Hardy beat Davis, just as I figured, but credit to Davis for recovering after getting dropped. However, he then acted like a little child after the fight and wouldn't shake hands, so he can return to his duties as gatekeeper in silence.
Even though Velasquez was floored at the beginning of the first and second rounds, his recovery rate is absolutely insane. The two punches that Kongo hit him with at the beginning of round one were even harder than the shots that knocked out past Kongo opponents (Evensen, etc.), but Velasquez recovered literally within one second and then proceeded to use Kongo as a punching bag and wrestling dummy for the remainder of the fight. Complete domination.
I had Wanderlei winning the fight against Franklin (29-28), as did a lot of people it seems, but that was at least a close fight. I guess Franklin's half-assed takedown in the final round sealed it for him. I thought it was very poor scoring, but that was an awesome fight and I hope that Wanderlei does get a chance to shine at 185. He'll beat most of the guys he faces.
Cro Cop beating al Turk was expected, though the eye poke was unfortunate. However, I must go ahead and rofl at Cro Cop ******* Dana White and the UFC over, as he has now left the UFC and is going back to DREAM. On the one hand, this is a pathetic display from Cro Cop, after proclaiming that he was going to "die" trying to become UFC Heavyweight Champion. On the other hand, it's about time that Dana got a taste of his own medicine. Regardless, Alistair Overeem is going to destroy Cro Cop (again), so it makes no difference. Hilarious, though.
Oh and Uno got robbed, period.
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