Some words to describe the UFC Fight Night card on 6-12-07 were lackluster, boring, filler card fighters. If you watched the fights they were anything but that. It was a KO clinic and an all out WAR between fighters.
Sam Stout Vs. Spencer Fisher
This was an all out war between these two guys. Fisher pointed at Dana White when he entered the octagon and was feeling pretty good. He even got on his tippy toes as a joke when Big John McCarthy did the center ring introduction. He must have known something we all didn’t. What he knew was how great his striking would be tonight. They both opened up round one with a few mutual flurries, but when that subsided Fisher effortlessly striked Stout apart. Fisher did not stick with one combo alone as he went down a list of jabs, crosses, knees, leg kicks and body shots. For some reason Fisher’s face looked the worst of the two, but Stout was the one taking the beating. This rematch Fisher was obviously not effected by the weight cutting like he had been the first time. He out struck Stout in every round making him look really slow. I started counting the left jabs he was landing in the third round just for fun and he was up to nine good ones. Stout remained up and with his face looking good even though he must have caught three hundred punches. He got dazed one time at the end of the first round by a left from Fisher. Fisher was humble in his victory saying it was a draw. All I gotta say is, “Fisher watch the tape!”
Roan Carneiro Vs. Jon Fitch
I was excited to see the fight between Jon and Roan. It was filled with action, but with all the KO’s and wars it actually was the slowest. Roan came out strong in the first and got two takedowns and tried to land an Anaconda choke, but Jon defended well. He did say that he saw some tweety birds right before he pulled out of it in the last moment. He defended well against this ex Pan American champ. In the second though Jon caught Roan with a couple of cross jab combos and ended up getting his back. Roan was rocked so Jon slowly crept the rear naked choke in and got Roan to tapout.
Jordan Radev Vs. Drew McFedries
Jeez these guys gave some sleepy pre fight interviews. Turns out McFedries was the sleeper. He came out and uppercutted Radev into an oblivion. One he knocked Radev out in the first he rained down some of the hardest post knockout punches I have ever seen. I felt bad for Radev. I am sure he will feel those all the way back to Romania. After the KO, McFedries was so excited he threw the ref Jorge Alonso to the side. No points for the refs Drew! He knocked Radev out in 33 seconds of the first round.
Jason Black Vs. Thiago Tavares
Jason Black came out all bad as the urban legend from the Miletech camp that hadn’t been in the UFC yet. Well he showed why he hadn’t been in the UFC yet. He got dominated for two rounds. He spent the whole time defending as Thiago put on a Jiu Jitsu clinic for the fans as he went for a few submissions. Thiago kept the pressure on the whole fight with relentless ground strikes as he kept Black on the canvas. He worked Black until he got him in a triangle and sunk the head in to have Black tapout in the second round. This guy Tavares is now 16-0 in the lightweight division. I don’t know either to laugh that his English is so bad that they had to use subtitles on him or to laugh that he looks like the 70’s guy. Either way this guy doesn’t need to work on much of his game because it is polished.
Anthony Johnson Vs. Chad Reiner
This was fight was so fast I don’t know if I should even try to do a blow by blow. Johnson came out with a left hook and then finished him with a second left hook and dropped Reiner flat. This was done in 13 seconds. Oh and by the way, Johnson is undefeated.
