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Its funny when a known wrestler like Sonnen faces a known striker like Silva. The guy who is known as the striker is more wary of takedowns and the wrestler knows this.
I dont know how many times Ive seen a better striker get hit and hurt by a wrestler cause he’s too preoccupied looking to defend the shot.
After getting rocked the striker starts looking to defend strikes which leaves him open or the takedown. Perhaps this was the case for Silva v Sonnen.
Silva weathered all that Sonnen had and squeezed out triangle choke in the 5th and final round to defend his UFC middleweight belt. Here I was in my previous post, bagging Silva for not fighting. Sonnen gave him all the fight he could handle and Silva still shone through and perhaps showed that Hall of Fame quality that I was talking about yesterday.
Good job by both Sonnen and Silva!
It looked to me that Matt Hughes was a bit on the defensive with Almeida starting off the first round with slightly more aggressive striking, until Hughes rocked him with a left hoo and ran into put Almeida to sleep with a vice like front head lock! Very nice.
Fitch looked his usual wrestling self while Alves loked a little rained from his weight cut. I gave Alves a slight edge on the feet but Fitch was able to land enought akedowns and , for the majority of the time, keeop the fight where he wanted it, and ripping out the decision win.
UFC 117 Results Preliminary card
Hallman defeated Saunders via unanimous decision (29–28, 30–27, 29–28).
Struve defeated Morecraft via TKO (punches) at 0:21 of round 2. This fight was broadcast on PPV following the Guida vs. dos Anjos fight.
Boetsch defeated Brown by unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).
Hendricks defeated Brenneman via TKO (punches) at 0:40 of round 2.
Davis defeated Wallace via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
Story defeated Hazelett via TKO (punches) at 1:15 of round 2.
Main card
Dos Santos defeated Nelson via unanimous decision (30–26, 30–27, 30–27).
Hughes defeated Almeida via technical submission (anaconda choke) at 3:15 of round 1.
Guida defeated dos Anjos via submission (broken jaw) at 1:51 of round 3.
Fitch defeated Alves via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27).
Silva defeated Sonnen via submission (triangle choke) at 3:10 of round 5 to retain the UFC Middleweight Championship. Interesting to note that this was only one of three fights in UFC history to end in the 5th round. The others were Randy Couture vs. Ricco Rodriguez at UFC 36, and B. J. Penn vs. Diego Sanchez at UFC 107.
Matt Hughes talks his recent induction into the hall of fame. There is one statement that James Toney made about the UFC and MMA and the difference between the two sports and their hall of fame inductions.
To be inducted into the boxing hall of fame a fighter must have retired and be looked at from the perspective of what he has achieved throughout his entire career, while a UFC hall of famer can still be fighting at the time of their induction.
To someone like Matt Hughes or Randy Couture who may still be fighting (but are coming to the end of their run) have achieved so much as champions, fighters and ambassadors for the sport I think they are worthy of Hall of Fame status at the time of their induction.
Someone like Georges St Pierre who is a dominant champion and I believe is a more well rounded fighter than both Hughes and Couture (who are one trick pony’s in wrestling and ground n pound, where St Pierre has shown an evolution from striking to wrestling dominance) for him to be inducted at this time would be premature. We would have to see what happens after he loses his championship and see what he could do from there, although I believe he is ‘Hall of Fame quality’.
It is not only your performance in the cage as a fighter and champion but also your attitude that makes a ‘Hall of Famer’. I used to think Matt Hughes during his reign as champion was a pretty decent humble guy but at the time of the Matt Serra hype and fight, in the words of Serra himself “Matt Hughes is a dick!”. However, I cannot deny his contribution to the sport and his dominance as a champion. Even at this late stage of his career, finally achieving one of his goals of Ko’ing or Tko’ing someone while standing. And to be honest, I gave Renzo the standup striking advantage, though I think it came down to strength and conditioning which gave Hughes the victory in their fight.
Someone like Randy Couture also deserves Hall of Fame status for his longevity let alone his achievements. He also has a humble attitude and champion heart which I believe is necessary to be a hall of famer. Same with GSP.
Other champions like Anderson Silva who are dominant in their weight class but have at times shown an unwillingess to ‘fight’ and take risks can hurt no only their reputation and their Hall of Fame potential but it also hurts the sport itself.
Hughes is also asked about the media hype of the Hughes/Gracie rivalry. Having defeated Royce and Renzo the media loves to hype things up out of proportion but Hughes says there is no rivalry, and Almeida agrees in a recent interview,that this will be just another fight.
Jon Fitch comments on his previous fight with Thiago Alves and how much both he and Alves have evolved since their first fight four years ago.
He breaks down their first fight and how Alves put him on his ass after he threw a lazy leg kick and how reversed the position and gave Alves his neck for a guillotine, knowing that he is confident in defending that choke, which he did, and thus gaining him the dominant position. This allowed him to grind Alves down a bit before the eventual knock out in the second round.
The kick that marked the start of the end for Alves, I believe, was one of those freaky knockouts that Fitch was lucky to land. I use the term luck loosely though, they say that if you intend to land a technique and it lands then there is no suck thing as luck.
Although in this case I think it was more of a case of Alves getting excited and being careless. I don’t think he will make the same mistake again.
He also talks about the possibility of having to fight Josh Koscheck, who is a training partner and fellow member of his training camp, should he win his fight with Alves and if Koscheck wins his rematch with GSP.
I think a fight between Koscheck and Fitch would be pretty cool to see.
