UFC on Fuel TV (5) : Struve vs. Miocic

[DixieDestroyer]

FYI, here's the card for tomorrow's UFC on Fuel TV from jolly olde Nottingham, England (mates)...

Main Card (Fuel TV)
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Stefan Struve	vs.	Stipe Miocic
Welterweight	Dan Hardy	vs.	Amir Sadollah
Bantamweight	Brad Pickett	vs.	Yves Jabouin
Lightweight	Paul Sass	vs.	Matt Wiman
Welterweight	John Hathaway	vs.	John Maguire
Welterweight	Che Mills	vs.	Duane Ludwig
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Light Heavyweight	Kyle Kingsbury	vs.	Jimi Manuwa
Featherweight	Andy Ogle	vs.	Akira Corassani
Middleweight	Tom Watson	vs.	Brad Tavares
Catchweight (183 lbs.)	DaMarques Johnson	vs.	Gunnar Nelson
Featherweight	Jason Young	vs.	Robbie Peralta

http://www.ufc.com/event/FUEL5



***The ol' Destroyer from Dixieland will be pullin' for Picket (vs. afflete Jabouin), Ludwig (vs. afroletic Mills), Kingsbury (vs. groidian Manuwa), Watson (vs. poly Tavares), and Nelson (vs. afflette Johnson).

 

[Liverlips]

Don't forget that this card is from the UK and airs on Facebook at 1:00 or 1:45 p.m. ET (I have seen both times listed). The TV portion starts at 4:00. Lots of good caste matches.

I see Struve beating Miocic. The kid has really improved over the last year or so.

 

[Liverlips]

Gunnar Nelson taps Demarques Johnson!

This despite the fact the Negro came in heavy (surprise, surprise) and probably outweighed Neslon by over 20 pounds come fight time.

 

[Liverlips]

Watson loses a split decision to Tavares. Close fight.

 

[Liverlips]

Damn. The hype job Jimi Manuwa had gassed and was about to be stopped by Kyle Kingsbury. But the doctor stopped the fight due to a swelling of Kyle's eye.

 

[Hawkeye2]

Manuwa isn't going to do well in MMA, any well rounded guy will dominate him. Muchthe same way Che Mills got dominated by Rory.

 

[Liverlips]

Ludwig losses as expected. But it was from a freak leg injury.

1-2 in black v. white matches so far. Hope Pickett evens it out for us.

 

[Liverlips]

Wiman taps Sass ... would not have predicted that in a million years as Sass has been tapping everyone.

 

[Liverlips]

Pickett knocks Jabouin cold!

2-2 in caste matches tonight. Would have been 3-1 if they let Kingsbury out for the third with the gassed Negro hype Manuwa who is a KO waiting to happen.

 

[Liverlips]

Cool to hear Dan Hardy come out to a rock song. It's almost all hip-hop entrance songs nowadays.

 

[Liverlips]

Hardy wins by a UD. And showed much improved wrasslin'.

 

[Liverlips]

Struve by KO!!!!

 

[Liverlips]

Hard to fathom that Struve is only 24.

He has the size, youth, power and submissions to be champ IMO. He is only just beginning to fill up his 7' frame as well.

 

[Liverlips]

Big Nog would be a good next step up for Struve.

 

[DixieDestroyer]

Here's the full card results...

Main Card (Fuel TV)
Weight Class	Winner		Loser	Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight	Stefan Struve	def.	Stipe Miocic	TKO (punches)	2	3:50
Welterweight	Dan Hardy	def.	Amir Sadollah	Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)	3	5:00
Bantamweight	Brad Pickett	def.	Yves Jabouin	KO (punches)	1	3:40
Lightweight	Matt Wiman	def.	Paul Sass	Submission (armbar)	1	3:48
Welterweight	John Hathaway	def.	John Maguire	Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)	3	5:00
Welterweight	Che Mills	def.	Duane Ludwig	TKO (knee injury)	1	2:28
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Light Heavyweight	Jimi Manuwa	def.	Kyle Kingsbury	TKO (doctor stoppage)	2	5:00
Featherweight	Akira Corassani	def.	Andy Ogle	Decision (split) (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)	3	5:00
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	def.	Tom Watson	Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)	3	5:00
Catchweight (183 lbs.)	Gunnar Nelson	def.	DaMarques Johnson	Submission (rear naked choke)	1	3:34
Featherweight	Robbie Peralta	def.	Jason Young	KO (punches)	1	0:23

Good wins by Struve, Pickett and Nelson.

***Skyscraper has improved and is very young (w/ alotta potential). However, I'm still not (totally) sold on him. His chin is suspect (KO'd 4x) against power punchers and he's not beaten any A level fighters (...lost to JDS and Nelson). If he wins another 2-3 fights and/or beats a top 10 HW (Big Nog, Mir, etc.) then I might be sold that he's (UFC) champion material.

 

[Liverlips]

Yeah, no reason to rush things with Struve. If he can fight Big Nog then maybe a rematch with Nelson or Browne (two of his three UFC losses) then a Carwin or Werdum -- then maybe we can talk title shot in late 2013.

But - like Florian said - if the skyscraper can start using his size and reach to control distance (like Jon Jones and W. Klitschko in boxing) he will be very difficult to beat.

Struve also needs to fight like the giant he is. He tries to finesse guys too often.

 

[Liverlips]

By the way, my five-year-old son came in while I was watching the Struve fight and asked, "is that guy a real giant?"