November 19th, 2007
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Payback is a bitch … at least if you’re Joe Doerksen.
Middleweight Ed Herman cracked the orbital bone on Doerksen’s face with a knee during the first round of their 185-pound scrap at UFC 78: “Validation” on Saturday, November 17 from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. To his credit “El Dirte” persevered through the pain until he was stopped with a crushing hook in the opening seconds of round three.
With the win “Short Fuse” avenges a loss from earlier in his career and Doerksen now has some time (at least 60 days) to figure out his next step — he’s on a two-fight skid.
The injury to Doerksen tops the list of injuries and medical suspensions that MMAmania.com (www.mmamania.com) just received from the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (NJSACB). The only other fighter to appear on the official report is Akihiro Gono (wrist). Ghono was victorious in his Octagon debut, submitting the much taller Tamdan “Barncat” McCrory in the second round via armbar.
Chris Lytle did not appear on the report nor did he receive a suspension from NJSACB. This is a bit bizarre considering the fight was stopped before the start of the third round because of cuts to the eyes of “Lights Out.”
For all the other UFC 78-related news you can handle, including results and fights recaps, check out our archive.
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Got a lot of questions in the stands the other night about the “new” referees. In short, familiar faces such as “Big” John McCarthy, Herb Dean, Steve Mazzagatti and others had the night off. We didn’t catch the pay-per-view broadcast; therefore, apologies if this is redundant. However, the NJSACB was responsible for staffing the referees that night and chose to go with Dan Miragliotta and Kevin Mulhall — both of whom are not “new.”
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Took in the fights this weekend with UFC welterweight contender Jon Fitch and some of his friends from the Fort Wayne, Indiana, area.
We definitely had a blast — the Prudential Center is a jewel amidst the rags of a beggar. The fights were solid too for the most part.
Anyway, he told me about a set of instructional mixed martial arts clips that will be available to watch online. Here’s actually the description right from the horse’s mouth:
“I have joined up with Dave Camirrillo, Frankie Edgar and other top MMA fighters and trainers to give the best possible mixture of styles and techniques. You can pick who you want to learn from and watch the streaming instructional videos. The videos are five minutes long and give you many angles to see the techniques including full speed demonstrations. It would be a huge asset for anyone who wants to be a fighter or is just a fan that wants to learn more about the sport they love.”
From what he tells me this is still in the early stages of development but the team over at MMAInstructional.com has high hopes that the stable of instructors and course offerings will grow over time.
Something different. Head over to MMAInstructional.com when you have a minute and learn the finer points of MMA from some of the best in the business.
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We’re not going to get to see them, according to Nicholas Lembo, Counsel for the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board (NJSACB).
Other states such as Nevada, California and Ohio, among others, often publish the fighter purses as a matter of public record following mixed martial arts (MMA) events. The NJSACB, however, cites confidentially concerns as the reason it has never released numbers nor will it for UFC 78: “Validation” this past weekend.
Remember that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, too, would not release the fighter payouts after UFC 69: “Shootout” in Houston on April 7, 2006.
However, during the post-fight press conference UFC President Dana White did announce individual bonuses for select bouts on the nine-fight card.
Here are the awards:
Fight of the Night: Thiago Alves vs. Chris Lytle ($55,000 each)
Knockout of the Night: Ed Herman ($55,000)
Submission of the Night: Akihiro Gono ($55,000)
Of course, these individual bonuses are in addition to the base salaries agreed upon in the fighters’ contracts (The same base salaries the NJSACB will not release).
UFC 78: “Validation” took place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N..J., on Saturday, November 17. For blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action click here. For a recap of the pay-per-view (PPV) event peep this.
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“I think it’s time we all start paying some attention to one of the most promising fighters on the horizon: Frank Edgar . I thought his win over previously undefeated Tyson Griffin was more or less just a bad night for Tyson, but after watching Edgar dominate Mark Bocek and now thoroughly thrash Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision, it’s safe to say that this kid from New Joisey is for real. I still think Fisher has enough talent to legitimately challenge for a world title (if not actually win one) and Edgar made it look easy. The lightweights had better start studying film on this guy.”
– Mike Sloan from Sherdog.com has a nice wrap-up on UFC 78: “Validation” from this past weekend. The Frank Edgar bout against Spencer Fisher was eye-opening — “The Answer” (relatively raw and inexperienced) dominated “The King” (well rounded and very experienced) from bell to bell. Match him up against Kenny Florian or some other top five guy, get him training in a premier gym (ATT, X-Treme Couture, AKA, etc.) and let’s see how far Edgar can roll into 2008. Skies the limit.
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Remember this pre-fight doo-dad? Well, things have changed a bit since then.
Whether it was because of the performance at UFC 78 or poor reporting, it now seems Rashad Evans is no lock to fight current Light Heavyweight Champion, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.
The smart money now appears to be on Forrest Griffin.
Time will tell.
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Last-minute fill-in for Ali Sonoma or full-time replacement? The future Mrs. Diego Sanchez is still here but she wasn’t in Newark on Saturday.
Hmmmm …
Such in-depth investigative reporting when the Mania crew heads out to a show.
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Former contestant on season five of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) and 155-pound beanstalk, Corey Hill, will make his UFC debut Wednesday, January 23 at 9 p.m. ET on SpikeTV.
No opponent has been named at this time. In addition, no venue has been announced for the show.
Not Earth-shattering news; however, we get a lot of messages about what happened to him and what’s up next since he did not compete during the TUF 5 Finale. Remember: He did sustain an injury after the competition that kept him out of action perhaps longer than expected.
Our conversation was short because I bumped into him right before the weigh-ins for UFC 78: “Validation” were about to start. He was real cool and we’ll more than likely catch up with him before his fight in two months.
(It was actually his first UFC event — pretty odd to hear.)
Anyway, if you have any questions or want us to find anything out feel free to leave some suggestions in the comments section below and we’ll consider them.
More details to follow soon.
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By Jesse Holland
UFC 78: “Validation” was an entertaining event. It had slick submissions, brutal TKO’s and a heart-stopping welterweight war.
Too bad those were the preliminary fights.
UFC 78 wasn’t exactly a barnburner, but it did have its moments. My favorite happened to be during McCrory vs. Gono, when a beer-battered patron screamed out “Put him in a body bag Johnny!”
You just can’t beat the classics.
Speaking of Grandpa’s old cough medicine, when did arenas start selling bottled beer? I know the Prudential Center (PC) just opened and they’re still working out the kinks, but I get the impression that no one in vendor management ever went to a heated playoff game (or heard of Monica Seles).
I’m sure after the first person gets their head split open they’ll rethink their strategy.
While we’re on the topic of strategies, where were the veterans on Saturday? In fairness Doerksen was a late replacement, but he looked like a shell of himself against Ed Herman.
And Spencer Fisher? Not to take anything away from Frankie Edgar but for a guy with 20 wins I expected a much better takedown defense. Fisher couldn’t have been more flat-footed if he was fighting in ski boots.
Karo Parisyan is a talented fighter but if he wants that spot in the main event he’s going to have to start finishing people. In his last ten fights, nine of them have gone to the judges.
I guess that’s better than not making it to the judges, which is what unfortunately happened to Chris Lytle. His war with Thiago Alves was the most exciting fight of the night. Not bad for only two rounds.
The big screen showed two cuts near Lytle’s eye: One above the brow and one on the eyelid - which may or may not have allowed his eyeball to go flying into the fourth row if Thiago connected.
It was the right call, but then again Thiago himself could barely see as a result of the beating he took. From the left side he kind of looked like Sloth from the Goonies.
Note to UFC lightweights: Joe Lauzon is coming.
The crowd at the PC was really behind Houston Alexander and there was a prolonged air of disappointment after he was stopped. I took no pleasure out of picking against him in my predictions, but I just couldn’t see him getting past a BJJ black belt - from Chute Boxe no less - without ground training.
And who is responsible for training Rashad Evans? Someone better get on the Bat-phone and page Billy Rush. If Rashad thinks he can walk into a five-rounder with Rampage and suck wind for the last three rounds, he’s gravely mistaken.
It was nice to see Rampage make a cameo, but when did his head become the size of a Volkswagen? I’m not sure what he said to Bisping between rounds, but the Brit looked awfully tentative on his feet.
I would have been on my feet if the UFC had made the Henderson/Silva announcement during the event and not after it. As would the pay-per-view viewers at home - assuming the three people who actually ordered UFC 78 weren’t in the bathroom or fetching a snack between rounds.
And why did Evans fetch his mouthpiece off the Octagon floor without letting the referee wash it off? The same Octagon floor that had sixteen sweaty/bloody fighters rolling around on it for four hours?
Not since the debut of two girls/one cup have so many people dry-heaved in unison.
It was a glorious night for the female fans. Between rounds I took a leisurely stroll to the little boy’s room and lo and behold the line was about fifty deep. I glanced over and saw a few women sporadically filing in and out of the ladies room with no wait. They nodded at our cross-legged line with a deep sense of satisfaction.
There won’t be much fallout from UFC 78 because the magnitude of the event was about 2.4 on the Richter scale. Not that it matters; UFC 79 is only a month away.
I may have to add four days to my Advent calendar.
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