UFC 69 - shootout

[presto]

UFC 69 card:

Georges St. Pierre Vs. Matt Serra
roger Huerta Vs. Leonard Garcia
Diego Sanchez Vs. Josh Koscheck
Yushin Okami Vs. Mike Swick
Alan Belcher Vs. Kendall Grove
Brad Imes Vs. Heath Herring
Thales Leites Vs. Pete Sell
Marcus Davis Vs. Pete Spratt
Josh Haynes Vs. Luke Cummo

hmmmmm, not an impressive card on paper.

GSP should destroy serra.
sanches vs koscheck should be interesting.
i like kendall grove - but has he progressed since TUF 3?
the herring fight won't be broadcast which is unfortunate.

but should be better than the boxing :)

starts in around 4 hours, if the odd's are ok will have a dabble on GSP. the fight will be on bravo monday night.

[presto]

on tonight 9:00pm bravo - also a documentary on bisping before it starting at 8:00

[presto]

hmmmmm. incase you havnt seen it - highlight text for the story.

serra vs GSP
what the hell happened there? gsp on top keeping serra at range with high kicks and looked in control, then what looked like a 'missed punch' turned gsp into a newborn foal - he just couldn't stand straight and looked like a drunk staggering round a takaway. serra got the mount for a 1st round KO stoppage.

koscheck vs sanches
with all the pre fight hype, weigh in incident and mutual hatred this was shaping up to be a good fight, however it was an awfull fight, neither wanted to engage, hardly any punches thrown, one takedown at the very end of the 1st. the constant booing of the crowd told the story, koscheck won easy 30-27 for landing a couple of jabs each round.

roger Huerta Vs. Leonard Garcia
fight of the night - both these lightweights came out swinging and kicking, and just didn't stop, even when odbvious exhaustion set in they still went at it, not a fight for technichal purists but for pure action this was fantastic.

Yushin Okami Vs. Mike Swick
swick known for his quick finishes - but not so in this one - okami was the stronger fighter and got the decision.

Alan Belcher Vs. Kendall Grove
6'6" middleweight grove looked great at the weight, devistating elbows an finished it off with a choke for a good victory.

[mathare]

Am I right in thinking that Serra v GSP was the apprentice against the master? Was it Serra who won TUF4 under GSP?

[presto]

sort of - thats how they billed it, but GSP didn't do much in the way of coaching, dana white brought in 'coach of the day' type of thing - but as all the fighters were veterans, they mainly trained themselves. matt serra is a ji-jitsu instructer in his own gym.