I saw the fight live and figured Vitor would take it via 29-28 SD. Beerbohm winning was a surprise, but I think the disparity in the judges scoring was more surprising. If it wasn't for the 10-point must system, I really could've seen it being called a draw.

and he didn't even have the fancy pants on for the fight. For that fight, he was just Lyle 'token sponsor'd up trunks' Beerbohm.

I finally managed to get a connection to the fight . I saw it as very close to a draw, 30-29ish Beerbong. First round was essentially a stalemate with Beardboing pushing the fence (use the ankle pick Luke), landing a few significant leg and body kicks .

2nd half of round two was one awesome jiujitsu scramble, rd. 3 was a close mix of decent striking and ground action. The fight seemed very close with Beerbomb managing to stay more dominant. Seemed like nobody was really going for the kill, and it seemed like one of those fights where 15 min. just wasn't really enough time to sort shit out.

On a serious note, why don't people use the ankle pick more? Shit is magic. I've seen George Sotiropolous (Aussie's finest) utilize it to good effect, but otherwise it seems like a lost art. Anybody?

I got to see somebody getting mustard gassed before the connection cut me off... FAIL!

i thought beerbohm won that fight, not just because of the leak on ribeiro's face in that last round, either... fancypants had better striking and equal ground game to the brazilian.


but what i was happiest with was the exciting series of grappling/submissions maneuvers, reversals, and setups that was on display -- not the highest level but exciting and well matched.

that was a really really good fight.

It could have gone either way so Im not gonna say Vitor was robbed. Tough one to judge..

It worked fine for me...I just watched the fight.

This was definitely a victory for Beerbohm and I don't understand what the controversy was about. The first round was close but scoring it round by round, a 30-27 for Beerbohm is accurate. Beerbohm out-struck Ribeiro in every round and maintained dominant positions throughout the majority of the fight while easily avoiding all submission attempts. He also was the more aggressive fighter and initiated most of the action. Frank Shamrock's biased commentary may have something to do with the controversy as he failed to mention anything Beerbohm was doing for much of the fight including the several leg kicks landed in the first round.

Technology fail. If Strikeforce is going to stream the fight, maybe they should make sure they have that ability first.

I don't really think these fights are fixed but there have been so many bad decisions in the last year I think I'm starting to crack up. If you see me out in the rain with my tin foil hat trying to shine flashlights in the sky, please just quietly notify the applicable authorities.

@ GUI-uh-TEEN - word. I thought the exact same thing right when I saw that picture. fuckin pupils are the size of dinner plates.

It's so much easier to promote undefeated prospects... and stuff... and things... go ahead and tear me a new one...

Ribeiro clearly won round 2 but round 1 and 3 were too close for this to be so controversial even though I thought Ribeiro won round 3. Rather than be so upset by the decision, Ribeiro should focus on becoming more aggressive and not allowing someone to stall him against the cage for over a round.

30-27? Naaah...

First is was "One of the Top Lightweights....Brandon Vera" on sports science and we all laughed.
This article "Ribeiro....is among the top lightweights in MMA"......Thanks, I needed the laugh.

I watched this fight and I really think some work needs to be done re-vamping how judges should look at MMA.....Time to make a hybrid sport have hybrid judging criteria....right now it feels like it is simply striking, wrestling and BJJ that is being scored objectively, but what this fight showed is that fights need to be scored more subjectively.....the first round could have been scored differently and probably more accurately if judges could apply wrestling/BJJ across a sequence of events during a fight to see who comes out on top in a particular scenario....like when a fighter shoots for a takedown is stuffed and then is in his standing over under control(the randy couture)....did the fighter who got stuffed come out on top of that sequence? How about the other fighter? How much do you favor one fighter for doing that or the other? I believe if a fighter attempts a takedown and ends up in the "randy couture" lock he should not be ahead in the fight at all, perhaps his oppenent should be though....

After the first 3 minutes I was thinking, "this was a back-and-forth barnburner?" but the second and third rounds were pretty good. I think Shaolin deserverd it with all the attempted submissions but hey, life sucks and so do MMA judges.

I was thinking the same thing....when I saw his picture..I was thinking..this dude looks like a meth head....and then BAM..I was right.

Homeboy looks like he still hasn't kicked the habit in that picture...

He's already been accused of greasing all the soap bars in the shower room. What is it this time?

Fancy pants is a weak nickname. Given his past, here are my suggestions.

blue belly
Barney Dope
Bato
Batu Kilat
Bikerdope
Blue Acid
Blue Funk
Boo-Yah!
Buzzard Dust
Laundry Detergent
Lemon Drop
Livin the Dream
Lost Weekend
Bache Knock 2 Rock
Biznack

I dunno if you know but Dedé Pederneiras is trying to cancel the result of this fight. According him, there is no fking way Beerbohm won fairly.

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