“Mike Swick vs Josh Burkman: Zzzzzzzzzzz. What a sleeper. Burkman won round one. Round 2 was very close because not much happened, but I gave it to Swick because of the head kick. So it all came down to the 3rd and final round. Neither fighter did anything worthy of winning the round. I scored it 10-10, resulting in a 29-29 draw. One judge saw it my way. Gut I don’t know how 2 judges saw Swick clearly winning 2 rounds. I didn’t see Swick clearly win any rounds. The only round that was decisively won was round 1 by Burkman. As much as I don’t like Burkman, I think that the fight should have been a draw or Burkman should have gotten the split decision. Sidenote: The only thing that impressed me by Mike Swick was his take down defense.”
Took the words right out of my mouth, I had it 29/29 too, either guy could have got the decision, one of the closest fights I’ve seen. I was very disappointed with swick, I thought he would ko burkman in the first round. Swick looked horrible last night, skinny and weak looking, his stand up looked off, his only redeeming quality last night was his take down defense. The only person who really impressed me was patrick cote he looked great, and the kurt/alberto fight was a good one, back and forth, how I like them. Over all kind of a lame card with swick surprising me with his crappy performance.

The Pellegrino/Crane fight was fantastic. It looked like the fight was over in the first 10 seconds. And then he turns it around 180 degrees and comes back to dominate and finish the fight. Nevermind the gaping hole in his lip from his teeth going straight through, and the intensity that Pellegrino brought from the opening bell.

Nate Diaz vs Alvin Robinson: Since I have always been a huge fan of the Diaz brother’s, I was a little nervous about this fight because Alvin BEAT DOWN Jorge Gurgel who has great BJJ and decent standup which are similar qualities to Nate, but Nate is a MUCH better fighter than Gurgel. The 22 year old Diaz proved that he is indeed ready to step up in competition. Can anyone say Thiago Taverez??? SideNote: I was very happy to see Nick finally in Nate’s corner. I don’t think Nick has any fights coming up, but he did look much larger than usual. Yes he usually fights one weight class above Nate, but I thought he looked rather larger than usual – even considering he doesn’t have a fight coming up.

Thiago Tavarez vs Micci Omigawa: Tavarez should have finished him in the first round. Very dissapointing showing for Tavarez. If he wants to prove to be a Top 5 contender in the stacked LW divsion, then he has to finish fighers that have a losing record MMA (Omigawa was 4-5 coming into the fight).

Kurt Pellegrino vs Alberto Crane: WOW was I impressed with Batman. He was an animal in this fight. That kick to the jaw was wicked, to put it lightly. I thought the fight would be over within 10 seconds for sure. But Kurt was able to hang in there. Like I say, Crane is a BJJ guy fighting in MMA. I was impressed with that opening kick, but other than that, he did not look good on his feet. Other After that kick, Kurt simply dominated the fight. I loved when Kurt was slapping his most likely broken jaw and yelling and Alberto to bring it. I was a fan of Kurt before this fight, but now I am a big fan of Kurt. That hole in Kurts lower lip was SICK – his teeth went right through!

Patrick Cote vs Drew McFedries: A quick and explosive fight ending in KO as expected. Man oh man, does Cote have a jaw or what? The hardest punch thrown in the fight was the punch the Cote took before he put the beat down on McFedries. Working with Mark DellaGrotte is working wonders on Patrick Cote’s already impressive stand up game. Everyone but Hendo and Anderson Silva should be very weary to take a fight with Patrick Cote right now.

Mike Swick vs Josh Burkman: Zzzzzzzzzzz. What a sleeper. Burkman won round one. Round 2 was very close because not much happened, but I gave it to Swick because of the head kick. So it all came down to the 3rd and final round. Neither fighter did anything worthy of winning the round. I scored it 10-10, resulting in a 29-29 draw. One judge saw it my way. Gut I don’t know how 2 judges saw Swick clearly winning 2 rounds. I didn’t see Swick clearly win any rounds. The only round that was decisively won was round 1 by Burkman. As much as I don’t like Burkman, I think that the fight should have been a draw or Burkman should have gotten the split decision. Sidenote: The only thing that impressed me by Mike Swick was his take down defense.

“Ah, they’re speaking Purtugese”
“Ummm, that’s Japanese dude”
“Oh…”
“You are married to a Japanese woman, and you thought that was Purtugese?”

Immediately before Goldy had a Goldy moment, I asked my wife if she thought that guy was speaking Japanese or Portugese. She paused. I said I definitely think Japanese. No more than 1 second later is when Goldy said it was Portugese and Rogan corrected him. We paused it and looked at each other laughing at how bizzar that was. Then we rewound to hear it again, and then we hear that Goldy is married to a Japanese woman. I almost fell out of my recliner laughing…