{"id":8724,"date":"2013-08-18T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T14:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=8724"},"modified":"2021-05-22T09:47:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:47:51","slug":"ufc-fight-night-on-fox-sports-1-results-final-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=8724","title":{"rendered":"UFC Fight Night on FOX Sports 1 Results &#038; Final Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2013\/z081813ufc-fightnight.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC<\/strong>\u00a0put on a great night of free fights on<strong>\u00a0FOX SPORTS 1<\/strong>\u00a0last night. \u00a0Let&#8217;s take a look at the main card and my predictions&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Johnson vs. Joe Lauzon<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction:<strong> Lauzon by decision<\/strong>.<br \/>\nResult:\u00a0<strong>Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0by <strong>Unanimous Decision<\/strong> (30-27, 30-27, 30-25) making me<strong> 0 &#8211; 1<\/strong> for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Uriah Hall vs. John Howard<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Hall by TKO<br \/>\n<\/strong>Result:\u00a0<strong>Howard by Split Decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)\u00a0<\/strong>making me <strong>0 &#8211; 2<\/strong> for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mike Pyle vs. Matt<\/strong> <strong>Brown<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Brown by decision<br \/>\n<\/strong>Result:\u00a0<strong>Brown by first round KO<\/strong> (29 seconds) making me <strong>1 &#8211; 2<\/strong> for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yuri Alcantara vs. Urijah Faber<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Faber by decision<br \/>\n<\/strong>Results:\u00a0<strong>Faber by Unanimous Decision<\/strong> (30-26, 30-26, 30-27) making me <strong>2 &#8211; 2<\/strong> for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alistair Overeem vs. Travis Browne<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Overeem by TKO<br \/>\n<\/strong>Result:\u00a0<strong>Browne by first round KO<\/strong> (4:08) making me <strong>2 &#8211; 3<\/strong> for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chael Sonnen vs. Mauricio Rua<\/strong><br \/>\nPrediction: <strong>Sonnen by decision<br \/>\n<\/strong>Results:\u00a0<strong>Sonnen by first round submission<\/strong> (4:47) making me 3 &#8211; 3 for the night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: normal;\">Final Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\"><strong>Conor McGregor<\/strong>, who fought in the prelims in his <strong>first UFC fight<\/strong>, is getting a <strong>ton of hype<\/strong>. \u00a0While it&#8217;s true that <strong>McGregor won<\/strong> via a <strong>unanimous decision<\/strong>, is the hype warranted? \u00a0<strong>Uriah Hall<\/strong>, anyone?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Michael Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0beat the brakes off of<strong>\u00a0Joe Lauzon. \u00a0<\/strong>I was really surprised that <strong>Lauzon<\/strong> looked so bad. \u00a0Here&#8217;s hoping <strong>Lauzon<\/strong> bounces back. \u00a0Perhaps this fight was the start of really good things for <strong>Johnson<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Uriah Hall <\/strong>has really failed to live up to his hype. \u00a0While<strong>\u00a0Hall <\/strong>looked like he&#8217;d be a <strong>top contender<\/strong> when he was knocking everyone out and sending them to the emergency room while fighting on<strong> The Ultimate Fighter, <\/strong>I thought the talk of him coming off the show and fighting for the title was crazy. It was. \u00a0<strong>Dana White<\/strong> has even gone so far as to say, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedmartialarts.com\/news\/438532\/White-Uriah-Hall-is-not-a-fighter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hall is not a fighter<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0My guess is that <strong>White<\/strong> will give Hall one more fight to turn things around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matt Brown<\/strong> has <strong>won six in a row<\/strong> and is calling for a title fight. \u00a0I&#8217;d say he&#8217;s earned it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Yuri Alcantara took Urijah Faber <\/strong>down within seconds of the first round of the fight.<strong> \u00a0Alcantara <\/strong>proceeded to put a beating on<strong> Faber <\/strong>and it looked like the fight was on the way to a quick end.<strong> \u00a0Faber <\/strong>showed a<strong> warrior&#8217;s heart <\/strong>and continued to fight back until he reversed the situation. \u00a0For the rest of the round and the next two, it was all<strong> Faber. \u00a0<\/strong>Very impressive win for the<strong> California Kid.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Alistair Overeem <\/strong>came out and as expected started to put a beating on<strong> Travis Browne. \u00a0<\/strong>Hard shots to the head and knees to the gut rained down on<strong> Browne<\/strong>&#8230; but he wouldn&#8217;t quit. \u00a0Both men looked tired towards the end of the first round and as<strong> Overeem <\/strong>came plodding in,<strong> Browne <\/strong>unleashed a front kick that landed square on<strong> Overeem&#8217;s <\/strong>chin. \u00a0As<strong> Overeem <\/strong>fell to the mat,<strong> Browne <\/strong>followed dropping a couple of hard shots before the ref could step in. \u00a0It will be interesting to see how this plays out&#8230; will the win help <strong>Browne<\/strong> more than the loss will hurt <strong>Overeem<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chael Sonnen <\/strong>chokes out<strong> Mauricio Rua <\/strong>in the first round! \u00a0<strong>Sonnen\u00a0<\/strong>is one of the most entertaining fighters outside of the ring and he is competitive with the best fighters in two weight classes. \u00a0<strong>Sonnen<\/strong> has to be loving life. 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