factor as he kept Sherk at bay on route to the unanimous decision. Apparently Sherk had a meltdown after the fight and went running through the streets of Vegas in just his fight shorts and gloves. I am still in shock that Tim Hague won. I have seen Hague fight in person before and for the life of him he could not defend a simple leg kick. I thought Pat Barry would leg kick him to hell but Hague got the fight to the ground and won. I still think Hague has no business being in the UFC though. I've read Bradley's victory over Nover was a horrible stoppage but I haven't seen it yet so I can't really comment on it. And while most people have the Soszynski victory as a huge upset, I was not shocked by it one bit. Overall, I would have to give this PPV a 7 out of 10.
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