Stefan Struve defeats Paul Buentello

Judges had it 29-28, 29-28 and 28-28, a majority draw, for Struve.

Not Struve’s best effort.  His unique frame makes him a hell of a prospect but he needs a lot of work.  His kickboxing is…raw?  I guess that sounds better then awful.  His height makes his uppercut a weapon but he only threw it a few times this fight.  His leg kicks should be devastating but, he doesn’t turn his hip into the kick and it limits it’s power.   He also gassed very early on in the fight.

Buentello looked pretty good.  He is what he is.  A great boxer with limited skills otherwise.  He’s a good guy to have around for the UFC, he’s always a game competitor.

Kenny Florian defeats Clay Guida

Florian dropped Guida with a big right hand and then sunk in a rear naked choke.

Really impressed with Florian.  Probably the first time I’ve said that in his entire career.  His boxing looked great and he didn’t have to rely on his muay thai and leg kicks.  In his post fight interview he said that he “worked on shorting up his strikes” and it definitely showed.  More importantly his wrestling looked great, he stuffed most of Guida’s shots and even had a big slam of his own.

I bet next time we see Ken-Flo it’s in Boston.

Guida has to improve his stand up.  He’s relentless and always exciting in the cage but needs to continue to improve to stay relevant.

Jon Fitch defeats Mike Pierce

Fitch might now have the stigma of being a fighter that only takes fights to decisions.  Not the most exciting fight but Fitch continues to do what he has to do to win.

Pierce showed some impressive power and wrestling.

Frank Mir knocks out Kongo

Mir killed Kongo.  A big left floored him and then a choke put him to sleep.  Can’t say much more then

Wow.  Mir is driven by Lesnar and it showed.  Mir is bigger and stronger, if he can retain his speed and cardio with the extra weight he is a serious threat to Brock.

BJ Penn destroys Diego Sanchez

What can I say?  That was one of the most dominant performances I can remember.  BJ stuffed every shot Diego tried.  When Diego would grab a single BJ would punish him with uppercuts.  BJ picked Sanchez apart on the feet.  He was toying with him, he could have finished him at anytime.  But, Penn wanted to prove a point.  He wanted to prove he could go into the championship rounds.  He wanted to prove he had the cardio.  He wanted to shed the “he doesn’t train” label.  And he did all that.  Penn took a guy that’s unanimously considered a top 10 lightweight and made him look like a fool.

His last 5 lightweight fights:

- Destroyed Jens Pulver.

- Made Joe Stevenson’s head explode.

- Toyed with Sherk for 3 rounds before kneeing him in the face.

- Choked out Florian.

- Made Diego look like this:

The Prodigy is a living legend.