Welcome to our live coverage of UFC 106, featuring a main event rematch between Tito Ortiz and Forrest Griffin.
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Amir Sadollah vs. Phil Baroni
Round One: Missed due to problems with FiOS.
Round Two: Baroni really tired himself out in the first round being the aggressor, opening with a flurry of punches, pushing Sadollah against the cage. In the first, Sadallah landed some really nice knees to the body and a couple to the face, and it’s not any different in the second. Sadollah clearly had the upper hand with knees, and absolutely brutal kicks. Baroni got dominated with a straight head kick, and the second round was clearly Amir Sadollah’s.
Round Three: Sadollah is physically dissecting Baroni with leg kicks, body kicks, head kicks and some nasty elbows. Baroni got a deep cut on his forehead by one of Sabdollah’s elbows while pressed against the cage. As well as a cut on his head, Baroni’s leg is black and blue. If there were no cage for Baroni to lean on, the fight would have definitely been stopped. Sadollah put on a clinic tonight displaying his great muai thai. Baroni got some clean punches in there, too.
Amir Sadollah defeated Phil Baroni via. Unanimous Decision
Luiz Cane vs. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera
Round One: Respect was shown with a tap of the fists. First minute of the fight was a feeling out process with nothing solid connected. Nogueira connects with some nice strikes, but connects with a solid straight-right/left-hook combo that made Cane wobbly. One knee, some serious punches and a brutal left hand later, Cane was sent to the ground and the referee called the fight after Nogueira connected with a couple “good measure” shots. Antonio Rogerio Noguiera’s left hand is deadly. Amazing debut.
Antonio Rogerio Noguiera defeated Luiz Cane via TKO 1 Minute and 56 Seconds into the First Round
Ben Saunders vs. Marcus Davis
Round One: Ben Saunders set the pace of the fight with relentless strikes and knees from the clinch. Davis is cut over his right eye with blood on both fighters. They exchange strikes, get back in the clinch and Saunders connects with a knee from hell! Marcus Davis is down and out.
Ben Saunders defeated Marcus Davis via Knockout (Knee) in Round One
Paulo Thiago (11-1) vs. Jacob Volkmann (9-0)
Round One: Both men were fast on their feet, moving around feeling each other out with some jabs. They tied up and exchange some short punches, and Thiago took Volkmann down with a nice sweep. Thiago had him pressed against the cage, but Volkmann made his way back to his feet, tied back up again only for Thiago to execute another sweep. Fight ends up on the feet until the end of the round, and Thiago knocks down Volkmann with a right-left-right combo and the horn sounds. Saved by the bell.
Round Two: Thiago applies some pressure with some good strikes, but Volkmann scores the takedown. Thiago makes it back to his feet and they are tied up, once again. Thiago lands a loud right. Volkmann is on top once again, tries to pass and Thiago counters and tries to mount the back of Volkmann. Thiago remains on top and lands another hard strike, but doesn’t follow up. Thiago has side control until the end of the round. Bizarre round.
Round Three: Verizon FiOS messed up yet again, but I managed to catch the last couple minutes of the round. Thiago was forced to chase Volkmann to the ground multiple times, ended up in dominant position and landed some nice elbows in half-guard to end the round. From what I saw, it was a dominant round in favor of Paulo Thiago.
Paulo Thiago defeated Jacob Volkmann via. Unanimous Decision
Kendall Grove vs. Jake Rosholt
Round One: Rosholt executes a couple nice takedowns and a solid combo. Rosholt looks to be in a dominant position with full mount, but Grove manages to turn it only into half-guard. Grove throws up one of the fastest triangles I’ve ever seen in my life for the submission victory.
Kendall Grove defeated Jake Rosholt via. Submission (Triangle) in Round One
Josh Koscheck (15-4) vs. Anthony Johnson (8-2)
Round One: Johnson is huge compared to Koscheck. Koscheck connected a nice punch that looked like it shocked Johnson more than it damaged him. Koscheck connects with a slapping, hard right hand backs off again. Koscheck got hit with a right hand, panicks and tries to take Johnson down, but Johnson counters and stands back up. He knees a downed Koscheck to the left eye which is an illegal strike… ouch. Fight paused. After a couple more replays it looks like he barely made any contact. Left eye is pretty swollen though. Fight is back on, they bump fists and it’s back on. Johnson is aiming for the left eye with his right hand, and Koscheck tries to take down Johnson but he displays amazing takedown defense. Koscheck finally takes him down and has Johnson’s back. Koscheck got one hook in, went for a choke but didn’t lock it in. Round is over. Referee didn’t announce taking a point off despite the obvious illegal knee to the downed opponent. Bizarre.
Round Two: Koscheck pokes Johnson in the eye, fight paused. Resumes, Koscheck connects with a solid punch, kick and pokes Johnson in the eye again! Fight paused. Fight resumes. Hard punches exchanged by both men and Koscheck obviously feels threatened as he takes the fight to the ground again and is now in half-guard throwing some intense elbows. You can see blood on Koscheck’s elbows and on the canvas. Koscheck transitions to side-mount, then to back-mount, locks in the choke and scores the submission victory. Yet another bizarre fight.
Josh Koscheck defeated Anthony Johnson via. Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) in Round Two
Main Event: Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin
Note: Forrest Griffin walks down to the octagon to “I Get Knocked Down” by Chumbawumba. Tito Ortiz’s right eye is bruised up.
Round One: The two bump fists and the fight is underway. They exchange some punches, Forrest connects a couple right leg kicks and Tito lands a nice right hand. Griffin is easily taken down, and Tito tries to transition to half-guard but Griffin blocks it and goes for a failed kimura attempt. They’re back on their feet, exchanging positions pressed agains the cage. Forrest is crisp with his striking and connects a right hand that sends Tito back a couple steps. Tito fails a takedown attempt and the crowd is behind Forrest. Forrest looks for the clinch, pushes Tito against the cage and the horn sounds, signaling the end of the round.
Round Two: Forrest goes for a right-leg kick and Tito catches it, takes Forrest down to he ground in guard. Tito passes to half-guard, but Forrest is back on his feet and they are standing toe to toe again in the middle of the octagon. Crowd is hot, and Tito is tired. Forrest connects a straight-leg kick to the head, sending Ortiz’ mouthpiece to the canvas. Fight is paused, they clean the mouthpiece and the fight is on. Ortiz lands another takedown and is in full-guard again. Ortiz lands a sick left elbow that causes a disguisting cut on Griffin’s right eye… it is POURING. Forrest sees blood and somehow gets on top! He lands a few right hand punches, and the horn sounds. Awesome ending to the round. Forrest’s cutman’s first words? “You got blood, son.”
Round Three: Forrest is clearly the aggressor this round, connecting solidly with a couple left hand jabs. Forrest is showing good strategy, landing a nice left hook-right jab-kick combo. Tito goes for a takedown, but Griffin stuffs it. Ortiz is not doing much at all this round, and whatever he has done got blocked. It seems as if he just lost his fighting spirit because whatever punches he does throw, he struggles to keep his balance. Forrest on the other hand looks strong and confident. With 30 seconds left, this looks like a 10-8 round in Forrest’s favor. Tito and Forrest exchange some sloppy strikes to end the round, and the two embrace at the sound of the horn. This fight went the distance.
Forrest Griffin defeated Tito Ortiz via Split Decision (29-28 Ortiz, 30-27 Griffin, 29-28 Griffin)
