{"id":6034,"date":"2011-11-20T11:13:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2021-03-20T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T16:25:55","slug":"ufc-139-results-and-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=6034","title":{"rendered":"UFC 139 Results and Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z112011ufc139.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>UFC 139<\/strong> featured several <strong>outstanding fights<\/strong> and a <strong>main event war<\/strong> that <strong>Dana White<\/strong> called <strong>&#8220;one of the top three fights in UFC history.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 So, let&#8217;s see who won and how I did on my predictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Bader <\/strong>(12-2-0) <em>vs<\/em><strong> Jason Brilz <\/strong>(18-4-1)<br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Bader<\/strong> takes the<strong> win via stoppage<br \/>\n<\/strong>Result:<strong> Bader won <\/strong>by<strong> 1st round KO <\/strong>making me<strong> 1-0<\/strong>for the night<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephan Bonnar <\/strong>(13-7-0) <em>vs<\/em> <strong>Kyle Kingsbury <\/strong>(11-2-0)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Prediction:<strong> Bonnar wins <\/strong>by<strong> decision<br \/>\n<\/strong>Result: <strong>Bonnar won<\/strong> by <strong>unanimous decision<\/strong> making me <strong>2-0 <\/strong>for the night<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>Rick Story <\/strong><\/strong>(13-4-0)<em> vs<\/em><strong><strong> Martin Kampmann (20-6-0)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong>Prediction:<strong><strong> Kampmann wins <\/strong><\/strong>via<strong><strong> decision<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong>Result: <strong>Kampmann won<\/strong> via <strong>decision<\/strong> making me <strong>3-0<\/strong> for the night<strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Brian Bowles <\/strong>(10-1-0)<em> vs<\/em><strong> Urijah Faber (25-4-0)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Prediction:<strong> Faber wins <\/strong>by<strong> decision<\/strong> in what could be the fight of the night<br \/>\nResult: <strong>Faber won<\/strong> via <strong>submission<\/strong> due to a choke in the 2nd round making me <strong>4-0<\/strong> for the night<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wanderlei Silva <\/strong>(33-11-1)<em> vs <\/em><strong>Cung Le (7-1-0)<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Le wins<\/strong> via <strong>KO<br \/>\nResult: Silva won <\/strong>via<strong> 2nd round TKO <\/strong>making me<strong> 4-1 <\/strong>for the night<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mauricio \u2018Shogun\u2019 Rua <\/strong>(20-5-0)<em> vs <\/em><strong>Dan Henderson (27-7-0)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Prediction: <strong>Henderson<\/strong> via<strong> TKO<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong><br \/>\nResult: Henderson via unanimous decision <\/strong>making me<strong> 5-1 <\/strong>for the night<\/p>\n<p>Final Thoughts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Michael McDonald<\/strong> earned <em><strong>KO of the Night<\/strong><\/em> and the <strong>$70,000<\/strong> bonus that came with it.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Urijah Faber<\/strong> picked up the <strong>70K bonus<\/strong> for <em><strong>Submission of the Night<\/strong><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dan Henderson<\/strong> vs <strong>Mauricio<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Shogun&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Rua<\/strong> and\u00a0 <strong>Wanderlei<\/strong> <em>&#8220;The Ax Murderer&#8221;<\/em> <strong>Silva<\/strong> vs <strong>Cung Le<\/strong> earned <em><strong>Fight of the Night<\/strong><\/em> bonuses of <strong>$70,000<\/strong> for each fighter.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hats off to <strong>Wanderlei<\/strong> who showed doubters [including me] that he is still a force to be reckoned with.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Faber&#8217;s win<\/strong> over <strong>Bowles<\/strong> should show naysayers that <strong>Faber<\/strong> IS worthy of another <strong>title shot<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">While many are saying that <strong>Henderson vs Rua<\/strong> was one of the <strong>greatest UFC fights ever<\/strong>, almost as many are saying that it <strong>should have been a draw<\/strong>.\u00a0 To those folks, I say, should have, would have and could have.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nComplaining<\/strong> about the<strong> decision<\/strong> makes about as much sense as a\u00a0<strong><strong> Hendo<\/strong> fan <\/strong>saying, &#8220;Yeah, but<strong> if <\/strong>the fight had<strong> only been three rounds <\/strong>[since it was a non-title match],<strong> <strong>Hendo<\/strong> <\/strong>would have been seen to have <strong><strong>totally dominated Rua<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/strong>The<strong> fight <\/strong>wasn&#8217;t scheduled for just<strong> <strong>three rounds<\/strong> <\/strong>and the<strong> judges didn&#8217;t score <\/strong>the last round<strong> 10-8.\u00a0 <\/strong>Let&#8217;s<strong> deal with the facts.\u00a0 <strong>Hendo won<\/strong> <\/strong>and<strong> <strong>Rua deserves a rematch! \u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC 139 featured several outstanding fights and a main event war that Dana White called &#8220;one of the top 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