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  - UFC 91 LIVE RESULTS AND PLAY-BY-PLAY
Saturday, November 15, 2008 - by MMAWeekly.com
MMAWeekly.com is on location from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas bringing you live results and play-by-play of UFC 91 featuring the return of Ultimate Fighting Championship's heavyweight titleholder Randy "The Natural" Couture against former WWE superstar Brock Lesnar in the main event.
Kenny "Ken-Flo" Florian and Joe "Daddy" Stevenson are matched up in a lightweight bout that carries a lot of implications in the 155-pound division with the winner getting the next title shot.
The first preliminary bout begins at 8:15pm EST/5:15pm PT. Refresh your browser for the latest results and play-by-play.
PLAY-BY-PLAY:
-Randy Couture (220) vs. Brock Lesnar (265)
(Brock Lesnar enters to the most thunderous boos in MMA history. Randy Couture, quite possibly, the opposite. The crowd is deafening.)
R1 – They clinch almost immediately, Brock landing a knee to the midsection. Crowd chanting Randy! Randy! Randy! It is deafening. Brock is maintaining control of the clinch, landing a couple more knees. Randy shucks him off and lands a right hand, as they take center Octagon. Brock shoots, but they end up clinched on the fence, but Brock finds the takedown, pulloung out Randy's leg. Brock in half-guard, nearly passes to mount before Randy reverses out and stands up. Brock again puts the champ on this back and is in half-guard. Brock lands a couple left hands to the face, but appears to be breathing pretty hard. Randy turns over, gets out and up into a standing clinch on the fence. They exchange knees. Couture goes for the takedown but doesn't get it. The bell sounds.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Lesnar.
R2 – They exchange jabs to start the round. Lesnar lands an elbow that staggers the champ. Couture presses the bigger fighter against the cage and recovers, landing knees before they separate. Lesnar is cut above the right eye by a Couture punch. Lesnar lands a right hand that sends Couture crashing to the canvas. He swoops in looking to finish and delivers hammer fist after hammer fist. The referee stops the fight. Brock Lesnar is the new UFC heavyweight champion of the world. Randy is slow to get back up.
Brock Lesnar def. Randy Couture by TKO at 3:07, R2
-Joe Stevenson (156) vs. Kenny Florian (156)
R1 – Florian using his reach advantage to box with Stevenson and stay out of his takedown range, but Stevenson is relentless and gets in, utilizing his punches to get to Florian's legs. Stevenson scores a takedown, but Florian pops right up as they clinch on the fence. Stevenson scoops up Florian who grabs to the cage to lessen the impact of the slam and gets a warning from referee Herb Dean. Back standing, Florian lands a head kick with the left leg, but Stevenson clinches and lands a vicious body shot. Florian retaliates with a takedown of his own, landing in Stevenson's guard. Florian lands tremendous shot diving in and passes guard to full mount. Stevenson gives up his back and Florian locks on the rear naked choke, Stevenson taps.
Kenny Florian def. Joe Stevenson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:03, R1
-Dustin Hazelett (170) vs. Tamdan McCrory (170)
R1 – McCrory opens with a tremendous flurry of punches that rocks Hazelett, who quickly recovers and strikes back, just missing with the flying knee. After a bit of slowdown, Hazelett hurts McCrory with a series of right hands, but the 6'4" fighter composes himself and they continue on. Hazelett just misses with the head kick, they hit the ground and Hazelett lands the omo plata. McCrory does a good job defending, but Hazelett puts on an armbar with the omo plata still on for the submission.
Dustin Hazelett def. Tamdan McCrory by Submission (Armbar) at 3:59, R1
-Gabriel Gonzaga (256) vs. Josh Hendricks (238)
R1 – Gonzaga lands a big right hand and knee to the stomach early, but Hendricks clinches and throws some short uppercuts. They briefly go down and back up where Gonzaga gets the Thai clinch, lands a couple of knees and then drops Hendricks with a straight right hand. Gonzaga drops a couple more punches down to the head of Hendricks before the referee steps in to halt the bout.
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Josh Hendricks by TKO (Punch) at 1:01, R1
-Demian Maia (185) vs. Nathan Quarry (185)
R1 – Maia plays possum with his striking and immediately shoots to take Quarry to the mat, landing in top position in the guard of Quarry. Maia quickly transitions to quarry's back, working for the rear naked choke. Maia deftly lands a couple of hard blows to the head of Quarry as a distraction then sinks in the choke for the win.
Demian Maia def. Nate Quarry by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:13, R1
-Jorge Gurgel (155) vs. Aaron Riley (156)
R1 – Gurgel scores early with a right kick to the body, but Riley gives no ground. Riley seemed to be gaining steam, but it was cut short by a kick to Gurgel's groin that stalled the action. They immediately begin trading flurries upon the restart, Gurgel giving a little better than he takes. Gurgel lands a couple really solid right hands and soon follows with a right kick to the head that has Riley dazed, but still fighting back. They trade shots for the next couple of minutes, Riley apparently bleeding from the bridge of his nose. Gurgel unleashes a couple brief flurries and scores with a body kick. Riley fires back hard, landing a few blows of his own, but Gurgel scores a kick to the head as the round closes.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Gurgel.
R2 – They again start trading blows, and again Gurgel seems to be getting off quicker, landing kicks to the body and flurries of punches. Riley is continually firing back, but not with the same frequency as Gurgel. They go toe-to-toe in a brutal exchange of punches at center ring, Riley misses with a knee, Gurgel lands his own, but slips and Riley follows him down. Gurgel upkicks with Riley standing in his guard, but Riley drops down some heavy hammer fists. They work back to the feet and start another brutal exchange of blows. Gurgel unloads a flurry of uppercuts from the clinch before they separate and start in again. Riley unloads a combination of punches that hurts Gurgel in the closing moments of the round, likely stealing the round on the scorecards.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Riley.
R3 – Once again, Riley and Gurgel start unloading to open the round. Gurgel scoring early with the hands, and Riley utilizing his kicks. Riley catches Gurgel with a kick that has him rocked and follows with a fierce combination of punches, but Gurgel survives and fires back. Riley starts in from a Thai clinch with knees to the body. Gurgel starts to comeback midway through the round, but Riley seems to be hurting Gurgel more than what Gurgel is hurting him. Gurgel slips again and Riley takes advantage dropping down blows from the guard. Unbelievable fight as these two go toe-to-toe until the final bell.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 and the fight 29-28 for Riley.
Aaron Riley def. Jorge Gurgel by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), R3
-Jeremy Stephens (155) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (155)
R1 – They start of with brief exchanges of punches and kicks, Stephens looking like he's trying for the early knockout. dos Anjos starts to work for the takedown and they clinch on the fence, but after struggling he scores the takedown, working from Stephens' back with both kneeling. dos Anjos works to the side. Stephens attempts a guillotine, but can't lock it and dos Anjos starts dropping elbows and punches, moving to north-south and back to side control. Stephens reverses, but dos Anjos secures the omo plata, but Stephens toughs it out to the bell.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for dos Anjos.
R2 – They start off round two trading strikes again. Stephens looks to have hurt dos Anjos a bit about a minute into the round and has him backing up, but the Brazilian shoots for a takedown. Stephen defends, buts gets scooped up and dropped, locked on tight to dos Anjos. dos Anjos escapes to Stephens' back and starts working for the rear naked choke. Stephens tries to escape, but dos Anjos nearly snags an armbar. Stephens defends and starts ground and pound from the guard. Stephens does a good job, scoring with elbows and punches.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Stephens.
R3 – Stephens comes in shooting for the moon and nearly knocks dos Anjos' head to it. Following a few brief measures of distance between the two, Stephens uncorks with a tremendous right uppercut that immediately drops dos Anjos to the mat for the knokcout.
Jeremy Stephens def. Rafael dos Anjos by KO (Punch) at 0:39, R3
-Alvin Robinson (155) vs. Mark Bocek (155)
R1 – Robinson pulls Bocek into his guard off of an early clinch. Bocek worked the pass to side control, but Robinson reverses. They briefly scramble up to their feet, but quickly hit the mat again with Bocek passing Robinson's guard to side control. Bocek lands a few forearms from side before Robinson attains full guard. Bocek passes to side again and then moves to north-south with a choke on, but can't finish the hold before the bell.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Bocek.
R2 – Good exchange of hands from both fighters to start off the round. They quickly hit the mat again with Bocek moving to side and dropping knees to the ribs and elbows to the face. Bocek locks on a north-south choke and Robinson rolls to try and escape but can't, as Bocek maintains the choke. Robinson somehow turns out of the choke, but Bocek stays tight and transitions to full mount, then back mount, working for the rear naked choke, a triangle body lock on. Bocek keeps working, but Robinson maneuvers out. Bocek nearly lands the omo plata, but Robinson gets fights his way out, nearly securing a guillotine choke of his own. Bocek then reverses into Robinson's guard to end the round.
MMAWeekly scores the round 10-9 for Bocek.
R3 – Bocek scores early with a straight right hand and then drops Robinson to the mat with a double-leg takedown. Bocek again works out of Robinson's guard to side control. Bocek starting to score with short elbows to the head before moving to full mount. Bocek drops punches down and Robinson gives up his back in an attempt to escape. Bocek takes full advantage locking in the rear naked choke for the submission.
Mark Bocek def. Alvin Robinson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:16, R3
-Matt Brown def. Ryan Thomas by Submission (Armbar) at 0:57, R2
(No play-by-play on this fight due to technical difficulty.)
QUICK RESULTS:
MAIN CARD:
-Brock Lesnar def. Randy Couture by TKO at 3:07, R2
-Kenny Florian def. Joe Stevenson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:03, R1
-Dustin Hazelett def. Tamdan McCrory by Submission (Armbar) at 3:59, R1
-Gabriel Gonzaga def. Josh Hendricks by TKO (Punch) at 1:01, R1
-Demian Maia def. Nate Quarry by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:13, R1
PRELIMINARY BOUTS:
-Aaron Riley def. Jorge Gurgel by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28), R3
-Jeremy Stephens def. Rafael dos Anjos by KO (Punch) at 0:39, R3
-Mark Bocek def. Alvin Robinson by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:16, R3
-Matt Brown def. Ryan Thomas by Submission (Armbar) at 0:57, R2
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