What a night, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The BJ Benn fight was great, Penn was clinical in dispensing Joe Stevenson by using elbows to open up a huge gash in Stevensons forehead, I thought it would be stopped but they managed to stem the bleeding somewhat allowing Sevenson to go on until Penn choked him into tapping out.
I thought Gabriel Gonzaga would have been too powerfull for Fabricio Werdum and after the way he disposed of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic I had expected more from Gonzage but his fitness seemed to be lacking and he was unable to defend himself in the second round after dropping Werdum 3 times in the first with thigh kicks. Werdum came out in the second and caught Gonzaga with a few knees to the head which he seemed never to recover from.
The Davis/Liaudin fight was entertaining if somewhat brief with Davis landing a good knockout.
Lee/Sakara was a non event, Lee looked fat, untrained and as if he should not have set foot in the octagon, when the fight started Lee looked as if he was so far out his depth he may as well have been in there with Jaws. Sakara won easily in the first.
The battle of England between Paul Taylor and Paul Kelly was entertaining and well contested, Kelly went to work on Taylors head with elbows when they were on the ground and opened up a sickening gash which the UFC cut man managed to stop so Taylor could continue but the writing was on the wall, Kelly's game plan and strength were too much for Taylor.
The Colin Robinson vs. Hardonk was the fight I personally had most interest in due to sponsoring Colin but I was gutted when Colin took a hefty thigh kick which was followed by a shot to the chin, Colin hit the canvas and staggered to get to his feet so the ref stopped it. Colin protested but once a decision is made its adhered to.
The other fights we ok too, it was a good night and I can't wait to the next one, I'd like to thank Rob Hewitt of Fighters Only magazine (
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