While it looks to be a top-heavy show, there are good fights throughout. LIVE MATCHES -- B.J. Penn (c) vs. Kenny Florian (UFC Lightweight Title Defense) -- Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin (Non-Title Fight) -- Johny Hendricks vs. Amir Sadollah -- Ricardo Almeida vs. Kendall Grove -- Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellgrino TAPED MATCHES -- Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley -- John Howard vs. Tamdan McCrory -- Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara -- Dan Cramer vs. Matthew Riddle -- George Roop vs. George Sotiropoulos -- Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort -- Penn finishes with a submission in Round 4. Won't be easy, though. -- Silva wins by TKO in Round 2. -- Looking forward to seeing Sadollah and Sotiropoulos fight. Haven't seen much of either.
I'm looking forward to the Almeida and Grove fight. I've been a Grove fan for a while now. Hopefully all is right, and he's back on track. He's shown he's turned the corner on his career in his last few fights, imo. I think Penn should win rather easily, and Silva should win easily if Forrest tries to stand with him.
The Hendricks-Sadollah fight was too quick but them's the breaks. Could not believe how the Silva-Griffin fight ended. Unbelievable.
Why???? A Silva is the best pound for pound fighter. He could go down to 170 & take GSP's title. Don't believe what the rest of the UFC fans thinks. I know people hated on him after his last fight, but this guy is for real.
I'm sure he wasn't referring to Silva's skills. I'm assuming he is referring to the way in how Silva moved up a weight class and still dominated one of the top LHW's in the world. As Penn showed, moving up a weight class and giving away a strength advantage is not to be taken lightly. Griffin is big even by LHW standards, and that is not something to be taken lightly. That Silva made Griffin look like someone who hasn't fought in a cage before was impressive. It was one of the most dominating performances I've seen. I thought Silva would win this fight but not this easily.
Kinda strange how this was the second straight early stoppage of highly regarded TUF alumni (Nover being the other). Too bad for Sadollah especially after all the problems he's had staying healthy. This must be tough for him to deal with mentally.
Definitely wasn't questioning Silva's skills; there's no doubt he's a great fighter and my crew was looking forward to this fight. It's just how Silva KO'ed Griffin was unbelievable and a little funny. Silva seem to be toying with him--dodge, dodge and not even a full punch but a bop to Griffin's head as Griffin stepped in. I didn't even see the punch happen in real time until they showed it on the replay.
The Silva/Griffin fight was a bit bizarre at the end. I'm not doubting Griffin being hurt from that jab, but he did get up rather quickly afterwards and walked off on his own with no noticeable problems. Good win for the top P4P MMA guy. Penn is THAT dude. I always said I never liked him above his weight class, and I NEVER liked anyone against him at that weight. Too much skill for anyone else in his weight realm. I also felt bead for Sadollah. He looked like he could've kept going.