UFC 87 Review
No question of who the winners were of the matches for this event. Whether it was a straight up submission or (T)KO or a brutal domination, it was final.
Huerta vs. Kenflo while still an entertaining fight was not up to my expectations. Huerta came out flat and did not seem himself until halfway through round 3. We saw none of his wild stand up brawling, but we did get to see his slick escapes a few times. Florian used a technical game, a washed up version of Machida’s, to put Huerta’s undefeated UFC track record at a end.
Wonder what was keeping Huerta back? On a side note, his supposed honey, Arianny Celeste, was in her seat the entire event. Was she sick or was there another reason?
Kongo is an entirely different class than his opponent Dan Evensen and just showed that to be true in their match. I am guessing Kongo felt the same way claiming in his post-fight interview he was wasting his time with his current opponents and that he needed a “tit”le shot. I am sorry, but I had to laugh everytime I heard “tit”le shot.
Utter domination is what comes to mind for the Lesnar vs. Herring fight. I think Brock surprised many people from the opening. From his flying knee and straight right to his complete ground control of Herring, there is no doubt Mr. Lesnar is for realy. After this fight who can disagree? After what was probably one of the worst lopsided fights in UFC history Brock went on to a unanimous decision while Herring went on to the hospital.
GSP showed why he is the champ in his fight against Fitch. While fitch is no slouch, GSP was just on an entirely different playing field than Fitch. Fitch showed how big his heart and never give up attitude was in this fight. Coming back after the first round to be able to press the action was a huge feat on his part. Sorry BJ, do not think you can handle the new GSP.
Quick recap of UFC 87:
-Georges St. Pierre def. Jon Fitch by unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-44)
-Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring by unanimous decision (30-26 on all cards)
-Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan by KO at 0:12, R1
-Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta by unanimous decision (30-27 on all cards)
-Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:44, R3
-Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
-Cheick Kongo def. Dan Evensen by TKO (strikes on the ground) at 4:55, R1
-Jon Jones def. Andre Gusmao by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
-Chris Wilson def. Steve Bruno by Unanimous Decision (30-27) on all cards
-Ben Saunders def. Ryan Thomas by submission (armbar) at 2:28, R2
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