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UFC74 Results Update - Georges St. Pierre

Published by D-Man on August 27, 2007 in Fight News, Fight Results, Fight Updates, Fighters and UFC74. 13 Comments

Okay, Maybe Renato Sobral needs a lesson in sportsmanship and humility, but all of us fight fans can be PROUD that there is a guy like Georges St. Pierre involved in the sport of mixed martial arts.

He came under criticism for his comment after his devastating loss to Matt Serra, and although ill-timed, I believe that he was trying to be honest with his fans. But instead of fighting with the media and critics, he ducked the spotlight and decided to let his fighting speak for his character.

Not only did he prove his worth as one of the best UFC Welterweights in the world at UFC74, he proved that just because you might be better than another guy, that he may lash out disrespectfully at you, at the end of the day you have an obligation to be a noble and respectful individual to whomever you cross paths with.

Check out this post fight video posted by UFC.com and it shows the true mettle of what a fighter and man should be: Gracious in victory, regardless of your opponent or his actions towards you.

We are fans of a sport that continues to come under criticism and scrutiny for its bloodshed and brutality, but at the forefront of our premier organization stands man that makes the ambassador of ANY of the other major sports look like a no manners thug.

Congrats on the victory to a guy that makes it so easy to root for that when he loses it feels like it happened to you.

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UFC74 Results Update - Babalu? Babaloser!

Published by alan on August 27, 2007 in Fight Results, Fighters, Opinions and UFC74. 19 Comments

Seriously?

After recently getting arrested for spitting on a bouncer in an altercation, Renato “Babalu” Sobral took another huge step towards strengthening the credibility of the UFC…

At the end of his dominating UFC74 undercard victory versus David Heath, Babalu took it too far.

After opening a HUGE gash on Heath’s head during the fight, Sobral ended the match with a choke. While in the choke, Heath tapped the canvas, tapped Sobral’s arm, and then referee Steve Mazzagatti waved the fight and attempted to push Sobral off. Babalu held on until the tapping turned into twitching and Heath was unconcious on the mat.

Gross. This was an audacious slap in the face of the trust and sportsmanship associated with getting into the Octagon - sure these guys are in there FIGHTING but without that element of trust, critics of MMA can become justified in their concerns.

Babalu’s $25,000 purse for the UFC74 fight is currently being held, with further disiplinary action to come. I hope it’s harsh.

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UFC74 Fight Recap

Published by D-Man on August 26, 2007 in Fight News, Fight Results, Opinions and UFC74. 21 Comments

Two big upsets last night as Patrick Cote TKO’d Kendall Grove and the old man Randy Couture successfully defended his title with a dominant TKO victory over Gabriel Gonzaga.

Patrick Cote vs Kendall Grove

The televised card started off with a bang as the underdog Cote punched his way to a win over budding UFC superstar Kendall Grove. Cote went into this fight as a the superior striker but for some reason Grove hung upstairs with him…big mistake…Cote landed a ton of bombs and finished him with a right hook behind Kendall’s ear…first round TKO Patrick Cote.

Result: Patrick Cote 1st round TKO

Next up, Joe “Daddy” Stevenson vs Kurt Pelligrino

Stevenson is widely considered one of the top contenders in the lightweight division, some would even say he should have already had a title shot. Kurt Pellegrino was 16-2 and on a two fight UFC winning streak. Stevenson maybe gave up a round or two in a solid unanimous decision victory.

Result: Joe “daddy” Stevenson Unianimous Decision

Roger Huerta vs Alberto Crane

Huerta is a bona-fide superstar, Crane is unknown but undefeated in MMA. That didn’t matter this night though as Huerta dominated the action after a close fisrt round. Crane gassed after the first and Huerta was landing almost at will, even using the jumbo-tron to land a few elbows when crane was behind him.

Result: Roger Huerta TKO

Georges St. Pierre vs Josh Koscheck

The comeback kid versus the superstar. GSP was looking to get back to his dominant form after his devastating loss to Matt Serra, and Koscheck was trying to assert himself as a true Welterweight contender after his victory over Diego Sanchez. Kos had only one loss on hie record and was considered the next big thing…until last night. GSP whooped him like he stole somethin for all three rounds.

Result: Georges “Rush” St. Pierre Unanimous Decision

Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga

The old man vs the Cro Cop killer. After a decent back and forth first round that opened a massive cut on the bridge of Gonzaga’s nose, Couture simply dominated the next three rounds. Holding Gonzaga against the fence and dirty boxing his way to a TKO victory. Apart from a few high kicks that had the potential to put Randy’s lights out, Gonzaga looked tired and beat up from the first round on. Even turning to referee Herb Dean and complaining about not being able to see during the second round. It didn’t matter though, Randy eventually broke Gonzaga down and punished him until a stoppage.

Result: Randy “The Natural” Couture 3rd round TKO Victory

Here are the results from the preliminary bouts:
Renato “Babalu” Sobral defeats David Heath by submission in round two
Frank Mir defeats Antoni Hardonk by submission in round one
Thales Leites defeats Ryan Jensen by submission in round one
Clay Guida defeats Marcus Aurelio by split decision

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UFC74 Weigh In Results and Odds Recap

Published by D-Man on August 24, 2007 in Fight Cards, Fight Predictions, Fight Previews, Fight Updates and UFC74. 5 Comments

The only note about the weigh-ins that is noteworthy is the Thiales Leites didn’t make weight the first time up coming in at 188lbs, but he came back to crack the 185 mark within the two hour limit.

Fighters weights are in brackets beside their name.

(For those of you who aren’t familiar with the betting stuff all you need to know is that a minus number means that fighter is the favorite, and that is the amount you have to bet to make $100. e.g.-130 means you have to pony up $130 to win $100 back, or $230 total. If its a plus number, thats the amount you win if you bet $100. e.g. +220 means bet $100 bucks, win $220 back, or $320 total. see…its easy.)
Randy Couture (228.5) vs Gabriel Gonzaga (252)

Allright, as of tonight Gonzaga was hanging steady as a -130 favorite, putting Randy at +100.

Georges St. Pierre (170) vs. Josh Koscheck (170)

This line opened realy tight but has blown up to put St. Pierre as a -280 favorite over Kos whose at +210. Thats good money for a guy thats 11-1 and on a 5 fight winning streak.

Joe Stevenson (155) vs. Kurt Pellegrino (155)

Joe is a real deal contender, no surprise that he’s still a -300 favorite here. Pellegrino is a longshot at +220 though, not sure it matters.

Kendall Grove (184) vs. Patrick Cote (184.5)

Grove is one helluva good fighterand it shows that he’s a -260 fave, if he goes to the mat with Cote he’ll be in great shape, but Cote has a great punchers chance and at +200 that could be enough to sway some bettors over to Cote’s corner.

Roger Huerta (155) vs. Alberto Crane (155)

Roger Huerta is a bona fide superstar, but dont get it twisted, Alberto Crane is the REAL DEAL! Huerta is a -350 favorite but Crane has some MASSIVE value at +280. I’m just sayin.

Renato “Babalu” Sobral (204) vs. David Heath (205)

Babalu, fresh off a night in the drunk tank is favored at -280 over Heath who stands at +210. Is Sobral’s chin back together and ready to take some damage?

Frank Mir (255) vs. Antoni Hardonk (244)

Mir is a slight favorite at -185, but if we see the old frank Mir this could be a blowout. But due to his inconsistency as of late, Hardonk is hanging around as a +145

Thales Leites (185) vs. Ryan Jensen (185)

Leites barely made weight, but it didn’t affect the odds, Thales stands as a -300 favorite, putting Jensen at +220

Marcus Aurelio (155) vs. Clay Guida (155)

Clay is friggin awesome, he got robbed in the Tyson Griffin fight and this is theUFC’s way of saying sorry. He’s an itty bitty favorite at-140, Aurelio is going to be one heck of battle and maybe some good dough at +110

Check out BetUS.com if you wanna bet. Good luck y’all.

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