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Ortiz vs Griffin

O UFC 106 contava pôr frente a frente dois verdadeiros colossos na disputa pelo título de pesos pesados, porém a doença de Brock Lesnar obrigou a uma súbita mudança de planos. Deste modo o combate principal do evento acabou por ser a reedição da luta que Forrest Griffin e Tito Ortiz haviam travado em 2006, com a vitória desta feita a sorrir a Forrest, que triunfou por decisão dividida e assim lembrou aos fãs que é capaz de mais do que ser espancado por Anderson Silva e correr para os balneários. [+]

Destaque também para a estreia na UFC de António Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira, o irmão gémeo de António Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira. Se os dois irmãos são praticamente iguais em termos de nome, alcunha, rosto e talento, a diferença principal acaba por ser ao nível do peso, já que Rodrigo é um peso pesado enquanto Rogério luta em pesos meio-pesados. Neste UFC 106 “Minotouro” enfrentou então o seu compatriota Luiz Arthur “Banha” Cane, vencendo facilmente por TKO. Diga-se que Rogério é mestre de jiu-jitsu brasileiro, tal como o seu irmão, todavia tem igualmente combates disputados em boxe, sentindo-se claramente à vontade na “nobre arte” do Marquês de Queensbury. Que o diga Luiz Cane, que depois de umas esquerdas bem impactadas deu por si no chão sem entender muito bem o que se tinha passado.

Os fãs ficam agora à espera de saber quem será o próximo adversário de Rogério, porém parece certo que não irá lutar pelo título pelo menos enquanto este estiver nas mãos de Lyoto Machida, já que o karateka de Belém, os irmãos Nogueira e o campeão de pesos-médios Anderson Silva são grandes amigos e parceiros de treino de longa data, tendo já afirmado por diversas vezes que não se enfrentarão em combate. Mas numa organização que conta com Forrest Griffin, Rashad Evans e sobretudo Maurício “Shogun” Rua, é provável que não demore muito até que se encontre o próximo adversário de António Rogério Nogueira. O Record Online cá estará para cobrir esse duelo.

We had a great night with friends last night watching UFC 106.  We have a little contest every UFC night to see who correctly picks the most winners.  I was pretty pleased in that I only missed one fight, picking Ortiz over Griffin in the final fight of the night.  I would have been very happy with that if my 15-year-old son, Noah, hadn’t correctly picked the winner of EVERY fight.  So now I need to blog a little about UFC 106 and spend at least some talking about Ortiz/Griffin and wondering what one judge was doing during the first round.

First of all, I’m a major UFC fan.  I love watching MMA.  I am also a martial artist, and I enjoy watching the especially skilled mixed martial artists employ their skills.  I do not enjoy or support those who display a lack of respect for the martial arts or for their opponents.  I don’t want to see UFC turn into anything like professional wrestling.

With that said, here are my personal observations on the major bouts from UFC 106:

Ortiz/Griffin:  I was hoping Griffin would win because I don’t like Ortiz’s attitude, but I thought Ortiz had more to prove and would come out with serious motivation.  While I don’t disagree that Griffin won, I have to believe the judge who scored it 30-27 for Griffin was smoking something.  Round 1 should most certainly have gone to Ortiz.  Round 2 could’ve gone either way on my scorecard.  Ortiz had a take down or two, but Griffin finished strong and defended well from the ground.  Round 3–Ortiz never actually answered the bell!  Even if Ortiz had been given rounds 1 and 2, I would personally have given Griffin a 2 point win for round 3.  Ortiz said he had a cracked skull (and he certainly had the black eye), but he simply didn’t show up for the final round.  Kudos to Griffin.  He defended the ground extremely well and landed some outstanding kicks on Ortiz.

Johnson/Koscheck:  I picked Koscheck to win, but not because I dislike Johnson.  Johnson has outstanding power and comes across as a good guy.  BUT THE BOY NEEDS A GROUND GAME!  Koscheck was just too well-rounded, and once it went to the mat, Johnson was toast.  This fight really can’t be discussed without addressing the knee that Johnson delivered to Koscheck’s head while Koscheck was still on the ground.  This was replayed over and over again in slow motion.  It was definitely an illegal knee.  However, Koscheck came up holding his left eye. The replays made it very clear that Johnson’s knee struck the RIGHT side of Koscheck’s head.  So why was Koscheck hold the wrong eye?  Personally, I think he was going for a breather and getting inside Johnson’s head.  Johnson was far more bothered by the later eye poke from Koscheck, which I’m not certain at all was incidental.  Koscheck’s after fight comments and tweets were filled with cockiness and arrogance–both unprofessional and immature.  This leads me to the conclusion that he may be a bit of a dirty fighter (or a cry baby), does not have the respect for the sport that it deserves, and he needs to grow up.  We don’t need someone else behaving like Lesnar in the UFC.  I’m anxious for him to be taken down a notch or two.  It won’t be long.

Thiago/Volkmann:  This was not the fight of the night, although I still enjoyed watching Paulo Thiago.  I didn’t know a lot about Volkmann prior to picking Thiago, but after seeing Volkmann’s less than impressive physique, I was feeling even better about my choice!  Volkmann, however, is a skilled athlete and an outstanding wrestler, and we now know he can take some punishment.  I was obviously not surprised he lost, but I was impressed that he stuck around for 3 rounds and held his own as much as he did.  He needs some jiu jitsu training, but I believe we’ll see more of him.  A solid outing for Thiago, but if you were going to pick a fight during which to head out to the concession stand…

Baroni/Sadollah:  When picking a fight with Baroni, all you really have to do is determine if his opponent has the ability to not get hit too hard during the first 30 seconds, because after that Baroni is gassed.  Baroni is a great physical specimen, but he’s all about that first 30 seconds of flash and dash before the crash.  Sadollah survived the onslaught and picked Baroni apart the rest of the fight.  I ended up a little disappointed that Sadollah couldn’t put Baroni down.  This left me questioning Sadollah’s cardio a little bit.

Nogueira (Little Nog)/Cane:  Big Nog’s brother was the easiest pick of the night, and he didn’t disappoint.  You know he was coming in with great experience, training, and conditioning.  Cane, well, Cane could use some of that training.  In particular, he needs to learn not to block with his head.  Little Nog capitalized quickly on Cane’s lowered right hand and dropped him to the mat.  No doubt we’ll be seeing Little Nog on a UFC pay per view in the future!

In the past week I have scene to fights that a judge has given it to one fighter and another judge gave the fight to the other in 30-27. Each time I exclaimed WHAT!?!?! (among other words). Those two fights where at WEC 44 between Rob McCullough v Karen Darabedyan and UFC 106 Ortiz Griffin II. There is defiantly a flaw with the judging system in MMA everyone knows that. Now is it all this 10 must systems fault not entirely is it the judges not being well versed enough . There are many problems with the judging and no one culprit is big enough to say they are the reason.

Now in UFC the judges score each round for Octagon Control , Effective Striking , Aggression . Now some of these terms are rather up in the air for interpretation . Take Octagon Control what dose that mean? This rule is the reason I gave Couture the win over Vera at 105 , he Controlled him and negated 90% of the damage Vera could do. Now Vera did get some good strikes in but for most of the fight was negated up against the cage.  These terms could use some further explanation to nooby viewers and for veterans.

Another thing to change would be looking at the fight as a matter of individual rounds and more at the fight as a whole. You wouldn’t look at a painting just as a matter of sections or just its upper right corner. You wouldn’t listen to a song just for 30 seconds. In these fights you should look at damage dealt overall through out the fight. Case in point Machida Shogun , Shogun clearly did more damage OVERTIME through his leg kicks and took out Machidas legs .  If the judges looked at a fight overall and as a whole along with the score cards of the rounds then maybe we wouldn’t get 30-27 one guy and 30-27 the other. Now I wasn’t a fan during Pride days but from what I’ve read they and DREAM and other Japan based promotions do this. There system is by no means perfect either just look at the last Sengoku event.

I don’t claim to have the answer to this problem I’m just giving my take on the matter.  hopefully the matter is addressed through reforms or something because bad judging screw fighters and fans in the end.

Forrest Griffin defeats Tito Ortiz via split decision
Josh Koscheck defeats Anthony Johnson via submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira defeats Luis Cane via TKO (Strikes)
Amir Sadollah defeats Phil Baroni via unanimous decision
Paulo Thiago defeats Jacob Volkmann via unanimous decision
Ben Saunders defeats Marcus Davis via knockout (knees)
Kendall Grove defeats Jake Rosholt via submission (triangle choke)
Brian Foster defeats Brock Larson via technical knockout (strikes)
Fabricio Camoes vs. Caol Uno declared a majority draw
George Sotiropoulos defeats Jason Dent via submission (armbar)

Tito Ortiz had this to say about the his fight with Forrest Griffin.

“I thought I won the fight. I thought I pulled it off two rounds to one. You know, that third round, I’m very thankful to Dr. William Smith here in Las Vegas for doing the surgery that he did, otherwise I would not have been able to step in against a guy who is ranked fifth in the world. I came in and thought I won the fight. [I didn't reveal my injuries prior because] You gotta sell the fight, right? I had disc C-7 or C-6 pressing on my spinal cord. I was in traction for awhile. Beyond that I came in and put up a fight. I put my heart and soul inside that cage every time I fight. I thought I won the fight. I thought I won. I thought I won…. I thought I won the first round and I thought I won the second round. You see the damage on his face? I got him good. In the third round I was gassed, but after taking 18 months off, I want to see another fighter come in here [and undergoing back surgery] and do what I just did. I gave my heart and soul, man. I entertained the fans. And for me not getting “Fight of the Night,” I’m taken back by it, but it is what it is. I thought I won. The judge called it 30-27, I mean what the fuck, are you blind or something? But hey, it is what it is, I’ll be back. I feel good. I’m sorry I let my fans down. I thought I won…. I’m pissed.”

Anthony Johnson weighs in on Josh Koscheck and his eye poke claim after Johnson’s knee to a downed Koscheck.

“I didn’t hit him in the head, I hit him in the arm. I don’t know why he would act like [that], I guess he was gassing. That’s the only thing I can think of, [him] trying to find some kind of excuse to complain. I know I didn’t hit him in the head. I thought I timed it perfect but I didn’t and that’s my fault. After him poking me in the eye it made a big difference. Then he did it twice and got both eyes the second time because when he swings, he jabs with his open hand and the right didn’t even hit me, it was just the open palm strike and my eyes, my eyes are burning like hell right now. After I hurt him, he needed that, he needed some kind of excuse to recover, but it’s all good.”

Per me, non c’e’ storia 2 riprese nettamente a favore di Ortiz che ha attaccato costantemente e ha portato piu’ volte a terra l’avversario. Griffin e’ stato piu’ che attendista non ha mai portato una tecnica efficace al suo avversario si e’ limitato a fare uno, due, kick senza convinzione per 3 riprese…….non ha mai “fatto male ” a Ortiz.

Nella terza ripresa entrembi erano “cotti” Ortiz piu’ che Griffin ma il copione e’ rimasto lo stesso, per me verdetto incomprensibile.

Una domanda:

Le MMA sono uno sport massacrante dal punto di vista fisico ma perche’ quelli che dovrebbero essere super atleti, il meglio al mondo bucano sempre?

Un osservazione:

Credo che quando ci siano ferite e ci sia molto sangue il match vada fermato un attimo e debba entrare “l’uomo che sutura”, questo per motivi igienici (trasmissione di malattie) e per motivi mediatici, se le MMA vogliono arrivare sul grande schermo il “popolo delle casalinghe” si stringera’ a forte censura……per noi sono cose normali per i benpensanti o i non addetti al lavoro no.

UFC 106 SOPRATTUTTO “ORTIZ VS GIRIFFIN2″…….ERA MOLTO ATTESO IL RITORNO DI TITO ORTIZ DOPO LE ULTIME SCONFITTE E LA LUNGA ASSENZA DOVUTA AD UN’OPERAZIONE ALLA SCHIENA. ORTIZ SEMBRA NON ABBIA SFIGURATO (NON HO VISTO ANCORA IL MATCH) MA I GIUDICI HANNO DATO LA VITTORIA A GRIFFIN CON VERDETTO NON UNANIME:

Per  Griffin  30-27 and 29-28 ;  mentre il terzo giudice  29-28 per  Ortiz.

GLI ALTRI RISULTATI:

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Forrest Griffin def. Tito Ortiz via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
• Josh Koscheck def. Anthony Johnson via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 2, 4:27
• Paulo Thiago def. Jacob Volkmann via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira def. Luiz Cane via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:56
• Amir Sadollah def. Phil Baroni via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

PRELIMINARY CARD RESULTS

• Ben Saunders def. Marcus Davis via knockout (knees) – Round 1, 3:24
• Kendall Grove def. Jake Rosholt via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:59
• Brian Foster def. Brock Larson via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:25
• Caol Uno vs. Fabricio Camoes declared majority draw (29-27, 28-28, 28-28)
• George Sotiropoulos def. Jason Dent via submission (armbar) – Round 2, 4:36

FONTE :

http://mmajunkie.com/news/16955/ufc-106-main-card-recap-griffin-wins-in-split-koscheck-chokes-johnson.mma

(PRVegas.com) UFC 106 will be available live on pay-per-view on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN, BellTV, Shaw Communications and Viewer’s Choice Canada and live at the Mandalay Bay – Events Center on Sat, Nov 21 2009 at 7:00 PM.

Ortiz-Griffin 2 moves up the card to replace Brock Lesnar’s UFC heavyweight title defense against Shane Carwin, which was postponed until early 2010 due to an illness Lesnar suffered which has kept him out of training camp for nearly a month.

Taking over the main event slot are UFC superstars Ortiz and Griffin. For Ortiz, the bout is an opportunity to make an immediate impact in the 205-pound weight class after an 18 month absence by defeating a fellow former light heavyweight champion. Across the Octagon is Griffin, a fighter looking for redemption against Ortiz after losing a razor thin split decision to “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim on April 15, 2006.

In that bout, Ortiz tore into Griffin at the opening bell, almost finishing the fight with his trademark ground and pound attack. Amazingly, Griffin survived the assault and roared back over the next two rounds, teaming with Ortiz for an instant classic. After 15 minutes, the judges declared Ortiz the winner, but the back and forth nature of the bout made it a natural for a rematch.

In the newly-added co-feature to UFC 106: Ortiz vs Griffin 2, welterweight contenders collide as Josh Koscheck meets Anthony “Rumble” Johnson in one of the most intriguing 170-pound matchups of 2009.

“Koscheck vs. Johnson is a great fight and I give credit to both guys for stepping up and making a fight like this happen,” said White. “The amazing thing about this fight is that both Koscheck and Johnson are world-class wrestlers, but they can also knock you out with one punch. I don’t know where this fight’s gonna go, but wherever it goes, it’s going to be one to remember.”

Winner of the 2001 NCAA Division I National wrestling championship, Josh Koscheck entered MMA strictly as a wrestler, but as he battled his way through the first season of The Ultimate Fighter and up the welterweight ranks, he has evolved into a well-rounded contender with dynamite in his right hand. Owner of UFC wins over the likes of Diego Sanchez, Dustin Hazelett, Chris Lytle, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, and Frank Trigg, Koscheck is well on his way to a world title shot should he get by Anthony Johnson on November 21st.

A junior college National wrestling champion, Anthony Johnson has nonetheless built his reputation in the UFC with his devastating knockout power. Winner of five of his seven Octagon bouts, San Jose’s “Rumble” has ended each of those victories (over Chad Reiner, Tommy Speer, Kevin Burns, Luigi Fioravanti, and Yoshiyuki Yoshida) by way of knockout, making him one of the most feared athletes in the 170-pound weight class.

UFC 106 Vegas

The UFC 106 is on though champion Brock Lesnar had to bow out recently against top contender Shane Carwin due to an illness the UFC 106 will go on. The UFC will headline a rematch between former UFC champions Tito Ortiz and  Forrest Griffin on Nov. 21. The Lesnar vs Carwin fight will be rescheduled to a future date in 2010.

Yerubilee’s Teddy Chadwick recently met Rachely Rachewsky at the Ami Ortiz benefit in Ariel, Israel. Ted Pearce was sharing his music and all had a wacky fun time!

(L-R) Teddy Chadwick, Rachely Rachewsky, Ted Pearce

UFC-108 : Griffin Vs Ortiz

Se disputar aquele que é votado como o melhor combate da noite pode parecer uma honra, tal deve ter parecido consolo na altura a Forrest Griffin, ex-campeão de pesos meio-pesados da UFC. O lutador norte-americano foi de tal modo ridicularizado pelo brasileiro Anderson Silva que no final da luta não esperou pelas entrevistas e saiu do octógono correndo, bem ao jeito de Forrest Gump e do célebre “Corre, Forrest, corre.”

Não se sabe ao certo se terá corrido de uma costa à outra dos Estados Unidos, como o seu homónimo no filme, mas entretanto Griffin parou de correr e prepara-se para enfrentar de novo um dos lutadores mais populares da UFC, o célebre Tito Ortiz. Tito Ortiz, de 34 anos, é parte incontornável do período que lançou a UFC no mainstream, juntamente com Randy Couture e Chuck Liddell.[+]

Os combates que estes lutadores travaram entre si ajudaram a fazer da organização norte-americana o que é hoje, com vendas de pay-per-views a cifrarem-se invariavelmente em largas centenas de milhar. Fora do octógono Ortiz é também uma figura que dá nas vistas, tendo por exemplo sido pai de gémeos juntamente com a lendária ex-atriz pornográfica Jenna Jameson já em 2009.

Griffin e Ortiz encontraram-se já em Abril de 2006, com a vitória a sorrir para o último por via de decisão dividida. Desta feita Griffin sabe que uma eventual derrota será a terceira seguida, o que não será nunca uma situação agradável. Por sua vez, Ortiz já parece encarar o MMA como uma ocupação de part-time, sendo que este será apenas o seu terceiro combate nos últimos três anos. Ainda assim, por certo que o homem que deteve o título de pesos meio-pesados durante três anos (2000 a 2003) quererá mostrar aos fãs que ainda é uma força dentro do octógono.

Nos outros combates da noite, destaque para o que irá opor os brasileiros Luiz Arthur Cane e António Rogério “Minotouro” Nogueira, o irmão gémeo de António Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira. Esta luta, disputada na categoria de pesos meio-pesados, marca a estreia na UFC de Rogério, um atleta com créditos firmados em vários continentes tanto ao nível das MMA como do boxe.

O seu registo apresenta 17 vitórias e 3 derrotas, uma delas por decisão unânime contra Maurício “Shogun” Rua e outra através de um KO tão devastador quanto inesperado às mãos do camaronês Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou. Luiz Cane, cuja alcunha é “Banha”, conta com um currículo de 10 vitórias e 1 derrota, tendo esta última acontecido por desqualificação resultante de uma joelhada à cabeça de James Irvin quando este estava no chão, algo que era encorajado no Pride mas que é proibido pelas regras da UFC.

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It’s hard to believe that the UFC had a hard time rising in popularity when it was just beginning 2 weeks ago.

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The final Fighting Championship is a place for martial artist, whatever their discipline is. It’s also a way for them to determine if they can compete against people who are trained in another discipline. This is the rule in Ultimate Fighting Championship !

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