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| Frank Mir broke Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira's arm in their heavyweight battle, it was one of the memorable fights at UFC 140 in Toronto. |
Broken
bones, impressive knockouts, a questionable decision, a title fight and
countless legendary fighters…just another night in the Ultimate Fighting
Championship. In the promotion’s second-to-last card of 2011, every fight from
top to bottom delivered. As always, it was the main card that was getting the
most attention and deservingly so.
Jon “Bones” Jones vs.
Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida: This was a highly-anticipated and much hyped main
event for the UFC light-heavyweight title. Jones was looking to defend his
light-heavyweight title for the second time and Machida was trying to take back
the title he lost in 2010. And, after a first-round dominated by The Dragon it
looked as if Jones would not be walking out of Toronto still champion. The
first was all Machida as he staggered the champ and defended against Jones’s
takedowns. When the second-round started Machida looked to build on his
momentum and either finish or continue to dominate.
As
Machida had the mind-set to continue inflicting damage, Jones was going to try
and bounce back from one of the worse rounds of his career. It is safe to say
that Jones’s game plan was the stronger one.
After
a cross staggered Machida, the champion pounced and looked to finish the bout.
A steady array of elbows opened up a cut over Machida’s right eye and forced
John McCarthy to have the doctor check to see if the bout could continue. When
the match continued, Jones was able to control the match against the cage and
locked in a standing guillotine. Machida tried to fight out of it, but was
unable to. McCarthy stepped in and broke up Jones’s grip, which caused Machida
to drop as he was unconscious.
With
that win Jones has won last six bouts and is now 8-1 in the UFC with four
submission wins. Jones wins via
second-round technical submission (guillotine choke).
Frank Mir vs. Antonio
Rodrigo Nogueira: The night’s co-main event was a battle between two of MMA’s greatest
heavyweight fighters of all-time and on this night one man would come out the
greater. It looked like it’d be a first-round TKO win for Nogueira, but Mir
recovered and took control. As the round progressed Mir took side control and
looked for a submission victory.
The
two heavyweights grappled for position and it was Mir that came out with total
control of Nog’s right arm. Mir looked as if he was going to submit Rodrigo,
but Rodrigo would not tap and that led to one of the most gruesome moments in
UFC history. As Mir tried to bend Nogueira’s arm it snapped back and caused his
shoulder to pop out. That is when the referee stepped in to stop the fight. Mir wins via first-round TKO.
Tito Ortiz vs. Antonio
Rogerio Nogueira: The former champion, Ortiz, came out strong and looked like he was going
to control the fight but the one they call Lil Nog was not going to go away
quietly. After an exchange against the cage, Nogueira landed a knee to the body
that dropped Ortiz and pounced. After elbows and punches, Yves Lavigne came in
and stopped the bout. Nogueira wins via
first-round TKO.
Claude Patrick vs. Brian
Ebersole: The
Canadian Patrick was clearly the favorite to win the fight and after three
rounds it looked like that’d be the case. As they say though, “you don’t leave
it in the hands of the judges.” Patrick controlled all three rounds with
constant submission attempts and blocking Ebersole from advancing in any way.
Somehow, two of the three judges scored it 29-28 for Ebersole. Ebersole wins via split decision (29-28,
28-29, 29-28).
Mark Hominick vs. Chan
Sung Jung: This
bout had the look of a fight that would go a full three rounds, however Jung
had a different idea. The “Korean Zombie” KO’d Hominick in just seven seconds
of the first round, which ties Todd Duffee for quickest KO in UFC history. Sung Jung wins via first-round TKO.
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