Jan. 25 Ultiamte Fight Night Thoughts

[Riley G]

Hermes Franca vs. Spencer Fisher:

Good fight clash of styles who whould of thought Franca would knock out Fisher. I got a chuckle out of Rogan saying that the punch came from behind Franca's knee that knocked out Fisher which anyone with any fighting knowhow could tell you is just not the proper way to throw a punch but whatever works and it worked for him.

Ed Herman vs. Chris Price:

I won't lie I missed most of this but from what I saw Herman got a nice armbar win.

Heath Herring vs. Jake O'Brein:

What a shocker Herring got his ass kicked and dominated on the ground by O'Brein. Regardless of what Herring said post fight about being held down and wanting to give the fans a knock out, this isn't kickboxing this is MMA, wrestling is a part of the game and apparently Herring forgot this.

Rashad Evans vs. Sean Salmon:

Holy sh*t the knock out in this fight made me yell out loud what an impressive looking KO by Evans

[IWSfan4life]

Franca/Fisher- really solid standup fight and both men impressed me. I've always liked Franca but obviously his stand up technique needs work. But that punch that daised Spencer was awesome. I can see Franca or Alves getting the next shot at Sherk, although I like Florian a lot more.

Price/Herman- Herman finally gets a win. I've always liked the hothead. He reminds me of an overconfident Chris Leben. But the standing switch into the armbar was soooo damn smooth. Solid quick fight.

Herring vs. O'Brian- Upset of the year for 2007 is already won. O'Brien is a bum who the UFC picked for Herring to kill and he got completely outclassed in every way. I'm a big Herring fan, but if he tanks like this again he'll be gone. I hope Rampage and Cro Cop watched this fight.

Evans/Salmon- Wasn't a great main event. Salmon looked a bit lost and Evans is the only TUF alum that I hate (besides Lutter). That high kick was awesome, but I'll never be a Rashad fan. Overall this was the weakest of the 9 UFN Live's ever, but still OK.

-Jason

[mercutio80]

Franca/Fisher... I was most excited for this fight. It didn't disappoint. Franca surprised me with his KO win. I expected either a submission win for Franca or a KO by Fisher.

Price/Herman... I have hated Herman ever since he was on TUF. He's too cocky. Regardless, he pulled off a beautiful arm bar.

Herring/O'brien... Herring was always one of my favorites from Pride, so this disappointed me. He's better than that. His ground game was never the best, but he should have done better than he did. I wasn't impressed with O'brien, either. Sure, he got Herring down, but he didn't really seem to know what to do once he got him there. One of the editors at Sherdog picked O'brien in an easy win. I guess they know what there are doing.

Evans/Salmon.... I need to watch Salmon's karate kid kick again for a laugh. Rashad was never one of my favorites, but he's probably the best of the TUF alums with maybe the exception of Diego. Rashad's weak point was that he was a boring fighter that just took the guy down and laid on him. He's working on his strikes and will be a favorite if he does more ko's like that.

[Riley G]

I hope Rampage and Cro Cop watched this fight

I like Herring but those two exspecially Cro Cop are on a level above him