UFC 158 blog- Georges St. Pierre wins every round, rolls past Nick Diaz

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Third Round Fletcher senses he needs to do something dramatic, but can't close the gap between he and Ricci with anything more than a leg kick. Fletcher looks for a single-leg takedown, but Ricci hops to the cage to keep his balance. Fletcher footstomps and throws punches to Ricci's thighs. Points are nice, but he's going to need a finish in all likelihood. Ricci works his way around and presses Fletcher against the fence for a while. And round and round they go a few times. Ricci breaks out with an elbow to Fletcher's now-purple face. Ricci lands some jabs and stays out of the way from Fletcher. Freakshow resorts to more spinning attacks. A couple come up empty before one fist grazes Ricci's head. Ricci covers up to escape the follow-up, though. They trade jabs, with Fletcher's pushing Ricci back. Another exchange follows. This one is more even. Fletcher comes forward, but Ricci presses him into the fence and eventually to the ground. This may lock up the victory for the Montreal native. The crowd pipes up as Ricci throws a lot of unanswered ground-and-pound. Fletcher covers up and Ricci gets his back. Fletcher throws a few punches into Ricci's chin, but it might be too late. Fletcher sweeps to get on top, but Ricci takes another round and wins 30-27 on the Sun's scorecard. Mike Ricci beats Colin "Freakshow" Fletcher by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).Second Round Fletcher comes out swinging, pushing Ricci back with a right hand. He keeps up the aggression, but Ricci grabs a hold of his leg after a kick and deposits him on the ground. Ricci is standing over Fletcher and using any opening he sees for punches. Fletcher is bleeding around his right eye as he slides down to look for a leg lock. But it's not good news for the British fighter. Ricci is never in danger and transitions to Fletcher's back. Freakshow feels a lack of pressure, though, and gets to his feet. Fletcher is pressing Ricci against the fence now. He can't take the Canadian down, but lets a few punches fly. Ricci reverses position before they break out. Fletcher's face has gotten noticeably worse. Ricci's next kick, however, goes to the body. Fletcher is throwing a lot to keep Ricci away from him, but rarely connecting. Ricci scores with a left cross. He then gets out of the way from another spin kick attempt from Fletcher. Freakshow circles, but Ricci is controlling the center of the octagon. Ricci lands a few kicks before the minute mark, and then another left hand. He's just faster than Fletcher, who finally catches Ricci with a spinning backfist. Ricci is unaffected, but takes another punch before the bell sounds. Ricci wins the second 10-9 to go up 20-18.First Round The hometown fighter, Ricci, backs Fletcher up early and flings a right hook that misses. Fletcher hits with a leg kick, but Ricci answers with a straight right and a kick to the body. "Freakshow" Fletcher keeps his distance and jabs Ricci when he tries to rush in. Both are trying to get inventive with their kicks, but aren't landing anything. Ricci hits Fletcher into the fence and pelts his shin with a leg kick. Ricci lands a kick to the body, but Fletcher counters with a jab. Fletcher's face already looks a little bruised, but he hasn't taken many shots. They take turns com http://www.cheapchristianlouboutinonline.co.uk/ ing forward. Ricci lands a combination, but Fletcher counters with a left. A spin kick from Ricci goes to Fletcher's body. Fletcher loads up a lopping left hand that Ricci evades. Ricci keeps working his leg kicks, and is probably out to an early edge on volume. Ricci pushes Fletcher back with a combination. The crowd boos with a minute to go as the lack of action is getting to them. Fletcher kicks, but it lands right on Ricci's cup. Fight is paused. Ricci lands a right hand on the re-start. Fletcher spins around. It looks fancy, but nothing scores. Ricci connects with a kick to the body. Fletcher's side is red. Fletcher catches a Ricci kick and pushes him up against the cage to end the round. Ricci wins 10-9.Pre-main cardJoe Rogan introduced the fighters in the top three bouts of UFC 158 yesterday as “the top six welterweights on planet Earth.â€Matt Hughes, the second-best welterweight in mixed martial arts history behind only Georges St. Pierre, said the top five of the 170-pound division would be set in stone after tonight’s card less than an hour before.Those might be slight exaggerations, but they succeed in illustrating what’s on the line in the UFC’s first trip to Canada in 2013. The welterweight division is up for grabs at UFC 158.Either Georges St. Pierre will extend his dominance to a record 11 title wins or Nick Diaz will pull off one of the most memorable upsets ever in the octagon in the main event.There’s a good chance the next challenger for the title will present himself in one of the two fights right before St. Pierre vs. Diaz.Johny Hendricks gets the shot if he defeats Carlos Condit in the co-main event. Hendricks, winner of five in a row, is on a tear that’s too hard to ignore.The picture gets murky if Hendricks loses, but not undecipherable. Like Hendricks, Jake Ellenberger recently went on a run that makes some wondering how he hasn’t already fought for the title.Ellenberger, who meets Nate Marquardt in the third-billed bout, reeled off six wins in a row but got knocked out by Martin Kampmann nearly a year ago. Hendricks, in turn, knocked out Kampmann the last time the UFC was in Montreal in November.But Ellenberger could get the next shot at the champion anyway if he wins and Hendricks loses. Winning seven of eight in a division as stacked as the UFC welterweight class is no easy feat.If both Hendricks and Ellenberger win, then a long shot like Demian Maia or Tarec Saffiedine could challenge for the belt.But that’s all talk about the future, and not necessary for a few more hours. Right now, it’s time to enjoy an event that’s been years in the making.St. Pierre vs. Diaz is perhaps the biggest grudge match the UFC could stage at this point. The intensity only seemed to rise this week when Diaz continuing spouting rhetoric against the champion at every media gathering he attended.St. Pierre tried to hold back, with mixed results. He concluded by saying he wanted to do his talking in the octagon.Let’s see if he lives up to that cliché, but bold pronouncement. Before the three headlining fights, St. Pierre’s training partner Mike Ricci opens the main card against England’s Colin Fletcher.A middleweight bout between Nick Ring and Chris Camozzi bridges the gap between the first fight and Ellenberger vs. Marquardt.Stay tuned to lasvegassun.com for live round-by-round coverage of the pay-per-view card and look below for full results from the preliminaries.A different hometown headliner already grabbed a victory. The question is whether he deserved it. Patrick Cote defeated Bobby Voelker by u christian louboutin outle nanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in a welterweight bout, but the decision was shocking to several media members sitting cageside. Voelker easily won the third round with takedowns, and appeared to out-strike Cote in the second as well. The Sun scored the bout 29-28 for Voelker.For the first time during his current five-fight win streak, featherweight contender Darren Elkins earned a victory by stoppage. It was marred by controversy, though. Antonio Carvalho popped right back up after taking a right hand from Elkins but referee Yves Lavigne had already waved off the bout. Elkins officially snagged a TKO victory over Carvalho at 3:06 of the first round.One of the most promising young fighters out of Canada captured a large amount of attention in his UFC debut. Jordan Mein, 23-years old, became the first person to ever knock out veteran Dan Miller in a welterweight bout. Mein finished Miller at 4:43 of the first round with a combination against the cage, but only after sweeping to escape from an armbar attempt minutes before.John Makdessi defeated Daron Cruickshank by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in a lightweight fight. Cruickshank won the first round by landing a small arsenal of kicks to the body, but Makdessi got his jab going to score frequently over the last 10 minutes.Rick Story made a compelling case for why he shouldn't be stuck on the facebook portion of cards in the future. Story scored a TKO victory over Quinn Mulhern at 3:05 of the first round in their welterweight bout. Story, who had dropped from the top of the division after losing three of four, dropped Mulhern with a left hand and followed with ground-and-pound strikes to the body for the finish.Try staying conscious after a kne cheap christian louboutin online e square to the face. As Issei Tamura would attest, it's not easy. T.J. Dillashaw knocked out Tamura 26 seconds into the second round with a head kick that saw the American's knee collide with the Japanese fighter's forehead. George Roop defeated Reuben Duran by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) in a bantamweight bout. The Las Vegas-based Roop took Duran's back in the second round and controlled him against the cage in the third.