UFC Fight Night results

Date April 3, 2008

Ultimate Fight Night April 2

Quick results from last night’s UFC Ultimate Fight Night card on Spike TV from Colorado:

Kenny Florian def. Joe Lauzon by TKO (3:28 Round 2)
Thiago Alves def. Karo Parisyan by TKO (0:34 Round 2)
Matt Hamill def. Tim Boetsch by TKO (1:25 Round 2)
Nate Diaz def. Kurt Pellegrino by submission  ( 3:06 Round 2, Triangle Choke)
James Irwin def. Houston Alexander by KO (0:08 Round 1)
Gray Maynard def. Frankie Edgar by UD
Josh Neer def. Din Thomas by UD
Marcus Aurelio def. Ryan Roberts by submission (0:16 Round 1, Armbar)
Manny Gamburyan def. Jeff Cox by submission (1:41 Round 1, Guillotine Choke)
Clay Guida def. Samy Schiavo by TKO (4:13 Round 1)
George Sotiropoulos def. Roman Mitichyan by TKO (2:24 Round 2)
Anthony Johnson def. Tommy Speer by KO (0:51 Round 1)

I saw a few of the fights and was very impressed with Anthony Johnson’s KO of Tommy Speer. Kid looked fast, strong and threw some serious punches with bad intentions. Remember his name in the future. Main event fight was a great first round. I thought Florian’s elbows were dirty and am of the opinion that if Brock Lesnar got deducted a point for hitting the back of the head against Frank Mir, Florian should have gotten the same penalty. I know BJ Penn wants to test the welterweight division again if he gets past Sean Sherk in May, but if that happens, I’d love to see him fight one more time at lightweight against Florian to avenge the loss suffered by Lauzon, BJ’s training partner.

Be sure to catch a replay of the Ultimate Fighter reality show if you missed it. Instead of having the normal 16 guys to start the show, they brought in 32 and had 16 fights with the winners getting to stay in the house. More fights make for better TV and you get the added bonus of hearing Rampage and Forrest comment on each fight as it happens. Good stuff.

Hawaii had one representative on the show, but Steve Byrnes, fighting out of Kailua, lost by armbar in the second round. He’s fought once for Icon and was 6-1 going in, but wasn’t ready physically for a 10-minute fight and got real tired in the second round which led to his demise. One of the better fights of the first show however.

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