Yves Edwards vs. Joe Stevenson

A good first round, which I’d give to Edwards. He did a good job of fending off Stevenson for the most part, and he scored with a great looking high kick.

Stevenson totally dominated round two, but the real story was the bleeding from Edwards off the cuts to his head. The canvas was splattered with Yves blood, and was a sight to see.

Going into round three, I have it 19-18 to Stevenson.

The doctor stops the fight, though, and Stevenson gets the victory. No complaints with the stoppage, because that was a cut that just wouldn’t stop bleeding and it was going to impair Yves’ vision.

Frank Mir vs. Dan Christison

Christison did just enough to win a very boring round.

Mir was totally blown up and did very little. Neither did Christison, but he did get an armbar on Mir that came close, so I’d go with Christison again.

Not a very lively round, but Mir did more than enough to win it, but it won’t save the fight for him with me.

I gave it 29-28 to Christison. Mir won it 29-28 with all three judges, and it’s not a decision I really agree with.

Ken Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz

This has the atmosphere of something special. Hopefully, we’ll see a special ass kicking from Ortiz.

Ortiz wins by ref stoppage in 1:18. I’m not a fan of Ken, but that stoppage was way too premature. A terrible decision by Herb Dean, and I’d be chanting “bullshit” too.

Dana White calls out Wanderlei Silva and then Chuck Liddell and announces that, if Liddell gets past Sobral, which is likely, it will be Silva vs. Liddell in November. Holy shit, I am there.

Josh Neer vs. Josh Burkman

There were some good exchanges in what was a very even round.

Burkman did enough, including a great takedown, to win the round. It goes into round three 20-19 for Burkman.

Third round was even, but Burkman, I think, did enough to win the round and the fight.

I have it 30-28 for Burkman. Burkman wins it by unanimous decision.

Andrei Arlovsky vs. Tim Sylvia

The first round was mostly action, with Arlovsky doing more than enough to win the round for me.

There was a lot of back and forth action in round two, but I don’t think either man did enough to win it.

The third round was dangerously close to being without any merit. Sylvia did get decent punches in, but they didn’t win him the round in my eyes, though. It’s 30-29 for Arlovsky so for in my book.

Round four = snooze. No winner. 40-39 so far on my card.

More of the same in round five.

I have Arlovsky winning 50-48, but I’d hardly call him a winner based on his performance. The judges have it 48-47, 49-46 and 48-47 for Sylvia. This fight was beyond boring as shit. Round-by-round, I had Arlovsky winning, but if I were to judge the fight based on overall performance, I’d call it a draw. Neither man did anything to warrant being called the UFC Heavyweight Champion, and the heavyweight division needs a lot of rehab to overcome this debacle.

Overall Outside of the terrible call in the Ortiz vs. Shamrock fight, the announcement of a possible Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell fight in November, and Yves Edwards bleeding like crazy, there was absolutely nothing of note on this PPV, and it had the least merit of any UFC PPV for a long time.