411's UFC: Wired Report 4.26.08
Posted by JB Lederman on 04.27.2008
A famous rematch: Silva vs. Franklin II! Keith Jardine vs. Houston Alexander in which one of them is KTFO! All this and more inside!
UFC Wired, aired 4/26/08
Recap by JB Lederman
JBLederman@optonline.net
Welcome to this edition of UFC: Wired Recap, wherein I review, repeat, and reiterate a recap show.
Joe Rogan welcomes us to the show. On tap tonight are three exciting fights: Mirko Filipovic vs. Cheick Kongo, Keith Jardine vs. Houston Alexander, and Rich Franklin vs. Anderson Silva in a rematch for the Middleweight title.
First fight (265 lbs limit): Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (22-5-2 MMA record) vs. Cheick Kongo (20-3-1).
Notes: Both men look to be in great shape. This fight takes place in London; Kongo gets a decidedly mixed reaction as Cro Cop is cheered wildly.
Round One: Cro cop with a jab as he presses the action. Inside leg kick by Kongo, followed by another. Kongo with a knee to the body. Leg kick by Cro Cop. Body kick by Cro Cop. High kick by Kongo and he slips! Cro Cop tries to capitalize. Both fighters are clinched against the fence. Knees to the thigh by Kongo. High kick by Kongo misses. Body kick by Kongo. Body kick by Kongo caught by Mirko he takes him down and has half mount! Throwing body shots and pulling him to the fence. Mirko working for full mount. Full mount for Mirko! He's still throwing body shots. Two hard lefts by Mirko. Another two hard punches. Kongo pops out and ends up on top but the bell ring! Wow, surprising show so far by Cro Cop.
Round Two: Kongo with a body kick. Both looking for distance. Three more body kicks by Kongo. Another solid body kick by Kongo. Body kick by Mirko. Both fighters clinch. Knee by Kongo, then Cheik with the takedown! He's now in side control. Kongo working body shots. Working for position. Mirko works his way into half guard. Big elbow by Kongo. Butterfly guard by Mirko. Kongo with a right. HUGE Axe kick to the body by Kongo. Now Kongo in full guard. Kongo working some more body shots although nothing too damaging. Mirko kicks out and is back to the feet. Kongo accidentally knees the groin. Kongo with two knees to the ribs now. Kongo clinches and lands two vicious knees to the body! Kongo has Cro Cop on the defensive now in this fight.
Round Three: Cro cop misses a high kick. Two stiff inside leg kicks followed by a great left hook by Kongo! Clinch, but the fight is stopped for knees to the groin by Kongo. He gets a warning from Big John. Body kick by Kongo followed by another. Great body kick by Kongo followed by a HUGE right and ANOTHER hard body kick. And another body kick! Mirko winces on that last one as they are starting to take their toll. They clinch and Kongo now knees the thighs. Body kick by Cro Cop. Stiff right by Kongo. He's now stalking Cro Cop. Both fighters are clinched against the fence. Both working knees. Big John separates and restarts. Kongo with another great body kick! Cro Cop with a good body kick. Kongo with two knees to the head. Clinch up against the cage. More knees to the thigh by Kongo. Mirko has a huge mouse under his left eye! Round ends.
Winner: Kongo, unanimous DEC.
When Cro Cop was still a great fighter:
Second fight (205 lbs): Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine (12-3-1) vs. Houston "The Assassin" Alexander (6-1).
Notes: The Dean of Mean? Seriously? Anyway, Jardine says before the fight that he is "pissed off" because he has to fight Alexander because he should be fighting a contender instead. Therefore, I am rooting for Alexander.
Round One: Jardine holding his arms up in a strange fashion and moving about like a monkey. He does not seem to be taking this too seriously. Jardine with a good right. He stuns Alexander! Huge left hook by Jardine! Clinch and Alexander MUSCLES Jardine against the fence. Houston with a huge right hand! He DROPS Jardine with an uppercut! He's dropping bombs!! Jardine hurt!!! He's out cold! It's over! VICIOUS knockout! Alexander screams something at Jardine's unconscious body before Mazzagati shoos him away.
Winner: Houston Alexander, KO, :48 of round one.
Post fight interview with Alexander wherein he ‘splains some stuff:
Third fight (185 lbs and for the Middleweight Championship): Rich "ace" Franklin (24-2) vs. Anderson "Spider" Silva (19-4).
Notes: This is one of my favorite fights of all time. It takes place in Franklin's backyard in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a rematch of a fight wherein Franklin was utterly destroyed by Silva.
Round One: Franklin with a decent jab early. Leg kick from Franklin. First clinch and Franklin is desperately trying to get out of it! Silva presses him against the cage. Franklin takes Silva down from the clinch. Franklin standing looking to pass the legs of Silva. Silva stands up with Franklin still holding onto a leg. Silva breaks free and they are against the cage in an over-under clinch. "Let's go Franklin!" chant ROARING from the crowd. Silva with some knees to the body. Good right hand lands from Franklin. Body kick from Silva. Franklin lands a left hand. Franklin keeps looking up at the clock up high in the arena. Another "let's go Franklin" chant starts up. One minute remaining. Franklin cut above one of his eyes. Silva with some good knees to the body. Franklin with a body kick. Great left hand from Franklin lands. Spinning back fist from Silva misses. Flying knee partially lands from Silva. Overhand right and a big head kick' partially blocked, lands from Silva. Silva drops Franklin at the bell with a big right hand! He's wobbly as he goes to his corner!
Round Two: Franklin has a glazed look in his eyes as the second round begins. Leg kick from Franklin. Leg kick from Silva answered by a weak punch from Franklin. Silva hurts Franklin with punches and is turning it on with huge knees! One solid knee drops Franklin and the fight is over!
Amazing performance by Silva. He has once again proven his utter domination of a great champion.
Winner: Silva, TKO at 1:07 of the round two.
All the training that was for naught:
That's all for this week. Remember, it's been proven that watching MMA makes you ten to twelve percent tougher than the average person.
