UFC 43 - Randy Couture vs. Chuck Liddell

I just signed up with netflix and I have set up all of the ufc dvd's to be sent over to me. So far netflix only carries ufc 43 and up - so last night I received ufc 43 in the mail and popped it in the dvd player. I was excited to see the main event Randy couture vs. Chuck Liddell, but there were other fighters that I was pysched to see as well - such as "Kimo Leopoldo".

The dvd starts off the Pedro Rizzo vs. Tracy Telligman fight, which was a good way to start this off - the first thing that caught me eye is someone stole half of Tracy Telligman's chest - his whole right side of his chest is gone, literally gone. However he's still a strong son of a bitch. Great fight. The Frank Vitale vs. Matt Lindland fight was good until one of the fighters fucks themselves and then gets beat up. The highlight of the night was when Wes Sims lost his shit and started stomping on Frank Mir's face after pile driving him to get out of an arm submittion - BAD ASS! He dropped like 5 chin shots with the heel of his foot in a second - fucked up Frank Mir's face and got disqualified for this move since it's illegal in the UFC rule book. The Vernon Tiger White vs. Ian Freeman fight was built up because Vernon is getting old and he's in great shape. This fight was ended in a draw, which sucks - it was a good fight to watch. In the Vitor Belfort vs. Marvin Eastman fight it started off looking like Marvin had an advantage - however Vitor very quickly wins respect as an explosive fighter - this was a great fight to watch. Yves Edwards vs. Eddie Ruiz was a one sided fight, Eddie is a strong guy and doesn't give up, but in the end Yves is a much more experienced fighter and slowly picks Eddie apart.

The next fight was Kimo Leopoldo vs. David "Tank" Abbott and I was excited for this bout. The first time I say Kimo Leopoldo fight it was against Royce Gracie, and he's the only fighter that I've seen really stand a chance against Gracie - of course i've only seen a few Royce Gracie matches - all of them have ended in Gracie submitting the oppponent either before or after snapping a bone. In UFC 43 Kimo was faced off against David "Tank" Abbott, and it looked like it could be a good fight - unfortunately Abbott has little wrestling skills and Kimo is well trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighting and it only took a couple minutes to submit Abbott - choked out.

The final match between Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell was finally on and I was ready. I'd heard alot about Chuck Liddell's fighting skills and specifically power, however Rand Couture is a heavy weight champion that moved down a weight class and that could make thing go either way. However the way that it went was Randy Couture dominated Chuck Liddell the whole match. It was a great fight to watch and I'm really excited to watch the progression of these UFC bouts, next coming in the mail is going to be UFC 44 and should be here today when I get back from work.