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UFC 45: Revolution Recap
November 21, 2003 Uncasville, Connecticut
The UFC presented it's 10th anniversary show on Friday night and it turned out to be an "interesting" event. Controversy seemed to be the word of the night. Can't say it was the best UFC ever produced but hey, they tried. I'm sure they'll be back stronger than ever. What I don't understand is why the Rizzo / Rodriquez fight wasn't shown on the Pay-Per-View. Anyway, here's a recap of the PPV fights.
Fight 4 - Welterweight Bout Robby Lawler vs. Chris Lytle
Round 1 Lawler takes Lytle down but Lytle scrambles, then Lawler lifts Lytle and slams him - Lytle right away pulls Lawler in the guard - Lawler delivers a couple of good punches - Lytle goes for a knee bar but Lawler pulls away - after a short scramble, Lytle again goes for a submission - this time for a heel hook - Lawler spins out of it and gets the side mount - Lytle working to get guard and does - Lytle is doing a great job on stopping any attack from Lawler on the ground - finally, Lawler is able to deliver a couple of good rights to the face of Lytle but Lytle delivers a upward kick that lands on Lawler's head - Lawler composes himself and goes in - Lytle almost catches him in a triangle but Lawler crushes down and the bell rings.
Lawler back peddles - they exchange blows - Lytle with punches and kicks - Lawler just with punches but lands the last one to the face - Lytle keeps coming at Lawler - Lawler lands a uppercut to the mid-section - Lytle backs away, then comes right back - Lawler keeps backing up until the end of the round.
but Lytle goes for a guillotine choke but Lawler pulls away - and then they go at it again with punches - Lawler then lands a kick to the mid-section but Lytle then lands a great left and Lawler again starts back peddling - Lytle comes in punching but Lawler deliver a left that puts Lytle on the mat but he is OK - Lawler doesn't follow him to the ground - instead, he waits till the Ref stands him up but Lawler doesn't push the fight - he actually starts backing up again - the rest of the round is the same - Lawler backing up with Lytle punching and kicking - Lawler goes in for a takedown - Lytle stops him - Lytle gets Lawler's back and suplexes him but not very hard - Lytle is trying to get Lawler's back but Lawler spins out and gets on the half mount and the bell rings. Unanimous Decision Winner - Lawler
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5 - Middleweight Bout
Baroni right away hurt Tanner with a couple of rights - Tanner goes for a single leg but Baroni stops him and delivers some more rights - Tanner is hurt and stunned but still trying to bring Baroni down - Tanner pushing Baroni to the gate but Baroni still slugging away -Tanner is cut - Baroni lands another right just before the Ref steps in to check the cut - the Doctor gives him the OK - Baroni comes in and lands a great left - Tanner is stunned again but grabs the back of Baroni's head and starts delivering knee after knee - Baroni is stunned but pulls away and as he does, he lands a right - Tanner clinches Baroni again, lands a right - after a couple of clinches, Tanner is able to grab a double leg and take Baroni down - Tanner on side mount, then in the half guard - Tanner landing some good punches to the side (body) and the face of Baroni - then Tanner gets the full mount and starts delivering some hard right elbows, then left elbows - the Ref screaming at Baroni, "are you OK, are you OK" and then stops the fight - Baroni tries to punch the Ref while on his back and screams at him "WTF are you doing, I'm ok" and took a shot at the Ref (Larry Landless) - finally Baroni's corner controls him but the stoppage stands. Winner Evan Tanner by TKO from punches - During the intermission, Baroni explained he heard Landless saying "do you want out, do you want out" and He answered no,no,no,no - There was miscommunication - He apologized for his actions
Fight 6 - Super Fight Wesley "Cabbage" Corriera vs. David "Tank" Abbott Tank comes in with some huge punches but its Tank who goes down from a left punch - Tank clinches - Cabbage gets a guillotine but Tank pulls away - Cabbage delivers a left knee to the face and then a left hook - Tank punches back and lands a right - Cabbage lands another left knee and another - Tank looks hurt and is now bleeding - Tank again lands his own punches but Cabbage takes them and both fighters clinch - Cabbage seems relaxed - Tank looks hurt and tired - Cabbage looks in control - Tank bleeding all over the place - the Ref steps in to check the cut - the Doctor checks the cut and stops it - Winner Cabbage by TKO (Doc stoppage from cut) - But the action didn't stop there - Cabbage started dancing his famous "Cabbage patch dance" in the ring and one of tank's corner men threw water at him - then all hell broke loose - both corners came in to fight - it was pretty crazy - finally UFC staff and Refs got things under control - even Chuck Liddell helped to get things under control - he was in Cabbage's corner.
Fight 7 - Middleweight Bout Matt Lindland vs. Falaniko Vitale
Round 1 Lindland lands a left to the chin of Vitale - Vitale throw a kick but slips - Lindland charges in and takes him down - Vitale is in half guard, then in full guard doing a good job in stopping the ground and pound from Lindland untill the end of the round
tries to take Vitale down but can't - Vitale moves out and they go back to the center of the octagon - Vitale delivers a straight right kick - Lindland rushes him and pushes him against the cage but there is no action so the ref restarts them in the center again - they clinch, Lindland pushing Vitale against the cage - Lindland lands a couple of short elbows and knees to the side of Vitale and the round ends
triangle - Vitale pulls away, then gets the side mount - Lindland puts him in a half guard - Vitale gets up in front of Lindland's feet - Lindland lands an upward kick to Vitale's head and then Vitale comes back down trying to get the mount - but Lindland puts him in a half guard - Lindland goes to the side and reversed the position - now it's Lindland on top in half mount, then gets to full mount and starts delivering punches and Vitale tap's - Winner Lindland by submission
Fight 8 - UFC Welterweight Title Bout Champ Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg Right away, Trigg takes Hughes down - they scramble for a little bit, then Hughes picks up Trigg over his shoulder and slams him but Trigg still stays in the same position - Trigg goes to half guard and tries for a kimora but Hughes stops it and pulls out of it - after a short scramble, Trigg lands a couple of rights to the face of Hughes - Hughes gets to Trigg's back and secures one hook, going for the rear naked choke - by this time, they're both on their feet - Hughes secures both hooks and applies a rear naked choke - Trigg taps as he is falling backwards and being choked out. Winner Hughes by submission (RNC)
I will say one more thing about this event - Larry Landless looks like he's ready for his debut fight on December 6th at King of the Cage.
AL (11/21 /03)
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