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Jake Rosholt vs. Kendall Grove – Round 1 – Rosholt with a couple big takedowns early but Kendall survives only taking a little bit of punishment by way of punches. Now Grove gets the takedown and lands a few punches before Rosholt stands back up. Rosholt lands a couple decent punches and a flying knee to the body. Takedown by Rosholt. Rosholt moves to mount but Grove scrambles and catches Rosholts arm and now sinks the triangle. Rosholt has no choice, he has to tap. Kendall Grove wins by submission (triangle choke), round 1.
George Sotiropoulos vs. Jason Dent – Prelim action here. Round 1 – Sotiropoulos landing a few nice straight punches early. Counter left by Dent. Head kick by Sotiropoulos is blocked. They clinch up and Dent gets the best of it with some punches inside. Dent knocks him back with a hook. George with a straight and a head kick. Nice body shot by Dent. Takedown by Sotiropoulos and he works to pass as Dent lands a few nice punches. George standing over top and quickly passes to side control. Dent gives up mount. Sotiropoulos landing shots here. Dent manages to survive until the end of the round. 10-9 round for Sotiropoulos, close to a 10-8. Round 2 – Low kick early by Dent. George landing crisp punches here. Right hand by Dent and he gets cocky. Dent throws a body kick, George catches it and sweeps the other leg to end up back on top. Dent scrambles and Sotiropoulos takes his back. Now they’re in north-south with George on top. Dent takes some damage and manages to stand up but George takes him right back down. Pass to full mount here. George landing shots and takes an arm. Dent throws an illegal knee to try to escape, George switches to an arm crush and then an armbar and it’s over as Dent taps. George Sotiropoulos wins by submission (armbar), round 2.
Marcus Davis vs. Ben Saunders – Round 1 – Saunders with a head kick that is blocked. They clinch up and Ben is landing nice knees to the body. Punches land for Davis and again Ben with a flurry of knees. Davis is bleeding pretty badly now above the eye. Davis lands a couple punches but Saunders goes back to the knee attack. This is brutal. Left hands are landing for Saunders and again he starts throwing the knees. Davis is out cold! Nasty stuff by Ben Saunders. Ben Saunders wins by knockout, Round 1.
A prelim fight was shown between Brian Foster and Brock Larson. Brian Foster dominated the action and forced the battered Larson to tap to strikes.
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Phil Baroni vs. Amir Sadollah – Round 1 – Baroni throwing early and knocks Amir down. Amir working knees to the body from the clinch. Big shots by Phil here and Amir lands a knee. Amir keeps pushing him against the cage but Phil is throwing big shots still. Muay Thai knees land by Amir. Uppercut by Phil. Phil’s mouth is already wide open. Big uppercuts by Baroni. Amir keeps working the Thai clinch but is getting eaten up by these uppercuts. Takedown by Baroni. Baroni looking to work while Amir looks for an armbar. He cant get it and Baroni stands up. Kick lands for Amir. Knee by Amir and a big right hand to Phil’s head. Phil is cut above the left eye. Big knees landing for Amir now and Phil is extremely winded. Amir closes it out with big knees as the bell rings. Phil is cut up badly. 10-9 round for Amir. Phil is badly gassed. Round 2 -Leg kick by Amir and then a head kick. Big knee by Amir and a great leg kick. Left hook lands for Phil but he’s very gassed. Right hand by Baroni. Kick to the head by Amir. Leg kick again by Amir. Sharp elbows by Amir in the clinch. Head kick blocked by Baroni. Leg kick by Amir. Phil with a right hand. Jumping knee by Amir. Nice elbow by Amir now. Body kick by Amir and he lands a couple punches. The round ends and it was 10-9 Amir on my card to go up 20-18. Round 3 -Leg kicks by Amir early. Body kick, right hand combo. Two punches and a knee by Amir, now an elbow. Baroni is hitting a whole lot of air now. Baroni turns and starts walking away so Amir runs and lands a big leg kick. Big ol’ arm punches by Phil. Big elbows by Amir again. Phil has a huge gash on his forehead. Leg kicks keep coming from Amir. Baroni is so incredibly gassed here. Superman punch by Amir and now a few knees. Head kick by Amir and he is hitting him with punches and body kicks. Another head kick by Amir. Baroni keeps trying but he isn’t even connecting this round. Knee and an elbow now for Amir. Body kick hurts Phil now. Amir blasts him with elbows and the round ends. 10-8 round to give him the fight 30-26 on the Bloody Elbow scorecard. Official Scorecards: 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 all for Amir Saddolah.
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira – Round 1 – Cane pushing forward with a jab and a leg kick. Jab lands for Nog after a leg kick. Left hand lands for Nog. Nogueira hurts Cane badly. Cane is buckled several times and now he is dropped. Wow, Nogueira just ran through him like nothing. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira wins by TKO (strikes), round 1.
Paulo Thiago vs. Jacob Volkmann – Round 1 – High kick misses for Thiago. Volkmann clinches up with him. Thiago with a sweep and they go to the ground with Thiago in side control. Volkmann gets full guard and scrambles back to his feet. Takedown again by Thiago into full mount and Volkmann manages to get up against the wall and get half guard back. Now into full guard. Volkmann looked for an arm so Thiago stood back up. Volkmann shoots and can’t get it to the ground. Volkmann throwing knees to the leg. Elbow lands on the way out. Uppercut by Thiago. Hook lands for Thiago and Volkmann drops just as the round ends. Clear 10-9 round for Thiago. Round 2 – Volkmann getting beat up in the exchanges early again. Superman punch by Thiago. Takedown by Volkmann now. Volkmann is grounding him now. Thiago turtles and gets hit a few times now. Thiago stands back up after eating some shots. They exhange and Thiago gets the best of it. Punch lands for Volkmann and now he takes Thiago back down. Volkmann turns into mount but Thiago rolls and gets out. Thiago on top now. Lands a big punch and passes to the side. The round ends, very close round but I gave round to to Volkmann to even it up 19-19. Round 3 – Thiago looks a bit tired. Volkmann gets dropped by a punch. Thiago jumps on top and almost into a triangle. Volkmann escapes to standing. Volkmann fails on a takedown attempt but does manage to get the takedown on second effort. Thiago gives up his back. Volkmann with a few punches and rolls back over. Volkmann gets the crucifix and lands a series of elbows. Now Thiago gives up his back and gets to standing. Volkmann is winning the round but Rogan claims he may be “stealing it.” Thiago on top after a reversal. Volkmann with a darce choke from the bottom. He gives it up and ends up back on bottom but that was a really nice transition. Thiago trying to throw hands at the end of the round. 10-9 Volkmann on my card to take the fight 29-28. Official scorecards: 29-28, 30-27, 30-27 all for Paulo Thiago. Paulo Thiago wins by unanimous decision.
Anthony Johnson vs. Josh Koscheck – Round 1– Leg kick by Johnson. Left hook by Kos knocks Johnson back. Johnson back to the leg kicks. Head kick is blocked by Koscheck. Right hand by Josh gets blocked. Kos lands a hard right hand but Anthony takes it well. Another hard leg kick by Johnson. Right hand by Johnson hurts Koscheck. Josh goes for the takedown from the clinch and Johnson avoids well. Knee from Johnson to Koscheck as he is down. Replays show the knee hits all arm which is technically legal. Then Johnson pokes Koscheck in the eye, now Koscheck is saying his eye is hurt. It’s not the correct eye that was poked though. That wasn’t an illegal knee. They do restart the fight though. Head kick is blocked by Koscheck. Johnson is cut over his eye. Leg kicks from Johnson and now Kos tries to shoot and finally completes the takedown. Koscheck takes Johnson’s back quickly. Knees to the body by Kos. The round ends and it was close but I suppose 10-9 Johnson but the foul makes it 9-9. Round 2 -Jab by Johnson. Now Koscheck pokes Johnson in the eye. Johnson says he’s good and the fight is restarted. High kick from Koscheck lands but Johnson is fine. Another poke to the eye by Koscheck and Johnson falls down. Clear eye poke by Kos. They restart again. Head kick from Johnson is blocked. They exchange and Johnson lands the harder blows in the exchange. Now Kos shoots and gets it to the ground and into Johnson’s half guard.Elbows from Koscheck from the top position now. Kos is smothering him now and landing a lot of short elbows. Johnson is bleeding above the right eye now. Johnson is totally gassed. Rear naked choke by Johnson and he is forced to tap out. Josh Koscheck wins by submission (rear naked choke), round 2.
Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz – Round 1 – Right hand by Forrest. Leg kick by Forrest now. High kick by Tito is blocked, now a left hand lands. Right hand by Forrest. Right hand and a left land for Tito. Shot by Tito and he has Forrest down. Elbows by Tito from the top now. Forrest uses a kimura attempt to escape. Now uses the cage to stand up. Back to distance and Forrest with the leg kicks. Right hand lands for Forrest. Forrest with a two punch combo. Tito misses a double leg attempt. Aside from a takedown and a few seconds of ground and pound that was a Forrest round. 10-9 Forrest on the BloodyElbow scorecard. Round 2– Right hand for Forrest. Tito catches the leg kick and gets a takedown. A little ground and pound but Forrest avoided any real damage and is able to stand up. Front kick lands to Tito’s jaw and knocks his mouthpiece out. After it’s replaced Forrest continues busting him up on the feet. Forrest gets taken down again and holds on to avoid taking any damage. Forrest is really avoiding all the elbows that Tito tries to land. Forrest is pouring blood from his right eye. Tito is going for broke and Forrest sweeps him. Now Forrest is on top landing short elbows. The round ends and Forrest secured it with the sweep and elbows after dominating standing. 10-9 Forrest and the BE card has him up 20-18. Round 3-Right hand by Forrest. Forrest busting him up with punches. Forrest lands a hard left. Two punches and a kick by Forrest. Right hand, head kick by Forrest. Tito is getting eaten alive this round. Two punch combo by Forrest. Right hand by Forrest. Tito shoots on a low kick and can’t get the takedown. Two punches land again for Forrest. Nice body shot and a follow up to the head by Griffin. Three punches by Forrest. Now a head kick and Ortiz is hurt, tired and just unable to do anything. Three more punches by Forrest. Left hook, leg kick by Forrest. Takedown is blocked by Griffin. Right hand hurts Ortiz. Ortiz gets busted up as the round ends. 10-8 round as Tito simply got eaten alive that round. 30-26 on my card for Griffin. Official Scorecards: 29-28 Ortiz, 30-27 Griffin, 29-28 Griffin. Forrest Griffin wins by split decision. I can not see ANY way that was a Tito Ortiz fight, I’m amazed at the 29-28 Ortiz card.