UFC: Ultimate Fight Night 8

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UFC: Ultimate Fight Night 8

Event Title: UFC: Ultimate Fight Night 8
Event Date: 13 December 2006
Event Venue: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Event Location: San Diego

Date submitted: 14 December 2006

Submitted by: Sean McClure

The crowd was as I expected being that I am a former Marine myself. Before anyone e-mails me yes I know it's, "once a Marine always a Marine". And a model one I was and I can appreciate the joy that the UFC is bringing to these guys who are awaiting orders at anytime to be placed in harm's way. OOH-RAH!

Marcus Davis vs. Shonie Carter

Marcus just looks HUGE compared to Carter. They clinch and it is obvious who the crowd is for as they chant Shonie's name as he is a former Marine himself. Marcus lands some knees and then gets the takedown getting the mount and then getting Carter's back. Mr. International fights out of a rear naked choke attempt by the Irish Hand Grenade in spite of Marcus's tight body triangle. Shonie manages to get in to his guard and land a few elbows as the round ends.

In the 2nd round, Davis rocks Shonie badly and Shonie remains hurt for the remainder of the round almost. Marcus just punishes Shonie until Carter drops Davis with a nice leg kick. Still, it was all Davis.

The 3rd round saw Shonie actively seeking leg kicks on Marcus. Davis continued to land punch after punch and Shonie vainly tried to land head kicks in return.

The judges scored the fight (30-26) (29-28) (30-27) for the winner by unanimous decision: Marcus Davis

Drew Fickett vs. Karo Parisyan

Round 1 and Fickett looks good striking in the opening minutes. Karo throws some big, looping right hands and gets a groin kick for his troubles. He takes a moment to regain his composure and they are at it again. Karo gets a takedown, but Drew is right back up. Karo starts landing some big right hands and Drew is eating them like they were his lunch. The round ends with Fickett avoiding some takedowns.

Round 2 kicks off fast and furious like with the two fighters both sporting cuts from the intense striking. The fight is stopped for a moment as Karo is ground and pounding Fickett because Drew cuts him from the bottom with an elbow. The cut is bad, but is under the eye so they are allowed to continue. Fickett gets up from the takedown and then scores one of his own.

Round 3 is all Karo as he throws Fickett down and continues to get the better of the stand up. After the fight they kissed each other on the cheek and hugged.....I am not making that up.

All three judges score the fight (30-27) for the winner: Karo Parisyan

Josh Koscheck vs. Jeff Joslin

Round 1 sees Joslin getting the better of the stand up, but Kos quickly proves why he is one of the best wrestlers in the country with a beautiful shot in and takedown. They both nullify each other's ground game and the referee stands them back up. Koscheck takes Joslin down again after being rocked by a stiff right hand. Josh takes him down to end the round.

Round 2 and Joslin owning the striking game so Josh does what he does best and takes him down. Josh lands a few strikes from the guard, but they are stood back up after the action stales. Kos takes Jeff down and Joslin has a triangle in the final seconds to finish out the round.

In the 3rd round, Joslin looks to land something big and tries a spinning backfist. Josh takes Jeff down and he is neutralized again by Jeff's butterfly guard. Koscheck gets a guillotine and cannot hold on to it as Joslin scrambles to get up. They are stood up again and the round ends with a Koscheck takedown.

All three judges score the fight 30-27 for the winner: Josh Koscheck.

Diego Sanchez vs. Joe Riggs

I thought Diego looked a little softer than normal, but still looked intense as ever. It's 30 seconds before the first punch is thrown, but it happens and round 1 is officially underway. Diego's first takedown attempt is stuffed and Riggs lands a few punches in exchange. Then, in an equal exchange, Diego explodes with a hook and sends Joe reeling like something out of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out for the NES. As Riggs gets up, Sanchez rushes in and lands a flying knee that puts Riggs's lights out. He follows up with punches until the referee has to stop it.

Winner by knockout: [Diego Sanchez.

The fights were decent. The Karo vs. Fickett fight was insane and very entertaining. The troops remained motivated and enthusiastic throughout the entire fight. Diego proved once again that he belongs in the UFC and that he deserves a title shot very soon.

It was a good night for the UFC and I look forward to the next one in January.

UNDERCARD BOUTS

David Heath defeats Victor Valimaki by Split Decision
Alan Belcher defeats Jorge Santiago by KO at 2:45, Round 3
Luigi Fioravanti defeats Dave Menne by TKO at 4:44, Round 1
Brock Larson defeats Keita Nakamura by Unanimous Decision
Logan Clark defeats Steve Byrnes by Unanimous Decision

Source: MaxFighting.com