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Sunday, February 01, 2009

UFC 94 :: St. Pierre / Penn II

Just got back from the standing-room-only James Street Pub where I watched most of UFC 94 with my buddies Rick and Andrew. I know you're all waiting for it, so here's my analysis.

Lightweight bout: Nate Diaz vs. Clay Guida
I don't understand Diaz losing the split decision: I thought he clearly took rounds 2 and 3. Apparently the judges didn't see it that way. Guida takes the evening's I Looked Really Goofy But Still Won The Fight Anyway award.

Welterweight bout: Karo Parisyan vs. Dong Hyun Kim
The clear winner of the Most Boring Fight of the Night award. After three rounds it wasn't so much a question of who won as who really cares. The referee, engrossed in his book, looked up with surprise as the bell sounded to end round three.

Light Heavyweight bout: Stephan Bonnar vs. Jon Jones
Don't be fooled by those thin little legs. 21-year-old Jon Jones is going to be huge, repeat huge, in the UFC. The kid is incredibly talented. The evening's award for I Was Owned To The Point Of Humiliation goes out to poor Stephan Bonnar, who alternated between getting pummelled in the standup and getting tossed like a rag doll to the canvas. Repeatedly. Bonnar just didn't have any answers tonight.

Welterweight Championship bout: Georges St-Pierre vs. BJ Penn
The bar repeatedly erupted in deafening cheers as St. Pierre pounded Penn on the ground and in the standup. Georges had to work for most of the first round to get a takedown, but by round four he was doing so at will. Not a mark on him at the end of the fight, which came when Penn's corner signalled "we're done" during the break before round five -- I thought I heard the phrase doctor stoppage from an announcer, but the noise in the James Street Pub was a little overwhelming at that point.
Good for Georges. I was hoping he would take it. No one else will be welterweight champion as long as he's around.

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