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UFC 49 Results "Unfinished Business"
August 21, 2004 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada
Fight
(preliminary)
- Welterweight
Bout Rd 1 - Parisyan had the upper hand on the ground game as he slammed Diaz twice and was the aggressor for most of the round. Diaz showed good defense as he was able to block most of Parisyan's punches and had the better stand-up.
Rd 2 - Both showed great ground skills - both went for submissions and both were able to counter - both putting on a clinic on the ground game - Parisyan the aggressor on the ground - Diaz more active on top - Parisyan scores the nod probably because of more take downs and he was more aggressive on the ground.
Fight
1 - Heavyweight
Bout Both come out - Eilers comes out throwing jabs - Kyle delivers a knee - Eilers counters with a right cross - both clinch - Kyle hits Eilers with a low knee - McCarthy (the ref) deducts a point for a low blow from Kyle. Eilers hits Kyle with an overhand right- stuns Kyle - Eilers goes after Kyle - both fall to the ground and get right back up - Short left by Eilers lands right on the jaw and knocks Kyle out while they were clinching - Eilers wins by knockout
Fight 2 - Middleweight Bout David Terrell wins by knockout at :25 of the first round over Matt Lindland Both come out and touch gloves - Terrell charges and nails Lindland with a left and knocks Lindland to the floor - Lindland is on his back - Terrell is in his guard - Terrell hits Lindland with a right, left, then another right and knocks Lindland out from Lindland's own guard. Terrell winner by knockout.
Fight
(preliminary) - Lightweight
Bout At the end of the round, Edwards delivers a high Thai kick as Thomson tries to deliver a spinning back-fist - Edwards connected with the Thai kick to the neck - Thomson didn't connect with the back-fist - as Thomson is on his back, Edwards comes in and finishes him off with punches to the face but Thomson was already out - Thomson was winning the fight up until the Thai kick - Edwards wins by knockout.
Fight
3 - Light
Heavyweight Bout Both come out - Liddell tries an overhand right and misses - Liddell punching - Tiger counter punching - both go to the ground - Chuck pulls away and they both get up - Tiger lands an overhand right - Liddell delivers two straight rights - Tiger on his knees - Tiger goes to his back - Liddell trying to land - Tiger covering up well - Tiger looks stunned - Tiger on all fours - Liddell moves back - Both are standing-up - Tiger lands a sweeping kick - Liddell lands a punch - Tiger on all fours - Liddell punching but Tiger is covering well - Tiger gets back up - Tiger lands a right and left to Liddell's face - Liddell is stunned - Tiger rushes in as Liddell throws a straight right (lands on temple and eye area) and knocks Tiger out - A lot of action between the two - back and forth.
Fight 4
- Middleweight
Bout Both come out - touch gloves - Doerksen delivers a low blow - Doerksen apologizes - Riggs throws a kick - Doerksen takes him down - Doerksen in Riggs Guard - Doerksen lifts Riggs up - both standing - Doerksen takes Riggs down again - Doerksen in Riggs guard - Doerksen looks like he goes for an oma plata but Riggs pulls out and stands-up - Riggs goes down and tries to land a couple of straight rights on Doerksen who's on the ground - both stand - Riggs takes down Doerksen - While on the ground Riggs pulls out and stands-up - Riggs tries to land a right hand on Doerksen while Doerksen is on the ground - Doerksen is on his back attempting a coupe of moves - Riggs stands back up - Ref stands Doerksen up - Both go to the floor as the bell rings.
Rd 2 - Doerksen comes out and delivers another low blow right to the cup - They start again - Riggs comes in with a left, right - they clinch - Riggs tries to pull Doerksen down but Doerksen pulls guard - Riggs slams Doerksen (lightly) from the guard position - Both on the ground - Doerksen is trying to sweep Riggs - Riggs delivers a right to Doerksen face - Doerksen, from the bottom, answers with his own right to Riggs' face - Doerksen attempts a triangle/arm bar but Riggs pulls away - Riggs delivers a right and a left - Riggs delivers a good elbow - Riggs has a side mount - Doerksen pulls Riggs into his guard - Riggs lands an elbow that cuts Doerksen - Riggs hits Doerksen with a couple of lefts - Doerksen is stunned - Riggs grounds and pounds and Doerksen taps. Big cut over Doerksen right eye-brow.
Fight 5
- Welterweight
Bout Both come out - touch gloves - both circling - both exchanged strikes - Lytle lands a right that sends Jhun down - Lytle follows him down and Jhun pulls guard - both scrambling on the ground - Lytle on top - Jhun gets Lytle in half-guard - Lytle trying to get out of Jhun's guard - Lytle pulled out and tries to go to side mount - Jhun pulls Lytle into his full guard - Lytle trying to deliver blows but Jhun blocking most of them - ref stands them up - Jhun comes in with a right, left but Lytle goes for a guillotine - Lytle gets Jhun in a loose guillotine, takes him down and lands on top - Jhun is able to pull out and get full guard as the round ends .
Rd 2 - Both come out and exchange blows - they clinch - Lytle takes Jhun down - They get back up - Jhun pushes Lytle against the cage - Lytle gets a guillotine and rolls Jhun over - Jhun rolls Lytle over to his back - Lytle holds onto the guillotine - Jhun has to tap.
Fight 6 - Light Heavyweight Title Bout Randy Couture wins by third round TKO (cut) over Vitor Belfort - Doc stops fight after third round (ISP problems) - Couture on top - Nothing major happened in the first round - Couture took Belfort down - Belfort was able to pull guard after a short time
Rd 2 - Couture closes the gap - Couture has Belfort against the cage - Couture trying for a double leg - Belfort defending well - Belfort pulls Couture up - Couture pressing the fight - Couture delivering short punches - Couture finally takes him down - Belfort sitting up against the cage - Couture picking his punches - Belfort trying to move but Couture is controlling him - Ref stops the fight to check a cut on Belfort's eye - Belfort looks tired - cut was due to unintentional head-butt - starting again in same position against the cage - Belfort goes for an arm bar but Couture is barely able to get away - round ends
Rd 3 - (Couture looks the fresher of the two) - Belfort throws a left and misses - Couture takes him down - Belfort sitting against the cage - Couture throwing small punches - Belfort goes to his back - Couture landing some short punches - Belfort goes for an arm bar - Couture escapes again - as they scramble, Couture puts Belfort up against the cage again - Couture delivering some short elbows to Belfort's face - Couture playing a safe game with short punches and elbows to the face of Belfort - Couture landing the short punches - Belfort's eye looks really bad - Couture landing the short elbows to Belfort's eye - Belfort tries to sweep but Couture keeps his balance - as the round ends, Belfort goes for another arm bar - Belfort is sitting down against the cage as they work on his eye between rounds.
Doc stops the fight after examining Belfort's eye after the third round ended - Couture winner by third round TKO and captures the light heavyweight title once again
- Couture calls out Wanderlei Silva and says let's unify the titles - Silva goes up into the cage - Silva says it's a great honor to fight Couture and he's ready to fight whenever he wants
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