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Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon

Kenny starts the fight with a vicious kick that you hear aroudn the ring.  Joe gets him to the ground but Kenny lands some nasty elbows to the back of the head adn the ref checks it out.  joe is bleeding badly.  Kenny hits a nasty kick to the stomach and takes Joe to the ground.  Joe is still bbleeding badly and it is all over the ring.  Joe gets to his fieet and the crowd goes wild.  Joe gets the takedown.  He is in full guard. and starts to land a few elbows.  Joe gets half guard but losses it but regains it.  Kenny is really preventing Joe from doing any real damage.  Joe locks down one of Kennys arms and grabs an anke but does nothing with it.  Kenny goes for the take down but Joe sprawls out and he gest nothing.  Joe gets another take down and is in full guard.  He goes for the ankle again and doest get it again.  Kenny gets on top of Joe and tries to get a few good punches in.  Wow, what an exciting fight!

Kenny goes for a knee to head but Joe blocks it.  Kenny goes for hte take down and getss it.  Kenny is in full guard pounding away on Joe.  Kenny gets a few good elbows to his doem and Joe gets lose, Kenyn regains control and is back in full guard.  Kenny is trying to do damaage but nothing occurs as Joe is weasles his way out of being hurt.   Joe is looking verry tired and is getting hit blow after blow while on full guard.  Kenny is really just pounding the crap out of Joe.    The fight is stopped as Joe is unable to defend himself.  Kenny wins via TKO.

Frank Edger vs. Gray Maynard

Gray goes for the first take down but does not get it.  Frankie lands a fewe solid punches, nothing effective though.  Frankie goes in with few solid blows while Gray gets the take down.   Gray gets full guard.  Pretty boring first round.  End of round 1.

Gray starts off with a solid left hand.  Frankie goes for the take down but Gray resists.  Gray works on getting guard, but does nto get it.  The fighters are back on their feet.  Frankie lands a few solid blows and cuts Gray open.  Frank gets the take dwon but they are immediately on their feet.  Gray goes for the take down and gets it.  The end of round 2 comes to a close on the ground.

Both go for take downs early in the fight, but do nothing with it.  Frank goes for another take down and they end up on teh side of the octogon, Gray ends up getting the take down.  Frank gets to his fight and Gray picks Frank up and throws him to the ground hard.   And again…  Frank gets to his feat again.  Frank gets to his feet and lands 3 solid blows.  Gray goes for the take down and throws Frank to the ground hard again!   The fight takes an aqward turn and the fighters end up in an interesting position… end of round 3.  Gray wins via decision.

Tony Speer vs Anthony Johnson

This fight was broadcasted earlier.  Anthony Johnson wins via TKO.

Thiago Alves vs Karo Parisyan

Karo gets the first take down.  Thiago stands up while Karo goes for another takedown and fails.  A faily equal match as each of the fighters have not made any solid punches or anything worth while.  A pretty worthless first round.

Thiago goes after Karo with a few solid punches and lands a viciuos knee to Karos head and the fight is over.  Thiago wins via TKO.

Matt Hamill vs Tim Boetsch

The fight starts without the fighters touching gloves.  Hamill gets the first take down.   After a few minutes, Mat finally gets around to throwing the first punch since he got the take down.  tim is really trying to put the pressue and connect, btu is only connecting with leg shots.  Tim lands a good knee to Matts head.  Matt is starting to bleed under his lip from the knee.  Matt gets rocked but comes back with a few solid punches.  Matt lands 3 good shots in a row, then Tim gets another knee followe d by a left leg kick.  End of round 1.

Tim is really forcing Matt to step his game up.  Tim vonitues to put the pressure on and gets a few solid hits.  Tim gets the take down but only gets 1 of Matts legs.  Matt is on top pounding Tim while he does nothing.  Matt has his back and continues to pound him and the crowd is goign crazy!  The ref calls the fight due to continued poundage to Tims dome.  Matt Hamill wins via TKO.

Nate Diaz vs Kurt P

Kurt gets the first take down.  Kurt has Nates back and is trying to hit him from behind.  Kurt gets Nate in full guard.  Kurt lands a solid left hand followed by a nasty right elbow.  Kurt is pounding Nate on the ground over and over.  Nate has a nasty cut over his left eye from teh one elbow abnd is bleeding bad now.  Kurt follows thruogh and continues to hit the same spot.  Kurt gets Nate in a rear naked choke but cant continue it.  Kurt has Nates back and then reverses and grabs his neck from teh front.   Nate gets to his feet and the fighters are in the clinch.  The end of round 1 comes to a close.  Kurt dominated the first round.

The fight starts with Kurt taunting Nate on… Nates face is continuelly swelling by the second.  Kurt gets a solid take down in the with 4:20 left in teh 2nd round.  Kurt has Nate in full guard and contiues with the elbows.  Kurt lands a vicious monkey punch and splatters Nates blod on the canves.  Kurt gets another solid take down and the crowd loves it.  Kurt lifts Nate high in teh sky and gets him in a nasty triangle and Kurt is forced to tap out!  Nate Diaz wins.

Houston Alexander vs James Irvin

James starts off with a nasty right hook and the fight is over… the crowd goes crazy as the fight should not have been stopped.

The crowd does not like the decision, shouting BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT, BULLSHIT…

James Irvin wins via TKO.

Din Thomas vs Josh Neer

Josh starts off with a left leg kicik, Din goes for the take down but is unsuccessful.  The go into clinch and Neer lands a good right hook followed by a wild one that misses.  Dim is clerarly the better boxer and is working Neer.  In the clinch, Neer gets a few good shots and gets the first take down of the fight.  Neer lands a few solid punches while trying to get full gaurd.  Left elbow after left elbows, Neer is scoring some good punches.  Neer lans another nast elbow to Dins dome.  Din gets teh takedown via an ankle sweep.  End of round 1.

Din lands the first best shot of round 2.  A slugfest is going on now while both fighters throwing punches and landing equally.  Neer lands a few good right solid  hooks.  Neer goes for the take down but Din prevents it.  Neer sweeps Dins leg and gets Din to the ground.  Din gets Neers back and has him in a rear nakes choke but losses it when they fall to the ground.  Din gets full guard while Neer tries to land elbows from the ground.  THe fighters are back on their feet.  Neer has Dins left leg and usses it to take him down again.  Nothing productive happening. The end of round 2 ends with both fighters slugging back and forth. End of round 2.

Both fighters are showing signs of fatigue at the beginning of round 3.  Neer gets a strong shot and gets Din to the ground.  Neer lands a few solid elbows while in full guard.  Elbow after elbow, Neer is breaking Din down.  The ref calls for a timeout to look at the nasty cuts on Dins face via the elbows Neer has been landing.  A deep, deep cut on the right side of his face under his eye.  The fight resumes on the ground where the referee stopped it orgiinally and Neer continues with some nast elbows into the same spot.  Neer calls Din to his feet, and continues to pound the crap out of Din and back to the ground.  Neer continues to hit Din in the same spot where he is cut badly.  you can visably see the blood all over Neers elbows from teh nonstop pounding.  Neer calls him to their feet and they slug it out for the remaining seconds…  End of round 3.

Josh Neer wins all 3 rounds via decision.

Marcus Aurelio vs Ryan Roberts

Marcus lands the first solid punch of the fight and knocks Ryan to the ground then follows to submit Ryan in via an armbar.  Marcus wins via tapout via armbar.

Next fights start in about 20 mins…

Jeff Cox vs Manvel Gamburyan

Manvel comes up with a cheap kick starting off the fight after the glove touch.  He goes for the take down but it unsuccessful.  While in the clinch, Manvel gets the choke out and Jeff has to tap out.  Manvel wins via TKO.

Wow, the energy here in BLoomsfield, Colorado is crazy.  The place is packed with thousands of tapout shirts! lol

There are only a handful of seats left in the arena and i am sure they will fill up by the time the main card starts!

Isaac Hinds is shooting photos ringside while i am blogging about the event.  Check back later for some great pics!

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Samy Schiavo vs Clay Guida (22-6)

Sami lands the first clean punch of the fight while Guida is chanted on by the crowd.  Samy is trying a lot of crazy, unorthx punches.  Guida lands a clean shot and goes for the take down adn gets it.  Guida has Sami in full guard.  Guida is trying to land sidome elgbos to the side of Samis dome, but doesn tnot conenct with much.  The ref wants to stand them up, but Guida keeps coming and regains full guard.  Sami has Guidsa back in a clinch.  Guida lands a few good elbowsand a few good left hooks.  Guide is going crazy and Sami is not defending himself… the ref calls the fight.   Guida wins by TKO.

I just got my seat at the Ultimate Fight Night in Colorado!

We are ringside and will be blogging the whole event.  Keep checking for updates.

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