K-Lovely's Blog: UFC 101

Hello once again!! Another fight has come and gone and it’s that time again to lay out what I thought about the fights.

Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellagrino-----I was happy to see Neer and it seemed to me that I was not the only one. The first round was pretty good. Pellagrino kept Neer on his back and was able to escape 2 armbar attempts. The guy in Pelagrino’s corner was quite entertaining!! I wish they would have shown his face because he was going off. The 2nd round started off with some good exchange between the 2 and the ground work was just as good. Pellagrino was having a hard time for while trying to pass Neer’s guard, but he landed some nice face shots. At this point you knew that Neer either had to knock him out or submit him to get a victory. In the last round Pellagrino got Neer down again and unfortunately Neer could not get in any submissions. The little spat they had toward the end of the round was a little silly. Neer was obviously talking trash and Pellagrino gave him a little bitch slap. Better luck next time Neer.

Kendall Grove vs Ricardo Alemeida------Now as much as I LOVE Kendall, I did pick Alemeida to win this one. Sorry Kendall, but hey, you’re still super delicious and yes you were looking mighty fine!!! Tito looked so cute cheering for his boy Kendall. In the 1st round Almeida had a hard time getting Kendall down, but he did land some shots. When he did get him down Kendall did a good job of getting back up but then Almeida got a nice slam in. In the 2nd round Almeida got a quick takedown. Through all the shuffle Kendall had an armbar in that I hoped was going to end the fight but Almeida escaped. After that Almeida kept Kendall down and did a lot of ground and pound. The 3rd round was pretty much the same and Almeida got the win. I am sad that Kendall lost but I never get tired of watching him fight.

Amir Sadollah vs Johnny Hendricks----I know that I watched Amir for a whole season of Ultimate Fighter, but I still felt that I did not know either fighter well enough to make an easy pick. In this rare circumstance I had to go with my woMMAn instincts to determine a winner. Basically I chose the hottest 1 of the 2 and, of course that was Amir. Amir came out looking good with his kicks in the beginning of the round and I was starting to feel a little bit better about my choice. Then next thing I know Hendricks rocks Amir & he goes down. As Amir is trying to get to his feet Hendricks is just landing shots and then the ref stops the fight. BOOOOO ON YOOUU REF!!!! I agree with most of the people there and think the fight was stopped prematurely.

Shane Nelson vs Aaron Riley----This is another match where my pick went against the fighter I liked. Shane Nelson is so damn cute but Riley had revenge on the brain so I picked him for this one. Then I saw Joe Stevenson in his corner and that made it a wrap. Hey Joe…love you, you’re the man!!! In the 1st round Riley was not messing around. He kept the pressure up and landed good shots and kicks. He was determined to make it past that first round dammit!! I think the 2nd & 3rd round was all the same stuff. Riley had control of the fight and Nelson just barely survived each round. The crowd was more into a fight in the audience then the one in the octagon in the 3rd round. Poor Shane, you could see in his face how tired & disappointed he was. Riley avenged his loss and I am sure that makes him happy.

Forrest Griffin vs Anderson Silva----Maybe I should have listened, but I had picked Forrest to win this one. I was thrown a little bit too see Junior Seau in his corner!!! How’d that happen??? Now don’t get me wrong, I like Silva! I mean this guy is gangster, how can you not. I just did not think it was that impossible for Forrest to win but it took a little over 3 minutes to prove me wrong. I couldn’t wait for the match to begin, but I was glad when it was over. I couldn’t handle any more punishment to Forrest! What amazed me was Silva had his hands down and then threw a jab at it was over. I saw Forrest land some shots but they didn’t do a damn thing. I didn’t know what to think when he high tailed it out of there, but he was humiliated in front of a lot of people. Keep your head up Forrest!!! Take in all the lessons learned from this fight and use it to motivate and improve your skills.

Kenny Florian vs BJ Penn--- As I said before I am not a Florian fan so there was no question that BJ was going to win. Kill the master…..come on Kenny….really??? Yes, I know he has not lost in a while, and yes I know he finishes fights blah blah blah. There is just something that keeps me from being impressed by this guy & then hearing his voice over & over saying he wanted BJ’s belt killed any hope. In the 1st round Kenny got a taste of some BJ punch and he didn’t take to well. BJ kept up the pressure, and Kenny tried to get a takedown. To his credit Kenny did get in some good leg kicks and landed some shots. Kenny got tagged by BJ and got a little wobbly there in the last 12 seconds, but he held on. The 2nd and 3rd round was more of the same. Kenny continued to go for takedowns to wear out BJ, and BJ landed some nice upper cuts. There was a bit more action to start the 4th round. Kenny threw some knees, and of course BJ was swinging. BJ took Kenny down and started landing shots and then BJ slithered in the choke. Good try Kenny, you do have heart and I’m sure you’ll get a chance to shine.

Look out for our blog about the Strikeforce event. I can’t handle the fact that Nick is not fighting, and the only thing they could come up with was Jesse Taylor!!! He is a joke to me, but at least I have Babalu to drool over!!!

K-Lovely