UFC 140 – Toronto Saturday Dec. 10, 2011
The Main Event
Jon “Bones” Jones vs Lyotto “The Dragon” Machida (Light Heavyweight)
So you know, Machida is a former Light Heavyweight Champion. Jones is the youngest UFC champion ever, has never been taken down and is on a five fight win streak.
Jones comes out crawling like a beast. They are on their feet. Jones jabs and Machida lands a kick to the leg.
Jones lands a leg kick himself and both fighters continue to circle as both fighters try to figure each other out.
Machida tags Jones with a strong kick to the body and then dodges a Jones kick and then counters and lands a left to the head and of Jones and sends him back-pedaling.
Jones is playing into the hands of Machida right now.
Round 1 goes to Machida.
They are scrapping now. Machida lands some punches and keeps Jones going backwards. Then Jones lands a right and scores the first take down of the fight. Jones lands an elbow and Machida is bleeding from a big gash on his forehead. The ref splits them up and a doctor looks at the cut.
The fight continues and Jones lands a big strike and Machida is in trouble Jones has him by the neck with a standing guillotine and Machida is out cold.
TKO victory for Jones.
“Big Nog” Nogueira vs Frank Mir (Heavyweight)
SYN - Nogueira is a former UFC and Pride Heavyweight Champion. Mir is a two time UFC Heavyweight Champion and has already KO’ed Nogueira back at UFC 92.
Nogueira has Mir on the cage but Mir counters and takes him to the ground.
Both fighters are back on their feet. Nogueira lands a nice elbow and then a knee to Mir's head. Mir is in trouble. Nogueira looks to finish but Mir hangs on. Mir somehow swings around and has Nogueira in an arm-bar. Nogueria taps out and it looks and sounds like Nogueira's arm snapped, I believe Mir twisted and broke his arm.
Nogueira is still lying in the ring and medics are attending to him and Mir is doing the post fight with funny guy Joe Rogan.
“Big Nog” was lying in the ring for awhile after that and the doctors had to brace him.
Tito “Huntington Beach Bad-Boy” Ortiz vs Rogerio “Little Nog” Nogueira (Light Heavyweight)
Ortiz is a five time light heavyweight champion and this is his 26 UFC fight, the most all-time.
Ortiz comes out swinging and lands a big punch. Ortiz has him against the cage adf they are both exchanging punches and Ortiz is in trouble. Little Nog hits him and Ortiz hits the mat and Noguiera has him in full guard and continues to tee off on him. Ortiz is able to fend him off for little while. But the shots to the kidneys are too much and the ref steps in.
TKO for Nogueira in the first round.
Brian “Bad-Boy” Ebersole vs Claude “The Prince” Patrick (Welterweight)
Patrick is the Canadian.Patrick is on a 13 fight win streak. Ebersole is on a nine fight win streak.
Ebersole pushes forward throwing punches and lands a good body shot. Fighters get tied up on the cage again. More grappling.
Fighters are trading some kicks and punches and they get tied up on the cage again.
Fighters break and Ebersole lands an elbow to the chin and the fighters grapple again. Both guys looking for the take down.
Nothing too exciting mid-way thru the second. Fighters grapple still and they get loose and trade some kicks and then they grapple some more.
Patrick does land a nice punch, the hardest shot of the fight, but this has been a seesaw wrestling match.
Ebersoke goes for the takedown and Patrick defends it but looses position and Ebersole gains top guard. Patrick does a nice job fighting off his back. Fighters get back to their feet and Ebersole takes Patrick back down to his back.
Ebersole has Patrick from the back side, but Patrick slips the hold and the fighters are back on their feet and grappling once more.
At this point the ref should separare them and just as I say that Patrick takes the choke position and tries to choke him out.
One minute to go and they are back on their feet throwing punches and knee’s . Ebersole dives for Patricks feet. I would give the decision to Patrick as he tried to make it more of a fight.
It goes to the cards, judges decide Brian Ebersole wins by split decision.
Chan “The Zombie” Sung Jung vs. Mark “The Machine” Hominik (featherwight)
Hominik is the Canadian. Hominik comes out swinging recklessly and leaves himself wideopen and Sung Jung makes him pay and lands a right hook right on the button that sends hominik backwards on his ass. Sung Jung pounces and referee Herb Dean calls it at just seven seconds into the fight. Sung Jung ties the fastest KO in UFC history.
Igor “The Duke” Pokrajac vs Krzystof “The Polish Experiment” Soszynski (Light Heavyweight)
This one ended early too 35 seconds in, with Pokrajac getting the knockout.
Prokrajac landed a strong left hook and then followed that with a strong right and he Soszynski falls backwards and gets labeled with a slew of lefts and right and it was all over.
Soszynski was slow to get back up. He got Knocked the “bleep” out.
Jared “The Messenger” Hamman vs Costantinos “Costa” Philippou (Middleweight)
Fighters are exchanging kicks and punches. Phillippou lands a couple strong punches and Hamman is hurt.
Phillipou has him on the ground and tries for a choke out.
Hamman is back on his feet and they are trading punches, phillipou lands a big punch and drops Hamman again and I don’t know how much more Hamman can take.
Phillipou gets the knockout with a nice left hook.
Dennis “Superman” Hallman vs John “The Bull” Makdessi (Lightweight)
Hallman has the back position early, this isn’t looking good for Makdessi.
Makdessi is holding on but Hallman is on top and pounding.
Hallman gets a rear choke and Markdessi taps out in the first round.
Walel “The Gazelle” Watson vs Yves “Tiger” Jabouin (Bantamweight)
Jaboin is the Canadian. Fighters exchange punches an Yves scores a take down.
Jaboin gives up a big advantage in reach to watson but he is patiently throwing jabs and waiting for an opening to land a big knocout punch.
Fighets stay on their fight, dancing in the middle of the ring, throwing a lot of kicks and punches.
Yves scores another takedown but Watson counters with the guillotine but Jabouin slips out of it just before the end of round two.
Both fighters are staning in the middle of the ring and trading more kicks and punches. At times it looks like more dancing than fighting.
Now Watson gets the top guard and is looking for a submission with a front choke and now Jaboin slips the choke and the fighters are back on their feet.
The fighters fnish in fine fashion and this one goes the distance.
Tough to say who gets the win but I would give it to Jaboin, narrowly.
Yves Jabouin wins it by split decision.
Bocek vs Nick “The Carny” Lentz (Lightweight)
Lentz has been on a 15 fight unbeaten streak. Bocek has been on top guard the majority of the round.
Bocek fires a high kick that misses and Lentz goes for a take down and Bocke is able to defend that off and then fighters go down to the mat and Bocek goes back into top position.
Lents tried to lock in the guiloine again but Bocek shakes that off.
Bocek get the top position again early in the the third round. Lentz will have to establish some attack from his back but it’s looking like Bocek is in control of the ring.
They are back on their feet trading kicks and punches and then Bocek gets another take down.
Unanimous Decision for Bocek.
Rich Attonito vs Jake Hecht (Welterweight)
Attonito holds the ground and pound and keeps the position for the majority of the round. Hecht is fighting in his first UFC fight and looks to be getting bullied here.
Hecht gets in a big elbow to the back of Attonito’s head and Hecht is able to pound his way to a TKO victory.
Mitch Clarke vs John Cholish (Lightweight)
Mitch Clarke the first Canadian fighter looses to John Cholish at 4:36 of the second round. Cholish wins by TKO. He lands a strong jab on Clarke and then scores a take down. Clarke tries to slip out of the hold but Cholish gain back position and lands some a strong shot and keeps the pressure on with puhches and the referee steps in a puts an end to the fight. Mitch Clarke is a Saskatchewan.
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