Billed: Interim UFC Lightweight Champion BJ "The Prodigy" Penn told Reigning UFC Lightweight Champion Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk he was 'dead'. On May 24th in Las Vegas, Nevada, Penn and the deceased will do battle for the unified Lightweight Championship. Also, five light heavyweight matches will take place, with six top-ten 205-pound fighters competing for the coveted number one contender spot. Card: 155-lbs: Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk [c] vs. BJ "The Prodigy" Penn 205-lbs: "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida 205-lbs: Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva vs. Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine 205-lbs: Wilson Gouveia vs. Goran Reljic 205-lbs: Thiago Silva vs. Antonio "Samuray" Mendes 185-lbs: Ivan Salaverry vs. Rousimar Palhares 205-lbs: Rameau "The African Assassin" Sokoudjou vs. Kazuhiro "Kaz" Nakamura 155-lbs: Terry Etim vs. Rich "No Love" Clementi 170-lbs: Jon "War Machine" Koppenhaver vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida 170-lbs: Jason Tan vs. Dong Hyun Kim 206-lbs: Christian "The Hungarian Nightmare" Wellisch vs. Shane Carwin
Hmm card looks pretty decent, I am interested to see how sokoudjou does. He was so hyped coming in that last time I saw him and he showed some amazing strength and some potential but he ended up losing.
I still don't know much about UFC, but from the names of the fighters, the card looks pretty stacked? Wanderlei, Tito, Penn, Sherk, Jardine, Lyoto, Sokoudjou. You more experienced fans think this is going to be a good card?
It should be a really good card. The top three matches will be really interesting and Wilson/T. Silva are both hard-hitting LHW's who should put on a show.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Apr 7 2008, 10:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I still don't know much about UFC, but from the names of the fighters, the card looks pretty stacked? Wanderlei, Tito, Penn, Sherk, Jardine, Lyoto, Sokoudjou. You more experienced fans think this is going to be a good card?</div> It's a VERY stacked card and should be some great fights. will be interesting to see if Tito is able to take Machida down and keep him there. Penn vs Sherk is going to be a war and BJ has been taking shit about Sherk so it's gonna be great. Everyone is discounting Sherk but I think he's going to make a fight of it. I think Keith Jardine is going to find out why they call Wand "the Axe Murder".... if Chuck clocked him for 3 straight rounds with his strikes and couldn't put him to sleep, I don't like Jardine's chances... dang the UFC is really stepping up and putting together great shows. I hope my man Ivan Salaverry makes it on as filler for the televised show!
Penn, Tito, and Wandy will all come out victorious! wow, the main events are sick! I'm just missing this show in Vegas my a couple days! Im so upset I wont be out there in time.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chocolove @ Apr 7 2008, 10:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Hmm card looks pretty decent, I am interested to see how sokoudjou does. He was so hyped coming in that last time I saw him and he showed some amazing strength and some potential but he ended up losing.</div> decent? Are you kidding me? these three main fights alone are worth the price of admission! 155-lbs: Sean "The Muscle Shark" Sherk [c] vs. BJ "The Prodigy" Penn 205-lbs: "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz vs. Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida 205-lbs: Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva vs. Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine
updated card as Rich 'no love' clementi is fighting on a short rebound (7 weeks!) after fighting on Spikes Fight Night April 2nd. p.s. does anyone else find it hard to type Rich's name without adding the 'no love' part? it just kinda sticks in the brain I find.
This was a good event. Man Machida is an intense dude and an awesome fighter. definitely one of my favourites in the 205 weight class.
Results: B.J. Penn def. Sean Sherk by TKO (Unable to Continue) at 5:00, R3 Wanderlei Silva def. Keith Jardine by TKO (Strikes) at 0:36, R1 Goran Reljic def. Wilson Gouveia by TKO (Strikes) at 3:15, R2 Thiago Silva def. Antonio Mendes by Submission (Strikes) at 2:24, R1 Rousimar Palhares def. Ivan Salaverry by Submission (Armbar) at 2:36, R1 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Kazuhiro Nakamura by TKO (Unable to Continue) at 5:00, R1 Rich Clementi def. Terry Etim by Unanimous Decision, R3 Yoshiyuki Yoshida def. Jon Koppenhaver by Submission (Anaconda Choke) at 0:56, R1 Dong-Hyun Kim def. Jason Tan by TKO (Strikes) at 0:25, R3 Shane Carwin def. Christian Wellisch by TKO (Strikes) at 0:44, R1
Machida is a like a technical boxer, great at avoiding straight on confrontation, great at picking his shots. he's frustrated eveyone he's faced. He'd have problems with someone like Chuck because Chuck is just as patient and can pick you apart too.. except Chuck hits MUCH harder IMO.
Yeah, I noticed he was very patient. His fight game looked awesome, just I love brawlers...he was just too boring for me. Incredible how he picked his spots, though. The same goes for Penn..the way he was just picking apart Sherk was amazing. I loved that.
