Gotta get my rear in gear from now on. Damn near let a week go by without a post, and I even had things to talk about, including this subject. UFC 93, although lacking a title fight, still had several promising fight, especially the main event between Rich Franklin and Dan Henderson.
An undercard fight between welterweights Tom Egan and John Hathaway was shown in the midst of the card, so I'll start with this one. Simply put, although Egan had his home country on his side, Hathaway ran through him in dominating fashion and finished things with a first round TKO. Not too shabby, we may have a potential contender on the way up here soon. The main card then began with another welterweight bout Chris Lytle and Marcus Davis. Everyone expected this fight to be a slugfest, and absolutely nobody was wrong. These two battled it out through all three rounds, back and forth. In the end, Davis' striking was just a little better, and he won by split decision. Davis proved that he's still a top-ranked fighter.
Up next was the debut of highly touted Denis Kang against Alan Belcher. Kang was meant to get an easy win in this middleweight fight, and he almost pulled it off. After wining the first round with ease, Kang took an early lead in the second, but then started to tire out a little. That got me worried, which was justified when Belcher caught him in a guillotine shortly after, and Kang tapped. Guess Belcher just moved up the ladder in a big way. Another middleweight fight followed with Rousimar Palhares taking on veteran Jeremy Horn (88-19-5 record, is that veteran enough?). Although Horn has been on a downhill slide, he held his own very well in this fight against Palhares onslaught. Still, it was a clear-cut unanimous decision for Palhares, but a good show of heart by Horn.
The first of the two main events was up next: Maricio Rua took on Mark Coleman, who was coming out of retirement for this grudge match in the light heavyweight division. I knew ahead of time that not many expected too much from Coleman, and that Rua would finish him easily. Even though Rua finished by a somewhat questionable TKO, it took until round three for it to happen. In the first round Coleman was already gassing out during the end of the round, and it looked like it would be over real soon. Instead, Rua began to look winded in round two, and couldn't seem to finish the fight. The fight started looking terrible at this point, and I was disappointed with both fighters even after it finally ended.
The next fight would prove to be more entertaining. It was time for Rich Franklin to fight Dan Henderson in a light heavyweight contest where the winner would be a coach in the next season of The Ultimate Fighter series. The fight was close enough as could be. Henderson seemed to have won the first two rounds by connecting with some decent strikes, but also with his excellent takedowns. Franklin was able to rally in the third, and won the round. The first two were close, so it could've gone his way. In the end, Dan Henderson got the victory with a split-decision victory; the only taint to that fight was that the judge who felt Franklin won gave him all three rounds, which even drew a surprised look from Franklin.
Well, although the event wasn't the best for one to start the new year, it was still entertaining enough. Of course in two weeks, we'll have the most anticipated fight in a long time as Georges St. Pierre will defend his welterweight title against current lightweight champion BJ Penn. Of course, you'll have my thoughts on that event. As for the coming days, I have a few things planned, including an update on The Great Debate, the return of the TV Wrap-up at the end of the week, and the inclusion of a new segment: The Top 5. Just to give a quick explanation, the Top 5 I intend to use as a filler between some of the longer blogs you see on here, as it will be short enough for me to post in a small amount of time. You'll be seeing that soon.
As for the current state of the entertainment world.........well, I can't do all the work for you, can I? So please, go find out what's in the entertainment world right now. Gee, may I do the same thing now too? Of course yes!
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