So I'm a bit late in getting this up, but late is better than never. It became a lengthy, yet awesome night.

A few corrections from my last post. I erroneously used Sherdog.com as my source for the records of the fighters and would now like to correct that. Lucas Lopes' record was not 8-8 before last night but was 27-8. How Sherdog missed those other 19 fights, I'm not sure. Also, he did not fight CJ Fernandes, but rather fought Whisper Goodman. So I've learned my lesson that in regards to the next Patriot Act card (which is around June 20th), I will not use Sherdog as a source. (And one more thing on Sherdog is that "Eduardo Silva" is really Eduardo Cunha, there was a mix up in communicating the proper name.)

The rest of the info after the jump will be from the events program (unless stated as IMO).

Pic via www.purefight.org

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Today is the day for the Patriot Act 2 by Headhunters Productions. The event will be occuring at the Holiday Inn Express in Columbia, MO. Headlining the event is Jeff "Snowman" Monson versus Pat Smith and Ben "Funky" Askren versus Mitchell Harris.

This will be Askren's second professional MMA match. He won his first fight against David Flowers  by TKO in the first round back in February. Harris is coming in with a record of 1-3 with his most recent fight resulting in a win by decision. His losses are 1 by submission and 2 by TKO. If I were to bet on this fight, I'd have to pick Askren.

Also fighting tonight is ATTs Lucas Lopes against CJ Fernandes. Lopes (8-8) has a strong background in Muay Thai and a brown belt in Brazilian Jiujitsu, I am excited to see him fight tonight. Fernandes has more experience with a record of 14-8-3, but I'm still going to go for Lopes to pull out the W.

Purefight.org will provide live coverage of the event here.

It appears as Monson's fight has been canceled according to the event update on Sherdog. When I find out why I'll let you all know.

Pic via www.yorkblog.com

In watching the interview where Carano talks about Strikeforce and Cyborg, I couldn't help but notice that she seemed a bit burned out in regards to MMA. There's several things from this interview that have me concerned.

First off, she was most excited at the beginning of the interview talking about hanging out with the Make-A-Wish kids, which is a great thing. But when asked where has she been, she talks about traveling, "detoxing", and training "here and there".

What I'm most concerned about is how's she handling her training regime if she's wanting her next fight to be against Cristina "Cyborg" Santos. Cyborg is no joke of a competitor, and this fight is getting a lot of tension built up under it in anticipation for it to happen. It's becoming quite "surreal". Hopefully it's not as mythic as the Fedor-Coutue fight. But, a Carano walking in 4.5 lbs overweight again just would not fly.

pic via www.cagepotato.com

More after the jump.

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