EMoney
05-28-2006, 07:08 AM
Overall a poor undercard IMO. Most of those fights were not exciting except for the Alessio/Sanchez match mainly because we got to see something new.
Staying with Alessio/Sanchez, I just can't understand why Sanchez won the match.
1. He never landed a punch or kick of any significance.
2. He never took Sanchez to the ground. He probably missed 15+ times.
3. Although he was in good position at the end of the fight he still never put Alessio in a submission or put him on the mat.
I think UFC needs to take a serious look at how they are scoring fights because this one was bullshit. Alessio won round won and should have won round 2 with the amount of solid punches he hit Sanchez with. Hearing the fans boo when Rogan interviewed Sanchez was classic. Rogan looked like an ass for taking up for Sanchez.
2 of the 3 preliminary fights that were not shown live but at the end of the match were the most exciting fights of the night. Seeing that dude nail the flying knee was one of the coolest knockouts I've ever seen in the UFC.
Gracie/Hughes - I was on the edge of my seat for the whole fight. I was surprised to see Gracie come out with a little standup. The mind games going on when Gracie was kicking Hughes' legs was pretty intense. Things accidentally played into Gracie's hands when the fight went to the edge of the cage. Gracie was able to begin to use leverage and Hughes abliged. Hughes got the upper position of half guard to begin things. Very few fighters would ever get out of that position with Hughes on top without getting rocked. Gracie took a gamble and went with Hughes on his back and then spun out momentarily. Hughes then immediately locked in an arm bar and 99% of guys would tap out but Gracie did not. I think Gracie got his arm broke on that one. He was finished at that point I think. Hughes got on top of his back again and pounded away. Gracie had nowhere to go. McCarthy called it and Hughes won by TKO. Gracie was cool after and said he wants to be back in the UFC and has some fights left in him. A fun fight for the super fan but I would imagine the casual fans didn't enjoy it.
In the crowd for the evening: The Rock, Paris Hilton, David Spade, Nicolous Cage, James Caan, and one of the Wayans brothers. I can't imagine Vince McMahon will be too thrilled to hear that the Rock was there supporting UFC.
Now I am trying to figure out if I take the bait again and buy the July Shamrock/Ortiz 2 PPV. The Heavyweight title fight will be worth watching as well.
Staying with Alessio/Sanchez, I just can't understand why Sanchez won the match.
1. He never landed a punch or kick of any significance.
2. He never took Sanchez to the ground. He probably missed 15+ times.
3. Although he was in good position at the end of the fight he still never put Alessio in a submission or put him on the mat.
I think UFC needs to take a serious look at how they are scoring fights because this one was bullshit. Alessio won round won and should have won round 2 with the amount of solid punches he hit Sanchez with. Hearing the fans boo when Rogan interviewed Sanchez was classic. Rogan looked like an ass for taking up for Sanchez.
2 of the 3 preliminary fights that were not shown live but at the end of the match were the most exciting fights of the night. Seeing that dude nail the flying knee was one of the coolest knockouts I've ever seen in the UFC.
Gracie/Hughes - I was on the edge of my seat for the whole fight. I was surprised to see Gracie come out with a little standup. The mind games going on when Gracie was kicking Hughes' legs was pretty intense. Things accidentally played into Gracie's hands when the fight went to the edge of the cage. Gracie was able to begin to use leverage and Hughes abliged. Hughes got the upper position of half guard to begin things. Very few fighters would ever get out of that position with Hughes on top without getting rocked. Gracie took a gamble and went with Hughes on his back and then spun out momentarily. Hughes then immediately locked in an arm bar and 99% of guys would tap out but Gracie did not. I think Gracie got his arm broke on that one. He was finished at that point I think. Hughes got on top of his back again and pounded away. Gracie had nowhere to go. McCarthy called it and Hughes won by TKO. Gracie was cool after and said he wants to be back in the UFC and has some fights left in him. A fun fight for the super fan but I would imagine the casual fans didn't enjoy it.
In the crowd for the evening: The Rock, Paris Hilton, David Spade, Nicolous Cage, James Caan, and one of the Wayans brothers. I can't imagine Vince McMahon will be too thrilled to hear that the Rock was there supporting UFC.
Now I am trying to figure out if I take the bait again and buy the July Shamrock/Ortiz 2 PPV. The Heavyweight title fight will be worth watching as well.