UFC 124 Results and Thoughts

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Last night Georges St. Pierre closed Josh Koscheck’s eye and the year with a win at UFC 124.  Let’s take a look at the earlier fight results and then come back to the main event:

  • Joe Stevenson vs. Mac Danzig:
    Prediction: Joe “Daddy” Stevenson by decision.
    Result: Danzig caught Stevenson with a counter left hook knocking him cold and scoring a 1st round KO making me 0-1 for the night.
  • Sean McCorkle vs. Stefan Struve
    Prediction: I’ll go out on a limb with the upset… McCorkle wins by KO.
    Result: The limb snapped after McCorkle, who had been dominating the fight with a giant slam, a kimura armbar and dominating top control got swept and hammered by Struve until the ref stopped it at 3:55 of the first round.  0-2 for the night.
  • GSP vs Josh Koscheck.
    Prediction: GSP via stoppage.
    Result: GSP dominated every round with a brutal standup and won 50-45 on all three cards bringing me to a sad 1-2 for the night.

Final Thoughts…

  • Joe Stevenson may have fought his last UFC fight due to his KO loss.  I hope that’s not the case.
  • Stefan Struve showed heart and patience to earn his win.  My hats off to him.
  • GSP has cleaned out his division.  He says if he decides to go up in weight to fight Anderson Silva he will do it the right way.  He’ll gain muscle mass and will stay in that division.  THAT is a fight I’d love to see.
  • For the first [and last time] Dana White allowed the fans to vote for Fight of the Night ($100,000) bonuses.  Fans voted GSP vs Koscheck the Fight of the Night but reporters and Dan White felt that the bonus should have gone to Sean Pierson vs Matt Riddle.  White said he will “take care of them.”  Fans also voted bonuses to Mac Danzig for his KO of the Night of Joe Stevenson.  Jim Miller earned Submission of the Night for his kneebar on Mark Bocek.