UFC 109: "Relentless" Fight Recap And Commentary

by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 7, 2010 2:30 AM EST in News

Well, first of all there was a lot that happened on this card that a lot of us didn't anticipate.

1. Chael Sonnen mauling Nate Marquardt like that

2. Demian Maia basically striking the entire fight

3. Melvin Guillard not getting subbed

-Wow. Mark Coleman you have heart and a good chin, but it could be curtains even though you tried to get yourself one more fight by having a shouting match with Tito Ortiz. Couture won the fight and did exactly what he said he was going to do. However, he still gets mauled by the top 5 guys in the division.

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-I'm still in awe of Chael Sonnen dismantling Nate Marquardt for 2 rounds and three quarters. That was impressive. The crazy thing is neither Anderson Silva or Vitor Belfort has good take down defense. Sonnen has a good chin. Is it possible that he could dethrone the winner of that fight to become the new UFC Middleweight Champion? Nate Marquardt, where do you go from here?

-Demian Maia looked better with his striking. He still has a ways to go, but he's improving. Good win to get back on track over a legitimate opponent.

-Paulo Thiago has proven himself. I'll admit I thought his win over Josh Koscheck was fluke and it still could possibly be. However, Thiago has proven himself to me to be a real fighter. Dude has no fear and he's 2-1 against the guys from AKA. I guess if Dana White can't make them fight one another, he'll send Thiago in to break up the monotony! Swick's lost two in a row, and after watching him against Thiago. His striking is pretty overrated. It's not like Thiago's striking is great, but the guy just wins. I don't know who I'd like to see him fight next.

-Goodbye Frank Trigg. Your claim to fame will be getting RNC'd by Matt Hughes twice. Does Matt Serra have dynamite in those fists of his or what? I think it was MMA4Real reader Felix that said he wanted to see Serra/Hazelett next. I wanna see Serra vs. Jake Ellenberger.

-Melvin Guillard looked pretty good in there tonight. I can't believe he didn't get subbed. Maybe him hooking up with Greg Jackson will finally pay off for him? However, he can forget about becoming champion as long as BJ Penn has the belt.

-I'm VERY impressed with Phil Davis. That guy absolutely MAULED Brian Stann. This was only his 5th professional fight, and he had his way. I thought he exhibited an excellent base once he got the take downs and showed good transitions. Most importantly, I think he saw my post about knees to the body of a grounded opponent. He was using them in the 2nd round! Also, the armbar at the end of the fight was dope. This guy has tons of potential. However, it's evident that he needs some serious work on his striking.

-Congrats to Mac Danzig for granting himself another fight in the UFC.

-I watched the majority of the fights with the sound off. What the hell was Joe Rogan talking about at the end of the Sonnen/Marquardt fight? He was screaming like it was actually close since Marquardt had top position at the end of the fight. There was NO way a judge would have granted Marquardt that decision. If so, they should just Kurt Cobain themselves or something.

-Also, them hyping up Mark Coleman like he was top 10 or something was pretty pathetic. You have the folks money at this point Joe, no need to lie to them anymore!

-WTF Rolles Gracie?

What are your thoughts on the fights?

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Wagers on Sonnen, Thiago and Coleman.

Man I still can’t believe the number I’m looking at on my betting account. I probably did horrible @ MMAPlayground but I don’t care lol

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by 3PA on Feb 7, 2010 4:30 AM EST reply actions

I don’t think Swick’s striking is overrated as much as his own weak chin gets in his head. Swick is a completely different striker after an opponent lands a punch, even if the punch doesn’t hurt him. He becomes defensive and tries to be a counter puncher; and that just isn’t how he is effective.

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by villin on Feb 7, 2010 8:58 AM EST reply actions

If Swick wasnt with AKA

he wouldnt get the undeserved hype he does.
When you think about it, Thiago should be worthy of a title shot now, right? Well, you would think based on how Hardy got his shot that that would be Zuffa’s logic.

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by _Felix_ on Feb 7, 2010 9:05 AM EST up reply actions

By Overrated

I mean technically sound….he has speed with helps negate a lot of his mistakes…but it’s not very good…

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by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 7, 2010 10:51 AM EST up reply actions

Now Dana says Colemans run is over

No shit Dana? I think everyone but you realized it’s been over for years. But you never would of guessed it the way Dana was trying to sell this as a legit main event.

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by _Felix_ on Feb 7, 2010 9:03 AM EST reply actions

wait I thought Dana said he was top 10 at the weight ins?

by Erich Vowell on Feb 7, 2010 3:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Nice write up.

What I took away, Maia’s striking does appear to be improved as far as accuracy but he has no power at all.

Marquardt’s big weakness was not exposed but taken advantage of by a superior wrestler in Sonnen.

Thiago is much better all around than I thought he was.

Melvin Guillard impressed me the most. He’s always been fast with power in his hands but he showed a much better ground game and was great at getting back to his feet after a Torres take down.

Randy I really don’t know what to take away from because honestly Coleman was nothing more than a heavy bag in front of him.
Mark couldn’t get out of the way of his punches, didn’t seem to have the energy for a take down attempt, and mounted virtually no offense.
You never want to say a man was lucky to get injured but Coleman is fortunate to say the least that he was injured training for his fight with Lesnar. That would’ve been ugly.

by RJ8842 on Feb 7, 2010 9:23 AM EST reply actions

Yo

None of yall were impressed with Phil Davis?

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by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 7, 2010 10:50 AM EST reply actions

Not really. He is very raw and unpolished apart from his wrestling. He had a favorable style matchup with Stann and had he been more seasoned, he could have finished the fight instead of going to decision. His striking was awkward, that armbar at the end was poorly executed and his gameplan was very simplistic.

If he can maintain such dominance while improving his skills and increasing the quality of his opponents then i’ll be impressed. He is too inexperienced and one-dimensional at this point to get too hyped about him.

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by villin on Feb 7, 2010 11:44 AM EST up reply actions

Of course

he’s going to be a bit raw…he’s only been training like 15 months…he knew Stann couldn’t stop the take down…it’s his first UFC fight…he needed to get the win….it’s not like he just LnP’ed…he punished Stann at times and Stann is a legit opponent.

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by Kelvin Hunt on Feb 7, 2010 12:05 PM EST up reply actions

GREAT CARD!!

I’m mad at you . . . 3. Melvin Guillard not getting subbed. HA!!

Paulo Thiago’s victory over Koscheck was not a fluke.

Serra vs. Jake Ellenberger would be great. Send that memo to Joe Silva.

I just want to see how many fans are going to point out how much bigger, stronger, faster and athletic Nate Marquardt is based on how he looks compared to Fighter A, B or Sonnen. And how his membership in Team Jackson, training with GSP and Evans will count so much towards his eminent victory against Sonnen or the aforementioned Fighter A or B. I did not see it coming but I definitely enjoyed it. I guess Marquardt is a better all-around, modern MMA athlete, too bad Sonnen was a better fighter.

Phil Davis. I’m reading weird mixed stuff about a guy that has been training in MMA for FREAKING 15 months. He simply looked phenomenal on the biggest stage. Sure he didn’t finish, sure he didn’t attempt 3-5 submission attempts, sure his striking was not great . . . he’s just beginning. Stann has been submitted by one guy, Soszynski who has a 50% submission rate in his win column.

RANDY.
Fine, Coleman didn’t offer anything in UFC 109 but I still have to give Couture credit because Bonnar and Shogan had serious difficulty against the 45 year old former heavyweight champion. TOP 5 or TOP 10?? I’ll believe when he actually beats guys like Brandon Vera.

yeah yeah yeah . . .

by VeeisAnimated on Feb 7, 2010 2:03 PM EST reply actions