EDIT: Vineon beat me with the results, I didn't notice the bottom of his post, oh well. I'll edit.
DAMN what a good event! Also I could be wrong but I'm willing to bet I posted the first mma related thread on Smogon. :D By the way, TONS of knockouts and stoppages in that event, google all the fights, you'll find em all. Hint hint Surgo. :) Don't waste your money on the bullshit PPV's when hardcore fans always post the fights online the next day.
Griffin vs. Evans- I absolutely love Forrest because he's got so much guts and he never give up. I picked Evans though for a few reasons: Jardine knocked out Griffin, Evans beat Jardine via judges decision, Tito Ortiz beat Griffin, whereas Evans tied Ortiz. Also Evans crushing Liddell sealed the deal for me. Only nod Forrest had was beating Rampage but Rampage didn't exactly have the greatest record in PRIDE FC either.
I'm not too happy to say my prediction here was right. Evans won via 3rd round TKO and imo was losing the fight until he finished off Griffin. Griffin almost knocked Evans down in the 2nd round I beleive but Evans showed some heart. Yay fur TUF guys becoming champs and all of the people that like to boo these guys can fuck off. Seriously. They're picking off legends and I find myself agreeing with Vineon alot in the few mma fight related threads and for good reason. :) Huge gratz to the new 205 lb champ! I'm really hoping Lyoto Machida will get a shot one day, guy's a beast.
Moving on. Mir vs. Big Nog.
FRANK MIRRRRR WOOOOW just amazing. I predicted Noguiera(sorry if I mispelled) too basically wear down Frank Mir and laugh and at any take down attemps but oh wow. I'm actually glad I'm wrong. Mir seems smug and kind of arrogant but the guy can fight. I find myself in love with wrestlers who can box really well. IMO if a guy is going to have two dimensions any combination of wrestler and boxer/maui thai is just destructive and Mir proved that. He absolutely dominated the fight and knocking down big Nog. a few times in the first round. I always expect Nog. to get knocked down but he usually wins in the end. However when he get knocked down at the end of the first and Mir gave him a smug look, I pretty much knew it was over.
Mir won via ground and pound second round. Don't exactly remember if it was KO or TKO since Nog. hit the ground and was pounded out. I'm assuming KO(correct me if im wrong please)
OK Finally the one I was looking forward to the most; Rampage Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva...
wow wow big anticipation. However, if you look at these two guys without the bullshit easy-to-sell names, neither of them is that great anymore. Wandy isn't the dominate, agressive scary motherfucker he once was, and Rampage wasn't ever that amazing and PRIDE and made a name for himself in the US by beating the Ice Man. The 205lb class is just so incredibly competitive that I don't think any fighter is a notch about the rest. (Think Liddel past few years, Tito before him, Wandy in PRIDE, Fedor in HW)
I was rooting for Wandy since I like watching him swing like a maniac and just go all out, plus I was confident in him with his wins over Rampage back in PRIDE. Also Rampage is a cocky motherfucker so what can I say. Both guys came out nervous as fuck, and keeping their distance. I remember they both hit the ground and fucking scattered like a bomb fell inbetween them lol so they definantly showed some respect. Like I said 205 is so competitive and it just takes that one mistake for a guy to lose. Wanderlei made that mistake and was knocked out COLD in the first round.
I'm hoping 205lb stays extremely competitive and that no one guy can dominate. I sincerely don't think it's possible anymore since everyone is getting so damn good.
Overall, the only prediction I got correct (in the 3 fights mentioned) were the LHW title fight but whatever. Great event imo. Some other notable mentions: CB Dollaway(could be mispelled) won his fight and proved he's good, although cocky and arrogant as ever, Cheick Kongo beat up some Mostapha dude, and Matt the HAMMER Hamill won his match.
As for future events, BJ Penn vs GSP is going to be awesome. My fav 155 vs my fav 170 what can I say. :) I'm going to go ahead and say GSP will win just with his wrestling and ground and pound pushing the pace. If BJ Penn pours on the offense he can win.
Also Shogun Rua will be facing Mark Coleman soon. I'm looking forward to Coleman getting his ass beat and going back into retirement. No offense to Coleman fans, but I didn't like him much after he went on a fucking roid rage against a downed Shogun who pretty much broke his arm(due to a fall, nothing Coleman did) and then Coleman went on to flex in over corner of the ring like he accomplished something with Baroni pointing at him like he actually mauled Shogun or something. Whatever, we'll see what happens. I predict a Shogun TKO or tapout win in either 1st or 2nd round.
EDIT: I laughed when they showed Chuck's reaction to Wandy losing, you can tell he was extremely unhappy with it. Anyhow I'm hoping Rampage will have to fight at least one more time before getting a shot for a belt again. Since they're playing the good guy moves up a weight class to fight card, I wouldn't mind seeing Anderson Silva fight Rampage.