Mr. Nemo
11-02-2001, 07:01 AM
Prelims:
Roberto Traven defeats Frank Mir by armbar
Evan Tanner defeats Homer Moore by armbar
Lindland defeats Baroni by judges' decision
Televised Events:
Josh Barnett defeats Bobby Hoffman by submission in the second round (Hoffman tapped out from strikes from the back mount. Barnett is the #1 heavyweight contender now in my opinion, he looked very good in this fight, came close to an armbar in the first round too.)
BJ Penn defeats Coal Uno by TKO (ref stoppage from strikes) in the first round (very fast TKO - Uno launched a big flying kick, Penn responds with a flurry - amazing victory for Penn, beating Uno so fast. He should get a title shot now, if you ask me. Big John may have stopped the fight a little early, but better that than the other way around. I'm a little irritated, I wanted Uno to win, and I at least wanted a longer fight...oh well.)
Matt Hughes defeats Carlos Newton in the second round - he KO'd Newton with a slam as Newton was attempting a triangle. (We have a new Welterweight champ - I wonder if Pat Militech will fight his own student? Or will he move up to Middle, which is a more natural weight for him? Before the slam, Newton looked real good on the ground. He swept Hughes into a full mount in the first round)
Ricco Rodriguez defeats Pete Williams by TKO (ref stoppage - strikes from back mount) in the second round. (Ricco looks good - Team Punishment is scary. I felt that this was also an early stoppage by Yamasaki, but I should stop whining. Ricco could fight the title too, after Barnett. UFC's heavyweight division is really shaping up nicely)
Couture defeats Rizzo in the third round by TKO (ref stoppage from strikes. Randy looked good striking, Rizzo just looked off. It's the same old story with him, not aggressive enough. I think I saw Mo Smith in Couture's corner...I didn't know they trained together - do they? Any way, randy kicks a$$)
On a related note, I've discovered paltalk - and will be listening to the pride play by play on it. If you want to too, go to www.paltalk.com, (http://www.paltalk.com,) download it, sign up, go to the sports/recreation group, click "show adult groups" and click on "pride 17." The room isn't up yet as I'm posting this, but it should be up later tonight.
Overall, this UFC kicked a$$. Much more exciting than the last one. Rizzo/Couture was a good fight, and it was the worst fight of the night.
I will probably be among the first with pride results too. Pride starts in a little over 3 hours!
Edited: They're showing the prelims now, since they have extra time.
[This message was edited by Mr. Nemo on 11-02-01 at 09:10 PM.]
Roberto Traven defeats Frank Mir by armbar
Evan Tanner defeats Homer Moore by armbar
Lindland defeats Baroni by judges' decision
Televised Events:
Josh Barnett defeats Bobby Hoffman by submission in the second round (Hoffman tapped out from strikes from the back mount. Barnett is the #1 heavyweight contender now in my opinion, he looked very good in this fight, came close to an armbar in the first round too.)
BJ Penn defeats Coal Uno by TKO (ref stoppage from strikes) in the first round (very fast TKO - Uno launched a big flying kick, Penn responds with a flurry - amazing victory for Penn, beating Uno so fast. He should get a title shot now, if you ask me. Big John may have stopped the fight a little early, but better that than the other way around. I'm a little irritated, I wanted Uno to win, and I at least wanted a longer fight...oh well.)
Matt Hughes defeats Carlos Newton in the second round - he KO'd Newton with a slam as Newton was attempting a triangle. (We have a new Welterweight champ - I wonder if Pat Militech will fight his own student? Or will he move up to Middle, which is a more natural weight for him? Before the slam, Newton looked real good on the ground. He swept Hughes into a full mount in the first round)
Ricco Rodriguez defeats Pete Williams by TKO (ref stoppage - strikes from back mount) in the second round. (Ricco looks good - Team Punishment is scary. I felt that this was also an early stoppage by Yamasaki, but I should stop whining. Ricco could fight the title too, after Barnett. UFC's heavyweight division is really shaping up nicely)
Couture defeats Rizzo in the third round by TKO (ref stoppage from strikes. Randy looked good striking, Rizzo just looked off. It's the same old story with him, not aggressive enough. I think I saw Mo Smith in Couture's corner...I didn't know they trained together - do they? Any way, randy kicks a$$)
On a related note, I've discovered paltalk - and will be listening to the pride play by play on it. If you want to too, go to www.paltalk.com, (http://www.paltalk.com,) download it, sign up, go to the sports/recreation group, click "show adult groups" and click on "pride 17." The room isn't up yet as I'm posting this, but it should be up later tonight.
Overall, this UFC kicked a$$. Much more exciting than the last one. Rizzo/Couture was a good fight, and it was the worst fight of the night.
I will probably be among the first with pride results too. Pride starts in a little over 3 hours!
Edited: They're showing the prelims now, since they have extra time.
[This message was edited by Mr. Nemo on 11-02-01 at 09:10 PM.]