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UFC 74 Results !

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Inhibitor13

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August 25, 2007
Results By Matt Boone

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QUICK MATCH RESULTS

-Clay Guida def. Marcus Aurelio via Split Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) after 3 Rounds.
-Thales Leites def. Ryan Jensen via Submission (armbar) at 3:47 of Round 1.
-Frank Mir def. Antoni Hardonk via Submission (armbar) at 1:17 of Round 1.
-Renato "Babalu" Sobral def. David Heath via Submission (anaconda choke) at 3:30 of Round 2.

-Patrick Cote def. Kendall Grove via TKO (strikes) at 4:45 of Round 1.
-Joe Stevenson def. Kurt Pellegrino via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) after 3 Rounds.
-Roger Huerta def. Alberto Crane via TKO (strikes) in Round 3.
-Georges St. Pierre def. Josh Koscheck via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds.
-Randy Couture (c) def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO (strikes) in Round 3 to retain the UFC HW Title.



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PRELIM FIGHTS

Fight #1:
-Marcus Aurelio vs. Clay Guida

Round 1: Fighters are hitting the cage now. Take a breath and get ready! Aurelio is out now wearing some kind of weird mask. We'll be first after round one, stick with us!

Feel out process to start the first. Guida is swinging wildly. The two flurry. Guida is the aggressor but is getting caught repeatedly hit by Aurelio's jab. Guida tags Aurelio and he loses his balance. MMANews.com has it 10-9 Guida.

Round 2: Guida takes Aurelio down, but doesn't stay for long before getting back to his feet. Guida with a low kick. Guida still swinging wildly with the hands. Aurelio attempts a takedown but Guida ends up on top. Aurelio gets guard. Guida landing shots. MMANews.com has this round 10-9 Guida.

Round 3: Guida works for a takedown but Aurelio defends, after trying to pull guard the whole fight. Aurelio with a high kick attempt. Guida is out-working Aurelio. Guida defends an Aurelio takedown attempt and lands a knee. Round ends. 10-9 Guida here also, should be 30-27. Not a terribly exciting fight, but the crowd was behind Guida pretty heavily.

Clay Guida def. Marcus Aurelio via Split Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27) after 3 Rounds.


Fight #2:
-Thales Leites vs. Ryan Jensen

Round 1: Both guys striking well early. Jensen tries a guillotine choke but Leites escapes. More striking exchanges and Jensen seems to hurt Leites a bit with a punch, but then Leites quickly takes Jensen down. He's got Jensen's back. They scramble up and while trying a takedown, Leites winds up on his back with Jensen on top. Leities tries an armbar but Jensen escapes. Leites again tries an armbar and this time he gets it, and the tap out for the victory.

Thales Leities def. Ryan Jensen via Submission (armbar) at 3:47 of Round 1.


Fight #3:
-Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk

Round 1: Mir gets a takedown early. Hardonk working for a submission from the bottom, but Mir advances position and throws some elbows. Mir secures a kimura and gets the tap out for the quick submission victory.

Frank Mir def. Antoni Hardonk via Submission (kimura) at 1:17 of Round 1.


Fight #4:
-Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. David Heath

Round 1: Sobral with a takedown early. Sobral working ground and pound, landing shots even to the body. Heath is working from the bottom to his credit. Sobral attempts a can-opener neck-crank but gets nowhere with it. Sobral landing some elbows but Heath scrambles up. Sobral tries a takedown again but this time he wound up on the bottom, with Heath on top. Heath not doing as much on top. Sobral working well from the bottom. Heath lands a nice elbow to close the round, but MMANews.com still has it 10-9 for Sobral.

Round 2: Sobral with a hard left that slams into Heath's nose. He gets a takedown and unloads with strikes, bloodying up Heath badly. It seems like they're gonna stop it. They let Heath continue as he looks to advance position. Sobral punching away, blood continues to flow. Sobral secures a choke for the tap out victory. He held on way too long to the choke after the tap. Fans are letting him know about it. Sobral throws his hat to the crowd to play up to the boo'ing, it gets tossed right back by whoever caught it. Sobral wins by submission in round two.

Renato "Babalu" Sobral def. David Heath via Submission (anaconda choke) at 3:30 of Round 2.


PPV FIGHTS

Fight #5:
-Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Cote

Round 1: Back and forth equal fight until the end, where Cote blasts Grove with a shot that drops him. Cote follows in with brutal punches, then tries a rear naked choke. That seemed to be the end but Grove held on with about 25 seconds left. Unfortunately, Cote was still in mount and pounded and already wousy Grove into stoppage.

Patrick Cote def. Kendall Grove via TKO (strikes) at 4:45 of Round 1.


Fight #6:
-Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino

Round 1: Good first round. Pellegrino lands a solid punch and follows with a quick takedown early. Doesn't do much with it and Stevenson ends up getting two decent guillotine choke attempts, one that Pellegrino was stuck in for a bit. Pellegrino finished the round on top landing a couple big shots. MMANews.com goes 10-9 Pellegrino, but you could argue otherwise.

Round 2: Another good round. Tons of good shots landing on the feet for both, maybe more for Stevenson this round. Pellegrino seems to be getting tired. Clear 10-9 round for Stevenson, although Pellegrino started to slowly make it difficult to score towards the end, just didn't have enough time before the horn sounded.

Round 3: Good round for Stevenson, Pellegrino was gassed for the most part of it. In the middle of the round the referee restarted the fighters on their feet, and think Heath Herring vs. Mark Kerr/Tom Erikson without the stoppages. Stevenson was a mad man. 10-9 Stevenson, and 2-1 to get the right to be called the winner.

Joe Stevenson def. Kurt Pellegrino via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) after 3 Rounds.


Fight #7:
-Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane

Round 1: Huerta round, 10-9. Crane had him on his back for a bit but Huerta escaped and lumped up Crane's eye and cut it slightly with a single shot. Crane had a few guillotine attempts but nothing doing.

Round 2: Another Huerta round. For most of the round Crane laid on the ground curled up and seemingly couldn't even stand up on his own. Huerta looked to finish him a few times, but the fight is still going. I don't see how they let Crane out for the third, but we'll see.

Round 3: For some reason they let it continue. Crane is in bad shape. Huerta is dominating. Crane again looks like he can't get up on his own. At one point, Crane caught Huerta's foot and was behind him trying to pull him back in like a sitting german-suplex. Huerta kept his balance and used the big screen to see where Crane was to throw punches/elbows behind his own back! Awesome! Huerta gets on top and pounds out Crane for the TKO.

Roger Huerta def. Alberto Crane via TKO (strikes) in Round 3.


Fight #8:
-Georges St. Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck

Round 1: Close, unexciting first round. Each got a takedown (GSP took Koscheck down almost immediately with ease) and did nothing much with them. 10-9 GSP?

Round 2: GSP takes Koscheck down with ease again early in the second. He remained on top the entire time. Most of the round was GSP working on a kimura and never getting it. 10-9 GSP, but round one was arguable so he's not on a comfy lead heading into the final round, which is going on now..

Round 3: GSP dominates the round, Koscheck did next to nothing here and took more punishment than most rounds, with elbows and punches with GSP on top.


Georges St. Pierre def. Josh Koscheck via Unanimous Decision after 3 Rounds.


Fight #9:
-Randy Couture (c) vs. Gabriel Gonzaga (UFC HW Title)

Round 1: Couture dominates round one. He's got Gonzaga's nose broken badly and spewing out blood. He took him down, hit him with standing elbows and punches that had great effect. Easy 10-9 round for Couture.

Round 2: Couture dominates big time once again. Gonzaga almost quit at one point, they broke to stop on Gabe's wishes and he merely had blood in his eyes. They restart, Couture finishes the whole round in the clinch up against the fence. Everytime there is distance, you get worried for Couture, and he's not taking him down at will either.

Round 3: Couture gets caught with a head kick, strikes at distance with Gonzaga briefly before taking him down. Once he got Gabe down he ground and pounded until Herb Dean jumped in to stop it.

Randy Couture def. Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO (strikes) in Round 3 to retain his UFC Heavyweight title.


RANDY COUTURE IS THE MAN !!!
 
Wonder who they are gonna put in front of "The Natural" next? Almost everyone was for sure Gonzaga would win.... I dont know how many arguments I had with people who though couture would lose. Couture is the best he has ever been IMO.
 
Inhibitor13 said:
Wonder who they are gonna put in front of "The Natural" next? Almost everyone was for sure Gonzaga would win.... I dont know how many arguments I had with people who though couture would lose. Couture is the best he has ever been IMO.
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I'm sensing Arlovsky vs. Couture in the future or perhaps the winner of Cro-cop vs. Kongo gets Couture.
 
ehh, Arlovsky and Couture I think wouldnt be that great, I dont think arlovsky is the same fighter than when he was when he was champ. I cant think of anyone right off bat that would give couture a run for his money. JMO
 
I think that was one of the best PPV's in terms of quality fights I've seen in quite a while. Every fight was technically good and they kept the action going the whole time even when on the ground. Even though a lot went to decision they were still worth watching.

Plus everyone I wanted to win won. I still want to see that Sobral fight though just to see how long he held the choke for.
 
Inhibitor13 said:
ehh, Arlovsky and Couture I think wouldnt be that great, I dont think arlovsky is the same fighter than when he was when he was champ. I cant think of anyone right off bat that would give couture a run for his money. JMO
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Couture/Werdum could be fun.
 
Inhibitor13 said:
I cant think of anyone right off bat that would give couture a run for his money. JMO
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Ummmh ... Chuck made him his bitch 2 out of 3 times.

I think Hendo and Rampage could beat him as well.
 
it would kind of be a sham if crocop got to fight couture by beating kongo............who's nothing but another stand up fighter like crocop. Crocop needs to go through Gonzaga before he get's couture. Plus, I thought Fedor was going to come out at this pay per view............guess not.
 
Couture runs 15 miles in the mountains on his off day. He's not gonna get tired. Stamina plays a big part.
 
ghettostudmuffin said:
Probably test too.

Even if, still the muthafuckin man!
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I don't know about how much steroids the man uses.........but growth for SURE!! You can tell just by looking at his face.
 
PICK3 said:
Ummmh ... Chuck made him his bitch 2 out of 3 times.

I think Hendo and Rampage could beat him as well.
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Rampage's weakness is fighting in the clinch. That's why the guys from Chutebox beat him down. Few can fight in the clinch as well as Randy.

Clinching is a big part of Henderson's fight strategy and Henderson is about 40 pounds lighter than Couture. Couture also has an endless gas tank. With Couture's superior size Couture would win a clinchfest as the weight differential (and probable strength differential) would wear out Henderson over the course of 5 rounds.
 
ukkared said:
I can't believe Koscheck lost.
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It's even more amazing that GSP outwrestled him.
 
Phaded said:
what a sick ass fight can't believe randy took that kick to the head in the end like it was nothing..
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Gonzaga kicked Randy hard enough to break his arm. Gonzaga is going to be a force to recon with. Gonzaga spent most of that fight drowning in his own blood and still put up a battle.
 
redsamurai said:
it would kind of be a sham if crocop got to fight couture by beating kongo............who's nothing but another stand up fighter like crocop. Crocop needs to go through Gonzaga before he get's couture. Plus, I thought Fedor was going to come out at this pay per view............guess not.
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How about Arlovsky vs. Noguiera then the winner gets Randy. Fedor fights for Bodog. He wont be coming to the UFC for a while if at all.
 
Jacob Creutzfeldt said:
How about Arlovsky vs. Noguiera then the winner gets Randy. Fedor fights for Bodog. He wont be coming to the UFC for a while if at all.
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dude, bodog has noone for fedor to fight........I know he's in negotiations with the UFC, I think one of his stipulations is that the UFC does a pay per view in moscow. Anyway...........noguira would like destroy arlovsky......not a good fight. I'd like to see Mark Hunt come over..........anyone heard anything about him? If he fights Couture like he did his last fight against Fedor.........he would destroy Randy. I have never seen Fedor dominated to the degree that Hunt was dominating him...........Hunt reversed every single take down Fedor threw at him.......and he was just bombing Fedor on standup. Fedor went into desperation grapple mode more than once after he got his bell rung. But Hunt always get's caught with that key lock..........
 
Jacob Creutzfeldt said:
Gonzaga kicked Randy hard enough to break his arm. Gonzaga is going to be a force to recon with. Gonzaga spent most of that fight drowning in his own blood and still put up a battle.
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randys arm was broken from that kick?

my god these guys aren't even human.
 
redsamurai said:
dude, bodog has noone for fedor to fight........I know he's in negotiations with the UFC, I think one of his stipulations is that the UFC does a pay per view in moscow. Anyway...........noguira would like destroy arlovsky......not a good fight. I'd like to see Mark Hunt come over..........anyone heard anything about him? If he fights Couture like he did his last fight against Fedor.........he would destroy Randy. I have never seen Fedor dominated to the degree that Hunt was dominating him...........Hunt reversed every single take down Fedor threw at him.......and he was just bombing Fedor on standup. Fedor went into desperation grapple mode more than once after he got his bell rung. But Hunt always get's caught with that key lock..........
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Fedor presently fights for Bodog and Fedor's management is aparently making demands on the UFC to host a PPV in St. Petersburg to which the UFC will not comply. That means that any negotiation is at a stalemate and Fedor is not going to the UFC. It doesn't matter if there is noone in Bodog to fight Fedor as that is where Fedor currently fights. Bodog has and will put on shows in St. Petersburg.

You saw a different Hunt/Fedor fight than I did. Hunt never hurt Fedor. The closest Hunt came to doing any damage to Fedor was a botched keylock. Hunt was taken down and almost armbarred the first time Fedor grabbed him. Hunt had a run when Fedor lost an armbar attempt and Hunt executed an excellent pass to side control, but did nothing with it. Hunt fell on top of Fedor and got side control again when Fedor missed a head and arm throw. Fedor escaped bottom, then missed two whizzers because Hunt was running, not reversing. Hunt kept clinching Fedor and pulled his hips away to avoid throws. Fedor switched takedowns from whizzers to a belly to belly takedown and imediately threw Hunt and got a Kimura out of half guard. Hunt was running much of that fight and Fedor did more damage standing. Hunt's only direct hit was a leg kick early on. It's odd you can call a fight domination when the guy dominating lost by kimura in the first round and never even scored a knockdown or even wobbled the allegedly dominated. You could make a better argument that Fujita dominated Fedor as Fujita at least made Fedor fishdance before getting choked out by Fedor.

I also have to disagree with your assesment of the Minotauro/Arlovsky match. Heath Herring hung with Minotauro up on the feet and I think Arlovsky is a better striker than Herring. Only big punchers have dropped Arlovsky and Minotauro does not have a lot of sauce on his punches. Arlovsky hung with Pe De Pano on the ground and Minotauro is not as good on the ground as Pe De Pano. Arlovsky also stuffed Vladmir Matyushenko's takedown attempts and Minotauro has nowhere near the takedown ability of Matyushenko. I'm not sure where you see Minotauro able to tool Arlovsky. I see it as a pick 'em fight, perhaps with a slight edge to Minotauro.
 
Jacob Creutzfeldt said:
You saw a different Hunt/Fedor fight than I did. Hunt never hurt Fedor. The closest Hunt came to doing any damage to Fedor was a botched keylock. Hunt was taken down and almost armbarred the first time Fedor grabbed him. Hunt had a run when Fedor lost an armbar attempt and Hunt executed an excellent pass to side control, but did nothing with it. Hunt fell on top of Fedor and got side control again when Fedor missed a head and arm throw. Fedor escaped bottom, then missed two whizzers because Hunt was running, not reversing. Hunt kept clinching Fedor and pulled his hips away to avoid throws. Fedor switched takedowns from whizzers to a belly to belly takedown and imediately threw Hunt and got a Kimura out of half guard. Hunt was running much of that fight and Fedor did more damage standing. Hunt's only direct hit was a leg kick early on. It's odd you can call a fight domination when the guy dominating lost by kimura in the first round and never even scored a knockdown or even wobbled the allegedly dominated. You could make a better argument that Fujita dominated Fedor as Fujita at least made Fedor fishdance before getting choked out by Fedor.


Dominate is a relative term especially when you're talking about Fedor. I had up till then not seen someone handle Fedor like that.......and yeah, the fight that I saw Hunt was stinging him and made Fedor clinch up. And in the fight that I saw Hunt also reversed every take down attempt and ended up on top. Now mind you I know that Hunt is useless on the ground and I know he got keylocked........that's his weakness.

I also have to disagree with your assesment of the Minotauro/Arlovsky match. Heath Herring hung with Minotauro up on the feet and I think Arlovsky is a better striker than Herring. Only big punchers have dropped Arlovsky and Minotauro does not have a lot of sauce on his punches. Arlovsky hung with Pe De Pano on the ground and Minotauro is not as good on the ground as Pe De Pano. Arlovsky also stuffed Vladmir Matyushenko's takedown attempts and Minotauro has nowhere near the takedown ability of Matyushenko. I'm not sure where you see Minotauro able to tool Arlovsky. I see it as a pick 'em fight, perhaps with a slight edge to Minotauro.


I don't know about Arlovsky being a better striker than Herring. I just don't see him stuffing tauro for 3 rounds unless he comes back vastly improved. Granted I haven't seen the matyushenko fight you're talking about, I'll try to look it up. But of the 4-5 fights I've seen of Arlovsky he's completely underwhelming in every aspect of the MMA game.
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^^^^^^^^^
 
look up the term "Bad Muther Fucker" in the dictionary and couture's name pops up

Whiskey
 
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