UFC 164 Results: Meet the new lightweight champ Pettis!

Anthony Pettis vs Ben Henderson

Round 1
Both fighters exchanged blows and trade punches. Ben Henderson would be very aggressive to apply pressure to Anthony Pettis as the challenger. Ben would use his techniques like kicking on the calf muscle and pressing Pettis on the cage.

But Anthony Pettis would try to dictate this match. As Pettis would start to connect with crips leg kicks to the body. Pettis would continue hitting Henderson and would start to gain momentum. The moment both fighters would collide in the ground and Henderson on top.

Anthony Pettis would smoothly secure a tight arm bar. Ben Henderson would try to defend and find a way out of it. The fight would be all over as Ben Henderson would say TAPPOUT verbally. The referee would soon interfere and would declare Anthony Pettis as the winner via submission.

REACTION POINTS OF VIEW TO THE FIGHT

The moment the fight would start both fighters would go on a war right away. Ben Henderson as the defending champion would be very aggressive. But Anthony Pettis would not feel any pressure from him as he would show confidence.

Technically Anthony Pettis has the advantage on this match. Based on his striking and the way he hits Henderson. Those leg kicks that Pettis made were purely nasty and the timing was just perfect. Plus he was able to defend his ground and then sneak all the way for an arm bar.

Frank Mir vs Josh Barnett

Round 1
Both fighters would collide immediately and start to trade punches. But Frank Mir would land more significant punches. Frank Mir continues to hit good clean shots inside while they are engaged in a clinch. But as soon as Barnett would gain momentum he would then start to connect his uppercuts and knee strikes

Josh Burning trying to wear down Frank and hits a big elbow to the head. And followed up with a knee to the body. As both fighters are still in clinched Barnett would continue his offense with uppercuts and knees to the body.

And then Barnett would hit a nasty elbow again. Followed by a knee to the head that would hurt Frank Mir. And then the referee would immediately stop the fight declaring Josh Barnett as the winner via TKO.

REACTION AND POINTS OF VIEW

It was clear the Josh Barnett connected a vicious knee on Frank Mir. But in my own opinion the referee stopped the fight to early. Frank Mir stood immediately and to his consent the fight was over. Based on the replay Frank Mir was rocked but he quickly recovered from it.

The referee did a bad call on this one since it was just too early for the fight to be stopped. Frank Mir could not even believe the moment he knew the fight was over. Frank Mir experienced this kind of situation before.

The fight against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was the same scenario. Frank Mir got hurt badly but was able to recover after seconds and then broke Noggueira's arm via Kimura.

This was really a bad call for the referee to stop the fight to early.


Brandon Vera vs Ben Rothwell

Round 1
Brandon Vera was doing great doing all sorts kind of combinations. As he eludes and evades  the counter attacks of Ben Rothwell. Vera connected with a clean straight punch and also landed a picture perfect leg kick to the body of Rothwell. Brandon Vera also made a good punch to the jaw but in the late seconds he got accidentally kicked below the belt.

Round 2
When the round started both fighters exchange blows. Ben Rothwell would be aggressive in this round as he continues to attack Vera. But Brandon Vera would also start to hit some counter attacks.
Brandon Vera would use his knees to neutralize Rothwell. And would also mix his attacks by hitting head kicks and elbows.

Round 3
Ben Rothwell would open up this round connecting a good body kick to Vera. Ben Rothwell would somehow unleash more aggression on Brandon Vera. And this time Ben would berserk all his attacks. Ben would fury a series of punches and kicks combined with knees. Uppercuts would start to connect and then another knee that would hurt Vera badly. The referee noticed that Vera could not defend himself anymore and stopped the fight.

REACTION AND POINT OF VIEW TO THE FIGHT
Brandon Vera did an excellent job on the first 2 rounds. He was attacking with accuracy and having patience with his offensive arsenal. On the other hand Ben was just relentless and a though opponent for Vera.

Ben would absorb all Vera's attack and would keep coming forward and be more aggressive. Vera was more quick and had speed advantage against Rothwell. But the moment Rothwell would clinch and hit Vera. Ben would hit him as hard as he can that would hurt Vera.

Ben did a great job on the final round which he went it all out. He just spread his attacks and from there Ben would outrage Vera and knocked him out.

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Shogun Rua TKO Brandon Vera. Lyoto Machida TKO Ryan Bader

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Brandon "The Truth" Vera

It was one of those nights were MMA fans would love to see how this MMA superstars would battle it out. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua battled out with a veteran Brandon "The Truth" Vera on UFC Fox. Both Fighters went back and forth and showed how badly they want to win.

Round 1:
Both fighters wasted no time in trying to exchange blows and punches. Brandon Vera immediately showcased his technical kicks while Shogun made some solid punches. Brandon Vera attempted a guillotine choke that could have been a huge win if he was able to successfully made it. But Rua was relentless and worked out his defense.

Round 2:
Again both fighters keep exchanging blows and hits to each other. But Shogun would connect most and hard on Brandon Vera. As Shogun would keep hitting Brandon Vera's face but Vera would also have his own counter attacks. From head kicks to vicious elbows that would wear out Shogun Rua. Brandon Vera would show Rua how to kick from body up to the head. As Shogun was extremely exhausted and would somehow we taken down at the late minutes of the round.

Round 3:
With a bloody eyes Brandon Vera is still relentless and would continue to fight Shougn Rua since he has that momentum going on. But Shogun Rua is ready for a war and would do more damage on Brandon Vera. From elbows to kicks and some uppercuts Rua would connect. Shogun Rua would even outmatched Vera
when it comes to punches. Mean while Brandon Vera's defense would be great as he would defend him self
from the take down that Shogun Rua would attempt.

Round 4:
Both fighters are extremely tired and exhausted but they are still on rage. Brandon Vera would connect some series of good combinations. From punches mixed with leg kicks finishing it with a knee to the body and head. Vera was determined to win as he continues his assault by his impressive combinations. But Mauricio Shogun Rua would have a big heart and would fight back. As Mauricio Shogun Rua established some hard punches that would accurately hit Vera. From the last minutes of the round Rua would connect devastating blows and when Vera was hurt Rua capitalized. As the referee seen enough about the ravage of Rua the fight was interfered declaring Rua as the winner via TKO.

POINTS OF VIEW OF THE FIGHT

This was an impressive win for Shogun Rua. Since he shows tenacity and improving his cardio since he went up to 4 rounds. Based on this fight Shogun Rua was really on this one were in he was able to dominate Brandon Vera when it comes to striking.

Brandon Vera on the other hand also had a great game plan. Those sick combinations throwing one to three punches finished with leg kicks was just awesome. But Shogun Rua was just too much for Vera were in Shogun would unleash his striking arsenal.

Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was really something else on this fight and I can say he also improve his stamina. At the same time more of an accurate striker.

Lyoto Machida vs Ryan Bader.

Lyoto "The Dragon"  Machida won the game as impressive as he can be. As Ryan Bader could not figure out how to match and hit the quick Machida. Machida would hit Bader from his quick punches and kicks. And Machida would also be illusive enough to avoid the attack that Bader would attemp.

Machida is quick enough to evade and also have his defense up the moment that Bader would attempt a take down. And then confuse Ryan Bader with some punch and leg kick combinations. Machida look good on that fight by which he was able to implement his game plan. On the second round Bader took off and attempted to harass Machida.

But it was a wrong move for Bader as he was a bit of desperate. When Machida releases that Bader is coming for a full attack swing. Machida just capitalizes and found a weak spot that he hit an accurate punch on Ryan Bader's face. This caused Bader to collapsed and Machida just sworn his hammer first on Bader. The referee them stopped Lyoto and declared him the winner of the fight.


POINTS OF VIEW OF THE FIGHT

Ryan Bader lost his patience and composure and he just ran into something that caused him the consequences. He ran into Machida's elusive trap and got hit hard with a dart punch. Machida's timing was perfect as this caused Ryan to collapsed and was seemingly unconscious while hitting the canvass.

However the biggest mistake that Ryan Bader had done was to fight Machida on stand. He could have grappled his way and attempted to take down Lyoto. And then bring the fight on the ground since he has a good ground and pound game.

Well with this fight I bet Machida would have another title shot on Jon Jones for the Light Heavyweight belt. Which Jon Jones is still successful defending it over elite and former champions.

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