Archive for 'Round by Round'

Elite XC: Roy Nelson vs. Andrei Arlovski

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Nelson doesn’t look like a high level fighter, but he is double tough and can pack a wallop. Arlovski has a height and reach advantage, and his handspeed is off the charts compared to ‘Big Country’. And here comes Arlovski–word on the streets is that Fedor will be fighting Josh Barnett in January …

Elite XC: Gina Carano vs. Kelly Kobold

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Apparently the Cristiane Cyborg vs. Yoko Takahashi fight was a potential fight of the night–hopefully they’ll find a way to fit this in on the live show. We won’t give you any more details in case CBS is able to get it on but if they do don’t miss it because its not just …

EliteXC: Ninja Rua vs. Benji Radach

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

ROUND ONE:
Sorry for the delay getting started–Radach starts with some solid punches and Rua bouncing all over the cage. Radach has some solid power and Rua needs to get the fight to the ground or he’s done.. Big punch out of nowhere by Rua sends Radach to the canvas but falls over in …

STRIKEFORCE: Duane Ludwig vs. Sam Morgan

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Main event up next….Ludwig may be the pastiest white dude in MMA. The guy makes Jeff Monson look like George Hamilton.
ROUND ONE:
Fighters touch gloves and the fight begins. They throw low kicks at the same time and then Morgan gets the takedown and works from half guard. Ludwig eats a …

STRIKEFORCE: Falaniko Vitale vs. Frank Trigg

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Trigg using the “Ruff Ryders Theme” by DMX for his ring entrance music. Trigg looked excellent in his last fight against Makoto Takimoto at Sengoku 4 in Japan. Vitale hasn’t fought since January, his last significant opponent was a loss to Trevor Prangley on a Strikeforce show 11/2007.
ROUND ONE:
Kenny Rice pointing out that …

STRIKEFORCE: Donnie Liles vs. Pete Spratt

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Liles gets the event off to a good start by using Pantara’s “Walk” for his entrance music.
ROUND ONE:
Probably will have an intermission after this fight with the Trigg/Vitale and the Ludwig/Morgan bouts the only ones remaining on the card….
Liles wants to take the fight to the ground, veteran Muay Thai specialist Spratt wants to …

STRIKEFORCE: Billy Evangelista vs. Luke Caudillo

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

QWAD-ILLO is the correct pronunciation according to Kenny.
ROUND ONE:
QWAD-ILLO opens the fight with a fury, knocking Evangelista down three times in the first minute of the round. Somehow Evangelista survives and gets the fight out to a more measured pace. Evangelista appears to have his wits about him again–he’s a tough …

STRIKEFORCE: Andrew Walker vs. Carlos Zevallos

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Ron Kruck finds Nate Marquardt in the crowd, talking about MMA’s explosion in the state of Colorado. Marquardt suggests that he’ll be fighting again in January. Walker using Rage Against the Machine for his ring entrance, which after being an underutilized band is becoming as much of a cliche as DMX’s “What’s My …

STRIKEFORCE: Tyra Parker vs. Michelle Watterson

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Tyra Parker enters first–this is supposed to be a showcase for Michelle Watterson aka “The Karate Hottie” but Parker is pretty cute herself. She lost her MMA debut just a few weeks ago and the announcers wonder if she’s back in action too soon. Waterson appears to be of Filipino decent perhaps? …

STRIKEFORCE: Ricky Jonson vs. Tyler Toner

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Johnson lost his MMA debut in June but, as Kenny notes, he has his own theme music coming in. That’s a bit presumptuous–if you’re Roy Jones, Floyd Mayweather or Rampage you’ve earned your own theme music. A dude with a 0-1 career record doesn’t warrant his own theme music. Toner is 2-1–he’s …