UFC 116 - FLAWLESS VICTORY

SWEEP

Chris Lytle(-200) vs Mike Brown: +2.5 units
Chris Leben(+165) vs Yoshihiro Akiyama: +.825 units
Kendall Grove(+135) vs Goran Reljic: +.675 units
Brock Lesnar(-155) vs Shane Carwin: +1 unit

Total: 4-0 on bets, +5 units

Matt Brown put the fear in me with that solid d'arce attempt. Gave me the willies. Ultimately Lytle won by submission as I predicted.

The leben fight went exactly as I predicted: Sexyama would look good in the first round, but would tire quickly with Leben's toughness, physicality, and hard shots. The only thing I didn't call was him winning by sub, which is impressive against a fighter of Akiyama's caliber.

I got lucky that the Grove fight went my way. I would have said he won, but I really thought the judges would give Reljic the 2nd round. Its good too see that they are learning. Other than getting one takedown, he did NOTHING while on top, and ate a lot of shots.

I was wrong in my analysis of the main event. I thought whoever won would look easy. I figured Carwin would blast brock with his early storm, or Brock would get top position and pound him out. What I DIDN'T think would happen is that Brock would weather everything Carwin had, absorbing countless blows with his water-melon sized head, and come back in the second round to win by Sub. Although as soon as the first round was over I knew for sure Brock would win. Carwin had nothing left, and had noticeably slowed even by the end of the first round. Brock showed an ability to take some big punches, some versatility, and most importantly, heart.


NOTES:

• Where can I get me some of those big foam UFC hulk-hands? Hilarious.
• So glad to see Bonnar get the win. I was happy for him. and the post-fight psycho-stare pose was awesome.
• I forget who it was, but after one of the fights, somebody almost suffocted trying to put their shirt on. Sponsor-shirt by SUB
• I don't think there was a boring fight on this card. Great card overall.
• Sad to see Pellegrino lose, but man George is becoming a BEAST!

- The Wise Guy