UFC 70 Results
This event was interestingly enough offered as a pay per view as well as free to air on Spike. If the pay per view had offered HD widescreen, it perhaps may have been a consideration over the free event, but it was not, so I’m guessing there was no money made off the ppv element other than the people who ignorantly paid for the free event.
In terms of results, the biggest shock to probably everyone except Randy Couture was Gabriel Gonzaga’s win over Mirko Cro Cop. Cro Cop has been dropped before, but Gonzaga caught him with one of the most vicious high kicks to the temple I have ever seen. Cro Cop dropped instantly and ended up tangled up like a human pretzel with right leg buckled under him. This was probably the most entertaining fight of the evening.
Hometown favorite Michael Bisping won his bout after dominating it for its duration until he was in danger of being submitted, then came back with a barrage of ground and pound until it was over. Bisping’s young son ran into the ring to offer congratulations and was just in time to hear the post fight interview where Bisping uttered obscenities.
The rest of the headliners were fairly uneventful. Notably, Cheick Kongo and Andre Arlovski were both victorious in their contests, seemingly fighting not to lose instead of putting on a good show for the fans.
UFC 71 is approaching where Chuck Liddell will defend his Light Heavyweight belt against the only unavenged competitor who has defeated him in the past. There have been so many titles changing hands lately other than Liddell’s that he appears to be the only mainstay champion.
It would be nice to see more lightweight fights at 155 lbs. Where the hell is Sean Sherk these days anyway? Let’s get going on watching these guys who are the most exciting and well conditioned athletes in the sport!