The ADD Recap: UFC 93, Dan Henderson Defeats Rich Franklin
In a night co-headlined by MMA legends, Dan Henderson and Mauricio "Shogun" Rua both came out victorious in hard fought battles.
Random Thoughts
Franklin/Henderson played out exactly as expected. Franklin got the better of the striking; Henderson got him to the ground and held him there. Henderson was visibly tired in that last round though, and with more time, Franklin might have been able to pull out a W.
I can't remember a time when I saw a fighter look worse in a knockout win than Shogun did. He looked like he was 44 right along with Coleman. I mean, Coleman was "The Walking Dead" after the first couple minutes of round one, yet Shogun couldn't get rid of him.
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I kept waiting for someone to distract the ref and throw a chair over cage side so he could hit him in the head with it and pin him.
I'm trying to think of the guys at 205 that Shogun can beat coming off this performance, but I'm not really coming up with anybody. He looked about as slow as anything I've ever seen in the Octagon, and it was Mark Coleman he was fighting.
Jeremy Horn has never been an impressive fighter to watch, but boy is he tough. Even though he got shut out tonight, his toughness earned a fan for life in me. Too bad I probably won't get to see him on TV ever again.
Denis Kang is just the latest victim to the Octagon jitters. Came out guns a blazing and looked terrific. Great striking, great wrestling, great jiu-jitsu. Only problem was, someone forgot to fill his gas tank all the way up for this fight.
He was so tired it looked like he tapped BEFORE he got choked out with that guillotine. I'm gonna chalk that one up to nerves.
Marcus Davis showed us tonight exactly what your striking coach is talking about when he says mix up your combinations. He led with body kicks, jabs, looping overhand lefts, and displayed great movement and combination punching.
He never let Lytle know what was coming, and kept him off balance for much of the fight. That was about as good as I've seen from MMA in the striking department.
Fantasy Results
For the first time I cracked the top 100 in the UFC Fantasy picks. I have usually hovered around the low 100's, guess I'm getting a little better at this. See my results below.
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UFC® 93 FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON
Jan-17-2009
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| Point Score: | 154 |
| Your Ranking: | 92 out of 20289 |
| YOUR FIGHT CARD RESULTS: |  = Correct Answer,  = Incorrect Answer,  = Bonus Points Awarded |
| Rich Franklin Vs Dan Henderson | Dan Henderson | Majority Decision | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| Mark Coleman Vs Mauricio Rua | Mauricio Rua | Submission (Choke) | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Alan Belcher Vs Denis Kang | Denis Kang | Technical Knock Out | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeremy Horn Vs Rousimar Palhares | Rousimar Palhares | Submission (Choke) | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Marcus Davis Vs Chris Lytle | Marcus Davis | Technical Knock Out | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Martin Kampmann Vs Alexandre Barros | Martin Kampmann | Unanimous Decision | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| Eric Schafer Vs Antonio Mendes | Eric Schafer | Submission (Choke) | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Tomasz Drwal Vs Ivan Serati | Tomasz Drwal | Technical Knock Out | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Tom Egan Vs John Hathaway | John Hathaway | Technical Knock Out | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| Dennis Siver Vs Nate Mohr | Dennis Siver | Submission (Choke) | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| POINT SCORE: | 154 | ||||
OFFICIAL EVENT RESULTS:
Final Results
- Dan Henderson def. Rich Franklin via split decision
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua def. Mark Coleman via TKO (strikes) -- Round 3
- Rousimar Palhares def. Jeremy Horn via unanimous decision
- Alan Belcher def. Denis Kang via submission (guillotine choke) -- Round 2
- Marcus Davis def. Chris Lytle via split decision
- John Hathway def. Tom Egan via TKO (strikes) -- Round 1
- Martin Kampmann def. Alexandre Barros via TKO (strikes) -- Round 2
- Eric Schafer def. Antonio Mendes via TKO (punches) -- Round 1
- Thomasz Drwal def. Ivan Serati via TKO (punches) -- Round 1
- Dennis Siver def. Nate Mohr via TKO (strikes) -- Round 3
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