Nogueira Becomes First to Hold UFC, PRIDE Belts
Undercard
Mike Sloan Feb 3, 2008
Nathan Marquardt
(Pictures) dominated veteran Jeremy Horn (Pictures), a late replacement at
middleweight for Thales
Leites (Pictures), to tap the jiu-jitsu expert in
the second round.
Marquardt (26-7-2) delivered several stinging punches to Horn's face and even dropped him late in the first round with a beautiful right elbow to the jaw. Horn pulled guard and cleared his head, but two gogoplata attempts were thwarted by Marquardt.
Early in the second round, after a scramble back to their feet,
Marquardt applied a standing guillotine choke. He dropped down when
Horn tried to escape, and Horn (79-17-5) tapped at the 1:37
mark.
Ricardo Almeida (Pictures), back from a four-year hiatus from MMA, made quick work of late-replacement Rob Yundt (Pictures), who until Saturday had fought solely in the Alaskan Fighting Championship.
Tyson Griffin and Gleison Tibau (Pictures) (15-5) battled their hearts out for three grueling rounds. It was Griffin's more accurate and damaging strikes throughout the contest that sealed the deal for the Xtreme Couture lightweight. Griffin (11-1) was awarded with a unanimous decision, winning via tallies of 30-27 on all three judges' cards.
Chris Lytle (Pictures) bombarded Kyle Bradley (Pictures) as soon as the welterweight fight started to score a TKO in 33 seconds. He blitzed Bradley with three crisp right hands, with the third dropping him.
From there Lytle (25-15-5) swarmed his stunned opponent with punches until referee Yves Lavigne stopped it. Bradley (13-5, 1 NC) was so battered that he also pulled Lavigne into his guard when the ref stopped the mugging.
Tim Boetsch (Pictures) was too much for David Heath (Pictures), as he scored an impressive TKO 4:52 into the first round. Boetsch peppered Heath with jabs, leg kicks and front kicks and routinely forced him to reset his feet.
After he dropped Heath with a right hand, Boetsch violently threw his light heavyweight foe into the fence and in doing so made Heath (7-3) land on his head. Boetsch (7-1) then quickly pounced and ended the fight with a barrage of punches.
Marvin Eastman (Pictures) defeated Terry Martin (Pictures) (16-4) in a three-round workmanlike middleweight performance. The fight was mostly a clinching match, and the vaunted striking power from both men was nonexistent. Eastman (15-7-1) wound up winning by margins of 30-27 (twice) and 29-28.
In the opening bout of the evening, Rob Emerson won a very unpopular split decision over Keita Nakamura (Pictures). The lightweight fight was as close as they come, but it seemed like Nakamura (14-3-2) landed more and better strikes throughout. Nevertheless, two judges saw the fight 30-27 in favor of Emerson (7-6, 1 NC), while the third had it 29-28 for Nakamura.
Marquardt (26-7-2) delivered several stinging punches to Horn's face and even dropped him late in the first round with a beautiful right elbow to the jaw. Horn pulled guard and cleared his head, but two gogoplata attempts were thwarted by Marquardt.
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Ricardo Almeida (Pictures), back from a four-year hiatus from MMA, made quick work of late-replacement Rob Yundt (Pictures), who until Saturday had fought solely in the Alaskan Fighting Championship.
Almeida (9-2) swiftly scored a double-leg takedown and latched on a
guillotine. Though Yundt (6-1) flung himself and Almeida into the
air in an attempt to slam his way out of the choke, the New
York-based middleweight held on to secure the tapout in just 68
seconds.
Tyson Griffin and Gleison Tibau (Pictures) (15-5) battled their hearts out for three grueling rounds. It was Griffin's more accurate and damaging strikes throughout the contest that sealed the deal for the Xtreme Couture lightweight. Griffin (11-1) was awarded with a unanimous decision, winning via tallies of 30-27 on all three judges' cards.
Chris Lytle (Pictures) bombarded Kyle Bradley (Pictures) as soon as the welterweight fight started to score a TKO in 33 seconds. He blitzed Bradley with three crisp right hands, with the third dropping him.
From there Lytle (25-15-5) swarmed his stunned opponent with punches until referee Yves Lavigne stopped it. Bradley (13-5, 1 NC) was so battered that he also pulled Lavigne into his guard when the ref stopped the mugging.
Tim Boetsch (Pictures) was too much for David Heath (Pictures), as he scored an impressive TKO 4:52 into the first round. Boetsch peppered Heath with jabs, leg kicks and front kicks and routinely forced him to reset his feet.
After he dropped Heath with a right hand, Boetsch violently threw his light heavyweight foe into the fence and in doing so made Heath (7-3) land on his head. Boetsch (7-1) then quickly pounced and ended the fight with a barrage of punches.
Marvin Eastman (Pictures) defeated Terry Martin (Pictures) (16-4) in a three-round workmanlike middleweight performance. The fight was mostly a clinching match, and the vaunted striking power from both men was nonexistent. Eastman (15-7-1) wound up winning by margins of 30-27 (twice) and 29-28.
In the opening bout of the evening, Rob Emerson won a very unpopular split decision over Keita Nakamura (Pictures). The lightweight fight was as close as they come, but it seemed like Nakamura (14-3-2) landed more and better strikes throughout. Nevertheless, two judges saw the fight 30-27 in favor of Emerson (7-6, 1 NC), while the third had it 29-28 for Nakamura.
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