We’re just a few hours away from the televised portion of the UFC 69 pay-per-view (PPV) event from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Fortunately, one of our loyal readers — DrubySunshine — has volunteered to provide blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of tonight’s show.
He’s more than just a loyal reader … he’s also a good friend. Therefore, I feel confident letting him take the reigns this evening as we head into uncharted waters.
Rest assured, I’ll be on standy by and looking over his shoulder just in case he breaks something.
If it is successful and something readers enjoy, I see no problem continuing the feature indefinitely.
We’ll begin posting undercard quick results leading up to the telecast. These are potential spoilers, therefore, don’t click the link below if you don’t want to see the results.
Consider that a warning.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the fights as they happen in the comments section, as well as let us know if there is anything we can do better throughout the night.
I’ll be back once the show wraps (and check-in periodically, of course) to recap the fights and provide some final thoughts on the main card action.
Quick results:
SERRA DEFEATS ST. PIERRE VIA KNOCKOUT IN FIRST ROUND!!!!
Koscheck defeats Sanchez via unanimous decision
Huerta defeats Garcia via unanimous decision
Okami defeats Swick via unanimous decision
Grove defeats Belcher via submission (choke) in round two
Herring defeats Imes via unanimous decision
Leites defeats Sell via unanimous decision
Davis defeats Spratt via submission (ankle lock) in round two
Cummo defeats Haynes in round two via knockout (punch)
Play-by-play live main card commentary:
Note — This will go from the bottom up; therefore, scroll toward the bottom for the latest results. Don’t forget to REFRESH the page for the latest updates!
Hey guys how goes it, Drubysunshine here ready to give you quick hitting summaries of each rd. I’m glad to be here representing UFCMANIA and excited to spend the night with you guys on what we hope will be a great night of fights.
Big announcement from UFC President Dana White: In the Octagon with Rogan, White introduces Big Nog as a UFC heavyweight fighter. I just got a hard on.
“Pretty soon I wish to fight for the title,” says Minotauro in a brief interview with Rogan.
The UFC keeps getting better.
Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra
Round 1: St Pierre looks calm and confident. Serra is attacking the body with a punch. St Pierre is keeping some distance. A quick exchange between the two. St Pierre has a HUGE size advantage as we all know. Serra is landing some nice body shots however. Serra throws a nice flurry. Serra lands a great right! St Pierre unleashed 2 kicks one to the head followed up by one to the body. Serra still looks calm. Serra Stuns St Pierre with a flurry!! OMG!!OMG!! OMG!! OMG!!! Serra knocks out St Pierre!!! Serra Knocks out St Piere!!!
Result: SERRA DEFEATS ST. PIERRE VIA KNOCKOUT IN FIRST ROUND!!!!
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Diego Sanchez vs. Josh Koscheck
Round 1: Both guys are feeling each other out. Koz throws a high kick. Diego is keeping his distance. Straight right by Koz. Another high kick by Koz. Koz is talking smack. Koz’s hands are down and chin is out which doesn’t seem wise. The pace is really slow. Koz lands a stiff right! It didn’t phase Diego one bit. The boo birds are out. Both fighters seem reluctant to engage each other. Koz shoots and lands a takedown with 20 sec’s left! Diego reverses!! The bell rings. Only one takedown attempted by Koz and he got it. I give Koz the rd, but only b/c he was more active. Overall is was a slow slow rd.
Round 2: Another stiff right by Koz. This fight is real slow. Both guys are just dancing around each other. Koz lands a big right! High kick by koz followed by a body kick! Koz is working more kicks. Koz lands another HUGE right cross! Both guys exchange flurries. Another slow and boring rd. Both guys seem like their shadow boxing. Once again I give the rd to Koz due to the fact that he was more active 10-9. Right now it looks like Diego just can’t figure Koz out.
Round 3: Koz again with another right. This looks like a boxing match, and not a good one. The boo birds are still out, and rightfully so neither guy is even trying anything. Theres really no action to report, Koz hasn’t tried a takedown since his first and Diego doesn’t look like he wants to engage. Koz opens up with another flurry. This looks like a horrible sparring match. Koz throws some high kicks but misses. WOW! That was one of the worst fights ive seen in awhile. There was one takedown by Koz and a large amount of dancing and shadow boxing. All the fans are boo’n and for good reason. Their TUF fight was 10 times better than this one and it was only 2 rds. I give the last rd to Koz 10-9 only because he was slightly more active. This was a joke of a fight, both guys should be embarrassed.
Result: Koscheck defeats Sanchez via unanimous decision.
Roger Huerta vs. Leonard Garcia
Round 1: Both fighters exchange punches. Huerta gets a quick takedown but back to the feet. Another great flurry Huerta lands a nice high kick. Huerta is on top in Garcia’s full mount while Garcia works and armbar. Huerta takes his back. Hes trying to sink a choke and Garcia escapes and gets it to the feet. Garcia gets slammed but has a guillotine. Huerta is on top in Garcia’s mount and is raining punches. Garcia gets it to the feet again. WOW. Both fighters are having great exchanges with punches. Huerta is raining more punches from side mount. Garcia rolls into a reverse and is in Huerta’s guard! Garcia rains some punches. Huerta has a cut above his right eye. That was a great rd of action, Huerta gets it 10-9. Garcia says “he has no power” first thing when he gets to his corner.
Round 2: Both guys are throwing bombs. Huerta gets a take down and drops elbows from side mount. Huerta is just overpowering him from the top, but Garcia scrambles and lands a great knee. Garcia has some balls on him. This is a SLUGFEST!! Both guys are toe to toe street fight style. Huerta gets a takedown right into full mount and Garcia looks gassed. Huerta is dropping more bows from Garcia’s full guard. Garcia’s gets up and lands a HUGE right! WOW! Toe to toe again just throwing BOMBS at each other. Huerta great another takedown. Hes in half mount. Huerta is raining punches. Garcia does a great job form the bottom. The fans are loving it. This is a great fight! Garcia looses this rd 10-9 again, but he is tough as nails hes really leaving it all out there. Great Action!
Round 3: Garcia is still smiling. He has been the whole fight. You gotta love these guys! Another crazy excahnge of punches. Huerta gets the takedown. Huerta is working a Kimura from side mount. Huerta is working from side mount looking for anything he can get. Garcia is great on the bottom. This fight is non stop action. Garcia reverses and takes Huerta’s back!!! Huerta reveres! hes dropping BOMBS! Garcia is hurt!! WOW. Garcia weathers the storm AGAIN, and yes he is still smiling! The dude is crazy! Huerta is still dropping punches from side mount. WOW! WOW! WOW! So far fight of the night. I give the rd to Huerta 10-9, but i don’t think words can explain the set of balls Garcia has. He took a beating and kept throwing. One of the best fights I’ve seen at 155 since its inception in the UFC. Outstanding pace.
Result: Huerta defeats Garcia via unanimous decision
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Mike Swick vs. Yushin Okami
Round 1: Swick is working some leg kicks to try and set up his distancing. Okami looks very calm and confident and he has and obvious size advantage. Okami landed a nice overhand right. Both fighters exchange head kicks. Okami with a takedown from the clinch. Okami is working some elbows from side control and its obvious that hes much stronger than Swick. Okami closes out the round by almost locking in a Kimura from side control. Okami dominated the rd. 10-9 Okami. First thing Swick says to his corner at the end of the rd is “Man hes strong”. Swick does not look confident.
Round 2: Swick starts off keeping his distance. Its obvious hes afraid of Okami’s strength. Okami is pushing forward. Okami with a leg sweep take down falling into Swick’s guard. Swick looks gassed, the ref stands em up. Okami is steadily working his jab to set up his takedown. Swick has a great flurry landing a solid left, but Okami calms the storm by locking him up in clinch and takes him down back into Swick’s full guard. Ref stands em up again. Swick lands a great flurry of punches 10 more seconds in the rd and it could have been over, he had Okami rocked. Okami goes for the legs and gets saved by the bell. Swick possibly stole the round with the last-minute flurry!
Round 3: Okami goes for a takedown Swick sprawls out. Swick lands another flurry of punches but Okami takes him down and takes full mount. Okami is raining punches! Swick looks in trouble big time!! Swick gives the back, then comes back to the front. This is close to being stopped! Okami looks gassed but is still dominating. Mario Yamisaki keeps threating to stop it. Swick with a great reversal!! Hes in Okami’s full guard. Swick is in half guard, but it looks like too little too late. Both fighters are gassed at the end of the rd. Okami looks like he took this last rd with ease due to his dominant full mount. Okami gets the rd 10-9 in what should be a victory for him.
Result: Okami defeats Swick via unanimous decision.
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Kendall Grove vs. Alan Belcher
Round 1: Grove and Belcher started off with a great pace. Belcher had a quick take down which was reversed by Grove. The rest of the round Grove was dominating from the clinch. Grove landed 3 or 4 vicious knees to the ribs and some great front kicks. Got to give the rd to Grove 10-9 and Belcher looks like he might have hurt his ribs on one of those knees from the clinch.
Round 2: Grove softens up Belcher with some knees and then lands a VICIOUS elbow to knock him down and open up a bad gash on his head. Grove rained down some more elbows then Belcher got it to the feet but it might not have been wise. Grove lands an array of elbows and punches followed up by a Tito-esque slam. Belcher got up again, Grove continued to rain elbows then knocks him down once again. Grove locked in a front choke and put Belcher to sleep. Grove looked amazing, his striking was ridiculously sharp and it seemed only a matter of time before it was stopped due to strikes, however the choke gets the job done. Belcher is asleep! If this fight is indication of Kendall Groves overall skill then his future is bright this was one of the best overall performances Ive seen in awhile.
Result: Grove defeats Belcher via submission (choke) in round two.
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Nice idea! Great addition to the site. Im heading out now but Ill be back to check it out!
haynes loses to cummo via knockout.
sherdog is saying diego is out due to death in family - any truth to this ?
do you know what round, punch kick or knee?
go to mmaweekly.com for the round
This card ain’t the greatest anyway…its bs they don’t show all the fights!!!
2nd round…
[quote comment=”28932″]sherdog is saying diego is out due to death in family - any truth to this ?[/quote]
NO TRUTH TO THIS!
ty, that’s what i tought………….
Marcus Davis def. Pete Spratt by Straight Ankle Lock at 2:57 of round 2.
RD 1: This fight started off with Marcus Davis riding Spratt’s back for well over two minutes. Davis was locked to Spratt’s back with a body triangle, but Spratt defended well and eventually got the reversal near the end of the round.
RD 2: This round started with good some good exchanges by both men on the feet, but Spratt seemed to get the better of the standup. Davis rushed in on Spratt and landed in Pete’s guard. At the 2:57 mark Davis drops back and secures a straight ankle lock to get the tapout.
[quote comment=”28952″]Marcus Davis def. Pete Spratt by Straight Ankle Lock at 2:57 of round 2.
RD 1: This fight started off with Marcus Davis riding Spratt’s back for well over two minutes. Davis was locked to Spratt’s back with a body triangle, but Spratt defended well and eventually got the reversal near the end of the round.
RD 2: This round started with good some good exchanges by both men on the feet, but Spratt seemed to get the better of the standup. Davis rushed in on Spratt and landed in Pete’s guard. At the 2:57 mark Davis drops back and secures a straight ankle lock to get the tapout.[/quote]
Thanks K7 … we’ll have our own coverage with the PPC telecast … don’t forget.
sorry UFCmania
do you still love me
i still love you
[quote comment=”28958″]sorry UFCmania
do you still love me
i still love you[/quote]
Dont have a problem with it at all … just reminding readers.
Thales Leites vs. Pete Sell
Pete Sell dies in this fight first person ever to die
lol
dont sue me
lol, Zuffa is getting a bit territorial lately, careful….
Heath Herring is not(26-21) he is (26-12) maaaaaaan you guys are not on top of things
lol
just bustin some balls
watch their numbers dislexia kills the innocent
and curiosity killed the cat and kill 2 birds with one stone and shit on my mom and i will kill you lol and blaa blaa blaa
[quote comment=”28975″]Heath Herring is not(26-21) he is (26-12) maaaaaaan you guys are not on top of things
lol
just bustin some balls[/quote]
im checking out all the live commentary posting sites so far this one is the best
http://www.martial-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2145 he give round by round updates extremely well detail because hes an old school martial artist.
hi everyone
ok
lets go koscheck
this is so much better than wasting 40 bucks on a shit card.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY, ACCORDING TO ROGAN.
BIG NOG?
Grove looked sick … and Okami is a beast. Two nice fights so far … Koscheck and Sanchez is up soon. So much for a ‘weak’ card.
Big announcement from UFC President Dana White: In the Octagon with Rogan, White introduces Big Nog as a UFC heavyweight fighter. I just got a hard on.
“Pretty soon I wish to fight for the title,” says Minotauro in a brief interview with Rogan.
The UFC keeps getting better.
so, who’s fighting now?
Big Nog is in the UFC. I could see the Octagon trembling under his feet.
This is an awesome site!
Great night of fights so far! Sanchez-Koscheck is up now! Fuckin’ A!
WHO WON DIEGO OR KOSCHECK??
What is happening? Help the poor non-watchers out.
[quote comment=”29041″]WHO WON DIEGO OR KOSCHECK??[/quote]
The fight hasn’t started yet. Bruce Buffer is just introducing Sanchez and Kos.
can someone let me know how the fight is going with diego and koscheck…
thanks
has the fight started yet??
DIEGO OR KOSCHECK fight was really really reeeeeeallly boring but KOS won
Kos might have won a decision, but it was the most boring fight of the night. Boring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was expecting soooooo much more.
DIEGO WON
The main event is being announced now. Serra and St. Pierre. Hope this one is more exciting.
NO WAY!!!!!! Serra WON WOW!!!!!!!!!
This was all a setup to do a rematch after rematch.
Oh god…I can see it now.
Kos/Diego #5 PPV for $152.53
It’ll take 3 years to complete. They will trade wins and losses. It will end with a simultaneous TKO by both fighters.
That fight was the biggest POS I’ve ever seen. Diego doesn’t fight like that.
This is the craziest F***ing sport!!!!
FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGHETTABOUDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SERRA KNOCKS OUT GEORGES ST. PIERRE.
UFC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION MATT SERRA.
WOW!
BIGGEST UPSET I’VE EVER SEEN.
f*** yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
i almost put 30 bucks on serra just for the hell of it. goddamnit
I’m stunned at the Serra win!
Serra won?? OMG, I can’t believe I didn’t buy that fight!!!!!
every fight was really good except for the KOS Diego fight
wooooooooooooooooooooooow im SHAKING right now i can noooooot believe it
Dana White just shit himself.
WOW, I never would have believed that.
Oooooooooooooooooooh my God…This is the biggest upset that I’ve EVER witnessed. Serra w/ a KO!!!
I STILL CAN’T SIT DOWN AND WRITE. I NEVER USE CAPS LOCK. I’M SCREAMING!
I just puked in my mouth….I can’t believe what i just witnessed…..I knew heading in that too much was on GSP to win…I wasn’t impressed with that fight whatsoever…a re-evaluation of GSP is in order.
THEY’RE GONNA HAVE A TICKER TAPE PARADE IN QUEENS!
And Matt Hughes that creep was practically rubbing one out over the whole situation.
wow that was nasty too, the ko was brutal
serra won, fair and square, but he won’t keep it
the welterweight division was destroyed tonight…
1.the deigo vs kos match up was dumb, SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAD HAPPENED at least until diego fought for for the title, yes its good for tv and looked promising but lets face it, Joe Silva figured Diego would win setting up Hughes vs Diego…
2.now the only match up for Serra is Hughes
and we all know how that one will turn out…Hughes champ..
3.besides Hughes who looked horrible during his last fight, who else is there? a division that i thought was the deepest now looks the weakest after Diego sucked it up tonight…
Joe Silva your an idiot.
Wow that was awesome…anyone on any given night can get hit on the chin just right…Jesse you called that perfect. Matt Hughes should have just lost the rest of his fans stroking himself to GSP’s loss. What a low life. GSP wins and loses with class.
Hey guys, just wanted to thank ya’ll and UFCMANIA for letting me do the play by play for the evening. Im honored to have been involved in such a great night. Kendall Grove might have told the MMA world “I have arrived” with his near perfect exhibition of MMA and the clinch. Huerta/Garcia might have been the fight of the year to this pt (at least in my opinion). Koz/Diego was a joke, both fighters should be ashamed of themselves (Only 1 takedown by Koz and a handful of punches thrown I have no qualms saying it was the worst fight ive ever seen). And of course the ultimate upset in Serra knocking out Hughes (SorOverry I wasnt more detailed about the exact way the KO went down, with Serra in the mount but man I was just so shocked I didnt believe what I was seeing). Overall I had a great time, I hope I wasnt too boring and helped you guys feel how the fights went down. Its nights like tonight that I know why im such a huge MMA fan, people will be talking about this for the rest of the year. Once again, thanks to UFCMANIA and the fans it was an awesome time.
Meant to say knocking out St Pierre***** my bad
was the Pete Sell fight good?, what about the heath herring fight?
i thought diego sanchez was fighting tonight, who was that guy who fought koscheck, never seen him before…mad mad mad props to huerta and garcia and of course matt serra…what a crazy night, i’m disappointed happy pissed excited confused everything at the same time…
UFCMANIA, could we get a topic posted about potential conspiracy theories? I’ve gotten about 10 phone calls with suggestions that these fights were set up and thrown. Not necessarily my opinion, but a few seem to think that it’s possible.
i could see it in GSP, he’s young still but i hope he rebounds from this…noticed how Matt Hughes hasn’t been sheduled for a next fight??? rather odd one could assume. GSP needs to be hungry, he has a taste for the title, i can only hope for the best. They should have called this PPV “reality check”
This was a ground breaking fight!!! Sportscenter is showing its first ever highlights of UFC action!!!! Tune in boys and girls the UFC has arrived in the mainstream!!
Big Nog is going to be a force. I was expecting Emelianenko but Minotauro is so awesome. Couture better watch his back! The heavyweight division is so damn deep now. Major props to The Terror!! Most likely he’ll defend against Hughes. The welterweight title is basically a game of hot potato! Looking forward to Crocop And Gonzaga!
GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST GSP LOST
I WON 5 DOLLARS
Wow koscheck, way to force another 3 round fight.
Mad respect to Sanchez, you gotta take a hit to make a hit.
Josh should grow some balls, and learn some proper stand up.
His chin was stuck out so far, any half decent striker would have laid him out.
It just wasn’t Diegos night.
Big deal.
Sanchez and Koscheck do not deserve to fight in the same building as Huerta and Garcia. Those two men are warriors.
I feel like this is all a dream, tomorrow I’ll wake up and this nightmare will be over, how could this happen?
They better keep Pride just the way it is. Be back later once I’ve watched the UFC fights if I can find them. Ya’ll missed a great Pride 34.
New force at 205:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/pride+34/video/x1np7k_ricardo-arona-vs-sokoudjou-pride-34
Not quite Serra beating GSP, but one hell of a HUGE upset:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/pride+34/video/x1now5_makoto-takimoto-vs-zelg-galesic
This was a showcase fight for Little Mirko, and as you can see, he totally outclassed his opponent in every facet, but this is MMA…. Sick armlock at the end.
We all know Aoki has been on a roll since his loss to Mach, but seriously…whoever holds that 170 UFC belt better be real careful come the UFC\Pride Superbowl thing:
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/pride+34/video/x1npdn_shinya-aoki-vs-brian-lo-an-joe
Oh my god - I am so glad I watched Pride 34 rather than UFC 69. MTUFC: I watched the UFC fights at Dailymotion - not a great video quality, but neither are the fights, so its appropriate.
Pride 34 was crazy! Did you saw how much Fyre took? If he did not overcommited on the guilotine, he might have won. Geez - were else can you see Butterbean wining by kimura? Haha, but for future shows I rather not have more of those Super Heavyweight fights - it was disgusting at times. Arona was a big upset for me - guess Sokudjous win over little nog was not a lucky punch after all. But I thought it was an early stop - Arona was trying to adjust himself on the ground, because he recieved soccerkicks for the left and clearly was still defending himself. He had his elbows up protecting his head. Well, too late to change anything now I guess.
Zelg … oh my boy Zelg. He was so great, but had his arm out way too often. I saw at least 2 more opportunities for an armbar and in the end that ended a fight he clearly dominated. Can’t wait for the next fight.
Monson-Fujita was good, Fujita dominated, but Monson’s worldclass grappling payed off in the end. In the end Pride 34 was not the weak card I thought it was. But boy was I wrong with some of my predictions.
Oh yeah, someone posted that the fights are on YT and posted via some UFSea 069 code. Just go to Dailymotion and check them out. Ten times better quality that lame ass YT.
( Shh, the undercard fights are too!!!! )
The Pride fights are all now up now also.
YTed, I have a post above awaiting moderation. I put up 3 of the Pride fights for everyone to see.
Agree, I didnt think Pride 34 would be 33 but it was still frigging great. I’ve been up since yesterday as Pride was on at 3 am for me and its now 947a here in Florida. Gonna finish watching the UFC fights, come back with my thoughts and then GET SOME SLEEP, lol.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/ufc+69/video/x1no9q_cummo-vs-haynes-ufc-69
LOL, Haynes foot sweeps the ref…
Butterbean via keylock, I had to watch it again. I couldnt believe what I saw the first time, and still cant believe it.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/pride+34/video/x1no60_pride-34-butterbean-vs-zuluzinho
Diego didnt evan try he pissed me off, Roger Huerta vs. Leonard Garcia best fight of the night
[quote comment=”29210″]Wow koscheck, way to force another 3 round fight.
Mad respect to Sanchez, you gotta take a hit to make a hit.
Josh should grow some balls, and learn some proper stand up.
His chin was stuck out so far, any half decent striker would have laid him out.
It just wasn’t Diegos night.
Big deal.[/quote]
Im a sanchez fan but you got to admitt Kos stand up much better then Diego, if you duck and move you dont need to keep your hands up.
I know most of you thought Diego was invincible, and that match just showed you his real talent. He wasn’t as great as you people perceived him to be. I guess all my accusations about him were true. That so called fight wasn’t worth watching though, but at least Koscheck attempted a few moves, instead of dancing around the ring like a scared little boy. Who would have guessed that Terra would come through victorious.
One fight does not make a fighter, it’s the body of work. Aberrations happen in MMA all the time. Did Kos “prove” himself in this fight? Not hardly. This has done nothing to diminish Sanchez in the eyes of the UFC. I’m glad he has a loss now, no more undefeated record to defend, as if that means anything in MMA. This aint boxing. The rematch will be quite different.
Diego wasn’t himself in this fight, too much pressure to keep a perfect record….what happened to that relentless, hyper aggressive fighter? The 2 main event fights were bizarre, must be a full moon out there, Serra won’t be gloating for long, the scary thought is koscheck might get a title shot next, man talk about a messed up welter weight division. God look at serras’s fight with lytle and now he has skills?, give me a break. I guarantee gsp will be welter weight champ again this year, and lottery winner serra will never have another shot at the title.
What I want to see next is hughes vs serra, serra dislikes hughes I think a lot of people would like to see it.
Gsp fight koscheck, let him know his stand up isn’t all that, the winner of both fights fight each other.
[quote post=”1689″]What I want to see next is hughes vs serra, serra dislikes hughes I think a lot of people would like to see it.
Gsp fight koscheck, let him know his stand up isn’t all that, the winner of both fights fight each other. [/quote]
Agree completely.