UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida

UFC 140 was an event that I was looking forward to for months ever since I heard Frank Mir would be fighting Nogueira for a second time and luckily the event did not disapoint. This event is a definent must buy for any UFC or MMA fan.

Prelim Bouts

Mitch Clarke vs John Cholish
Rich Attonito vs Jake Hecht
Mark Bocek vs Nik Lentz
Yves Jabouin vs Walel Watson
John Makdessi vs Dennis Hallman 4/5
Constantinos Philippou vs Jarred Hamman 5/5
Krzysztof Soszynski vs Igor Pokrajac 4/5

Main Bouts

Mark Hominick vs Chan Sung Jung 5/5
Claude Patrick vs Brian Ebersole 4/5
Tito Ortiz vs Antonio Rogerio Nogueira 5/5
Frank Mir vs Minotauro Nogueira 5/5
Jon Jones vs Lyoto Machida 5/5

Starting with the Prelims the bouts that I watched when they were re-aired during the main card were very good. Soszynski had a nice KO against Pokrajac. Philippou dominated Hamman and landed very acurate clean punches to knockout Hamman in an impressive manor, and Hallman submitted Makdessi with a rear naked choke. All three of these prelims were fun to watch and they all ended in the first round.

As for the main card UFC fans could not wish for a better card.

Chan Sung Jung tied the record for fastest KO in combat sports history with 7 seconds. Todd Duffee was the first fighter to set the record at UFC 102. When I watched the match i looked away for a moment and missed the fight, I was lucky that they replayed the knockout. Very Impressive performance by Chan Sung Jung

Ebersole vs Patrick was a good match when it came down to technique, but it was not a very entertaining fight, Ebersole ended up getting his third UFC victory with a decision over Patrick.

Ortiz came out fast in his third fight this year, in the beggining he seemed to be doing pretty well but Nogueira came back a started to overwelm Ortiz. A great knee by Nogueira to Ortiz's ribs brought him down and it was at that point that Nogueira came in with the ground and pound. Ortiz did what he could to fight back but it wasnt enough, Nogueira ended up getting a TKO against Ortiz.

In the co-main event Frank Mir's victory can be called nothing short of the best submission in UFC history. Mir became the first man to ever make Nogueira submit, and in their first fight back at UFC 92 Mir became the first man to ever score a KO victory against Nogueira. Nogueira landed a few good shots on Mir against the cage and brought Mir to the ground. Nogueira could have finished Mir but he went for a arm to try and submit him. Mir rolled Nogueira into a Kimura and had had his arm bent back so far that you saw Nogueira's shoulder pop just before he tapped. Mir ended up breaking the arm of Nogueira.

For the fourth time this year Jones impressed UFC fans with his submission victory over Machida. In the first round Machida showed some pretty good striking, he even managed to temporarly rock Jones with a few good strikes. The second round is were the match changed. Jones got Machida to the ground and landed an elbow the gave Machida a nice gash above the eye, after the doctors checked it out and the match resumed, Jones got a standing guillotine on Machida while in the guillotine Machida passed out against the cage earning Jones his fourth victory of the year, three of wich were against Light Heavyweight legends.

Much like Anderson Silva, it truly is a pleasure to watch Jon Jones fight inside the octagon. This time taking on possibly his biggest task to date in the "crafty and elusive" Lyoto Machida. This was Jones' fourth fight of the year, having already stopped a raising star in Ryan Bader, and former light heavyweight champions, Shogun Rua and Rampage Jackson. But none posed a threat as big as Machida as many expect to be the one to stop the reign of Jones. Styles make fights and that echoed true in this fight. Between Jones' long reach and unorthodox and unpredictable fighting style and Machida's elusive fighting style anything could have gone down in this fight. Jones and Machida were easily fight of the night but the craziest moment of the night had to have happened in the fight between Frank Mir and Big Nog. This fight showed that when you get two of the most dangerous submission artists at heavyweight in the octagon together, the end result is nasty. And for Mir this would be the second time he's submitted someone in a high profile fashion. The fight between Tito Ortiz and Lil' Nog had a expected ending to it. Although Ortiz did look good in the beginning of round one, Nog was just too much for him. Will be interesting to see if Dana White puts together Ortiz/Franklin for Ortiz's final fight. This whole card was just brutal, from seeing Homminck getting KO'd in record time to seeing Lil' Nog beat on Tito to the point it looked as if he was about to tear up to the jiu jitsu war on the ground between Mir and Big Nog to the unbelievable ending between Jones and Machida. This was easily one of the better pay per views from the UFC.

UFC 140 was a good event, no doubt.

But not nearly as epic as some are making it out to be imo. It was very exciting to watch live for sure, but doesn't stand the test of repeated viewings because too many of the fights ended before you could really sink your teeth into them. I prefer an event where at least one of the fights on the main card involves two or three rounds of great action. The only fight that went the distance was a fairly mediocre one between two guys I barely knew and didn't care about. Most of the fights didn't even make it out of the first round.

Plus Frank Murr is the illegitimate son of the Devil and watching him almost get knocked out, only to cum back and break the arm of my beloved Nogueira was more than I could take.

Damn you Murr!

...Damn you to HELL!!!!

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