Lightning crashed, my TV & computer went down, UFC 73: Stacked

Yeah, I didn’t get to see it happen LIVE, damnit. I did finally get to watch it though, a day late and a dollar short, hell I saved Pay-Per-View money.

Anyway, maybe it’s because I didn’t see it LIVE, but it didn’t live up to the hype for me. Mike Goldberg commented before the first fight about this being the greatest UFC event ever. Even Dana White said something like that on the Countdown show earlier in the week. Bah. Yeah, it had some good fights, but not the best evah.

It started out great, with great entrances by both Heath Herring and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, and their fight was good too. Of course, this is the 3rd fight between both of these guys, with Nog winning both previous fights. The first round of this fight was great, obviously Nog was the favorite to win. BEWARE THE HEAD KICK FTW. Some good stand up in the first round, a good pace. Damn I wanted Herring to win this fight. I think he was scared of Nogueira on the ground during the first round, otherwise why the hell didn’t he go in for the kill after he kicked Nog upside the dome? Nogueira was hurt bad, but Heath didn’t finish him with a few seconds left in the round. Nog was still not clear-headed at the break. Round 2 was uneventful, Heath Herring wasted the round letting Nog recover. Round 3 was controlled entirely by Nog, i think he had Herring in Chris Benoit’s Crippler Crossface hold for awhile too. Nog wins judges decision 29-28

next up was Franca and Sean Sherk. Meh.. great fight I guess, and yeah I wanted Sherk to win, but I’m really not a fan of his fights. The fight went the distance at 5 rounds, and was a great fight technically, but not “excitingly” (is that a word?). Sherk won easily, all 3 rounds, with his great wrestling and stamina.

next up Tito and Rashad fought to a friggin DRAW. When was the last time that happened in the UFC? Ok, the fight has a few good spots, but it was a DRAW! that doesn’t answer anything. Tito lost a point for grabbing the fence, and Rashad got a takedown in the last 10 seconds of the fight. They should rematch next week for free.

Next up is Nate Marquardt and Anderson Silva. I have hopes of Silva getting his ass kicked sometime soon, but I don’t see it happening. He kicked Marquardts ass in the first round, the camera goes to a shot of Rich Franklin who doesn’t exactly look thrilled, even though he supposedly wants his rematch with Silva.

Sweet, Kenny “Kenflo” Florian is fighting in the last fight of the night? Some dude named Alvin Robinson is his opponent, homeboy is built for a 155lber… Hell, Kenflo is looking kinda ripped compared to some of his past fights, he’s trying to look diesel. Anyway, I’ve always though Kenny was a better fighter than a lot of internet people give him credit for. He whooped this dude Robinsons ass, Robinson tapped from striked, and Kenny hit him once more for good measure. (In Kenny’s defense, he didn’t see Robinson tapping right away and respectfully apologized). Also, didn’t Alvin Robinson play for the San Antonio Spurs? oh wait no, that was Alvin Robertson the NBA player, who has like a 10-0 record against ex-girlfriends by TKO.

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Written by admin on July 10th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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