UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle August 14th, 2011 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI Facebook.com (5.45pm ET), Versus (9.00pm ET) MAIN EVENT 170lbs. Chris "Lights-Out" Lytle vs. Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy CO-MAIN EVENT 155lbs. Jim Miller vs. Ben "Smooth" Henderson TELEVISED BOUTS 170lbs. Duane "Bang" Ludwig vs. Amir Sadollah 185lbs. Charles "do Bronx" Oliveira vs. Donald "The Cowboy" Cerrone FACEBOOK.COM BOUTS 185lbs. CB "The Doberman" Dolloway vs. Jared "The Messenger" Hamman 135lbs. Joe "Beefcake" Benavidez vs. Eddie Wineland 185lbs. Ed "Short Fuse" Herman vs. Kyle "KO" Noke 205lbs. Ronny Markes vs. Karlos "The Terminator" Vemola 145lbs. Alex "Bruce LeRoy" Caraces vs. Jim Hettes 155lbs. Cole "Magrinho" Miller vs. TJ "The Spider" O'Brien 155lbs. Jacob "Christmas" Volkmann vs. Danny "Last Call" Castillo 155lbs. Jason Reinhardt vs. Edwin "El Feroz" Figueroa
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) That Jim Miller vs Ben Henderson is top of the contenders barrel fighting. Absolute fireworks, I can't wait to see that one, should be something special. Honestly that has way more relevance than the main event, but whatever the main event could be a good one also.
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) Torn on this one--the Hardy/Lytle fight is clearly for the fans and should be exciting, although both fighters are coming off losses, but the Miller/Henderson fight is a legitimate title eliminator. Which deserves to be promoted first? I guess so long as the UFC books its own fights, much in the way the NBA books the Christmas Day games, it's up to them which ones go top billing. It's up to the fighters to see who gets title shots.
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) MAIN CARD (Versus) Dan Hardy (170)* vs. Chris Lytle (170.5) Ben Henderson (156) vs. Jim Miller (155.5) Donald Cerrone (156) vs. Charles Oliveira (155) Duane Ludwig (170.5) vs. Amir Sadollah (170) PRELIMINARY CARD (Facebook) C.B. Dollaway (186) vs. Jared Hamman (185) Joseph Benavidez (135.5) vs. Eddie Wineland (136) Ed Herman (186) vs. Kyle Noke (185) Ronny Markes (205) vs. Karlos Vemola (205.5) Alex Caceres (146) vs. Jim Hettes (145.5) Cole Miller (155) vs. T.J. O'Brien (155.5) Danny Castillo (156) vs. Jacob Volkmann (156) Edwin Figueroa (136) vs. Jason Reinhardt (135) * - Missed weight on first attempt (171.5 pounds); made weight on second attempt
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) Jim Miller has to break out of his shell if he wins this fight and DEMAND a title shot. He'd be 10-1 in the UFC with 8-straight wins.
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) Facebook has picked up all of the preliminary bouts again. Yay!
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) The prelims were great. Hopefully the rest of the show holds up as well.
Re: UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (Aug. 14th) Amazing show. Spectacular fights. Easily the card of the year thus far. Lytle went out LIKE A BOSS.
Results Edwin Figueroa def. Jason Reinhardt via TKO (strikes) - Round 2, 0:50. Jacob Volkmann def. Danny Castillo via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Cole Miller def. T.J. O'Brien via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 2, 2:38. Jim Hettes def. Alex Caceres via submission (rear-naked choke) - Round 2, 3:12. Ronny Markes def. Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Ed Herman def. Kyle Noke via submission (inverted heel hook) - Round 1, 4:15. Joseph Benavidez def. Eddie Wineland via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27). Jared Hamman def. C.B. Dollaway via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 3:38. Duane Ludwig def. Amir Sadollah via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). Donald Cerrone def. Charles Oliveira via TKO (punches) - Round 1, 3:01. Ben Henderson def. Jim Miller via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-26). Chris Lytle def. Dan Hardy via submission (guillotine choke) - Round 3, 4:16.
Cha-ching! Somewhat predictably, Chris Lytle earned a double-bonus tonight, taking home fight of the night (with Dan Hardy) as well as submission of the night. Donald Cerrone claims the knockout of the night bonus. Disclosed bonuses are $65,000 though I'd wager most of the fighters tonight are going to get a good bump for their efforts.
Lorenzo announced on Twitter that Dan Hardy will not be cut despite losing his fourth straight fight. Understandable?
Ben Henderson has inserted himself into the lightweight title discussion but I think most people would like to see him rematch Anthony Pettis first. Pettis is currently slated to fight Jeremy Stephens which is also a nice fight so Bendo needs something in between. Guida? Donald Cerrone further established himself as one of the most entertaining and dangerous lightweights. Hopefully they continue to put him in against guys who will fight him. Sam Stout is fighting Dennis Siver in October--the winner of that fight? Duane Ludwig might've surprised some people by winning a MT fight against Amir Sadollah tonight. Don't know why Sadollah insisted on standing when his submission game is superior. Made for good entertainment. Speaking of whom, Ludwig/Hardy would be a nice fight. Hardy's competition drops down another peg. Seems he's got a job for life as long as he keeps banging. Shooting on Lytle (after all his BS about wrestling in MMA) and getting submitted was pretty ironic but he did put on a good show.
According to MMA Junkie, Lytle has earned $515,000 in disclosed UFC bonuses alone in his career--and they didn't start giving out official bonuses until recently. Dude is an earner. He gets coffee.
