UFC 128 Shogun vs Jon Jones Recap 03/19/11

UFC 128 Shogun vs Jon Jones Recap 03/19/11

Mauricio Shogun Hua vs Jon Jones Bones

1^st round Jones comes out with a huge flying knee and a few high kicks.  While trading right hands they clinch and jones is able to take shogun down.  Shogun tries to use his half guard to sweep but  was unable too.  Shogun does a good job of not taking too much damage on the ground.  But while scrambling to get up near the fence he is caught by a right kick left hook.  Coming back to the middle of the ring Shogun looks very fatigued more than hurt.  Jones reach advantage is apparent.  Keeping Shogun at bay with side kicks to the legs and using his left hand as a measuring stick.  The round ends on the ground after Shogun tries to take Jones down but fails.

2^nd round Shogun looks tired coming out of the corner.  He is having trouble landing anything because of Jones range and having Jones’s left hand in his face.  When Jones gets a break in the action he throws big head kicks, Shogun is unable to do much but block.  Jones get the takedown and Shogun is unable to get a sweep or back to his feet.

3^rd round Shogun still tries and fire over Jones’s jab or left hand but Jones is just too far away.  After Shogun ducks a huge head kick Shogun is able to take Jones’s back go for a leg lock but instead trips Jones instead but ends up on the bottom.  The ground is pound is starting to land on Shogun which short elbows and hands from the guard.  Hurting Shogun with huge elbows, Shogun is forced to bail and roll to his all fours and gets back to his feet but Shogun looks very hurt, and Jones puts Shogun away with a big left hook to the body against the cage.

Jon Jones by TKO in the 3^rd

Uriah Faber vs Eddie Wineland

1^st Round The come out feeling each other out and they clinch.  Wineland pushes Faber against the fence.  They scramble both trying o take each other down.  With separate after a failed takedown attempt by Faber and eats a right hook for his troubles.  Faber tries to take Wineland down but they end up in a clinch, Faber continuously tries to throw or takedown Wineland but both remain standing.  Wineland is able to take Faber’s back and slams him down but Faber right back up but eats a right hand.  Faber catches Wineland with a hand right then a left hook countering Wineland.  Uriah again tries for a takedown but ends up in a clinch and Faber tries to throw him but still cant get Wineland down.  Uriah goes for a leg kick but is counter with a nice right hand by Eddie.  Faber seems unfazed and lands his own looking right hand then a left hook.

2^nd round Both come out aggressive Faber coming out with some kicks mixing up his strikes.  Eddie triest o establish a jab mixing it up with a left hook.  Faber mixes it up fakes a strike than goes gets a single leg and takes Eddie down with a trip.  Uriah immediately works ground and pound.  Continually landing rights and elbows and Eddie is unable to get up as Uriah does a good job of keeping it on the ground.

3^rd round Both fighters try to find their range and Uriah still looking to counter.  Faber tries to take Wineland down but is stuffed.  Wineland lands a good leg kick but is unable to land anything up top.  They clinch again and both fight for takedown and positioning but both end up separated instead.  Faber mixes it up and fakes to grab a leg and instead throw a nice right uppercut catching Wineland and lands another straight right after that.  Faber smells blood as he pushes forward catching Wineland with a left hook.   Faber continually catches with short shots and shoots and gets a takedown.  Faber is able to land some ground and pound until the round ends.

Uriah Faber by Unanimous Decision (29-28)(29-28)(29-28)

Jim Miller vs Kamal Shalorus

1^st Round Miller with a southpaw stance Kamal with the orthodox stance.  They come out with huge shots both men trading, Kamal ending this exchange better landing a left hook up top.   They exchange again both landing but shots are partially blocked.  Both men continue to trade but Miller with more footwork coming in and out using his reach advantage.  Kamal more with a stand and brawl body position.  Both men continue to trade but nothing significant landing for either fighter.  Kamal is swinging for the fences which is not a surprise.  They scramble after Miller misses a lead knee, but both end standing and they both throw more leather.  Miller is trying to time the wild hands of Kamal and lands his own left elbow when Kamal charged in.  Miller lands a big left high kick but Kamal throws back instantly.  Kamal seemed to slow down after catching that kick with his face.  The aggression by Miller ending his combination with a left bodykick and drops down with a guillotine but quickly slips off and Kamal ends up on top.  The referee stands them up fairly quickly with some pause in the action on the ground.  They stand and trade again Kamal landing a nice right hook, but Miller answers with a left after Kamal attempts a leg kick.  At the end of the round catches Kamal with another nice left high kick.

2^nd Round They come out throwing leather again, nothing significant landing.  They continue trading, and Kamal lands a nice leg kick.  Miller is beign more aggressive coming forward and countering Kamal with a uppercut.  As they clinch Miller tries to jump into a triangle but Kamal shrugs it off.  They  continue to stand with a good amount of striking activitiy but Miller goes for the takedown and quickly gets to Kamal’s back.  They hand fight and Kamal is defending the RNR choke till the end of the round.

3^rd Round they come out and trade but Kamal shots are wide and Miller isn’t in danger of getting caught and catches Kamal with a straight left twice.  Miller’s counters are near misses.  Miller catches Kamal with a big uppercut he was looking for since the 2^nd round and follows it up with a knee hurting Kamal and ends the fight with ground n pound.

Jim Miller by KO in 3^rd round

Nate Marquardt vs Dan Miller

1^st Round Both trying to find their distance with a right hand lead the clinch scramble and Nate ends up ontop looking for a choke.  Both scramble and Miller tries to take Nate down and after some good takedown defense by Nate he is unable to stay standing and falls into the fence.  After a scrambling and Miller goes for a guillotine Nate gets his own takedown but has to fight hard to get out of the guillotine.  Nate picking his spots and landing some good elbows in Dan’s guard.  Dan tries to shoot his legs up but finds nothing.  Some time of inactivity and refree stands them back up.  Nate keeps his jab effective not commiting with it then feints his jab to and a very clean straight right.  Falling into a clinch after the right hand he gets a big takedown picking Dan Miller up.  Dan Miller giving up the kimura gets hit with some ground and pound to end the round.

2^nd Round Nate comes out with a low kick and still does a good job of keeping his distance measuring Dan with his lead hand and comes with a nice combination landing on miller.  Then catching Miller with a nice lead high kick.  Dan lands a good 1-2 on Marquardt.  Using feints and footwork Nate gets in and out of range without Dan able to do much.  After a miss by Dan, Nate pushes forward landing a nice combination 2 straight rights and a left high kick then a flying knee but gets taken down.  They scramble against the fence and Nate is able to get into a neutral position clinch standing.  They separate and they trade as Nate comes forward both landing right hands.  Marquardt lands his right hand leads throughout this round and gets a takedown but is caught in Miller’s guillotine but is able to get out.  Marquardt ends the round on top with some ground n pound.

3^rd Round Marquardt sets up another right hand with his jab but is countered with a uppercut for his troubles.  But Marquardt quickly comes back with a left high kick which again lands for him.  Again Marquardt lands a right hand and tries again and Miller tries to counter with his own right hand.  Continously Marquardt tries to set up his right hand with feints and jabs with footwork.  Marquardt landing multiple right hands again and Miller’s face is split open because of this and forces Miller to go for a takedown which is stuffed by Nate.  Marquardt is able to stay ontop and work some ground n pound. 

Nate Marquardt by Unanimous decision judges (30-27)(30-27)(30-27)