UFC 71 Live Round-by-Round Coverage
Thank you for joining us for our live Round-By-Round coverage of UFC 71 'Liddell Vs. Jackson'. Refresh your browser for the latest updates at the conclusion of each round.
Show is hosted as per usual by Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan.
Scott has joined me tonight, he and I have Pizza Rolls, hot dogs, pretzle sticks, and little Debby stuff for the food. You know the deal, Liddell has 1 loss to avenge and it is to Jackson. You only heard this 60 times during the preshow and then it was recapped in the opening so I reprinted it just in case you didn't get the point.
We may experience technical difficulties tonight, Lightning off in the distance and such.
The winner of tonight's main event will face Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, the Pride Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion.
Middleweight Bout:
Chris "The Crippler" Leben: 26, 5'11, 185, 15-3-0
Vs.
Kalib Starnes: 32, 6'3, 186, 9-1-1
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
R1: Leven starts things nice with a high kick. Starnes will want to take this one to the ground. They end up in the clinch and Starnes attempts takedowns but Leben is able to defend against them. Starnes with a couple of nice kicks in succession Leven hits a kick and then slips down but gets back to his feet before Starnes can capitalize.
Yet another leg kick from Starnes and he's shown a willingness to keep this on the feet. Leben charges and throws some wild punches. They end up back in the clinch but Kalib still can't take him down.
We got a UFC 72 'Victory' promo. Expect more of them.
Leben swings wildly and this allows Kalib to take him down. Leben working fine from the bottom, Starnes not trying to pass guard. Starnes nails a couple of shots to end the round.
Scoring: Starnes did more damage, 10-9.
R2: Kalib Starts out the round hitting more of the kicks that were effective in round 1. Kalib connects with a big right and then takes Leben down again and is inside his guard. Joe Rogan says Leben is using the rubber guard...I prefer if the girl's on the pill to the rubber guard.
Starnes nails a few more shots but Leben is able to escape. Starnes hits a few knees and another right hand. Starnes hits an inside legkick and both he and Leben are getting tired but Starnes moreso. Starnes is covering up as Leben looks to throw combinations and Kalib is sucking wind badly with 40 seconds or so left in the round. Right from Starnes after a legkick from Leben. Leben still trying to press the action to close out the round.
Scoring: Starnes hit more big shots and took him down. Starnes won the round, 10-9.
R3: Leben starts the round with more aggression. Leben pressing the action and hits a kick to Starnes liver.
UFC 72 'Victory' AKA: Please buy this show, please?
Leben doing some nice work from the bottom but Kalib shifts in to Side Control. Crowd was booing the ground work but they were moving. 30 seconds left in the round and Starnes starts to finish the round strong.
Scoring: Probably Leben's round 10-9. Starnes' fight 29-28. A good fight!!
Bravo gave rounds 1 and 3 to Starnes and 2 to Leben. They were all tough to score, so I've got no issue.
Winner: Kalib Starnes (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Rogan with Starnes: Starnes thought Leben took the fight. Leben says screw the judges and the scoring, he thought it was a fun fight and it really was. It is time for the ever boring "Take us through the fight". They take turns saying hi to people. Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Mandy Moore are in the house.
UFC 72 'Victory' commercial. Please, please, please, please, buy this show...we'll give you money!!!
Light Heavyweight Bout:
"The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine: 31, 6'2, 205, 12-3-1
Vs.
Houston "The Assassin" Alexander: 35, 6'0, 202, 6-1-0
Referee: Steve Mazagatti
Scott points out that Houston Alexander sounds like Teddy Long and he kind of does.
MMM, brownies!
Ric Gillespie says Alexander is the fighter most likely to be fustigated.
R1: Jardine hits a nice right hand to start things out. He has Alexander in trouble but Houston recovers and starts to ass whoop Keith Jardine. There was a fustigation here but it was Jardine that got fustigated. All members on CARE gave him 0 chance...we're all dumbasses. He absolutely malled Jardine and it was all she wrote.
Winner: Houston Alexander - 0:48 R1
Rogan with Alexander: This dude is awesome. Dear Houston: I'm sorry for anything I may have ever said or written about you. Sincerely: Me!
A Chuck Liddell feature airs, showing his onterage appearance.
Middleweight Bout:
Terry Martin: 26, 5'9, 186, 17-2-0
Vs.
Ivan Salaverry: 36, 6'0, 184, 11-3-1
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
Terry Martin comes out to Billy Jean by Michael Jackson.
R1: Action starts on the feet with kicks and stuff. Salaverry is taken down very very hard, and some hammer fists and the fight is over. Ric, Art and I are dumbasses...and morons.
Winner: Terry Martin - 2:04 R1
Rogan with Martin: He calls out Anderson Silva and says he's willing to stand and trade with him. Hey, its your funeral man!
UFC 72 'Victory' commercial airs. Ramirez-Griffin and Okami-Franklin are the featured bouts. Trouble is I think both will be good fights but neither is a main event really.
Welterweight Bout:
Karo "The Heat" Parisyan: 24, 5'10, 170, 24-4-0
Vs.
Josh "The People's Warrior" Burkman: 27, 5'10, 171, 19-3-0
Referee: Herb Dean
R1: Karo comes out swinging and connects with a right. Burkman nails a nice leg kick, Burkman backs Parisyan up against the cage. Parisyan answers with another right. Burkman keeps changing up his stance. Karo hits a nice right leg kick. Parisyan takes Burkman to the ground with a nice Judo throw. Parisyan is using effective counters to everything Burkman is throwing. Round 1 ends with Burkman trying and successfully avoiding Parisyan's Kamura.
Scoring: I give the round 10-9 Parisyan.
R2: Parisyan connects with a right hand early. Burkman tries a kick, Karo catches it and lands another right. Burkman swings and misses on a punch and the pace has slowed from the first round. Karo nails a couple of more rights after taking one from Burkman. Burkman is tiring at around the 2:30 point of this round. Parisyan hits a knee then a combination. Parisyan is just imposing his will on Burkman at around the 4:20 point in the round. Burkman is exhausted and yet Parisyan isn't able to finish yet but he is picking him apart.
Scoring: Once again, Parisyan won the round 10-9.
R3: Parisyan is in way better shape going in. Burkman swings and misses with another punch while Parisyan answers with rights. Burkman with a takedown and Karo starts to work from the back. He escapes and starts working for a Kamura. Parisyan not able to get it and its back to the feet. Parisyan has a bodylock and Burkman seems to have found his second wind as he's pressing the action. Karo misses with a high-kick and Burkman attempts another Takedown. Parisyan with a straight left and we're under the 40 second mark of the final round.
Fight Ends...
Scoring: Best round for Burkman but it might not be enough. 10-9 Parisyan. 30-27 for Parisyan.
Winner: Karo Parisyan (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Rogan with Karo: he's been working on his conditioning. He begs Dana for his title shot, he says he's not going to get down on his knees (thank goodness, its been done). He thanks a bunch of people including Randy Couture and Manvel Gambaryan. He then sings a song about his judo throws and that's awesome in its badness. Even Rogan says his singing sucks. Awesome!
They run down the fight cards coming up through July 7, there's a lot.
We go to a preliminary bout.
Lightweight Bout:
Din "DinYero" Thomas: 30, 5'9, 155, 22-7-0
Vs.
Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stevens: 20, 5'9, 156, 13-1-0
Referee: Big John McCarthy
R1: Basically, Thomas controlled the round and Stevens made a late comeback at the end.
R2: Thomas locks in an armbar, Stevens tries to powerbomb out of it and the referee decides to stop the fight.
Winner: Din Thomas - 2:44 R2 via submission
Rogan with Thomas: Thomas says some things. I can't really tell...what he's talking about.
A trailer airs for hostile 2.
Light Heavyweight Title Bout:
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson: 28, 6'1, 205, 26-6-0
Vs.
"The Ice Man" Chuck Liddell: 37, 6'2, 205, 20-3-0
Referee: Big John McCarthy
R1: Crowd erupts when the action begins. Liddell backs away early getting Rampage to chace after. Jackson nails a combination and Liddell backs away. Rampage with a few blows and Liddell is down. Chuck looks like he's going to defend himself, but another blow puts him away.
Winner: Quinton Jackson - 1:53 R1 KO
Rampage is celebrating and now Rogan comes in.
Rogan with Rampage: Being the champion sounds good. He says it feels good, he taughts the fans that booed him. He says drinks are on the house if you can find someone to buy you one. He agreed with Chuck the stoppage was early...until he saw the replay. Dan "Hollywood" Henderson is up next.
Rogan with Chuck: He loves his kids, he's ok and he got caught. He'd take a rematch but it will depend on what the UFC does.
Dan Henderson comes out and he wants to fight Jackson. He'd be happy to make some money fighting his friends.
Show is hosted as per usual by Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan.
Scott has joined me tonight, he and I have Pizza Rolls, hot dogs, pretzle sticks, and little Debby stuff for the food. You know the deal, Liddell has 1 loss to avenge and it is to Jackson. You only heard this 60 times during the preshow and then it was recapped in the opening so I reprinted it just in case you didn't get the point.
We may experience technical difficulties tonight, Lightning off in the distance and such.
The winner of tonight's main event will face Dan "Hollywood" Henderson, the Pride Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion.
Middleweight Bout:
Chris "The Crippler" Leben: 26, 5'11, 185, 15-3-0
Vs.
Kalib Starnes: 32, 6'3, 186, 9-1-1
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
R1: Leven starts things nice with a high kick. Starnes will want to take this one to the ground. They end up in the clinch and Starnes attempts takedowns but Leben is able to defend against them. Starnes with a couple of nice kicks in succession Leven hits a kick and then slips down but gets back to his feet before Starnes can capitalize.
Yet another leg kick from Starnes and he's shown a willingness to keep this on the feet. Leben charges and throws some wild punches. They end up back in the clinch but Kalib still can't take him down.
We got a UFC 72 'Victory' promo. Expect more of them.
Leben swings wildly and this allows Kalib to take him down. Leben working fine from the bottom, Starnes not trying to pass guard. Starnes nails a couple of shots to end the round.
Scoring: Starnes did more damage, 10-9.
R2: Kalib Starts out the round hitting more of the kicks that were effective in round 1. Kalib connects with a big right and then takes Leben down again and is inside his guard. Joe Rogan says Leben is using the rubber guard...I prefer if the girl's on the pill to the rubber guard.
Starnes nails a few more shots but Leben is able to escape. Starnes hits a few knees and another right hand. Starnes hits an inside legkick and both he and Leben are getting tired but Starnes moreso. Starnes is covering up as Leben looks to throw combinations and Kalib is sucking wind badly with 40 seconds or so left in the round. Right from Starnes after a legkick from Leben. Leben still trying to press the action to close out the round.
Scoring: Starnes hit more big shots and took him down. Starnes won the round, 10-9.
R3: Leben starts the round with more aggression. Leben pressing the action and hits a kick to Starnes liver.
UFC 72 'Victory' AKA: Please buy this show, please?
Leben doing some nice work from the bottom but Kalib shifts in to Side Control. Crowd was booing the ground work but they were moving. 30 seconds left in the round and Starnes starts to finish the round strong.
Scoring: Probably Leben's round 10-9. Starnes' fight 29-28. A good fight!!
Bravo gave rounds 1 and 3 to Starnes and 2 to Leben. They were all tough to score, so I've got no issue.
Winner: Kalib Starnes (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Rogan with Starnes: Starnes thought Leben took the fight. Leben says screw the judges and the scoring, he thought it was a fun fight and it really was. It is time for the ever boring "Take us through the fight". They take turns saying hi to people. Adam Sandler, Kevin James and Mandy Moore are in the house.
UFC 72 'Victory' commercial. Please, please, please, please, buy this show...we'll give you money!!!
Light Heavyweight Bout:
"The Dean of Mean" Keith Jardine: 31, 6'2, 205, 12-3-1
Vs.
Houston "The Assassin" Alexander: 35, 6'0, 202, 6-1-0
Referee: Steve Mazagatti
Scott points out that Houston Alexander sounds like Teddy Long and he kind of does.
MMM, brownies!
Ric Gillespie says Alexander is the fighter most likely to be fustigated.
R1: Jardine hits a nice right hand to start things out. He has Alexander in trouble but Houston recovers and starts to ass whoop Keith Jardine. There was a fustigation here but it was Jardine that got fustigated. All members on CARE gave him 0 chance...we're all dumbasses. He absolutely malled Jardine and it was all she wrote.
Winner: Houston Alexander - 0:48 R1
Rogan with Alexander: This dude is awesome. Dear Houston: I'm sorry for anything I may have ever said or written about you. Sincerely: Me!
A Chuck Liddell feature airs, showing his onterage appearance.
Middleweight Bout:
Terry Martin: 26, 5'9, 186, 17-2-0
Vs.
Ivan Salaverry: 36, 6'0, 184, 11-3-1
Referee: Mario Yamasaki
Terry Martin comes out to Billy Jean by Michael Jackson.
R1: Action starts on the feet with kicks and stuff. Salaverry is taken down very very hard, and some hammer fists and the fight is over. Ric, Art and I are dumbasses...and morons.
Winner: Terry Martin - 2:04 R1
Rogan with Martin: He calls out Anderson Silva and says he's willing to stand and trade with him. Hey, its your funeral man!
UFC 72 'Victory' commercial airs. Ramirez-Griffin and Okami-Franklin are the featured bouts. Trouble is I think both will be good fights but neither is a main event really.
Welterweight Bout:
Karo "The Heat" Parisyan: 24, 5'10, 170, 24-4-0
Vs.
Josh "The People's Warrior" Burkman: 27, 5'10, 171, 19-3-0
Referee: Herb Dean
R1: Karo comes out swinging and connects with a right. Burkman nails a nice leg kick, Burkman backs Parisyan up against the cage. Parisyan answers with another right. Burkman keeps changing up his stance. Karo hits a nice right leg kick. Parisyan takes Burkman to the ground with a nice Judo throw. Parisyan is using effective counters to everything Burkman is throwing. Round 1 ends with Burkman trying and successfully avoiding Parisyan's Kamura.
Scoring: I give the round 10-9 Parisyan.
R2: Parisyan connects with a right hand early. Burkman tries a kick, Karo catches it and lands another right. Burkman swings and misses on a punch and the pace has slowed from the first round. Karo nails a couple of more rights after taking one from Burkman. Burkman is tiring at around the 2:30 point of this round. Parisyan hits a knee then a combination. Parisyan is just imposing his will on Burkman at around the 4:20 point in the round. Burkman is exhausted and yet Parisyan isn't able to finish yet but he is picking him apart.
Scoring: Once again, Parisyan won the round 10-9.
R3: Parisyan is in way better shape going in. Burkman swings and misses with another punch while Parisyan answers with rights. Burkman with a takedown and Karo starts to work from the back. He escapes and starts working for a Kamura. Parisyan not able to get it and its back to the feet. Parisyan has a bodylock and Burkman seems to have found his second wind as he's pressing the action. Karo misses with a high-kick and Burkman attempts another Takedown. Parisyan with a straight left and we're under the 40 second mark of the final round.
Fight Ends...
Scoring: Best round for Burkman but it might not be enough. 10-9 Parisyan. 30-27 for Parisyan.
Winner: Karo Parisyan (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Rogan with Karo: he's been working on his conditioning. He begs Dana for his title shot, he says he's not going to get down on his knees (thank goodness, its been done). He thanks a bunch of people including Randy Couture and Manvel Gambaryan. He then sings a song about his judo throws and that's awesome in its badness. Even Rogan says his singing sucks. Awesome!
They run down the fight cards coming up through July 7, there's a lot.
We go to a preliminary bout.
Lightweight Bout:
Din "DinYero" Thomas: 30, 5'9, 155, 22-7-0
Vs.
Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stevens: 20, 5'9, 156, 13-1-0
Referee: Big John McCarthy
R1: Basically, Thomas controlled the round and Stevens made a late comeback at the end.
R2: Thomas locks in an armbar, Stevens tries to powerbomb out of it and the referee decides to stop the fight.
Winner: Din Thomas - 2:44 R2 via submission
Rogan with Thomas: Thomas says some things. I can't really tell...what he's talking about.
A trailer airs for hostile 2.
Light Heavyweight Title Bout:
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson: 28, 6'1, 205, 26-6-0
Vs.
"The Ice Man" Chuck Liddell: 37, 6'2, 205, 20-3-0
Referee: Big John McCarthy
R1: Crowd erupts when the action begins. Liddell backs away early getting Rampage to chace after. Jackson nails a combination and Liddell backs away. Rampage with a few blows and Liddell is down. Chuck looks like he's going to defend himself, but another blow puts him away.
Winner: Quinton Jackson - 1:53 R1 KO
Rampage is celebrating and now Rogan comes in.
Rogan with Rampage: Being the champion sounds good. He says it feels good, he taughts the fans that booed him. He says drinks are on the house if you can find someone to buy you one. He agreed with Chuck the stoppage was early...until he saw the replay. Dan "Hollywood" Henderson is up next.
Rogan with Chuck: He loves his kids, he's ok and he got caught. He'd take a rematch but it will depend on what the UFC does.
Dan Henderson comes out and he wants to fight Jackson. He'd be happy to make some money fighting his friends.
Labels: Chuck Liddell, Mixed Martial Arts, Pay Per View Coverage, Quinton Jackson, UFC, UFC 71
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