UFC 84!

We are chatting on AIM in the room “Sherkstears” for those interested, and we have a huge, huge card tonight. We are text voting now to see who will win between Sherk and Penn!

On top of that, we have Joe Rogan back… Err, yeah.

Thiago Silva vs Antonio Mendes has the honor to go first.

R1. We start off with Mendes with some awesome standup and NAILS him with an amazing highkick, but Silva rolls through and somehow avoids some GnP. Mendes then with an amazing mid kick to knock him down again. This is awesome. Silva gains the advantage on the ground and now it is domination, ground and pound and its OVER. Brutal.
Tito Ortiz vs Lyoto Machida is up next.

R1. Akin to Lyoto fights, we start off with tentative striking for both. Lyoto stuffing a few takedowns from Tito and keeping the distance with his hands and feet. Lyoto is picking at him with strikes from a distance still, and this seems to be the story of the fight and Lyoto’s life. Maybe Antonio Inoki just kept slapping him too hard and too often and we end up with him being afraid to just let loose. Who knows.

R2. Round 2 is… Lyoto picking at him from a distance. While its not the most exciting thing in the world, it is interesting to watch what is going on in Lyoto’s head and the shots he goes for and how he waits for the openings. Don’t ever let anybody tell you that Lyoto is a shitty fighter, but don’t expect people to be excited by him. Tito finally goes for some offense with a highkick but we end up back in a stand up stalemate. Tito goes for a takedown, sprawl by Machida and Tito able to flip over and pull guard. Tito pops back up.

Andrew likes Tito’s shorts. I concur, as does the knee Lyoto lands. Tito just looks out of his mind mad now near the end of the round, he is essentially just chasing Machida now until the bell rings, and Tito is amped now. He is really, really frustrated, as is most of the audience.

R3. Tito claimed to his corner that Lyoto was running the whole time. Yves Lavigne tried to entertain us by falling over, but he got up, sadly. Any time Tito goes for a strike, Lyoto finds a way to block/duck and then come right back with another shot. It must be completely infuriating. Tito with a clinch and a few good knees and some fists! Hugging Lyoto up against the cage and trying to take him down, and now the fans are finally starting to wake up. Lyoto has amazing balance. WOW. Tito goes for a punch and Lyoto with an absolutely brutal knee to the ribs that sends Tito down, Lyoto following up with some GnP, but Tito able to come to his senses and pull guard.

Wow, that was close. Tito going for a triangle!!!!! He has it locked in, Lyoto tries to roll out of it and Tito on top of him with an armbar triangle and Lyoto gets out. He gets out. Lyoto is just scary. That was just a really amazing round 3. Lyoto by UD.

The text messaging fans have spoke so far, 59% for BJ Penn.

Wilson Gouveria vs Goran Reljic is up now. How in the hell am I going to spell these names for a full fight, let us wait and see!

R1. This fight was just explained as a popcorn match where Herb Dean could destroy either. Laughs. Tentative standup, hey, just like the last fight. Ok, and Wilson gets caught with a kick to the shoulder and then it is more nobody wins stand up. They really love the possibility of a standup battle~ that really, I wish they’d just cut it out. Enough with putting the ‘exciting stand up fighters’ against each other on TV and PPV cards. OK, Goran did a kind of awesome flying guard, but that went nowhere.

R2. Wilson has taken a bunch of kicks to his right arm and is visibly favoring it. Goran fights like this: Just wait and throw a really hard left strike. Wait, left high kick! Wait, left hand! Wait, left high kick! Wilson has him down and Goran kind of has no defense and Wilson is kind of just doing very little. Back up and Wilson eats another straight left with no set up! Goran hits him hard and is now using like the weakest looking GnP imaginable for about a minute straight before Herb just gets bored and calls the fight. It was a, guess what, big left that took him down.

Ninja Gaiden ad on a PPV. So, an ad.. on a PPV..

Christian Wellisch vs Shane Carwin, a prelim is up next.

R1. Carwin rushes in, then hangs back, then absolutely kills Wellisch with a right hand to the chin. :44.

Wanderlei Silva vs Keith Jardine is on now, and oh shit is it ON. Can you tell that I’m big on Wandy? Plus Jardine is a good dude and a pretty skilled guy on top of that. This could be incredible or it could be two guys afraid to go at each other.

R1. I still get chills when Wanderlei fights, even if I get the feeling that he is going to get killed. Standup, and Wanderlei connects, hard! Keith was ducking and ate a few fists, got back and ate a right then ate a lot of scary GnP. Jardine is still down. I don’t know if it is Wanderlei being back or Jardine just completely unable to handle being rushed. But still, rejoice.

Ivan Salaverry vs Rousimar Palharese, a prelim airs next.

R1. Apparently Edith was a call girl from Montreal previously. UFC; a class act. Oh, the fight, Ivan is getting tooled on the ground and we have been watching Palharese trying to work a choke on him for a good while now. Another minute of that, and Palharese slips into an armbar and taps out Ivan Salaverry. Wow.

The text voters now say 56%, oh how they always end up close.

BJ Penn vs Sean Sherk for the Lightweight Belt is coming up. 55/45 for text voting now! Oh my.

R1. Guys, BJ looks to be in good shape. He also looks very, very focused. This is going to rule. Sherk goes for a leg, BJ stuffs it and gets off a few punches. This is as intense as you’d expect ti to be. Both guys look like they just want to destroy each other while the fans chant for BJ. BJ gets caught with a big right but doesn’t even look phased. BJ is just jabbing the shit out of him and is starting to look more relaxed as Sherk looks still to be in a cloud of roid rage. Sherk is just throwing big strikes while BJ is kinda picking him apart with jabs and combos.

R2. Sherk is working the leg kicks now, BJ went for a clinch and Sherk went nutty with the punches while BJ was kneeing him. This is good. The fans are giving a rousing “STERRRRRRRRR-OIDS” chant, which is visibly bothering Sherk, which is hilarious. It is still even, with Sherk maybe having an upperhand, but BJ is landing a lot of clean shots, with Sherk cut under both eyes and maybe his eyebrow. I think it is safe to say that BJ’s jab has been the story of this fight while Sherk is just throwing hard hooks that aren’t really connecting. Sherk’s face is kind of a mess right now, two cuts, one on each cheek right under his eyes.

R3. Another steroids chant, and this fight almost feels like a rope-a-dope where Sherk might be punching himself out while BJ sits back and jabs at him. Its round 3 and this hasn’t touched the ground yet, which for both men is a bit weird. Finally it looks like BJ has just had enough and just absolutely destroys him with a flying knee and some ridiculous punches. YES! BJ just ran back over, wiped his hand on Sherk’s face to get some of his blood and licked it. Amazing.