UFC 124: St Pierre vs Koscheck II

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

December 11 in Montreal

Prelims:
Pat Audinwood (9-1-1) vs John Makdessi (7-0)
TJ Grant (16-4) vs Ricardo Alemeida (12-4)
Joe Doerksen (46-13) vs Dan Miller (12-4 [1])
Matt Riddle (5-1) vs Sean Pierson (10-4)
Jesse Bongfeldt (21-7) vs Rafael Natal (12-3)
Mark Bocek (9-3) vs Dustin Hazelett (12-6)

Main:
Thiago Alves (17-7) vs John Howard (12-5)
Joe Stevenson (31-11) vs Mac Danzig (19-8-1)
Jim Miller (18-2) vs Charles Oliveira (14-0)
Stefan Struve (20-4) vs Sean McCorkle (10-0)
Georges St Pierre (20-2) vs Josh Koscheck (15-4) for the UFC Welterweight Title

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Prelim Predictions:
Makdessi 1st Rnd TKO
Almeida decision. This seems to just be out of Grants element
Miller 2nd Rnd Sub
Riddle Decision
Natal 3rd Rnd Sub
Bocek decision. Bocek might be the best kept secret in the Lightweight division

Main:
Alves 2nd Rnd KO. Both guys want to stand and bang but I think Alves brings more to the table
Stevenson 2nd rnd sub. Joe Daddy is just better than Mac, IMO
Oliveira Decision. This is a HUGE leap in competition for Oliveira, I'm picking more heart than head
Struve 2nd Rnd TKO. I cant get myself excited for this fight for some reason
GSP Decision. 5 rounds of takedowns and position control.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

bump

[ManitouDan]

might try to visit Applebee's for this one. Not worth the 45 bucks on paper at least. Hope GSP destroy's Kos , I'm no big GSP fan.

[The Enforcer]

I honestly think only chance Kos has in this fight is IF He gets the same judges who did the Garcia vs Phan fight the other nite.!!

[ManitouDan]

I bet Kos try's the old Lay N Pray in this one.

[The_Legend_of_Northwest]

Prelim Results:
Makdessi Unanimous Decision
Almeida Unanimous Decision
Pierson Unanimous Decision (Good Fight, Rogan going insane over Riddle pawing jabs was annoying)
Bongfeldt and Natal fought to a majority draw
Bocek 1st Rnd Triangle
Miller Split Decision

Main Results:
Alves Unanimous Decision
Danzig 1st Rnd KO. Good to see Mac get a much needed victory
Miller 1st Rnd Kneebar. Oliveira was in over his head
Struve 1st Rnd TKO
GSP Unanimous Decision

Sub of the Night: Bocek and Miller
KO of the Night: Danzig (Obvious)
Fight of the Night: GSP/Koscheck. Seriously?

[ACCBiggz]

FotN was voted on by fans. Dana White then fired them after the show, saying he's not doing that and I think it may have been Riddle and Pierson.

[ManitouDan]

GSP -- KOS was a bore fest. Kos takes a hard jab or possibly a thumb or poke to the right eye early in the 1st round, it swells so badly he can't see, the next 4.5 rounds were GSP jabbing him to death . I was totally underwhelmed by GSP perfomance. Kos has one eye and GSP never ever threatened to end the fight, never hurt him , never had him in trouble.

Kos looked like he had zero gameplan from the very beginning. I thought he looked visibly nervous before the fight. had a goofy looking grin on his face instead of serious intensity. I think he knew he was toast and just wanted the large check. GSP should have stopped this fight in the 3 or 4th round.