As Bruce Buffer says, "IT'S TIME!!!" Main card is now over on FOX and I am gave my round by round updates on each of the main card fights. Tonight's main card featured four fights including a main event that has the flyweight championship being defended.
UFC on Fox 6 Results:
Flyweight Championship: Demetrious Johnson (17-2-1) (Champ) vs. John Dodson (14-6)
Round 1: Flyweights=Speed. Dodson lands the first real shot of the fight and staggers Johnson. Johnson goes for a head kick and is thrown off by Dodson. Both guys are going at each other back and forth pressing the action. Johnson is able to get Dodson to the ground. Dodson gets back standing without Johnson doing any damage on the ground. Although Johnson scored a takedown. The brief amount of time the fight was on the ground, I wouldn't even give him points for it. Way too hard to type during this fight. Both guys are too damn fast. Dodson looked better standing so I award him the round 10-9.
Round 2: Coming in to this fight many thought Johnson was the faster fighter but Dodson seems to be on par with his speed. Johnson is able to score a takedown up against the cage but once again can't keep Dodson down for long. Dodson lands a great combination that puts Johnson on the ground. Dodson lands another left hook that puts Johnson on the ground again. Johnson looks hurt. Joe Rogan says on the strength difference, "They both have the speed, Dodson has more power." Dodson is showing much better striking than Johnson. Johnson is able to land a couple of clinch knees at the end of the round up against the cage. That round was pretty easy to score. I'd give it 10-9 for Dodson which gives him a 20-18 lead going in to round 3.
Round 3: Johnson connects with a knee below the belt which pauses the fight for about a minute. No points taken away and the fight is restarted from where it left off. Johnson looks better in this round than he did early on. Very nice body kick by Dodson. Johnson is able to secure a takedown. Not as much happened in this round as the previous ones. I give the edge to Johnson who wins his first round of the night 10-9. Dodson still leads the fight 29-28 after three.
Round 4: Johnson scores a takedown and gets the fight to side control. Dodson is able to get partially up before Johnson lands an illegal knee to Dodson's face (the knee is illegal because one of Dodson's hands is touching the ground). Dodson was able to rest and was checked by the doctors following the illegal strike. No points are deducted for the illegal shot and the fight continues after Dodson seems okay. Dodson's conditioning doesn't seem to be on the level of Johnson's and I' starting to think Johnson could walk away with a 48-47 unanimous decision at this point. Johnson is landing a lot of knees up against the cage to the body and arms. Johnson lands a couple of knees to Dodson's head which causes a cut to open on his face. Round ends and I score this one 10-9 for Johnson. I think the fight is all tied up after three rounds at 38-38.
Round 5: Whoever takes this round is going to win the fight in my opinion. Both guys come out and show respect for one another. Johnson is able to secure a takedown along the fence. With Dodson having Johnson pushed up against the face, Johnson raised himself up and started landing elbows to the head of Dodson. Dodson has been unable to takedown Johnson so far this round. Johnson is connecting pretty well with shots on Dodson. Dodson seems to be unable to get out of Johnson's clinch at this point. With 30 seconds left Dodson has to do something big to win this fight. Johnson ends the fight in control and I think he takes the last round 10-9. I'm scoring the bout 48-47 for the defending champion Demetrious Johnson.
I do believe that when Johnson connected with the illegal knee on Dodson in round 4 that he should have been deducted a point. If a point was deducted the fight would have been ruled a majority draw (47-47, 48-46 Johnson, 47-47)
Official Result: Johnson defeats Dodson via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 48-47) to retain the UFC Flyweight Championship.
Round 1: Teixeira is able to get a takedown early in the round. Both guys aren't afraid to trade bombs at this point. Rampage is looking pretty good until he attempts a takedown that is easily shaken off & countered with a hook to the face by Teixeira. Teixeira drops Jackson with a big hook which leaves Rampage wobbly. Rampage is still answering back with punches even after being rocked. I don't see this fight getting to a decision unless both guys tire each other out. I score the round 10-9 Teixeira.
Round 2: Teixeira comes out and is able to secure an early takedown. Rampage is able to land a few successful uppercuts after getting the fight back standing. Rampage looks winded already halfway through round 2. Teixeira seems to have the much better endurance of the two fighters. The round is pretty even on the feet, but because of the early takedown I score the round 10-9 Teixeira, which gives him a 20-18 lead after two rounds. That round could have gone either way though.
Round 3: In my opinion Rampage has to finish it this round if he wants to walk away with a win. Rampage catches Teixeira early in the round. Teixeira gets a takedown again making it three times in three rounds. These takedowns could be what gives Teixeira the win as both guys have been relatively even while standing. Rampage seems to be bringing it at this point with 3 minutes to go. After throwing a couple of haymakers Rampage seems to have lost all of his energy. What might have been the most telegraphed takedown I've seen in awhile actually worked and got Rampage to the ground. With 1 minute left Rampage is zombie status at this point. 30 seconds left in the fight and Teixeira gets another takedown and is able to gain mount position. Round ends with in my opinion Teixeira taking that round 10-9 and the fight 30-27.
Official Result: Teixeira defeats Rampage via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Lightweight: Anthony Pettis (16-2) vs. Donald Cerrone (19-5 & 1 NC)
Round 1: Both guys come out landing strikes. Pettis attempts a cartwheel kick that doesn't really connect. Pettis hurts him with a body shot. Pettis continues to use all kinds of striking techniques. Damnnn! Pettis ends it with a body kick. Anthony Pettis looked tremendous and more than likely just earned himself a title shot.
Official Result: Pettis defeats Cerrone via TKO at 2:35, round 1
Pettis =AMAZING!!!! Ok I'm sold
— Dana White (@danawhite) January 27, 2013
Featherweight: Erik Koch (13-2) vs. Ricardo Lamas (13-2)
Round 1: Both guys are trying to figure out their range early. Rest of the round is Lamas pushing the action with takedowns attempts up against the cage and Koch defending them. I give the edge to Lamas in that round for pushing the action. Didn't do much so 10-9 Lamas.
Round 2: Lamas is able to get top position and land some strikes. Koch is cut BADDD!!! Lamas ends it with ground punches & elbows. As boring as round 1 might have been round 2 was all Lamas. Cut was opened it & just started spraying everywhere.
Official Result: Lamas defeats Koch via TKO at 2:32, round 2
Preliminary Results:
Lightweight Bout: TJ Grant (20-5) vs. Matt Wiman (15-7)
Grant defeats Wiman via TKO at 4:51, round 1
Featherweight Bout: Clay Guida (30-13) vs. Hatsu Hioki (26-6-2)
Guida defeats Hioki via split decision (28-29, 30-27, 29-28)
Welterweight Bout: Mike Stumpf (11-4) vs. Pascal Krauss (11-1)
Krauss defeats Stumpf via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Light Heavyweight: Ryan Bader (15-3) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (26-7)
Bader defeats Matyushenko via submission (choke) at 0:50, round 1
Heavyweight: Mike Russow (15-3 & 1 NC) vs. Shawn Jordan (14-4)
Jordan defeats Russow via TKO at 3:48, round 2
Middleweight: Rafael Natal (15-4-1) vs. Sean Spencer (9-2)
Natal defeats Spencer via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 2:13, round 1
Welterweight: Simeon Thoresen (17-4-1) vs. David Mitchell (12-2)
Mitchell defeats Thoresen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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