Everything Great is *Nixbased

I didn’t report on UFC 75 on Sept. 8^th because it sucked to the point I didn’t feel motivated to write but I’m here to report on UFC 76 now. Also The Ultimate Fighter is back and UFC Fight Night was decent but more to come on TUF in the coming weeks, the 1^st episode never is that interesting.

When I 1^st thought about the fight card for UFC 76, there was one fight maybe 2 I thought were worth watching, I wrote the rest of the card off as typical UFC hype. Last night however as I watched the event I had a rather abrupt reminder that such thinking was an error in judgment. The entire event was one of the best I have seen from the UFC. I have never been so happy when so many fights have gone to the judges. I was happy because of the excellent skill level shown and my desire to see more.

The 1^st 3 televised fights were extremely technical battles; the third between Jon Fitch and. Diego Sanchez was amazing. At one point late in the round Diego sunk in a DEEP triangle choke but Fitch escaped it. For those of you whom have never heard of Jon Fitch, this fight will amaze you. Then there was the fight I was looking forward to, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Vs. Forrest Griffin. Shogun showed he had acclimated to the cage by opening up a new cut above Griffin’s eye with an elbow but Griffin dominated him and ended up choking his ass out with a RNC. I should have bet on this fight, I would have won big.

Now the last fight was Chuck Liddell vs. Keith Jardine, damn did The Dean of Mean ever land some deadly leg and body kicks. Chuck was outclassed. This one really surprised me I mean it’s the Iceman after all, how could he lose two in a row like that at this stage in the game. To give chuck credit he did land some good punches but it just looked like Jardine had him a little frustrated with his movement and style. It went to a decision but it was obvious who was taking that W with them to the after party.