UFC 104:
(5:48PM PST) An exciting under-card is well underway. While I have been here observing and enjoying the action since the onset, my troubles getting the wireless Internet to work has kept me offline until now. Thanks to my man Justin in NJ for solving it from across the continent.
(5:56PM PST) 4 bouts are in the books and the Sonnen vs. Okami fight was great. And while I will ONLY post results when I know that everyone else in creation has as well. That said, Chael Sonnen apparently was not under the impression that Yushin Okami was allowed to fight back because he barely let him do any of it. One-sided win, unanimous decision.
(6:05PM PST) Pat Barry vs Antoni Hardonk is on! As expected we're seeing more stand up than an evening at The Comedy Store in Hollywood. An accidental eye poke by Hardonk. Barry recovered quick from it.
(6:08PM PST) It now seems Pat Barry is being bothered by the eye that was poked, but only temporarily as he know assumes dominant position on the ground. Nice hustling. Moments after both men are back standing up and Hardonk is getting pelted with shots. A bloody nose on Hardonk, a swollen poked eye on Barry as the action presses on.
(6:13PM PST) Obviously its OBVIOUS HOUR here at Staples Center, as one fan yells "Hey Rogan is here!" Ok who else is shocked by this...? Anyone? Anyone? Right.
(6:15PM PST) As seen on Spike TV now, Pat Barry threw a series of hard right hands and put Antoni Hardonk away like a winter coat in summer. Yes, I used to live where there were seasons.
(6:33PM PST) Ryan "Darth" Bader and Eric "Red " Schafer are underway! And my congratualtions to Bader for being the one and only man in history to make a Star Wars reference cool and very un-nerdy. And yes, even if it had a hint of nerd to it, would YOU tell him? I think not...
(6:36PM PST) Schafer is a a tough dude. He is being, what the culinary arts call, "tenderized" by Bader and yet carries on, almost securing an arm bar just now. Is the force strong with this one Bader?? (see when I do it, nerdy)
(6:43PM PST) Bader winging right hands like a sugar deprived kid in front of a full pinata! Wow.
(6:47PM PST) Bader lands a loooooooooooping right hand and possibly erased a childhood memory from Schafer as it connected. Eric however STILL held on and was able to continue...well until a momentary stoppage for the evaluation of a cut, compliments of the Dark Sith Bader. Action now resumes...
(6:50PM PST) Bader vs Schafer is sincerely quality matchmaking. No quit in either guy and both of them did MMA proud. Again, as seen on Spike TV, Bader by clean sweep! Kudos to Schafer for putting it in the judges hands. That's one tough dude.
(7:00PM PST) Like clockwork, this fine-tuned machine that is the UFC is starting the PPV portion of the event. To say it's loud in here is to say the Sahara Desert is dry. Can't imagine anyone here being low on energy now...you can feel the hype!
(7:10PM PST) Yoshiyuki Yoshida vs. Anthony "Rumble" Johnson. Anthony, as most know, dropped weight too last minute and came in over the weight limit by 6 lbs. He looked glazed over in the eyes at the weigh ins too, so one can only hope we see the same wrecking machine with good cardio, should Yoshida take him into the late portion of the fight.
(7:16PM PST) Anthony "Rumble" Johnson KO's Yoshida in what looked like a replay of a Roy Jones Jr. boxing clinic. Clean, crisp shots that land with laser-like precision. At 41 seconds of round 1, Rumble beats his opponent and the clock with impressive style.
(7:25PM PST) Spencer Fisher vs Joe "Daddy" Stevenson is about to begin. Fisher is in the cage...Stevenson coming next. I don't know if this is a bad blood fight, but let's just say they won't be exchanging facebook pokes when its done. This is yet another testament to the matchmaking of this event. I'd be hard-pressed trying to find anyone who knows MMA here, who isn't expecting this fight to be intense.
(7:33PM PST)
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