#hominick

Mark "The Machine" Hominick vs Chan Sung Jung "The Korean Zombie"

If there was any fight i would bet on to be Fight of the Night, it's this one. Both fighters are exciting and always put on a show. I have to give the edge to Mark Hominick who has some brilliant stand-up skills. The Korean Zombie is known for his ability to take a hit but the technical skill of Hominick will overcome his heart.

Claude Patrick vs Brian "The White Anderson Silva" Ebersole 

I don't know much about Claude Patrick but I love Brian Ebersole. He is a veteran with over 60 fights and he calls himself "The White Anderson Silva", what else can ask for.

Tito Ortiz "The People's Champion" vs Antonio Rogerio "Lil Nog" Nogueira

Tito Ortiz has been trying to change his image but he is still the same old fighter and Nogueira is due for a big win against him.

Frank Mir vs Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira

Frank Mir won the first fight convincingly and has improved but I believe that a healthy and driven Minotauro will be able to beat him.

Jon "Bones" Jones vs Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida

Anyone who picks Machida in this fight is crazy. Jon Jones is too much for anyone in the light heavyweight division. 

Machida has an elusive style that has confounded most of the fighters he has fought but I don't think it will be a problem for Jones considering his ridiculous reach advantage. Machida likes to go in and out of fighters range so that he can counter but it will be too difficult for him to do that in this fight without taking damage. The only chance Machida has in this fight is he is able to get in Jones' range and counter strike him but instead of going for a single shot, he has to go for a combination and try to finish as fast as possible. 

The longer the fight goes, the more time Jones has to wear out Machida. 

Mark Hominick vs Ben Greer

Mark Hominick (who will be fighting at UFC 140 against the Korean Zombie) against ben greer. This is a pretty old fight.

Over 55,000 fans filled the Rogers Center in Toronto on Saturday night and watched Georges St-Pierre successfully defend his UFC welterweight title for the 6th time by  out-pointing challenger Jake Shields. The paid gate for UFC 129 was the largest ever to attend a North American MMA event.

I’m not sure if the ticket price included an energy drink or two, but it would have been helpful to keep even the most ardent fans interested and focused during the main event.

GSP used his amazing take down defense to thwart a few seemingly uninspired attempts by Shields to get the fight to the ground. This kept the bout standing for the majority of the night where GSP  effectively out kickboxed Shields. He even managed to land a couple of crunching head kicks that appeared to seriously hurt the challenger.  GSP, however, never moved to capitalize on the advantage and was content to safely earn a points victory.

The lack of killer instinct by St-Pierre was not lost on the partisan crowd that booed loudly during the last couple of rounds at the absence of any desire by their champion to finish the fight.

In fairness to GSP, he was handicapped by a swollen left eye caused by a right hand from Shields landed in the second round. According to GSP’s comments between rounds and after the fight, he could not see clearly from the eye and was unable to press his advantage.  He too was disappointed by his performance that he graded as an ‘F’.

The crowd was also possibly jaded by an undercard that provided fantastic finishes and near-heroic efforts from other Canadian fighters.

In the co-main event, Canadian Mark Hominick took a beating at the hands of UFC Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo.  Aldo landed a variety of power kicks, punches and elbows during the bout that left Hominick’s head a swollen mask of horror. By the end of the 4th round a baseball size hematoma  had formed on the right side of Hominick’s forehead and was twice examined by the cage side doctor. The doctor allowed the fight continue at the pleading  of the driven Mark Hominick.

Hominick lost the fight via unanimous decision but managed to take Aldo to the ground in the final round. He then  administered the most vicious ground and pound of the fight and managed to win the round despite his significantly lumped and bloodied face. The final round heroics prompted an ovation from appreciative fans.

In the evenings other marquee match-up, 47 year-old UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture took on former 205 pound champion, Lyoto Machida. After a first round that saw both fighters safely feel each other out, Machida came out more aggressively in the second. Machida pushed Couture back with strikes and then landed a sudden jumping front kick that knocked Couture down and out. The kick, which Machida himself credited to Steven Seagal, was very similar to the kick used by Anderson Silva to stop Vitor Belfort. The kick also drew comparisons to the fictitious  Crane Technique utilized in the movie “The Karate Kid”.

UFC 129 Full Results

 Welterweight Championship Bout: St-Pierre via UD over Jake Shields

Featherweight Championship Bout: Jose Aldo via UD over Mark Hominick

Light Heavyweight Bout: Lyoto Machida KO (flying front crane kick) over Randy Couture

Light Heavyweight Bout: Vladimir Matyushenko via KO (punch) over Jason Brilz

Lightweight Bout: Ben Henderson via UD over Mark Bocek

Welterweight Bout: Rory MacDonald via UD over Nate Diaz

Welterweight Bout: Jake Ellenberger via KO (punch) over Sean Pierson

Welterweight Bout: Claude Patrick via UD over Daniel Roberts

Bantamweight Bout: Ivan Menjivar via TKO (elbow) over Charlie Valencia

Middleweight Bout: Jason MacDonald via sub (triangle choke) over Ryan Jensen

Lightweight Bout: John Makdessi via KO (spinning back fist) over Kyle Watson