{"id":1685,"date":"2007-12-30T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-30T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2007-12-30T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T19:05:00","slug":"ufc-79-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1685","title":{"rendered":"UFC 79 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>UFC 79 Results:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rich Clementi vs Melvin Guillard<\/span>. I took Clementi<\/span> because I felt that Guillard<\/span> would crack under the pressure of a Clementi<\/span> attack. Sure enough, with just seconds left in the first round, Guillard tapped<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lyoto Machida vs Rameau Sokoudjou. <\/span> I didn’t know much about either but jumped on the Machida<\/span> bandwagon upon seeing his record. Machida<\/span> dominated and won via arm triangle<\/span> in round two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eddie Sanchez vs Soa Palelei<\/span>. Again, I didn’t know much about the fighters, but since I was up 2-0 and my brother wanted Palelei<\/span>, I went with Sanchez<\/span> who won<\/span> in less than spectacular fashion via a 3rd round stoppage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chuck Liddell vs Wanderlei Silva<\/span> was a tough call. I figured one of these warriors would knock out the other — the question was who would come out on top? One of the pre-fight segments showed the two facing off after the weigh-in. Silva<\/span> suddenly jumped forward at Liddell<\/span>… and… Liddell<\/span>… did… not… flinch. That was enough for me — I went with Liddell<\/span>. Both fighters were in great shape and during the fight each rocked the other. Liddell won<\/span> rounds one and three for sure and possibly even the second — at least on my scorecard. [Yeah, I was surprised it went the distance]. The judges felt the same with two giving it to Liddell 30-27 and one giving it to Liddell 29-28. A good showing by both fighters insures more to come from each.<\/span><\/p>\n

Georges St. Pierre vs Matt Hughes<\/span> pitted two of my favorite fighters against each other. Another tough decision but in the end I went with St. Pierre<\/span>. I made the right choice as he dominated Hughes<\/span>, winning via verbal tapout in the second round.<\/span><\/p>\n

A great night of fights was made even better by me going 5 – 0 <\/span>in my selections. Now on to 2008<\/span>!<\/p>\n

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