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Live Blog for UFC 156

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Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian McCall

Uncle Creepy, sir. I said Uncle Creepy, sir!

Round 1

After early feeling out, Creepy goes for the takedown, but Bena defends admirably, and lands on the separation.

McCall coming straight down the pipe. Big body kicks landing.

They’re slugging a bit. No advantage early, but Bena lands a huge left, and Creepy is wobbly. Nut shot by Bena, time out, and a quick restart.

Replay shows knee to the gunt.

Bena starting to look very comfy. Tight shots, lands a right and a left hook in tight.

Bena rocking the hooks. Has the timing all sorts of down.

McCall has taken some groin shots, and his left leg is getting raked.

Leg kick lands for Creepy, Bena hits a hook to the body on the way out. He’s dominating Creepy early with the counters.

Bena setting up with leg kicks, then coming down the pipe on the exchange. McCall catches a right hand and counters. Bena bleeding from the forehead. The round ends with measuring, after McCall lands the last strike of the round, a kick.

I have it 10-9 Benavidez after 1

Round 2

On 1st Round replay, Bena’s punches look light, very pawing. No reason not to judge a fight by one 5 second highlight.

McCall is throwing a nice left on the counter. If he lands that and follows up, this fight could turn quick-like.

Bena’s right is just living up in Creepy’s grill.

Creepy with an attempt at a single with a trip, Bena not having it, goes chest to chest and ends it before it starts.

I like guys who bring their punches from the hips, all in tight. Both these fellers do so.

A lot of feeling out, but it still feels likes Bena is winning the exchanges with his timing.

Bena steps under a McCall punch for a takedown, McCall just jumps on him. GnPing the poo out of Bena on the ground, Bena trying to scramble out, every scramble seems to end with him in a worse spot. He gets up to his feet, but Creepy pushes him to the cage. Round ends with McCall holding Bena by his back up against the fence. That might have changed the round. I did on my card, and I’m smart as hell.

I have it 10-9 McCall 19-19 after 2

Round 3

Bena opens the third blasting against the cage, McCall smiles through and works his way out with counters.

Body kick lands for Bena.

Creepy lands a body kick, but drops off of it, gets hit in the clinch, and Bena continues to land on the way out.

Big right Creepy, big left Bena. Simultaneously and errythang.

Leg kick lands for Bena, followed by left. Creepy ducks under and gets the huge double. Bena back up fairly quickly.

Exchanging leg kicks at range.

Bena catches a kick, and they trade from there before quickly separating.

Minute to go, and the difference in this fight may be the punches on separation. Bena has won getting out almost every time in this fight.

Body kick lands for Bena.

MCall stuffed on the takedown attempt. Lands a right. Lands a leg kick. Finishes the fight throwing. Game.

I have it 10-9 29-28 Benavidez after 3

The judges score it 29-28 29-28 29-28 for the winner, Joseph Benavidez defeats Ian McCall by Unanimous Decision

Toldcha.

Jon Fitch vs. Demian Maia

Round 1

Maia goes STRAIGHT for the takedown..and gets it. Already has back, 20 seconds in. Wow.

Maia on Fitch’s back standing up, halfway between grapevine and body triangle.

Maia’s jits is incredible. Insight!

Maia still on Fitch’s back, with Fitch standing up. For over a minute now. Fitch has an outstanding motor, but damn.

Fitch FINALLY breaks the Maia back position, after a few seconds in the clinch, Maia drags him back down. Fitch gets back up fairly quick, but Maia is just all over him, holding his back. Kneeing his kidneys from back. Fitch being abused in the grappling and positioning. ABUSED.

Maia could be a title contender at 170.

Maia has held dominant position for 290 seconds in the 1st round. 290 seconds.

I have it 10-9 Maia after 1

Round 2

Fitch trying to get comfortable. A lot of leg kicks.

Takes 40 seconds for Maia to get the takedown this round, but get it he does, on a quick double. Fitch creates space and manages to get back up. Impressive.

And Maia grabs his back and rides him back down. One hook in so far, with Fitch to the cage. Second hook in.

Maia has back to the fence, body triangle set on Fitch’s back. I mean, DOMINANCE.

Rear naked in at 2:30ish. Fitch fighting. Maia lets it go around 2:10.

Maia has had Fitch’s back with triangle set for nearly all of this fight. Again, great motor for Fitch, but as far as I know, he IS human. Trouble, said Travis Tritt (and Wayne Newton, but cheesier).

Rear naked back in as the round concludes.

I have it 10-9 20-18 Maia after 2

I saw a lot of ways this fight could go. This wasn’t one of them. Fitch has become a gatekeeper with the loss of his chin, but this is dominance in his world.

Round 3

Maia grabs Fitch in the first 5 seconds. Seriously. Jon Fitch’s mom has this 20-11 Maia after 2.

Guess where Maia is? Fitch’s back? Yep.

Maia is out, only 2 minutes into the round!

Wow, Fitch stops a takedown attempt with a guillotine, and Maia is defending. Fitch gets to Maia’s butterfly guard, and after some fiddlin round, they get back up. Against the cage. Maia on Fitch’s back. It was a good 40 seconds or so for Fitch.

They separate, and after some time, Maia goes double again, gets it on the second effort. Minute to go, and Fitch needs some girls from Fatima. Google it.

30 seconds to go, Maia on back with the triangle.

15 secconds to go, Maia on back with the triangle.

0 seconds to go Maia on back with the triangle, Fitch trying desperately to do anything.

I have it 10-9 30-27 Maia after 3

The judges all have it 30-27 for the winner, Demian Maia defeats Jon Fitch by Unanimous Decision

Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva

Round 1

I expect Bigfoot to get put in a freeer here. Our Alabama readers know what I’m talking about here.

After a minute of exchanges with no standout shot, Overeem pushes Bigfoot against the cage.

Overeem landing a lot of knees to the body, the only real landing strikes early.

Overeem looks like he’s setting up an uppercut for that Buick Silva calls a chin.

More body/leg kicks against the cage.

Overeem timing Bigfoot now. Walking in with his hands on his hips.

Overeem pushes Bigfoot to the cage AGAIN. Bigfoot trying to work from the fence, but not much happnin. Overeem feints spinning back kick twice. He lands the uppercut into the clinch. Round ends with Overeem holding Bigfoot to the cage for the 4th or 5th time. 13 of 13 on bosdy shots in the 1st for Overeem.

I have it 10-9 Overeem after 1

Round 2

Overeem clearly crisper on the feet, with pawing jabs and counter rights. And he pancakes Bigfoot off the leg kick. On top in side control, and Bigfoot is punishing with elbows from the bottom.

Overeem working from Bigfoot’s guard, and you can hear the meat getting blistered from Overeem’s ground work.

Overeem stands up, can’t really find a good route to attack, dives back into the guard and continues working.

Overeem’s punches sound like home runs when they land. Thwap! There go your lungs.

Now Overeem can say he’s dominated on the feet and on the ground. Herb Dean stands them up under 0:30, and Bigfoot actually finishes the round with some big shots and a clinch. Nice.

I have it 10-9 29-28 Overeem after 2

Round 3

Bigfoot has a huge sense of urgency in the 3rd. And Overeem is hurt…HOLY HELL Bigfoot is DESTROYING OVEREEM STANDING.

And Overeem drops to the floor. Bigfoot just knocked Overeem the hell out.

Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva defeats Alistair Overeem by KO 24 seconds into the 3rd Round

Bigfoot came out gangbusters in the 3rd. Knew he was down on the card. Finished the fight in less than half a minute. Mucho respecto.

I got Evans here. Head, not heart. Spleen undecided.

Rashad Evans vs. Antônio Rogério “Little Nog” Nogueira

Round 1

Not sure I see a finish here. Chris and I agree that if one happens, it will be Rashad doing it.

Some missed kicks, some missed punches. High kick by Shad does nothing.

Nog lands a nice left down the pipe. Nog finding a home for his left. That home? Rashadevansmothville.

Rashad lands a huge right from way wide, Rogan thinks Nog was staggered, I think he was covering.

Rashad goes for the double, lands it, Nog gets right back up.

Rashad lands a right, and ends the first with a head kick that does nothing.

I have it 10-9 Evans after 1

Round 2

Leg kick lands for Shad. Big left lands for Nog.

This fight is like Al-Qaeda flight school. Nothing’s landing. Too soon?

Nog has been better from distance, especially in the 2nd. Definitely has a better feel for range.

Evams goes for the single, Nog defends deep, looked like a takedown, Nog scrambles out.

Now he’s landing on the aftermath of the scramble.

Jabbing wins the round for Nog, and I think Shad’s mouth is bloody. He may just be chewing cherry Bubblicious.

I have it 10-9 Nogueira 19-19 after 2

Round 3

Still nothing happening, really. My dog is whining a lot to go out, but he’s a jerk. He got kicked out of group play at Dog Party USA. How can you not even be a good boy during group play?

Nog gets eye poked pretty good, and it’s time for Joe Rogan’s traditional mid-show open-finger glove complaints.

They restart after a short break, and it doesn’t take them long to get back to not doing much.

I guess Nog is winning this round on low kicks so far. Maybe? He’s landed several to the body in this round, and nothing else has happened.

Rashad working the jab with 80 seconds to go in the fight.

Evans goes for the single, nothing. That could be trouble. Nog looking crisper in the standup in the final 60. Lands a big knee to the stomach.

Nice right lands over the top for Shad, Nog grabs the clinch and hits some uppercuts. Shad hits last, I think Nog hit more.

I have it 10-9 29-28 Nogueira after 3

The judges scores it 29-28 29-28 29-28 after 3 for the winner, Antonio “Little Nog” Nogueira defeats Rashad Evans by Unanimous Decision

Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar

Chris has Frankie by 4th Round KO…I don’t know how this will end, but I expect Aldo to completely out-physical Frankie and own this fight from start to finish. One of us is way wrong.

Round 1

Crowd cheering “Frankie” early. It’s impossible not to like the guy.

Frankie working leg kicks early. Big uppercut lands for Aldo.

Quick jab hurting Frankie. Frankie goes leg kick, eats a straight right. Jose lands again. He has the timing down it seems…uh oh.

Aldo is WAAAY faster than Edgar. Everything Frankie throws, Aldo misses and counters with the jab or a hard right.

HUGE leg kick by Aldo, followed by a right that lands. He is in charge.

Another leg kick lands. Feints low, goes high.

I have it 10-9 Aldo after 1

Round 2

Every time Frankie comes forward, which has been a lot, he’s getting beat up.

Aldo hitting the jab over and over. NASTY leg kick buckles Frankie for a second.

Another. And another. Aldo hits the flying knee after Frankie tries unsuccessfully to get inside.

Another leg kick, but Frankie hits Aldo with a huge right in the process, and gets the takedown. Aldo is back up after a second.

Aldo tries a spinning back kick, Frankie hits him with a left at the end of the spin.

I have it 10-9 20-18 Aldo after 2

Round 3

Frankie goes for the double early, kind of gets it, Aldo back on his feet as soon as his butt hits the canvas.

Front kick lands to Frankie’s face, didn’t seem to hurt him too much, but he’s bleeding harder from the nose.

Frankie starting to make a real dent with the leg kicks to Aldo’s left thigh.

Frankie with a nice combo. Huge right lands for Frankie. This round quickly turning his way.

Aldo throws off the takedown attempt like it’s a joke.

Lots of kick late, and Frankie has the momentum.

I have it 10-9 Edgar 29-28 Aldo after 3

Round 4

Aldo landing the jab. Edgar still trying the low kicks. Spinning back kick by…you know.

Ok, now Frankie lands a spinning back kick. Aldo holding Frankie at bay with the jab. Frankie goes hard for the takedown, gets natsing.

Frankie goes for the takedown, ends up getting Aldo’s back, picks him up and throws him, Aldo gets back up, but with Frankie on his back.

Frankie tries to throw Aldo again, Aldo uses his legs to stay grounded, and they separate after a bit.

Aldo misses with a flying knee. I think Aldo outstruck him there, but the throw may be the difference.

I have it 10-9 Edgar 38-38 after 4

Round 5

Aldo pushing the pace in the 5th. Misses a flying knee, follows with a punch.

Right lands for Frankie. Another takedown attempt for Frankie, Aldo lands a shot as he pulls back.

Aldo looking at the clock, he’s winning this round, but it’s close.

Frankie trying a bevy of combos and low kicks, but it may be too late. Aldo jumps off the fence with a punch.

I have it 10-9 48-47 Aldo after 5

The judges score it 49-46 49-46 48-47 for the winner, Jose Aldo defeats by Frankie Edgar by Unanimous Decision

Chris vehemently disagrees with the decision. I honestly don’t see where anyone finds 3 rounds for Frankie.

Labor Pains

The first time I met Chris Matthews, he was talking a mile a minute. Most of it was the run-on big-picture stream-of-consciousness I now primarily associate with Mr. Matthews, but his message was clear – he wanted to cover MMA, at every level, and to create a home for the world of combat sports, and he wanted people who wanted to do the same thing.

When I was in high school, back in the long-forgotten era known as the “Nine Tees” (because it produced Tiger Woods), I was a little cuss. An ornery one, even. Not just little, the littlest. Uberlittle. I entered my Sophomore Year at just a shade over 5 feet tall. What I lacked for in physical prowess, however, I more than made up for with an almost insane ability to insult and trash talk other, much larger and much less able to take a joke, people. I hear people say they’ve never had their ass whipped, but that certainly hasn’t ever been my experience.

In 1995 or 1996, my junior year, a friend of mine who worked with me at the McDonald’s in the Harrison, Arkansas Wal-Mart (“McMart” is the technical, legal term for us scientisty-type folks) introduced me to something new – the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The first one I saw was UFC 2…and all I got from that show was Royce Gracie. Oh man, this guy was beating up people 3 times his size! Making them go to sleep, breaking their freaking arms…and he was the smallest guy out there. I had always been a fan of martial arts because of Bruce Lee, but this was something different. Bruce Lee was yellow Jesus, but this was just a dude. A brash, skinny, gangly dude. He was an inspiration for undersized teenage boys on the wrong side of smartass everywhere. This was a revelation.

So anyway, that was the beginning of my love affair with MMA. Through 10 years in the Army, that love grew and expanded. I’ve watched the evolution of a sport, something not everyone will get to do…when was the last time a mainstream sport was in its infancy, with the rules and strategies developing in front of you, one fight and two fighters at a time? 10 years ago, I told anyone who would listen that one day MMA (I called it NHB then – simpler times) would be the fastest-growing sport on Earth. That day is now here.

So, after a couple of months of pressure, and the unprofessional screwing (that you sadly expect from big-company media) I received from the local ESPN affiliate, I gave in and joined on. There was never a question as to whether I wanted to be involved in this branch of the sports media game, it was always just a logistical issue. Once that was cleared, I was in.

And then, not much happened. Not much good, anyway. Those of you who have been aware of our presence for some time are aware that we’ve been hacking at these vines for a while now. We’ve had more missteps than a Tony LaRussa field sobriety test, and have learned many, many lessons the old fashioned way – by having things blow up in our faces. We’ve had countless # 4′s and 5′s along with Chris, Aimee and I. Enos Barger was a solid and consistent cornerstone of the group, but his life presented different priorities while our project floundered, and we only hope that fortune will allow us to work together again in the future. Today, we’re working with Bernard Oliver, an old friend of mine who co-created and co-hosted with me the award-winning UATV show “Off the Mat”. I’m extremely happy to have Bernard on board, and have been pitching his inclusion for some time. Be sure to be on the lookout for some great videos and interviews from Bernard in the near future.

We are all different in what we bring to this venture, but we are all united by one thing – a deep and abiding passion for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. What we want to do here is create a home for the sport, and for all the sports it encompasses. If you have a school, or a roster of fighters you manage, if you fight yourself – it doesn’t matter what level you’re at, it doesn’t matter what your record is, it doesn’t matter how many people show up to your fights, we want to talk to you about it. We want to become a place that you KNOW you can go and be up-to-date with the fight game.

So, on that…a large part of the problems in this long and twisting process toward legitimacy is squarely on my shoulders. I used to write web sites, in the late-to-mid-90′s time frame, but mostly quit when I joined the military. I figured when I got out that I would go back to that, easy peasy. Well, it turns out that there was something called “php” and three whole new CSS’s since the last time I ran a site. It wasn’t a learning curve, it was a learning spiral. Some day soon, I’ll post some freeze frames from the site over the last 2 years – yeesh.

On that note, please let me know when you see things wrong with the site. PLEASE. I have placed a CONTACT US form on the front page for just this purpose. A lot of stuff I’m aware of, as I continue to write the php for the different pages, and clear up the myriad CSS errors I accumulated while trial-and-erroring my way through 100,000 lines of crappy code. A lot of stuff I may not be aware of. I’m only one man, as handsome as that man may be. If I sift through 100 problems I know about to find the one I didn’t know about, that’s a mission accomplished.

Also, feel free to let us know about ANYTHING on the website you do or do not like. I don’t want to have a website that I think is awesome – I want to have a website that YOU think is awesome. I’ve got thick skin, lay it on me. Kick this piece of garbage into gear.

We are also now looking for writers. My biggest goal with the site since day 1 was to reach a point where I could push content quickly and efficiently, so that I could build a stable of good writers, and let them build this site through the power of their own styles – let the website become the sum of its parts, instead of being a collection of voiceless conformity. If you can write, and want to write MMA, send me some stuff, and we’ll give it a try. I mean this – if I find 100 good writers, we will have 100 writers. Period. My job now is one thing, and one thing only – make MMALockup the home to the best MMA content anywhere. Help me do that.

We can’t afford to pay anyone at this point in the game, but that’s not to say there is no compensation – you will have a platform for collecting your own affiliated content into one portfolio, you will have guaranteed full rights to compete, you will largely be your own boss (I believe my job as editor is to facilitate and edit, not push deadlines…the content and competition will eventually make its own deadlines), you will receive a healthy percentage of ANY ad revenue off of ANY content you provide, and we will work with you constantly to get you the interviews you want (if you’re curious, just ask, and I’ll give you a list of the guys we’ve had on our show – we know how to get the heavy-hitters, the biggest names in this entire game).

A lot of the people reading this probably AREN’T writers. Do you have any friends who are? Maybe your buddy Jeb who writes for the Local Times is a huge MMA fan? If he can write, send him our way. Maybe your friend Jeb who presses plates at the plant is a huge MMA fan…if he can write, send him our way. We want writers, and a degree from Harvard won’t get you a spot – passion, ability and style, that’s all I care about.

We wouldn’t be doing this if we didn’t think there was an audience. My vision is that, 3 years from now, if you’re wrestling in your state championship, you can come to our site and find your opponent’s record, measurables, articles written about him over the years, all of the things that come with comprehensive and widespread media coverage. We want to be the conduit to that kind of coverage for the fight game – for wrestling, boxing, and judo; for local shows, UFCs and Shark Fights; for amateurs, professionals, managers and promotion owners.

We want to promote the greatest sport in the world, and we want to do it the way you want us to do it. We’re still a long ways from there, but we’re further from where we started. This is your site – this site belongs to every MMA diehard everywhere, every father buying the big card to have his old drinking buddies over, every kid rolling extra after practice to get that sweep just right, every ambitious beginner sparring with someone twice his size.

Make it yours. Make it good. Make it great.

UFC on Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson Live Blog

And we are live with UFC on Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson. Feel free to comment on the fights below.

Eric Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas

Start with Featherweights? Don’t mind if I do.

Round 1

Striking has come a long way since 1995.

A lot of feeling out early. Lamas goes for the double, holds Koch to the fence. Lamas pulls him down, but it doesn’t last at all. Still working for the double against the cage.

We have the first main card boo at 3:00 of the first round.

Still much of the same, Lamas holding Koch to the cage. And they finally disenegage.

They’re back in the same position on the edge. Lamas with another quick takedown, Koch with another quick stand-up.

I have it 10-9 Lamas after 1

Round 2

Koch lands first to start the 2nd. Haha number pun wut

Now Koch is holding Lamas to the fence. Drama!

Back at range. Lamas gets the takedown on a slip. He’s sitting in Koch’s guard.

Lamas working elbows from top. Lamas stacks Koch, and is blasting him. Koch spurting blood. Big John ends it, but not before Koch gives a blood donation the canvas. If my metaphors are this sloppy already, just wait!

Ricardo Lamas defeats Eric Koch by TKO with 2:27 remaining in the 2nd

Eric Koch’s head just went blood-sprinkler. The intermittent pattern. Half the first row’s bodies are rejecting the transplant as I type.

Anthony Pettis vs. Donald Cerrone

Yes, yes, yes, yes yes. That’s how much I like this fight – I am even disobeying the laws of serial commas and conjunctions.

I lean Pettis here. My my most sincere apologies.

Round 1

Pettis lands quick with a right, and they are trading within the first 30 seconds. And Pettis is doing cartwheels. Game on.

Pettis looks sharper and quicker early.

Big body kick lands for Pettis. Cowboy acting hurt. Pettis with a kick to the face, jumping off the fence. So 2011.

And Pettis hits Cowboy with a kick to the liver, Cerrone drops, and Pettis lives up to his nickname. Showtime, fool.

Anthony Pettis defeats Donald Cerrone by TKO with 2:26 remaining in the 1st

So, just how acquainted are you with the history of MMA? If your answer to this question is “is MMA that thing with the house music and pacifiers?”, then do yourself a favor and find some video of Bas Rutten on these here internets. The liver, she is a cruel mistress.

Glover Teixeira vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

I expect this fight to end the same way my drinking nights typically do, in a bloody, messy rampage.

No, seriously, though, for reals, no joking, Rampage is in trouble.

Round 1

They’re throwing right out the gate.

Rampage with a leg kick. Woah.

Teixeira gets the takedown from a single, goes to back, and has Rampage flattened. Teixeira looking for a choke.

Rampage gets up, and comes out brawlin.

Glover seems to have lost a bit of confidence, I say based on my wild-assed uneducated body language reading.

Glover hits the body with a combo. They are really exchanging. Rampage with a big left, no real effect.

Glover rushes Rampage, lands a big left.

Glover landing combos, and Rampage is gettin the weeble-wobbles. Glover drops Rampage, Rampage gets up, head kick by Glover barely misses. With 0:30 to go in the 1st, and Rampage on the edge, Glover needs to intelligently finish this thing. Unless you want Rampage to rest up and throw more bombs in the second…and he apparently will.

I have it 10-9 Glover after 1

Round 2

Rampage throwing to start the second. Duh.

Glover with another takedown, missed it early, but pushed through. He has top from Rampage’s half guard, but is almost out to side control. Dominant half-guard for Glover, and he’s an ankle away from passing fully to side.

Elbows to the forehead by Glover, and Rampage scrambles to his feet.

Rampage grabs a clinch, and blasts Glover with multiple uppercuts. Left lands from Glover, and another. That rhymes, if you mispronounce his name.

Glover working a stiff jab. 2 big uppercuts land for him.

Glover stuffs a Rampage takedown, and Rampage looks gassed. They give each other the ole come-on-no-you-come-on. And again.

Another uppecut lands for Glover, and Rampage lands a right. Another right lands for Rampage, and then a left hook. Round ends the way both have proceeded, with punches.

I have it 10-9 20-18 Teixeira after 2

Round 3

Glover lands first in the 3rd, with a left.

Teixeira with another takedown. The strikes are fairly even, but the grappling is all Glover. He is working Rampage against the cage from a dominant position in Rampage’s half-guard, again. Rampage get sback up, and they’re trading again. Crowd is loving it.

Rampage again tries for a lazy takedown, again it serves no practical purpose.

Left hook staggers Rampage just a tad.

Left hook followed by head kick for Glover. He’s bloody and tired, but seemingly fresher than Rampage. He takes Rampage down again, punishes him for second, and they’re back up. Rampage getting his midsection worked with hooks against the cage. His Sunday sucks.

Big Glover hook lands to the body. Damn. Another takedown for Glover, and he moves to mount with 30 seconds left in the fight.

The final 10 seconds consist of Glover in full mount reigning down violence. If there was a doubt after the first 14:50, that done kilt it.

I have it 10-9 30-27 Teixeira after 3

Judges score it 30-27 30-27 29-28 for the winner, Glover Teixeira defeats Quinton “Rampage” Jackson by Unanimous Decision

Say what you will about QJ, but the dude is tougher than a panda’s buffet.

Demetrious Johnson vs. John Dodson

Because bamboo is really tough.

Johnson’s footwork, Dodson’s power, both’s almost unreal speed. Damn. Johnson? Wrestling? Yeah?

Round 1

First landed strike is a leg kick to the body by Dodson. Both throwing low kicks to start. They fly around each other in circles. If you stand in the middle, you can levitate if the floor drops out from under you. Another lesson I learned in the barrel at Dogpatch in 1987.

Dodson throws big. He hits for the ‘fect. Colloquial, ya’ll.

I can’t even pretend to give a punch-by punch of this. They just picked up a Kansas farm house.

Dodson seems to be landing more in the exchanges, both leading and countering. Also working different sections.

Incredible takedown defense by Dodson against the double, so Johnson picks him up and slams him. Dodson gets up after a few seconds, but gets caught ont he way out. Dodson has Johnson back-to-cage.

They separate, and it’s more lightning footwork. Even thought last 10 seconds was all Johnson holding Dodson to the cage, there were a buncha shots in there.

I have it 10-9 Johnson after 1

Round 2

Dodson follows a knee with a quick jab. Johnson pushes him to the fence. Johnson drops for the double, and drags him down. Dodson has his back to the wall, and gets up.

Nice right lands for Johnson, and Dodson levels Johnson with a left. Johnson pops right back up, and we’re off again. Dodson levels Johnson AGAIN with a left. And again, making a clearly out-of-it Johnson drop for a double.

Again Dodson knocks him down, and Johnson almost cartwheels backward. Power kills.

Joe Rogan says a lot of things that I do, after I say them. Also, I’m more attractive than both John Anik AND Kenny Florian. For informational purposes, Mr. White.

I have it 10-9 Dodson 19-19 after 2

Round 3

Dodson lands three short lefts in about 2 seconds. Johnson goes kick to the body. Johnson shoots, gets caught by a Dodson knee, and Johnson can’t finish. Johnson has Dodson against the cage, and Johnson’s knee grazes Dodson’s bean bag. Smoke break!

Quick restart, it was only a flesh wound. Dodson with the flying knee. If his tank stays full, he could finish this at any moment.

Johnson starting to land off a hesitation. Johnson gets a takedown under a Dodson left. Dodson again moves his back to the cage and tries to wall walk, but Johnson keeps his weight on top of him, and moves him off the fence. Short punches to the body by Johnson, in Dodson’s guard.

Johnson with a knee exiting from the cage. Dodson lands another left. Johnson lands left body kick, but Dodson lands counter-left.

I have it 10-9 29-28 Johnson after 3

Round 4

Both using leg kicks to set up their combos. These are two very complete, very skilled fighters. Johnson going for another double, and gets it. He goes straight to side, and Dodson gets right out. Dodson has a hand down, and Johnson lands a knee to Dodson’s face, so that’s a stoppage.

So, they show Dodson in his corner, and Big John says “Look at me…look at me with your bad eye…am I ugly?” Legend.

Two more lefts for Dodson. Then a left to the body. Johnson hasn’t seen Dodson’s left all night.

Johnson goes for another takedown, a single that Dodson takes to the cage. Dodson holding Johnson to the cage.

Another left by Dodson. Johnson landing a couple of combos in a row, he seems to be getting more and more comfortable as the fight proceeds. He has Dodson against the fence holding a single, again. Dodson gets Johnson’s leg, and Johnson gets out with a knee, grabs a clinch, and is now holding Dodson is in the same position as where the illegal knee happened earlier, with his hand to the ground. Johnson punishing the crap out of Dodson with his knee for the trouble. He is grinding Dodson up against the fence. They separate and bang for a second, then back to the cage. This is a slugfest in the middle of the cage as the 4th concludes.

I have it 10-9 39-37 Johnson after 4

Round 5

With two stoppages so far, they shake hands and hug to open the last round. Johnson has a takedown before I’m done fat-fingering that sentence.

Johnson holds Dodson down for a bit, Dodson gets back up and gets control of Johnson against the cage…and Dodson is holding Johnson off the ground against the cage. Well, ok.

At range again. Dodson now working a double, doesn’t look likely to finish. But he does, with Johnson wall-walking out immediately.

Johnson grabs a clinch off another Dodson shot, and works him all the way to the cage. Johnson working knees and punches to a covered-up Dodson against the fence, working the clinch to max effect. Rich Franklining his head now, goes to the body on the break. Beat down ensuing.

Dodson looking at the clock, down on the cards with 0:30 to go.

Johnson finishes the fight knee from the clinch, for 199 strikes in the fight.

I have it 10-9 49-46 Johnson after 5

The judges score it 48-47 49-46 48-47 for the winner, Demetrious Johnson defeats John Dodson by Unanimous Decision

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Let me just say, this card had hype, and it has delivered thusfar. Also, let me just say “thusfar”. This is the third time I’ve said thusfar in three sentences, and I’ll bet you feel smarter already.

Also, I won’t be satisfied unless the next MMA video game includes the crazy slo-mo camera thing they’re using tonight. It seems like a reasonable expectation. And demand. You wouldn’t like me when I’m sullen.

What kind of country is it that hasn’t elected Brian Stann supreme leader yet? Who are we, really?

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