I watched the show on PPV.
Franklin dominated Loiseau. The judges scored the fight 50-42, 50-43, 50-42. In a 10-point must scoring system, that means that at least 2 or 3 of the 5 rounds were scored 10-8. Yes, it was that bad.
I made the sprinting comment because there were many occasions during the fight when Loiseau would actually turn his back and literally run from Franklin. It was almost embarassing to watch.
A few of Franklin's takedowns were beautiful suplexes.
Loiseau defended the rear naked chokes by turtling up, but when he would try to stand up Franklin would slam him.
Franklin said he broke his hand in the first minute of the second round. He said it altered his game plan but he had to continue throwing punches with it.
I believe that if Loiseau had not run Franklin would have knocked him out second round.
The first round of the Hominick - Yves could have gone either way, but Hominick was the aggressor throughout, landed more shots, despite having the shorter reach. Hominick also had much quicker hand speed, which was surprising given the reputation of Yves. He hit Yves with a hard kidney shot, Yves dropped his arm and then took Hominick to the ground to avoid the stand up. But it was a mistake - Hominick set up the triangle and then prevented the slam defense and tapped out Yves. Great win.
BJ Penn made a big show after the fight with Pierre by saying that Pierre "looked" like he lost the fight, implying he disagreed with the decision. However, the cut under Pierre's eye was opened with a thumb, and he bled from his nose from a short clipping uppercut that clipped his nose. Other than that, Pierre was the agressor. He took Penn down a number of times, despite Penn's "world class jiu jitsu skills" and held him down a few times, too. Pierre had a couple of slams ala Matt Hughes, too. Pierre won the fight 2-1 and should not have been a split decision.
