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UFC Fight Night Seattle - March 26th, 2011

KeyArena - Seattle, Washington

Review by Spaniard, Photos by Mike Renouard


   

 

Phil Davis, aka "Mr Wonderful", kept his undefeated record intact by beating his toughest opponent to date in Antonio Rogerio "Lil Nog" Nogueria by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night Live from the KeyArena in Seattle.

The bout finished off a solid night of UFC fights, with the 12 pro matchups delivering plenty of bang for the buck for the sold-out house of over 14,000 NW Fight fans.

 

Davis came out in the first round throwing kicks and attempted to get a takedown. Lil Nog counterpunched and stuffed early takedown attempts, till Mr. Wonderful drew on his wrestling days to get Lil Nog to the mat where he delivered some tough ground and pound. Nogueira got it back to the feet and just as he looked like he'd become the attacker, Davis lands another takedown and scores with elbows and punches. Nogueira was unable to break the pattern over three rounds and all 3 judges saw it 30-27 for Davis.  He moves to 9 and 0, and at the post fight press conference said he didn't want to be living in Jon Jones' shadow. For now he moves on in the stacked 205lb UFC division.



Leading up to the fight, Anthony "Rumble" Johnson promised opponent Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy a war of hands. In reality, it turned into Johnson controlling the clinch, the cage, and almost tapping Hardy in a war of attrition giving Johnson the decision. Hardy refused to concede, didn't tap to a tight arm-triangle, and came at Johnson the whole 3 rounds, but it was Johnson's day by a long way. Johnson later said how he wanted a finish but was glad with the win as the weight cut was crazy. This guy cut from 230 lbs to weigh-in at 170, and on fight night said his weight was back up to 195 lbs. Pretty intense! 


UFC history was made when "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung submitted Leonard Garcia with a "Twister" with less than 1 second left on the clock! This Eddie Bravo innovation had never been pulled off before in a UFC fight, but Jung was able to finish with the move just before a great 2nd round was coming to a close.



A battle between TUF alumni Amir Sadollah & DaMarques Johnson ended with Sadollah getting the win by TKO due to Strikes at 3:27 in round two. Johnson took the fight on two weeks notice and started the off strong, but Sadollah put him away fast in the second showing off his rapidly evolving skills at UFC Fight Night Live 24.



Local favorite Mario Miranda, who fights out of Kirkland WA's AMC, couldn't get it going against wrestler Aaron Simpson who controlled him most of the fight, grinding out a decision win.

 

Johny Hendricks needed only 1:35 to TKO TJ Waldburger with two left hands that sent him to the mat quick and netted Hendricks a $55,000 bonus for KO of the Night.



Another fighter that was sent to the mat was Sean McCorkle who had to be revived after being put to sleep with a Standing Guillotine choke, due to the strength of Christian Morecraft. Morecraft let McCorkle drop and earned the submission victory at 4:10 in round two.



Mackens Semerzier gets better with each fight, this time coming out and dominating Alex "Bruce Leroy" Caceres with solid ground control, gaining Caceres back, and forcing the tap to rear naked choke at 3:18 in round one.



Spaniard's favorite fight of the night, and as it turned out the UFC's as well, was a bantamweight matchup between Michael McDonald and Edwin Figueroa. These two were set on throwing hands and ducking with intent. McDonald was dropping bombs on Edwin who seemed to take it just fine, and threw right back. This fight went the distance and was nonstop action from bell to bell! After it was over, it was McDonald who came out on top, earning all three judges decision. Both fighters earned $55,000 from the UFC for Fight of the Night honors.

 

All in all, this was a fantastic Saturday of UFC fight action in the Pacific Northwest!

The next UFC show will be April 30th with UFC 129: St-Pierre vs Shields in Toronto.

On June 11th, the UFC returns to the Northwest, heading north of the border,

with UFC 131 from Rogers Arena in Vancouver British Columbia. More at UFC.com.


Bout 1 - Lightweight
Nik Lentz def Waylon Lowe by Guillotine @ 2:24 Rd 3


Bout 2 - Middleweight
Aaron Simpson def Mario Miranda by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

 


Bout 3 - Welterweight
Johny Hendricks def TJ Waldburger by TKO (Ref Stop) @ 1:35 Rd 1


Bout 4 - Heavyweight
Christian Morecraft def Sean McCorkle by Standing Guillotine Choke @ 4:10 Rd 2


Bout 5 - Bantamweight
Michael McDonald def Edwin Figueroa by Unanimous Decision (All judges 30-27)


Bout 6 - Welterweight
John Hathaway def Kris McCray by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)


Bout 7 - Featherweight
Mackens Semerzier def Alex Caceres by Rear Naked Choke @ 3:18 Rd 1


Bout 8 - Heavyweight
Mike Russow def Jon Madsen by TKO (Doc Stop) after Rd 2


Bout 9 - Featherweight
Chan Sung Jung def Leonard Garcia by Twister @ 4:59 Rd 2


Bout 10 - Welterweight
Amir Sadollah def Damarques Johnson by Tap to Strikes @ 3:27 Rd 2


Bout 11 - Welterweight
Anthony Johnson def Dan Hardy by Unanimous Decision (All judges 30-27)


Main Event - Light Heavyweight
Phil Davis def Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by Unanimous Decision (All judges 30-27)



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