What’s goin on people and welcome to another edition of your dose of MMA from yours truely BEAST!!!!. Now I truely apologize for not giving any updates as of lately due to work and LOTS of SF4 and trying to find myself in gaming but now we go onto the Matches. Throughout the night of UFC 96 ALOT of these fights didn’t even go past the first round YES YOU ARE READING CORRECTLY. Here were the fight line up’s

Brendon vera VS Mike Patt

Time Boetsch VS Jason Brillz

Tamdam McCrory VS Ryan Madigan

Kendal Grove VS Jason Day

Gray Maynard VS Jim Miller

Matt Hamill VS Mark Munoz

Matt Brown VS Pete Sell

Shane Carwin VS Gabriel Gonzaga

Quinton Jackson VS Keith Jardine

Now ladies and gents im all about excitement when it comes to MMA and various events such as these but EVERY FIGHT IN THIS EVENT WAS INSANELY QUICK AND HAD VICIOUS ENDINGS except for the last fight of the night. Let’s get to the fights shall we?

Brendon Vera (My Hero) VS Mike Patt

In the beginning of this fight Mike patt came out VERY aggressive throwing lot’s of leg kicks but the problem with that is Vera is a Muay thai fighter with a sick ju-jitsu background so checking Vera’s legs is VERY VERY VERY Difficult. When Vera responded by check the crook of Patt’s Leg (between the thigh & calf area) Patt would stumble. I know for sure that Patt had NO IDEA what he had gotten himself into. Throughout the round Vera was crossing up Patt with left ->right -> leg kick mix ups. There was a point in time where Vera punch poked Patt and landed a SICK Cross and leg kick combo making Patt stumble. Vera continued throwing those devastating inside and outside leg kicks and making Patt stumble throughout the opening round now at 2:11 Vera caught Patt with a sickening inside leg kick which made Patt fall on his face. The funny thing is.. Vera walked away and waited for Patt to stand up. Patt then grew a pair of manlyness and threw ONE kick which connected with Vera’s head. From the looks of it though it looked as if it had NO EFFECT.

Beast’s Comment to the high kick = “Not very effective son just like pokemon”

At this point Vera just STOPPED moving completely and stood CALM. No bouncing around just one place throwing punches and kicks. Vera then threw a nice High kick to Patt’s head, Thank god Patt blocked cause i think his soul would’ve left the building. Vera continued his leg kick assault causing more and more damage to Patt’s left leg. Vera then switches from regular stance to southpaw stance throwing his left -> right -> leg kick combinations and cross ups keeping Patt at bay. End of Round 1.

Round 2. Patt comes out with a punch cross up and Vera responds with a Left -> right cross up with an outside leg kick then follows up with an inside leg kick. Patt throws a high kick and Vera EASILY parry’s it out of the way. The pressure began kicking in for Patt. Vera started pressing the action by throwing sick and random left right and inside leg kick combo’s to keep the pressure on Patt’s legs. Vera landed a sickening Leg kick that the nosebleed section in the building could hear. Patt started dancing on one leg looking like an injured dog holding his leg and vera capitalized by attacking the other leg putting Patt down on the matt. Vera thought about attacking while Patt was on the matt and said “Screw it son stand up” Upon standing up Patt was asked “do you wanna continue” Patt said yes. Vera finished the fight with a devastating leg kick putting Patt right back down on the matt Leaving Brendon “The Truth” Vera Victorious.

Fight 2 Tim Boetsch Vs Jason Brilz

For the record Tim Boetsch is well known in MMA being in various companies such as UFC , Reality fight , Madtown, valor , and of course IFL. For a heavyweight fighter this guy is not only a jeet kun do heavy hitter but he’s disgusting on the ground being a ju-jitsu specialist. But in this fight Boetsch displayed a huge amount of agression. Jason Brilz however is a huge underdog in this fight. He’s been on a heck of a winning streak utilizing his ju-jitsu and winning a huge percentage of his fights by submission. This fight has good written all over it.

Round 1. Boetsch came out EXTREMELY agressive throwing a flurry of punches and landing a knee to Brilz stunning him and then pressing brilz against the cage and landing vicious uppercuts and landing a leg kick for the exclamation mark to show Brilz what Boetsch is about. Brilz randomly catches Boetsch off gaurd and clinches and throws a mix up of uppercuts and hooks A.K.A. Dirty Boxing at Boetsch leaving him a lil lost & confused. Brilz throws a leg kick but Boetsch goes around the kick completely and throws a sick hook at Brilz moving him back. Boetsch throws a leg kick and Brilz throws a hook and takes down Boetsch. Brilz attempts to take advantage of by standing up from Boetsch’s guard and Boetsch stands up and lands a punch moving Brilz back. Brilz however manages to clinch up with Boetsch and presses him against the cage throwing knees between both fighters. Brilz and Boetsch begin exchanging punches between each other. Boetsch then begins pressing Brilz to the cage and lands a vicious uppercut and right hook. For the rest of round 1 boetsch continues throwing a mix of punches at a controlled pace. 3 – 4 punches per mix up. The final 10 seconds of round 1 both men swung for the fences with no hit succession. Okay maybe 3 or 4 hits landed. Brilz ended round 1 with a bloodied nose from an uppercut from Boetsch in the middle of round 1.

Round 2

Brilz manages to land a few punches towards Boetsch. They tie up in a clinch and then Brilz takes down Boetsch with some difficulty but manages to do so. Brilz gets side control of Boetsch and keeps Boetsch head and left arm controlled. But with control comes boredom and very little movement. Brilz threw a few punches to the body of Boetsch to keep him in one place and smothers Boetsch’s breathing pattern to throw him off. Brilz then headlocked Boetsch and spun onto the back of Boetsch and put Boetsch on his back into side control yet again. Brilz kept Boetsch on his back for a good 45 – 50 seconds before placing Boetsch into North & South position and punching away at Boetsch’s body and attempted a guillotine which Boetsch was able to get out of easily. Brilz controlls Boetsch on the ground and Boetsch manages to get up and Brilz chases but Boetsch manages to get to the cage to keep Brilz from attempting to slam him. Brilz begins throwing knees to the rear thigh of Boetsch. The ref broke up the position due to no action and thus ending round 2 leaving Brilz with ALOT of confidence in the end of the round.

Round 3

Brilz immediately gets the clinch against Boetsch and tries to go for a takedown which Boetsch is able to easily avoid. Brilz then is able to shoot in easily and clinches up with Boetsch and throws knees at Boetsch legs. Exchange Exchange Exchange in punches and clunch acoiding. Brilz goes for a shoot and eats a knee to the face but manages to eat it and clinch up with Boetsch and pulls him down to the matt and is able to get Boetsch’s back for a rear naked choke but fails as soon as Boetsch turns into him and Brilz is able to get side control. They stand up again and exchange punches then Brilz takes down Boetsch again. Brilz going into side control again and begins knee’ing Boetsch again and punching to tire out Boetsch. Brilz honestly forgets his submissions in the end of round 3 but either way gets this win due to agressiveness and alot of takedowns in both round 2 and 3 leaving Brilz the Winner.

Fight 3 Tamdan McCrory vs Ryan Madigan

In the beginning of the round McCrory takes down Madigan and the fight starts on the ground. McCrory then passes Madigan’s guard and goes into side control. McCrory holds the right arm of Madigan and attempts to isolate the arm and head of Madigan and lands a vicious right hand to the face of Madigan. Madigan however is able to keep McCrory in closed guard on the ground. After McCrory postures up he is able to land a punch to the body then face of Madigan and goes into side control. McCrory then gets a full mount with ease and begins landing punches at Madigans face constantly. Madigan grabs a hold on McCrory’s foot but McCrory goes back into side control with ease and continues the assault with elbows and punches and cuts Madigan open and tapping out leaving McCrory victorious.

Fight 4 Kendal Grove VS Jason Day

Kendal Grove is one of the winners from the Ultimate fighter series and this is one of his PPV fights which many fans had high expectations of him. In the beginning of the round Day easily capitalizes on the striking exchanges which pushes Grove back. Day clinches with Grove and lands a hook which makes Grove stumble. Day clinches with day again and begins throwing uppercuts and hooks. Up and over and pushes Grove Back. Grove then lands a VICIOUS RIGHT HAND to the jaw of Day which makes makes him stiffen up and drop like a sack of potatoes. Sick Knockout? I sure as hell think so. Grove Wins by KTFO

Fight 5 Gray Maynard VS Jim Miller

Gray Maynard was a contestant for Ultimate Fighter who wasn’t successful in winning the show but was able to climb into the UFC the hard way but managed a career here. Maynard is coming into this fight over a win against Rich Clemente. The fight begins with a light striking exchange then moving into a clinch which gets pushed against the cage by Miller both fighters exchange knees and reset the fight in the middle of the octagon Maynard lands a SICK hook and body shot which stuns Miller for a second and Maynard walks back for space. Miller throws a nice loud body kick to Maynard. Miller gets a hold of Maynard’s leg and pushes him against the cage. Maynard responds with a couple of punches to Millers head. Miller can’t seem to take Maynard down at all. Maynard is landing some serious punches to the head of Miller. Both fighters clinch up with Maynard against the cage and Miller bloodied up. Maynard throws a knee making Miller stumble for a takedown attempt and fails. They re-clinch and Maynard tags Miller and backs up for space. Miller throws a left right ->body kick cross up. The fight continues with striking in the middle of the octagon. Miller throws an uppercut and Maynard responds with a right hook. Miller attempts a super man punch and gets a nice hook to his face pushing his body forward and his head in the opposite direction closing the first round

Round 2

Plenty of movement from both fighters and Maynard tagging Miller in the beginning of the round Miller finally throws a leg kick after being told several times by his corner and durning an exchange lands a right hand against Maynard. Miller throws a kick VERY close to the groin of Maynard but Maynard is able to continue with no break. Lots of striking exchanges between the two then maynard landing several body shots at a time. Miller throws another kick which lands close to the groin again. Maynard throws 3 hits which connect flawlessly that the nosebleed section can hear it and Miller is STILL standing. Miller retaliates with a 2 punch -> low kick combination. At this point Miller’s face is bruised and bloodied up. Miller pulls Maynard down and Maynard slips back up to his feet. Miller throws a kick and Maynard responds with a punch that makes Miller stumble back. Maynard continues landing shots and Miller not throwing many and still taking damage. At this point the left side of Miller’s face is bloodied up and bruised even more. Maynard lands a vicious right to Miller’s face which Miller was able to walk off. Maynard still light on his feet since round 1 wins both round 1 and round 2 with ease.

Round 3

Starts off with striking exchanges between both fighters and lots of boo-ing from the crowd let Maynard throw a nice right to Miller making Miller stumble back. Maynard finally decides to take Miller down and slams Miller on the matt. Miller attempts a kneebar and Maynard just slips out and stands up. Miller at this point is 50 ounces of mad. Miller again goes for the takedown but Maynard sprawls out and secures the head of Miller as well as his foot. Miller is continuously trying to pull Maynard into guard but is failing miserably. Maynard allows miller to go into side guard and then throws punches while on the ground. Maynard continues “playing with his food ” and it ends up with him winning the match.

Fight 6 Matt Hamill vs Mark Munoz

For the record ladies and gents Mark Munoz just moved up the ladder in MMA recently transferring from World Extreme Cage Fighting to UFC. Matt Hamill is one of the only UFC fighters thus far that is Deaf and manages to hold his own in the octagon.

Round 1

Both touch gloves and exchange punches a bit. Munoz attempts a take down and misses. Hamill presses Munoz against the cage and starts throwing punches slowing down Munoz. Munoz then gets a single leg and Hamill spins out of it and pulls Munoz down to the matt. Hamill begins punching Munoz as Munoz holds onto the right leg of Hamill. They both stand up and Munoz and Hamill begin exchanging strikes and moving around the octagon. Munoz actually is able to break through Hamills defense and hurt him. Hamill throws a leg kick and begins throwing punches toward the face of Munoz. Munoz attempts a single leg and gets a Punch to the face for his efforts. As they continue exchanging strikes Hamill gets a clinch of Munoz and Munoz throw a wild right which barely connects then munoz shooting in for a takedown against Hamill and failing at that as well. Hamill presses Munoz against the cage and tee’s off on Munoz’ face. Hamill then throws a VICIOUS high kick putting Munoz to rest for the rest of the night…Then of course me being me Screamed out “You got Knocked the FUCK OUT”. Matt Hamill Leaves victorious in the 1st round Via Knockout

Fight 7 Matt Brown VS Pete Sell

Lets just say for this fight in particular was the fastest fight of the night. Matt Brown comes out and tosses a high kick to see how Sell responds and Sell stumbles and smiles. Brown superman punches sell with ease and sell fails to respond to that. Brown throws a left high kick and connects with Sells head and then throws a right high kick brown then throws a sick right hook which knocks sell down. The ref pulls brown to signal the fight was over but then let the fight continue cause he saw Sell go into open guard. Brown clinched up with Sell and threw vicious knees to the body and head of Pete Sell knocking him down. Sell tried to hold onto the leg of Brown as brown began punching the face & head of Sell. Sell couldn’t respond to the beating so he continued taking the beating. Sell tried so hard to keep brown controlled against the cage but failed to do so. Brown threw a knee and an elbow to the body and head of Sell. Brown continues to push the assault on Sell with punches and knees. Brown knew for a fact that sell couldnt fight after the beating he gave to sell. The ref FINALLY stopped the fight after the abuse.

Fight 8 Shane Carwin vs Gabriel Gonzaga

Gabriel Gonzaga is a Overhyped MMA fighter who got lucky against K-1 Veteran Mirko Cro-cop by delivering a high kick which knocked Cro-cop about two years ago. Then Gonzaga tested positive for a supplement which was illegal in the US. but was still given the win and the highlight. Shane Carwin is American Hero status. This guy was regularly a body builder and a greco roman wrestler who wanted a taste of MMA. He was on a 10 win streak in MMA from Low MMA events to WEC to UFC. This was hig Biggest challenge YET in his weight division.

Round 1

The fight started off with mass exchanges and random stun punches. Gonzaga managed to score 2 punches to Carwins Jaw and then pushed him against the cage to control him. Gonzaga gets a hold of carwins leg and scores a takedown Gonzaga uses his ju-jitsu and attempts to control Carwin. Carwin intelligently uses the cage to stand up and exchange punches with Gonzaga then lands a SICK and GRUESOME right hand to Gonzaga making him do a split and fall flat on his face. Carwin WINS by KTFO

Fight 9 Quinton Jackson VS Keith Jardine

Honestly this fight was 9000 ounces of boring wet hot shit on a silver platter that im not even gonna bother to write about merely because throughout all 3 rounds it consisted of jackson throwing a few punches and running away. I thank god that while that fight was happening I was busy playing King of fighters 98 ultimate match. Hopefully UFC 97 wont have the same result.

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