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Alright, I know. This is a verrryyyy old topic, but honestly it needs to be talked about because it shows that someone who work's so hard for a fight of epic status and delivers can get robbed by a bad decision so easily. My motto on fighting has always been "If you didn't like the result, you should have finished the fight." But seeing how Matt Serra didn't finish Matt Hughes at UFC 98, I do feel sympathy for him because after watching the fight again, I do think he deserved the split decision win. In round 1, he clearly won with dropping Hughes and landing some huge shots while Hughes did virtually nothing. In round 2, Matt Hughes clearly won with the takedown and control. That was an easy round to call. But round 3 is what gets me every single time. Serra and Hughes both got a hit or two in until Hughes got the takedown. But while on his back, Serra did way more with the submission attempts next to Hughes just laying on top giving kidney punches. Then when they stand back up, Serra gets the most unexpected takedown ever and lands more huge shots on Hughes. One or two at the most. But still, with all that being said and done, does Serra not deserve the win for all he did in contrast to what Hughes did? This to me was flawed judging, but it all goes back to my motto so I can't exactly say Serra had the thing locked. Either way, I would love to see a rematch if they ever put it on and I know the results would be diffrent for sure. Or not.

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Let me start off by saying that I love this game alot. I pre-ordered it, ripped it out of plastic packaging as soon as I got it, and played for three days straight. But while I was playing, I noticed something that really just took me out of the whole experience: Fighter styles! By that, I mean when I picked Keith Jardine and went against Rashad Evans, I expected to see that familiar "herky-jerky" style that Keith fights with and try to hit a Rashad Evans that is dancing around the ring and bobbing and weaving like crazy. But that's not it. All I was really doing was acting and moving the same that Lyoto Machida or any other kickboxer in the game moves (and could Lyoto not have had his own Karate style?). Now I know this is just the groundwork for future sequels that will get better in time, become more realistic, and have a better budget (assuming THQ got themselves out of debt), and not be a game that didn't get to be as great as it could if the designers weren't in such financial troubles. But like I said, it just kind of killed the matches for me a little bit when I was Rampage Jackson and couldn't knock out Houston Alexander after 8 clean uppercuts or when I was Anderson Silva and couldn't submit Drew McFedries by the second time, even though his stats are terrible compared to Anderson's (or maybe I just realllly suck at the game). Like I said, I understand the companies issues and I'm sure the future games are gonna be amazing, I just really wish I could play the fighters and have their styles portray them instead of fighting repetitive matches that look the same (but I do give them credit on the speed, cause Mike Swick and Anthony Johnson are beastly!). Oh and just to give you guys a good laugh, I just knocked out Thiago Alves with GSP in 22 seconds on Expert!

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Today is the day of the biggest card of the year, and I am PUMPED! As much as I wish I could have been in Vegas to watch, I'm 16 and stuck watching it at home. But oh well. I've been watching the preview alll day long on the PPV channel, and I noticed something very interesting. There are three main event's on this card and all three have the same scenario involved: Power vs. Technique. Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping involves the power punching ability of Henderson knocking out the technique-driven skill of Bisping and the technique-driven skill of Bisping outpointing the power-punching ability of Henderson. Same with Georges St. Pierre vs. Thiago Alves. Georges is looking to out-point and out-skill Thiago, whereas Thiago is looking to land a huge bomb on St. Pierre's face. And, of course, Lesnar has already stated the obvious that he is looking to use every ounce of muscle in his boulder-size arms to plant Mir on the ground, while Mir is looking to rip any part of those boulder limbs off with his technique. So in reality, we are looking at three guys who are looking for that puncher's chance (not saying they don't have more than that, but it's basically the intention of Lesnar, Alves, and Henderson to land one punch) and three guys who want to show that skill beats brute force (in the case of Mir, St. Pierre, and Bisping). So who do you chose? The one's that can end the fight at any moment with one shot or the ones who might have to work a bit, but will eventually pull something out? Tonight...shall...be...epic.

According to MMAMania (image via the UFC newsletter), Nate Diaz and Melvin Guillard will serve as the main event for Ultimate Fight Night 19. With Nate just coming off a decision loss to Joe "Daddy" Stevenson and Melvin Guillard defeating Gleison Tibau by split decision, a win for Nate is crucial as he just lost his last two fights.

Along with this fight, the co-main event will be Gray Maynard vs. Roger Huerta. Gray Maynard was last seen destroying Jim Miller at UFC 96 via unanimous decision, where as Huerta recieved a decision loss courtesy of Kenny Florian.

These are the only two bouts that I have heard to be confirmed so far, along with Nate Quarry vs. Tim Creduer. That is garunteed to be another exciting fight on an already awesome card so far and especially for free, who could complain? I'm probably not the first to report this, but just wanted to make a post of it just in case. And also, Melvin better make sure his boxing is sharp and submission defense is amazing by the time fight night rolls around, or it could end quickly. But I never count him out. Can't wait BloodyElbow-er's!

Rumored card so far:
- Nate Diaz vs. Melvin Guillard
- Roger Huerta vs. Gray Maynard
- Tim Credeur vs. Nate Quarry  
- Dan Miller vs. Aaron Simpson
- Ronnys Torres vs. Jeremy Stephens
- Mike Pyle vs. Chris Wilson
- Ryan Jensen vs. Steve Stienbreiss  
- Sam Stout vs. Kyle Bradley

I'll be the first to admit it: I HATE Bisping's personality. He think's way too highly of himself because he's basically the only UK fighter who made a name for himself and got finally hit the big time. But in a strange way, that means he's basically the Middleweight version of Frank Mir. Mir think's he's incredible because he's the only one in the big boy weight class that's in his prime and can tear your limbs off with submission's left and right. Now he's headlining the biggest UFC card in history. But that's where those two fights that I named in my headline are similar.

Nobody thought Mir could beat Nogueria because Nogueria had never been finished before, but once the fight started, you realized what you were seeing: A Frank Mir that took this fight verrrryyyy seriously and that is still in his prime against a Nogueria that may not be past his prime, but is not exactly the stud he used to be when he ruled Pride.

Now we have a Micheal Bisping who is also taking this fight verrryyyyy seriously and is still in his prime against a Dan Henderson who has never been finished by TKO/KO (just like Nogueria) and isn't showing the skill's that made him such a HUGE threat in Pride. Not saying that no one think's Bisping doesn't have a chance, he's just a bit of an underdog.

 And with all that said, Frank Mir finished Antonio Minotauro Nogueria (injured or not, it still might have been an excuse) quickly because he stepped up to the plate and realized what was at stake, and now I think Micheal Bisping will step up to and finish Dan Henderson for the first time in history by TKO in the first or second round. Call me crazy, but I just expect the worst for Hendo even if Dan is one of the coolest dude's ever. Oh, and I still don't like him. Anderson's gonna manhandle him terribly.

[Let's watch the name-calling, please. Thanks.]

Part 1 of the special starts tonight at 8 p.m. CT and as usual they are running a marathon of UFC Unleashed before the premiere. To be honest, I have the feeling most of the hardcore fans will be disappointed by some of the choices they have to chosen for the list, but I could be wrong as usual. I'm just hoping to get a good laugh if the Junie vs. Kaplan fight goes anywhere past the 98 marker. And even THAT is too far. Honestly! Who chose that as one of the greatest fights ever? But anyways, tune in and enjoy fellow BloodyElbow-ers!