Joachim Hansen d. Kazuyuki Miyata by submission (rear naked choke), first round; Melvin Manhoef d. Yosuke Nishijima by knockout, first round; Wagner da Conceicao Martins (Zuluzinho) d. Ikuhisa Minowa by TKO (corner stoppage), third round; Kiyoshi Tamura d. Hideo Tokoro by submission (armbar), third round; Bob Sapp d. Bobby Ologun by TKO, first round; Norifumi Yamamoto d. Rani Yahya by knockout, second round; Kazushi Sakuraba d. Masakatsu Funaki by submission (armbar), first round.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 2 2008, 11:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Dull and uninteresting card IMO. I wish Hansen would come to the UFC.</div> JH has been training with GSP so hopefully that leads him into the UFC in due time.
Thoughts on the event: Melvin Manhoef is a beast! The guy has extreme striking power. Bit small for LHW anywhere else, though. If he can cut down to middleweight he could be a contender, just needs to work on his ground game a lot. Good to see Zulu get a win. The guy is usually on somebody else's highlight reel. Good to see the Gracie Hunter win, too. I was sick of seeing him being fed to the lions in PRIDE. Bob Sapp is boring, I don't understand the lasting Japanese fascination with him.
Japan likes their characters outrageous and cartoonish, Sapp fits right in. Yeah poor Saku, he's been fighting monsterous guys for too long. I didn't know Hansen was training with GSP.. where'd you read that? Zulu is even more of a farce than Sapp IMO. Minowa was 1/2 his size.. crazy japanese.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 2 2008, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I didn't know Hansen was training with GSP.. where'd you read that?</div> I think he said it in the post event conference this weekend. His accent makes it tough to understand him sometimes but I'm pretty sure he said he was working with "Jo-wack-eem Hal-seem" for his fight against "Mattoos".
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Celtic Fan @ Jan 2 2008, 03:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>so long as he said it 'fairley squarley' as he proved that matt couldn't 'andle the riddum'</div> Yeah, and he knew he was 'urt when he 'it 'em 'cause he said 'argg!'.
