(You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. Photo courtesy of Fight!)
The UFC has been too busy dealing with their own shit to put much effort into screwing with Scott Coker lately [Ed. note: Remember when they were going to hold a rival fight card in Nashville? God, those were were the days.], but yes, there will be a counter-programming show on Spike this Saturday, which will compete with the Showtime broadcast of Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery. Titled "UFC’s Ultimate Fights," the two-and-a-half-hour compilation special kicks off at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and will feature some of Zuffa’s highlights from this year. On the docket…
Shane Carwin vs. Frank Mir, UFC 111: "The Engineer of Suffering" smashes Mir in round one, earning the Interim Heavyweight Championship and a Knockout of the Night bonus.
Leonard Garcia vs. “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung, Aldo vs. Faber: Greatest slugfest since Frye/Takayama. Inspired a best-selling t-shirt.
Mark Munoz vs. Kendall Grove, UFC 112: Munoz survives multiple attempts on his life in round one and scores a TKO over Da Spyda in the second; earned Fight of the Night awards for both men.
Terry Etim vs. Rafael Dos Anjos, UFC 112: Another action-packed two-rounder that ended with Dos Anjos picking up a Submission of the Night bonus for his armbar of Etim.
Matt Serra vs Frank Trigg, UFC 109: Serra snaps a two-fight losing streak, picks up the event’s KO of the Night award, and bounces Trigg out of the UFC. It doesn’t get much sweeter than that.
Nate Diaz vs Rory Markham, UFC 111: Diaz tests the waters at 170 and scores a flawless victory over the outmatched Markham
Paulo Thiago vs Mike Swick, UFC 109: Thiago makes it 2-1 against the AKA camp by putting Quick Swick to sleep with an arm-triangle, earning a Submission of the Night bonus in the process.
We’ll still be watching Heavy Artillery live, but this is why DVRs were invented…
Paulo Thiago won by D’arce choke not arm-triangle.
Some sweet fights right there(UFC), the Strikeforce card ain’t very interesting except maybe the maincard, wouldn’t you say?
The funniest thing is Brett getting the title shot after a loss and a devastating loss at that.. Has that ever happened before in MMA?