As with every major show, BloodyElbow.com will be here to bring you live results and commentary for UFC 103: Vitor Belfort vs. Rich Franklin. The card also features a fight between Mirko Cro Cop and Junior dos Santos. The live blog will start with the beginning of the Spike undercard broadcast at 9pm Eastern so make sure to make Bloody Elbow your home for this event.
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Tomasz Drwal vs. Drew McFedries – Round 1 – Kicks early and Drew just misses with an uppercut. Whoa…major production issues as it just kept skipping on Spike. We’re back to the fight and Drew with a lead uppercut. Leg kick by Drew. Tomaz with a lead punch that lands and Drew is bleeding a little bit. And Drew goes past the 2 minute mark for the first time in over 2 years. Tomasz takes Drews back standing and takes him down but can’t do anything. McFedries stands back up but Tomaz still has his back and is landing knees to the hamstring. They separate and both guys are landing good shots and breathing a little heavy. McFedries with a series of power shots. They’re trading power shots here nosw. Leg kick by Drew now is solid. Tomaz lands hard with a right. Both guys are landing often but not putting the other guy out. Tomasz grabs a double and gets the takedown. Both guys are gassed but Drew seems the worse of the two. Ten seconds left and Tomasz takes the back. The round ends and it was 10-9 Drwal on my card. Round 2 – Drwal lands early and pushes Drew against the fence. Nice takedown by Drwal and he’s in side control. Drew is close to done. Pass to mount and Drew rolls and gives up the back. Drwal sinks in the choke and Drew is forced to tap. Tomasz Drwal wins by submission (rear naked choke) round 2.
Rick Story vs. Brian Foster – Round 1 – They’re exchanging big bombs early and Foster lands a big left that forces Story to back up. Story with a couple big shots but eats another shot. Now a good takedown by Foster and he tries for a guillotine bu just ends up on bottom. Story moves to side control and takes the back but Foster stands up. Story with a double and is on top in half guard while bleeding out of his head. Elbows from Story. Story passes to side control for a second but Foster regains half guard. Foster regains full guard but is still eating shots. They stand up and again with Story getting the takedown. Foster muscles his way back to standing and they’re throwing shots again. Foster just misses with an uppercut. The round ends and it was 10-9 Story on my card. Round 2– Foster just missing with the head kick. Story with a three punch combo and now a single leg takedown. Story locking up an arm triangle but he’s stuck in the guard so he probably can’t finish…but as I type that Foster had to tap out. Very hard to finish a guy with that move from inside the guard. Rick Story wins by submission (arm triangle), Round 2.
Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller – Round 1 – Kicks missed by Cole, and now landing a couple long punches. Efrain landing a punch after catching a kick and putting MIller down but he doesn’t follow him to the ground. Right hand by Miller and a low kick by Escudero. Left hook by Escudero. Miller is keeping him outside well with kicks and punches. Big slam by Efrain and Miller right back to his feet. HUGE punch by Efrain and Miller is down and out! Efrain Escudero wins by KO (punch), round 1.
Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez – Round 1 – Miller is ready to go and is shouting at Lopez. Left hook by Jim and a solid low kick. Left hand by Miller, now a right hand as he gets back out after throwing it. Lopez lands a left. Now Miller with a shot that staggers Lopez. Lopez pushes his punches too much while trying to wing them and he loses power because of it. Lopez lossening up a little bit. Looks like Miller caught a finger in the eye. Lopez sprawls and avoids a Miller takedown attempt. Left hand rocks Lopez and a flurry from Miller puts him down. Now Miller is on top and as they scramble Miller grabs a front choke. Lopez fights out of it and Miller pours on a bunch of shots and takes the back. Now a pass almost to mount but Lopez gets full guard back. Miller postures up and lefs a pair of left hands. Miller postures up again and lands a few shots. Miller drops for a leg as the round ends. Miller’s eye is bothering him. Round 2 –Lopez is a little more loose here and as he throws a punch he turns away waving Miller off and you can clearly see the bone is out of place, it looks like a dislocated shoulder. Jim Miller wins by TKO (injury), Round 2.
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Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca – Round 1 – Leg kick by Tyson, and another. Body shot by Hermes. Right by Griffin. Nice left kick to the body by Tyson. Left hand now by Griffin and Hermes hasn’t found his timing yet. High kick by Griffin misses. Uppercut by Tyson. Leg kick now. Franca looks really bad to be honest. Another leg kick and Franca catches it but can’t do anything. Griffin doubles up on the jab. Again with a jab and gets back out. Overhand right by Tyson. Franca isn’t doing anything but playing defense right now. Griffin is just working the jab and low kick game. The round ends and it was a pretty clear 10-9 Griffin round. The crowd boos. Round 2– Hermes with an overhand right that misses and Tyson sticking to the jab. Hermes with a nice right and now a flurry, big knee by Hermes and he’s just swinging wild now. Hermes catches the leg and is just winging punches as he holds it. Now back to the center and Tyson back to the jab. Good leg kick by Tyson now. Good right hand now by Griffin. Good inside leg kick by Griffin. Franca is throwing these wild bombs and is getting eaten alive by technique. Big right by Griffin drops Hermes and Griffin is all over him! Franca goes out! Tyson Griffin wins by KO (punches), round 2.
Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg – Round 1– Trigg pushing forward with pawing punches. Big hook misses for Koscheck. Left hand by Trigg lands. Koscheck to the body. Right handn by Koscheck hurts Trigg and as he turns Koscheck nails him with a shot that puts him down. As Trigg is slumped against the cage Josh sizes him up and lands a flurry of HARD shots to the face. The fight is stopped. Trigg thinks it was a bad stoppage but it was a good call. Josh Koscheck wins by TKO (punches), round 1.
Martin Kampmann vs. Paul Daley – Round 1 – Kampmann pumps the jab and Daley counters with a hook. Kampmann with a solid jab. Left hook and a right hand by Daley. Kampmann looking for the takedown and can’t get it and Daley lands a few shots. Another hook lands for Daley. Kampmann with a nice counter. Big left by Daley. Daley with some big power shots and Kampmann with one of his own. Daley clearly winning the standup here. Right hand by Kampmann. Kampmann manages to lock up here and push Daley to the cage. Good knee by Kmpmann and now a huge left hook by Daley and Kampmann is hurt. Daley pours it on and the fight is stopped! Paul Daley wins by TKO (strikes), round 1. It was honestly a good stoppage, he was eating shots and couldn’t defend himself. People are going to call this early but it was a good, safe stoppage.
Rob Emerson vs. Rafael dos Anjos – Round 1 – Emmerson looking to land heavy as RdA rushes in to a body lock against the cage but can’t do anything with it. They’re exchanging nice strikes here. RdA with a few nice leg kicks. Emerson is eating some big kicks to his legs. Nice body shot by dos Anjos. Shot but Emerson defends. RdA with another really solid leg kick. Emerson is avoiding takedowns but he’s also getting beat up on the feet. Finally dos Anjos gets the takedown with 20 seconds left and lands a few strikes before the round ends. 10-9 dos Anjos. Round 2 – Emerson has no answer to the leg kicks here. Good kick by Rob now. Uppercut by RdA and another great leg kick. Emerson is starting to fire the right over and over but not landing too hard. He’s starting to hurt from those leg kicks now. Good sprawl by Rob now. They exchange punches and Emerson gets the better of that one. Nice shot by dos Anjos and Emerson sprawls beautifully. Another takedown avoided by Rob and he’s starting to get his timing a little more. dos Anjos keeps going back to the leg kicks. Another one and that one hurt Rob badly. Right hand lands for Emerson. Huge leg kick again. Another one and Emerson almost falls down. He’s limping now. Clinch against the cage and dos Anjos works knees to the leg now. 10-9 dos Anjos again. Round 3 – Another early leg kick and Emerson’s leg buckled. dos Anjos drives for the takedown and gets it. As Emerson tries to scramble RdA grabs the back. Now Emerson regains full guard. Elbows landing for dos Anjos now and some hammerfists. They stand back up and dos Anjos isn’t able to finish the takedown. Another leg kick and Emerson is not looking like he likes that any more. Emerson is firing some big shots but can’t finish dos Anjos. 10-9 dos Anjos again for a 30-27 score on my card. Official Scorecards: 30-27 across the board, Rafael dos Anjos wins by unanimous decision.
Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic vs. Junior Dos Santos – Round 1 – JDS pushes forward with punches, body shot in return by Mirko. Left high kick just misses for Mirko. JDS trying to rush in and Cro Cop pushes him away. Body kick by Cro Cop. JDS landing some big punches and Cro Cop loosk hurt. Mirko is on the run. Dos Santos is cut from a Mirko left hook. Dos Santos flies in again with punches. Cro Cop chant. Mirko now pushes Dos Santos against the cage. Cro Cop with a failed throw. Cro cop is looking like he is trying to time him and stuns JDS with a left hand. Junior charges forward again and Mirko covers up. Mirko looks like he was trying to ride out the early aggression. The round ends and I’d give it to Dos Santos 10-9 but it was close. Round 2 – Misses the high kick again early. Big shot by Dos Santos and Mirko counters twice with the left. Left hand lands again for Mirko and again. Dos Santos with an uppercut. High kick misses again. Dos Santos landing a few punches now as he comes forward. Mirko to the body with a knee as they tie up. Mirko is starting to fade a bit. Dos Santos to the body with a knee in the clinch. Kick by Mirko lands to the cup of Dos Santos and we take a break. We restart the fight now with 41 seconds left. Dos Santos with a left. Mirko has stopped throwing strikes, now he’s bleeding above his eye. Body kick by Junior. 10-9 Dos Santos. Round 3– Mirko coming forward early and lands a left. Good leg kick by Mirko. Mirko slips. Dos Santos comes in with a flurry of power shots. Dos Santos with a knee from the Thai plum that hurts Mirko. Mirko says he can’t see and the fight is stopped. Junior Dos Santos wins by verbal submission, round 3.
Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort – Round 1-Rich is taking the center of the cage and Vitor is on the outside. Neither fighter has really pulled the trigger yet. Now Vitor with a leg kick. They exchange shots with neither guy landing much of anything. Kind of a slow fight here early on. Belfort launches a punch, catches Rich and Franklin is hurt. Rich slips to the ground and Vitor flurries landing punches to Rich’s head and the fight is over. Explosive showing by Vitor as he clips the temple with a left. Then big shots with Franklin on the ground. Vitor Belfort wins by TKO (strikes), round 1.