UFC 69 "Shootout" *SPOILERS INSIDE*

[burky79]

I couldnt find a watching thread for the PPV, so here tis.

I am posting this at 9:40 p.m. and under the spoiler tag are the results up till now. I will try to update them periodically, if I can. The results so far are from sherdog.com


Josh Haynes vs. Luke Cummo
Round 1
Good action in the first round. Haynes came out aggressive throwing bombs and leg kicks. Haynes then scored a takedown but backed out of Cummo's guard soon after. Cummo rocks Haynes with a three punch combo, punctuated by a vicious left hook. Sherdog.com scores the first round 10-9 for Cummo.

Round 2
Cummo comes out throwing crisp combos. Haynes is taking a lot of punishment and answering with one punch at a time. Cummo lands a big right hand that drops Haynes. Referee Carry Hatley jumps in and stops the fight at the 2:45 mark. Haynes was out of it and took the ref down shortly after the stoppage.

Big Cummo fan, WOOHOO!

Marcus Davis vs. Pete Spratt
Round 1
Davis throws Spratt to the canvas early in the round. Davis passes to side-control then after a scramble takes Spratt's back. Davis locks in a body-triangle but he can't get his arms around Spratt's neck. With about 20 seconds left in the round, Spratt turns into Davis' guard and works some punches to the body and a hard hammerfist to the face. Sherdog,.com sees the first frame 10-9 for Davis.

Round 2
Spratt came out firing and knocks Davis off balance and to the ground early in the round. Spratt landed some solid punches to the head before Davis locked up a leg and forced a tap at 2:57 due to an ankle lock.

Thales Leites vs. Pete Sell
Round 1
Leites got a quick double leg takedown early in the frame. Leites worked some solid ground and pound before passing guard and taking Sell's back. He worked for the rear naked choke but Sell had none of it. Sell scrambled and ended up on the bottom with Leites in side-control. Leites jumped across Sell and locked up an arm triangle, but Sell was able able to ride out the final 15 seconds and was saved by the bell. Sherdog.com scores it 10-9 for Leites.

Round 2
Leites lands a crushing leg kick and a overhand right in the opening minute of the frame. Sell tries a standing guillotine then he drops down to half-guard but Leites popped his head out and landed several devastating forearms to Sell's face. Leites then tried another arm triangle but he seemed to let go of it so he could apply more punishment to Sell. Leites then teed off on Sell for the rest of the round. At one point the referee looked close to steeping in, but he allowed Sell to continue working. Sherdog.com sees it 10-8 for Leites. Round 3
Another dominating round for Leites. The Brazilian scored a takedown at the 1:30 mark and worked from top position for the rest of the fight. Moving from half-guard to side-control to mount, Leites punished the American with punches and tight positioning against the cage. Leites wins the fight 30-27 on all three judges' scorecards.

Brad Imes vs. Heath Herring
Round 1
Lots of exciting scrambles early in the bout. Herring landed a 3 punch combo followed by a straight left that dropped Imes flat. Herring pummeled Imes for the rest of the round with elbows and forearms from half-guard and side-control. Sherdog.com scores the one-sided round 10-8 for Herring.

Round 2
Herring continues to land his left straight lead at will. The left straight knocks Imes to the canvas again midway through the frame. Herring allows him to stand then takes him to the mat with a well executed takedown. Only a late rally in the last 20 seconds saves Imes from another 10-8 round on the Sherdog.com scorecard. Imes was able to sweep Herring and land shots to the head while the PRIDE veteran turtled to ride out the round. 10-9 for Herring.

Round 3
Herring scores a quick takedown and works from Imes' guard with punches to the head. Herring lands an illegal knee to the head of Imes on the ground. The referee stands them up. Herring scores another takedown and pounds away for the duration of the fight. Heath Herring wins a unanimous decision.

Leonard Garcia vs. Roger Huerta
Round 1


Alan Belcher vs. Kendall Grove
Round 1


Yushin Okami vs. Mike Swick
Round 1


Josh Koscheck vs. Diego Sanchez
Round 1


Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre
Round 1





Topics (which I'm sure have been covered in the UFC sticky thread)

1. Does Serra stand a chance?
2. Is Diego going to have his first UFC loss?
3. Will we see the "Swick-atine"?
4. Will Big Brad the Giant fall?


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My answer to my own questions (yes, I need help)

1. No, because even with a takedown, GSP, will make an athletic move to get right back to his feet. Would I like to see it, sure, underdog wins are always fun. Wont happen.
2. No, thats only form the heart, cause Diego is one of my favorite fighters right now.
3. I hope so!
4. Havent seen him for a while, so its up in the air for me. cointoss.

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Up to date : LIVE RESULTS (http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&EventID=4663)

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

Cool, thanks for the spoilers. My roommate went to a UFC viewing bash, and I got stuck here without access.

[burky79]

Great reversal by Kendall!
Nice straight kicks by KG

KG has to have won that first round.
He was controling the entire fight, excpet maybe two punches and the first takedown.
Looking to be a great second round... hwg...
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KG took control, AB gasseed and KG has landed some vicious blows to the head!
Alan is bleeding from a nice cut to the side of his head.
KG thai clinch AB is rocked... knees from everywhere!

Slammed, AB was superslammed! BIG

KG put Alan Belcher to sleep! Its over!

Kendall Grove 4:42 in the second darce(spelling?) choke. goodnight.

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

Great reversal by Kendall!
Nice straight kicks by KG

KG has to have won that first round.
He was controling the entire fight, excpet maybe two punches and the first takedown.
Looking to be a great second round... hwg...
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Keep the updates coming.

[burky79]

Yushin Okami vs. Mike Swick next.

I really like Swick as a fighter and as a personality.
I hope he dominates Okami.

Swick is getting a standin o. He is big in his home town.

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1st round

good kicks exchanged, feelling out eachother mostly.
flying knee blocked by Okami.
Okami got the takedown.
Mikes strugling for guard while taking glancing blows to the head and side.
Okami is trying for a kamura
Mikes fighting hard.

First rounds over.
Okami probably won that because of the takedown and control.

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2nd round

Swick missed a spinning back kick.
feeling each other out again.
takedown attempt by Okami blocked by Swick.
Okami got the takedown.
fight for guard and Swick blocking all blows.
stood up by Mario.
Swick got a good left in.
Stumbled Okami, but quickly recovered.
Okami got another takedown.
standup again by Mario.
Swick teeing off, Okami rocked.
and the round is over. he has the momentum and a standing o.

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3rd round

feeling out again.
Rogan makes a good point about Okami not swinging his left.
a onehanded fighter.
still feeling out.
Okami taking deep breaths, Swick lands and trys to combo.
caught him with a right.
Okami countered and got the takedown.
Okami has the mount now.
not good for Swick.
Okami has his back.
hes lkanding blows,
Mario is about to stop it...
Swick reversal.!!!
Okami rubber guard.
TIME IS UP!
what a great fight!
they both left it all out there.

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Yushin Okami by unanimous decison.

[burky79]

Dana White announces the signing of Noguera.

[burky79]

Leonard Garcia vs. Roger Huerta

(from sherdog)

Round 1
The fighters exchange heavy strikes. Huerta rushes forward with three straight head kicks but they all fail to land. Huerta scores a takedown. Huerta unloading with elbows from side-control. Huerta mounts and drops punches down. Garcia escapes to his feet and rocks Huerta with a left and a right. Garcia pulls guard with a guillotine. Huerta looked like he was in danger but he fights out. Huerta smacks Garcia with a right hand. Garcia escapes to his feet and rocks Huerta with a wild exchange of punches again. Huerta is cut. Huerta scores a takedown. Huerta creams Garcia with several unanswered punches. Garcia sweeps and takes the top position. Amazing action in the first round. Sherdog.com sees it 10-9 for Huerta.

Round 2
The action does not slow as the second frame begins with a violent punching exchange. Huerta takes the fight to the floor and lands some elbows. Garcia works to his feet trades haymakers with Huerta. Both fighters land solidly. Huerta has found his range and is landing power shots at will. Huerta with another takedown. Garcia is mounted. Garcia back to his feet. Incredible flurry of punches is traded by the now fatigued fighters. Sherdog.com scores the round 10-9 for Huerta.

Round 3
Garcia shoots immediately but Huerta stops it and opens up with punches. Garcia follows and unloads with lefts and rights. Huerta busts Garcia up with three heavy punches and throws him down. Huerta punches the head from half-guard. Garcia slides out and takes Huerta's back. Garcia is working for a rear naked choke. Huerta rolls him over throws a torrent of punches and elbows. Sherdog.com scores the fight 30-27 for Huerta, but Garcia put on a amazing show of heart and skill. The judges agree. 30-27 x3.

[mendozathejew]

Big Nog to the UFC= Pride is dead

those who dont go to the UFC will go to other orgs. who becomes the number 2 org is the question. k1 heroes probably has the best shot, and pride will have to be rebuilt from the ground up. maybe Im jumping the gun, but it looks like dana white is gona gut pride of the big names.

[burky79]

Josh Koscheck vs. Diego Sanchez
Round 1

a couple of punches and a striaght kick or two.
then a shoot at the end of the round by Kos and a reversal by D

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Round 2

not a whole lot again
no good follow ups
a few good punches landed by Kos
and a few good flurries by D
no follow ups tho.

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Round 3

BIG boos from the crowd...

that fight stank.

only a head game fight.
that was all Kos.
this better be unanimous

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and it was. 30-27

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Diego didn't bring it, but neither did Josh.
Kos was only concerned about the "W"
not about a good fight. Kos couldda put his all out.
It was a "W", thats all.

[burky79]

Matt Serra vs. Georges St. Pierre

Round 1

Serra with some good leg kicks
and a puch flurry or two
moving and feeling e/o out
Serra connected!!!!
GSP is rocked
GSP IS DONE

MATT SERRA WON!!!!!

GSP is out.

(I'm callin a fix!)
;)
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GSP looked sloppy after a slip and a sharp shot, not a bomb
but after he was down, Serra hit him hard with a couple.

(sherdogs account (much better wording than mine))
Round 1
Serra lands a straight right to the body. Serra lands another body shot. Serra looks very comfortable with his striking. St. Pierre is throwing one strike at a time thus far. Serra rocks St. Pierre with a right hook and another punch. He pounces and mounts St. Pierre then pounds away until John McCarthy halts the bout. Matt Serra becomes the new welterweight champion at 3:25 of the first round.

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[WhiteHonkyDevil]

Damn. Imagine my surprise.

[burky79]

Me : "1. Does Serra stand a chance?"

Me : "1. No, because (blah blah blah)... Wont happen."


Mmmmmm... those words taste good. Can I get a side of mustard to go with that foot?

I am glad Serra won.
Still callin Bravo Sierra.
GSP is not that sloppy, ever.
I like Serra's attitude and confidence.
That still didn't look like any GSP approach to a fight that I've ever seen.

Oh, well. Its done.

Still got to see an amazing fight in Leonard Garcia vs. Roger Huerta.
Those guys left it all out there. (other than the size) It looked like two Forrest Griffens out there swingin' ... all heart and no stop.

Nice to see Kendall Grove make some great ground moves.
That was a good display of his talent, watch out for him.

[Save My Up's Dick]

Mmmmmm... those words taste good. Can I get a side of mustard to go with that foot?

I am glad Serra won.
Still callin Bravo Sierra.
GSP is not that sloppy, ever.
I like Serra's attitude and confidence.
That still didn't look like any GSP approach to a fight that I've ever seen.

Oh, well. Its done.
Why? why would they fix it? just a question, thought you might want to elaborate.

Actually saw the highlights on ESPN's SportsCenter. :icon_eek: ....no joke. Sierra caught him with a good right and stunned GSP, then finished him. I still can't believe he won but good for Matt, I liked him during TUF 4, he was always coaching and helping the guys on his team.

[burky79]

Why? why would they fix it? just a question, thought you might want to elaborate.

Actually saw the highlights on ESPN's SportsCenter. :icon_eek: ....no joke. Sierra caught him with a good right and stunned GSP, then finished him. I still can't believe he won but good for Matt, I liked him during TUF 4, he was always coaching and helping the guys on his team.

That was my immediate reaction upon seeing it.
Without thought or any insight. I saw how quickly it happened and couldn't believe it. Upon further thought, I don't want to beleive it was a fix and after watching it a couple a more times, I dont think it was.

That was my gut reaction, right when it happened.

I gained a lot of respect for Serra after TUF too. Great attitude and personality.

[Cromwell]

Nobody had Serra. A lot of us were pulling for him, though. Talk about taking advantage of an opportunity put in front of you.

Here’s how Thomas Gerbasi at UFC.com described the fight:

Odds mean nothing. The past means nothing. In mixed martial arts, what matters is what happens when the bell rings. And when the bell rang at the Toyota Center tonight, Matt Serra came to fight. When you do that, good things can happen, and they did for the Long Island native, who stunned the mixed martial arts world with a first round TKO win over Georges St-Pierre to win the UFC Welterweight Championship in the UFC 69 main event tonight.

Serra had earned his title shot by winning season four of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. St-Pierre, in his first fight since taking the 170-pound title from Matt Hughes last November, was expected to roll over his challenger en route to bigger and better things.

It was not to be.

A smiling and relaxed Serra (16-4) showed no fear of the champion as he met him in the middle of the Octagon to start the bout, but St-Pierre was sharp as he shot out kicks and the occasional quick flurry. The challenger responded with kicks of his own to the champion’s legs, but St-Pierre (13-2) appeared to be too fast for his foe, apparently just biding his time until he decided to pounce.

But that’s why they fight the fights, and just as soon as those words were written, Serra threw a looping right hand that grazed the back of St-Pierre’s head, forcing him to lose his balance and stumble twice. It was all the underrated Serra needed, as he swung for the fences and landed on the still recovering champion, who got into deeper and deeper trouble with each shot the New Yorker landed.

Suddenly, St-Pierre was on the mat, and Serra followed him, never letting his hands stop moving until referee John McCarthy pulled him off at the 3:25 mark and declared him the new welterweight champion of the world.

“Tonight I got beat by a better fighter than myself,” said the always gracious St-Pierre. “He beat me fair and square. I’m very sad right now, but I will come back.”

Undoubtedly. But for now, there’s a new boss at 170 pounds


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Diego vs. Kos was 15 minutes of fucking horseshit fighting. That fight goes up there with Arlovski vs. Sylvia 3 and Liddel vs. Horn 2, and Griffin vs. Bonar 2. Im so dissapointed in Sanchez, he had to know that he was loosing the fight and didn't to shit to try and win it. Just another case of a fighter who gets more concerned about a winning record then winning a fight.



I guess weed doesn’t cure all.


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I knew Okami was good, but i really underrated him. He dominated Rory Singer and Kalib Sterns two TUF vets who i didn't really had to much skill. At the end of the first during the ring break, you heard Mike Swick say to his corner he was too strong. Despite a flurry of punches to end the second round, Mike just got mentally and physically controlled the entire fight. Really bummed about this fight, Swick was a fun fighter to watch and I was pulling for him.



I knew very little about Okami before this fight. I’m a bit surprised to see Swick get beaten by that – but hey –that’s mma. Anyone can get beaten (and eventually does).



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Kendall Grove looked sick..... against a can. Kudos to UFC matchmakers for padding another posterboy. Lol, despite that Da Spyra is FUN to watch.



Yeah, he needs to be given some more challenging fights already.


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Heath Herring returned to his winning ways, Pete Sell managed to find a way to get out punched by a submission fighter



Gotta say – as much as I like Sell – I beginning to think he’s not all that smart. He keeps losing fights he should win.


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a newer slimer Josh Haynes got knocked the fuck out by Luke Cummo.



Hell yeah. Go Luke Cummo!

Heres’ the UFC.com description of that fight:

New Yorker Luke Cummo got the night off to a rousing start with a second round stoppage of Josh Haynes in a welterweight bout.

A fast pace was set early, with Cummo (8-4) the more accurate puncher while Haynes’ shots were heavier. The New Yorker did land the most telling blow of the round though, getting his foe’s attention with a thudding left hook with under two minutes to go.

The pattern continued in the second, with Cummo potshotting with both hands, and eventually, he hit paydirt with a picture-perfect right hand that put Haynes (9-7) on the canvas. Haynes crawled forward on the mat, trying to clear his head, but it was too late, as referee Kerry Hatley stepped in to halt the bout at the 2:45 mark


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Rumors on the messageboards are that Rashad Evans and Tito Ortiz got into a incident at some point during the PPV, and were seperated by security.



Ha! I would love to see some footage of that.


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A crazy week of MMA, to wrap it all up. Apparently the Tito Dana White boxing match is back on after Tito pulling out becasue he wasnt going to get paid for it. They announced the fight will be on Spike April 12th.



Yeah, saw that announced during the premier episode of TUF. Ha, ha. Its always comes down to the money, doesn’t it? I’m very curious to see what kind of fight Dana White has in him.


Happy Easter!

[PEST BY TRADE]

Diego sanchez needs to eat a cock what a chicken
Koscheck is a wrestler not much else and he wouldn't
fight what a waste of my 15 minutes last night

[Save My Up's Dick]

That was my immediate reaction upon seeing it.
Without thought or any insight. I saw how quickly it happened and couldn't believe it. Upon further thought, I don't want to beleive it was a fix and after watching it a couple a more times, I dont think it was.

That was my gut reaction, right when it happened.

I gained a lot of respect for Serra after TUF too. Great attitude and personality.
That's cool Burky, I was shocked like the rest of us.

Nobody had Serra. A lot of us were pulling for him, though. Talk about taking advantage of an opportunity put in front of you.
Nope...Not after the way GSP dominated Matt Hughes. This is why I love MMA and the UFC. A fighter can beat any fighter on any given day. Last night was Serra's day.

[Boratfan]

Alan Belcher is not a can. He is a talented up coming youngster with good ability and solid size(6'2 185). Grove did look good yesterday.... but I feel he would get DESTROYED by a wrestler or a BJJ blackbelt. He has alot of talent but i see MANY holes in his game.

[Chino Kapone]

fantastic fight. i have probably watched that serra/gsp fight 15 times on my dvr. it was pretty much unbelievable.

congrats to serra, i dont think it could have happened to a better guy. but i think that this belt is going to be a rotating belt. no one is really going to hold onto it for a year+ like hughes did.