UFC 80 SPOILERS
Jan 19, 2008 19:38:53 GMT -5
Post by Swarm on Jan 19, 2008 19:38:53 GMT -5
UFC 80 match-by-match coverage from Newcastle, England
by Dave Meltzer
Dave@wrestlingobserver.com
We're looking for your thoughts on today's show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com
Sam Stout b Per Eklund via unanimous decision after three rounds of a dull fight
Alessio Sakara b James Lee with punches and a ref stoppage 90 seconds into round one
Paul Kelly b Paul Taylor via unanimous three round decision. Mostly on the ground. Kelly controlled the wrestling and positioning most of the way. Taylor worked from the bottom to make it competitive, but didn't do enough to win any rounds. Some great early standing exchanges. Both worked bell-to-bell and they got a standing ovation when it was over. Really good match. 30-27 across the board for Kelly.
Antoni Hardonk b Colin Robinson, stunning him with a punch and it was called off in 17 seconds
PPV show starts in a few minutes
Kendall Grove vs. Jorge Rivera starts the PPV portion of the show.
Rivera took Grove down and just unloaded with punches from the top and then the back. Grove was stunned and a straight left put Grove down and out very quickly.
Jason Lambert vs. Wilson Gouveia is up next.
First round was Lambert on top with a lot of punches and elbows. Gouveia tried a triangle and an armbar from the bottom but Lambert escaped. Lambert looks huge for a light hevy, looking 225-230 and he pushed the pace hard. Easily Lambert's round.
Lambert came out tired, but was dirty boxing in the corner and then Gouveia countered with a left hook to the jaw that put Lambert out. Stunning reversal but you could see Lambert breathing heavy between rounds.
Jess Liaudin vs. Marcus Davis is up next in a battle of guys with lengthy win streaks.
Davis with a left to the temple for a one punch knockout and a few more on the ground for a one minute win.
45 minutes into the show and we only have two matches left. So looks like we're getting a lot of the prelims.
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Fabricio Werdum is up now.
Gonzaga started with a takedown but didn't do much. He voluntarily stood up and started taking Werdum apart with low kicks, knocking him down twice. He threw another kick and Werdum used it for a takedown and threw some elbows. Gonzaga 10-9.
Gonzaga tired in the second round and Werdum caught him on the ground with about a dozen punches and ref Dan Miragliota stopped the fight. Gonzaga could take Wedrum down at will but didn't want to go to the ground with him, but Werdum was outboxing him and throwing knees from the Thai clinch. Very important win for Werdum. A good heavyweight fight, but the British crowd wasn't really into Brazilian vs. Brazilian.
B.J. Penn vs. Joe Stevenson in the main event for the lightweight title is next.
Penn knocked him down with a punch and controlled him on the ground the entire round. Penn connected with an elbow late in the round near the hairline and Stevenson is bleeding really bad. Stevenson did as good a job as possible given he was being dominated position wise. He punched from the bottom, although easily Penn's round.
Penn was outboxing him standing, threw a flurry that put Stevenson down. Stevenson was just defending on the ground with his own blood drowning him. Stevenson took punishment on the ground and Penn got his back and choked him out late in the round to win the title. Penn becomes only the second fighter (Couture the first) to win UFC titles in two different weight classes.
Penn told Sean Sherk, "You're dead." Sherk came out and he was mad, and the Newcastle crowd booed the hell out of Sherk. Penn came back and shook his hand. Good job of getting the next match over.
by Dave Meltzer
Dave@wrestlingobserver.com
We're looking for your thoughts on today's show, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to dave@wrestlingobserver.com
Sam Stout b Per Eklund via unanimous decision after three rounds of a dull fight
Alessio Sakara b James Lee with punches and a ref stoppage 90 seconds into round one
Paul Kelly b Paul Taylor via unanimous three round decision. Mostly on the ground. Kelly controlled the wrestling and positioning most of the way. Taylor worked from the bottom to make it competitive, but didn't do enough to win any rounds. Some great early standing exchanges. Both worked bell-to-bell and they got a standing ovation when it was over. Really good match. 30-27 across the board for Kelly.
Antoni Hardonk b Colin Robinson, stunning him with a punch and it was called off in 17 seconds
PPV show starts in a few minutes
Kendall Grove vs. Jorge Rivera starts the PPV portion of the show.
Rivera took Grove down and just unloaded with punches from the top and then the back. Grove was stunned and a straight left put Grove down and out very quickly.
Jason Lambert vs. Wilson Gouveia is up next.
First round was Lambert on top with a lot of punches and elbows. Gouveia tried a triangle and an armbar from the bottom but Lambert escaped. Lambert looks huge for a light hevy, looking 225-230 and he pushed the pace hard. Easily Lambert's round.
Lambert came out tired, but was dirty boxing in the corner and then Gouveia countered with a left hook to the jaw that put Lambert out. Stunning reversal but you could see Lambert breathing heavy between rounds.
Jess Liaudin vs. Marcus Davis is up next in a battle of guys with lengthy win streaks.
Davis with a left to the temple for a one punch knockout and a few more on the ground for a one minute win.
45 minutes into the show and we only have two matches left. So looks like we're getting a lot of the prelims.
Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Fabricio Werdum is up now.
Gonzaga started with a takedown but didn't do much. He voluntarily stood up and started taking Werdum apart with low kicks, knocking him down twice. He threw another kick and Werdum used it for a takedown and threw some elbows. Gonzaga 10-9.
Gonzaga tired in the second round and Werdum caught him on the ground with about a dozen punches and ref Dan Miragliota stopped the fight. Gonzaga could take Wedrum down at will but didn't want to go to the ground with him, but Werdum was outboxing him and throwing knees from the Thai clinch. Very important win for Werdum. A good heavyweight fight, but the British crowd wasn't really into Brazilian vs. Brazilian.
B.J. Penn vs. Joe Stevenson in the main event for the lightweight title is next.
Penn knocked him down with a punch and controlled him on the ground the entire round. Penn connected with an elbow late in the round near the hairline and Stevenson is bleeding really bad. Stevenson did as good a job as possible given he was being dominated position wise. He punched from the bottom, although easily Penn's round.
Penn was outboxing him standing, threw a flurry that put Stevenson down. Stevenson was just defending on the ground with his own blood drowning him. Stevenson took punishment on the ground and Penn got his back and choked him out late in the round to win the title. Penn becomes only the second fighter (Couture the first) to win UFC titles in two different weight classes.
Penn told Sean Sherk, "You're dead." Sherk came out and he was mad, and the Newcastle crowd booed the hell out of Sherk. Penn came back and shook his hand. Good job of getting the next match over.
