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

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

Main Card (Fuel TV)
Weight ClassMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Stefan Struvevs. Stipe Miocic
Welterweight Dan Hardyvs. Amir Sadollah
Bantamweight Brad Pickettvs. Yves Jabouin
Lightweight Paul Sassvs. Matt Wiman
Welterweight John Hathawayvs. John Maguire
Welterweight Che Millsvs. Duane Ludwig
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Light Heavyweight Kyle Kingsburyvs. Jimi Manuwa
Featherweight Andy Oglevs.Akira Corassani
MiddleweightTom Watsonvs. Brad Tavares
Catchweight (183 lbs.)DaMarques Johnsonvs.Gunnar Nelson
Featherweight Jason Youngvs.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).
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Wiman taps Sass ... would not have predicted that in a million years as Sass has been tapping everyone.
 
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.
 
Cool to hear Dan Hardy come out to a rock song. It's almost all hip-hop entrance songs nowadays.
 
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.
 
Here's the full card results...

Main Card (Fuel TV)
Weight ClassWinnerLoserMethodRoundTimeNotes
Heavyweight Stefan Struvedef. Stipe MiocicTKO (punches)23:50
Welterweight Dan Hardydef. Amir SadollahDecision (unanimous) (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)35:00
Bantamweight Brad Pickettdef. Yves JabouinKO (punches)13:40
Lightweight Matt Wimandef. Paul SassSubmission (armbar)13:48
Welterweight John Hathawaydef. John MaguireDecision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)35:00
Welterweight Che Millsdef. Duane LudwigTKO (knee injury)12:28
Preliminary Card (Facebook)
Light HeavyweightJimi Manuwa
def.Kyle Kingsbury
TKO (doctor stoppage)25:00
Featherweight Akira Corassani
def. Andy Ogle
Decision (split) (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)35:00
MiddleweightBrad Tavares
def.Tom Watson
Decision (split) (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)35:00
Catchweight (183 lbs.) Gunnar Nelson
def.DaMarques Johnson
Submission (rear naked choke)13:34
Featherweight Robbie Peralta
def.Jason Young
KO (punches)10:23


Good wins by Struve, Pickett and Nelson. :thumbup:

***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.
 
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.
 
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?"
 
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