i'm laughing at how many people bashed on this card, and now are loving it...told ya so aye?
i can't even believe what i saw in the diaz/oishi fight...wow.
serra-parysian was fight of the night for me....i thought serra had karo in the 1st round and was gonna go the distance to win, but he got gassed out quickly it seemed.
buentello and jordan was a good way to start the show i guess...was really hoping jordan would win since i don't like buentello too much. i think this shows that buentello is just as much not deserving of a title fight as eilers wasn't....he couldn't dominate jordan,and didn't.
shonie-quarry was fun, as soon as shonie appeared i was anxious to see him lose,and i got my wish. i love wrestling,but this wasn't wrestlemania, this was UFC.... his character is so fucking stupid. and hes obviously not the same shonie he used to be. I do think he'll be back though for character alone.
mahood and griffin was nothing special, just a onesided victory for griffin furthering his popularity. i thought mahood was gonna throw a better fight up because i heard some good things about him.
loiseau-mccarthy was a very exciting and solid fight...gotta love loiseau,and mccarthy impressed me even though he lost, i feel he has potential to grow and do some solid things in UFC if they give him another shot. Behind Serra-Parysian it was the 2nd best and most exciting fight.
tanner-franklin was fun and solid, glad franklin won...even though it was doctors stoppage, he still deserved it, he would've gotten the decision anyway.
arlovski-eilers was boring...eilers was circling and avoiding too much. sucks his knee went out though, as the fans should have atleast gotten to see somebody get KTFO. I've always enjoyed Arlovski, but this time I was wanting Eilers to pull the upset as i'm a fan of underdogs.
For the announced UFC 54 matches, Horn-Liddell II should be a very exciting fight and its already VERY unpredictable. Liddell is just Liddell, and Horn is great too,and could very easily pull off a win,but its questionable to many and a bit myself, that hes the same Horn he was...out of the 100+ fights, if you look at his RECENT record against SOLID fights, not cans who were debuting against Horn, or 5-19, he has lost to all names (babalu,anderson silva etc.,) And I think Liddell would take both of them so its very unknown what we're gonna see...but I think its definetly gonna be different from most Liddell fights in that it goes to 2 rounds.
Van Arsdale vs. Couture is okay I guess, I'm not sure if Van Arsdale is gonna be able to handle Couture,but this also will show if Couture still has got it and if his loss to Liddel was just a one timer for now. He needs to beat atleast 2-3 more people to garner another shot. I'd also like to see Horn-Couture, and Babalu-Couture....by beating them hes got another shot,if he can take 'em. Babalu is next in line for the belt to me though.
Good to see overall their improving the LHW division, I was worried for a while that it was turning into the HW division. Hopefully they do this same thing with the HW's.