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Wow, nobody watched? Free MMA is always great!
My thoughts:
Rivera vs. Dewees: I like Rivera, but I thought the ref stopped the fight too early and Dewees got screwed. Sure, Jorge had Edwin in a compromising position, but the refs need to review the rules. The rule is, the ref should stop the fight when the fighter can no longer intelligently defend himself. Edwin was clearly defending himself and that was the 1st thing he told the ref after the fight was stopped. Rivera might have come away with the victory anyway, but it would have been better if he won with no doubts because of a ref stopping the fight.
Smith vs. Sell: What a great fight! Possible the craziest ending I have ever seen in an MMA fight. These guys came to bang, and they delivered with plenty of leather being thrown. I saw Smith was in trouble when he got hit with that body shot from Sell. I thought it was odd that it affected him as much as it did. When Sell went in for the kill, BAM! Smith threw a desparation shot to Sell's jaw and knocked him out. It was almost funny to see the winner go down in pain and not be able get up for over a minute. Smith proved he has a ton of heart.
Lutter vs Cote: Wow, I picked Lutter to win the fight, but I didn't think it woould be that easy. He was all over Cote like a wet blanket and pulled out an easy sub. I think he definately has a better chance than Cote to beat Silva, which is why I wanted him to win. Cote is a standup fighter and I don't think he would have been able to hang with Silva's striking. We will see how Silva's takedown defense fares against Lutter's onslaught to take him to the mat. No doubt Silva will be working on his ground game in the event Lutter does take him down. Lutter will need to work on not getting caught in Silva's Muay Thai clench. I think it's definately safe to say that Lutter will have a much smarter gameplan than Rich Franklin had. Frankin's gameplan could not have been any worse. I'm still shaking my head at how dumb he fought that fight.
Lytle vs. Serra: Pretty even fight. They seemed to neutralize each other the entire match, which put the action on hold. I am dissapointed because I was really pulling for Lytle.
