I was toasted when 58 rolled around and while I remember most of the results, I didn't remember diddly shit about the actual fights until watching the show again tonight.
Yves vs. Hominick
Mark Hominick - Heart personified. 23 years old and that boy has all the game in the world. I thought Yves would take the fight but I'm honestly still in
awe of Mr. Hominick. He is so incredibly skilled it's just crazy to watch. He had a gameplan, stuck to it and won the match. Mr. Hominick after his fight
spoke about his father who is fighting cancer and while it was tough, held his composure. I am completely blown away by this kid, he will be a huge force
from here on out. Unfortunately I don't see a 145lb division coming for a while (if ever) but he will do just fine where he is. I have no doubt about Mark's father beating cancer, they are without a doubt one of the toughest families around. Fuck cancer, Mr. Hominick.
Marquardt vs. Doerkson
I am a big fan of dirty, he doesn't have the best record (in the ufc) but that boy knows how to make a fight exciting and will take a fight on 2 seconds
notice. Still not sure what to say on this one... Marquardt is boring as hell but gets the job done but I gotta go back to dirty, he is a feisty mother
fucker and I love it! Nate rocked dirty a couple times but couldn't keep him down.
BJ vs. GSP
You've all seen it and have your own opinions on a definitive winner but I couldn't call this one if my basement riddin virginity counted on it. Very
difficult to agree or disagree either way so let's hope for the rematch. Only one man could win this fight and it's GSP's night and incredibly well
deserved.
On a personal note - GSP will be the WW champ within a year
Swick vs. Vigneault
Swick is a stud. I don't know enough about steve vigneault to make an assessment. We need to see a Leben vs. Swick rematch. I happened to catch that fight on a HD wec replay a couple months back and it was awesome.
Franklin vs. Crow
Yowza... I remember reading about this fight the day after it happened and it sounded like the crow was runnin like a chicken with it's nuts in a vice.
Not the case, he did do the 6 yard dash (and remarkably quick) a couple times but came back to fess up. Rich was undoubtedly the dominatrix in this fight
but the crow hit him with some wicked shots. It's pretty much impossible to argue the final decision but I gotsta say that these are two tough mother
fuckers. During the fight, how many times did goldberogan say that the crow would be done within a few seconds?
Franklin = the man with an awesome chin no matter what you lyoto hoto's have to say. Crow = one sick mudder fucker! He took a lickin and kept on tickin,
and on top of that he kept crackin rich with some fliggity wicked shots to the grill.. Richie Rich busted his left hand early in 2 but kept 'em comin
thanks to jorgeyG.
I dunno who is going to dethrone Franklin assuming he stays at 185 (Leben). If the rumors are true and Rich moves to 205 and Cowboy to 185, they are both gonna
get their respective asses kicked real quick like.
On a completely unrelated note, Forrest will TKO Tito in the 2nd round and Chris Leben will be 185 champ within 2 years.