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Well Randy Couture did what all (or most) mma fans were expecting and waiting to see…
Randy took Toney down with an easy single leg a few seconds into the first round. Randy immediately got into full mount and started to rain punches. Toney tried to escape but was no match for Couture’s ground control and ended up in an arm triangle which soon caused him to tap.
It looked as if Toney had not done any type of grappling training judging from his lack of defense on the ground, but as Joe Rogan asked the question while calling the fight, “How much can you pick up in nine months?”
In the post fight interview When Joe Asked Toney if he had worked enough on his ground game, Toney replied with “My ground game is fine, its just that I fought an excellent fighter”.
Toney finally giving Randy the respect he deserves.
Frankie Edgar wins a dominant unanimous decision win in his title fight rematch with BJ Penn. In his pre fight interview Penn stated that Edgar will just try to do what he did last time, but just polish it up a bit. And thats exactly what Frankie did. BJ had no answer for Edgar’s footwork, hand speed and unpredictabilty.
Except for a couple of takedowns in the later rounds, which Edgar soon reversed, BJ looked two steps behind the whole fight.
Here are the rest of the results…
UFC 118 Results
Preliminary card
Welterweight bout: Mike Pierce vs Amilcar Alves
Pierce defeated Alves via submission (cross-body armbar) at 3:11 of round 3.
Welterweight bout: Nick Osipczak vs Greg Soto
Soto defeated Osipczak via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Middleweight bout: Dan Miller vs John Salter
Miller defeated Salter via submission (anaconda choke) at 1:53 of round 2. This bout aired on Spike TV after the Lauzon vs. Ruediger fight.
Preliminary card (Spike TV)
Lightweight bout: Andre Winner vs Nik Lentz
Lentz defeated Winner via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27).
Lightweight bout: Joe Lauzon vs Gabe Ruediger
Lauzon defeated Ruediger via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of round 1.
Main card
Welterweight bout: Nate Diaz vs Marcus Davis
Diaz defeated Davis via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 4:02 of round 3
Lightweight bout: Kenny Florian vs Gray Maynard
Maynard defeated Florian via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
Middleweight bout: Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda
Maia defeated Miranda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
Heavyweight bout: Randy Couture vs James Toney
Couture defeated Toney via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:19 of round 1.
Lightweight Championship bout: Frankie Edgar vs B.J. Penn
Edgar defeated Penn via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).
Watch the UFC 118 replay
