(Tito: "Jenna catch that fo' me?!")
UFC 106 POST WAR!!! Daaaaaaannnnggg post war sounds so convenient after this one, because I was gettin so much shit leading up to it, I might as well have been in the bunkers. Now all that shit talkin has been rendered to a nice silence. That's how it always is after I call a card 5-0; 5-1; 4-0, but UFC 106 was the first time I've predicted a whole card and went 8-1-1. If I would have parlayed the Koscheck, Sadollah, Saunders, and Griffin fights with $20 I would have made close to $500 to put it in to pespective.
Tito Ortiz vs Forrest Griffin
The fight went exactly how I thought it would. Tito had a little extra power on the ground than last time he was in the cage, but that power was short lived because Tito's gas tank was out of commission.
Forrest owned the stand-up and even kicked Tito's mouthpiece across the octagon (as seen above) which will give the little guys in the MMA forums millions of Photoshop opportunities!
NOTES:
Tito's 1 1/2 trick pony approach to fights has been figured out by MMA fighters, and Tito will be rendered to decision and split decision wins and losses unless he finds a mo' affective offense than the ground and pound. He's gonna have to revamp his stand-up in a way that's comfortable for him, and build on that if he hopes to be a contender fo' the 205 belt again.
Forrest Griffin did enough to win in this fight but didn't show enough to make anybody think he could take on the likes of Lyoto Machida, Rogerio Nogueira, Rashad Evans, oh even Shogun Rua. He will have to go back to camp take this as just one win, and build off of it. It's a plus that he ended his losing streak but he has a lot to work on if he wants that belt back.
Josh Koscheck vs Anthony Johnson
EVERYBODY thought Johnson was takin' this fight! The fact of the matter is Koscheck has a lot mo' balls than people give him credit fo' and a lot better stan-up than people give him credit fo!
Proof he has balls:
Stood with Anthony Johnson, a bigger/faster striker, in the middle of the octagon and slugged it out. Something MMA fans everywhere thought would be the last thing on his mind.
Took an illegal knee to the eye-socket, and returned to fight. Some fighters would have used that as a way out.
Josh Koscheck has said prior to his UFC 106 performance that he wants to fight 12 times in 2010! After the hardcore performance he put on Saturday night, I fuckin' believe that man 100%!!!
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs Luiz Cane
I told you guys. The Nog' brothers have better striking than people give them credit fo'! I don't know if it's because they look like jiu jitsu guys so much that people think it's impossible fo' them to know boxing, oh if people just think they jiu jitsu guys. HEH!
Anyway man. Rogerio looked light on his feet, and very comfortable with his left. He was very patient in waiting fo' the deathblow and you would have NEVER known it was his first time in the octagon if it was yo' first time watching UFC. The guy was stone cold, and showed no nerves whatsoever.
Ben Saunders vs Marcus Davis
Can anyone say "DAMN those knees is sick!?". Man did this dude have knees like that his whole career, or did he spend training camp in Thailand?
The accuracy, speed, and leverage he had on those knees would have knocked a Russian camel! I never heard knees with pop like that in the octagon. I don't even think Silva's knees on Franklins had pop like that.
If you ask me Ben Saunders and Dan Hardy would make a GREAT fight. I would like to see them two fight, and see Koscheck get a revenge match against Paulo Thiago in a little tournament that decides who fights GSP.
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