UFC 77 'Hostile Territory' Round by Round coverage

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Art was scheduled to do this tonight, but his ISP is humbling him old country style so it looks like I'm in charge.
Coverage will begin around 10:00 PM ET. I'll try to have prelim results posted before then. You should know the deal by now, hit refresh to get the latest updates.

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Preliminary Contests

1. Lightweight Bout: Matt Grice Def. Jason Black (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
   
2. Welterweight Bout: Josh Burkman def. Forrest Petz (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
   
3. Middleweight Bout: Demian Maia Def. Ryan Jensen via submission rear naked choke 2:40 R1
   
4. Middleweight Bout: Yusnin Okami Def. Jason Macdonald via Unanimous 30-27 Decision
   

We're here with coverage. Randy Couture's segments were kept in the pre-taped preview of the show.

Goldberg and Rogan host, the texting for the main event is pretty close.

Televised Bouts:

1. Middleweight Bout: Alan Belcher Vs. Kalib Starnes
   Referee: Yves Lavigne
   
   R1: Starnes tries an early takedown but eats some strikes from Belcher for his trouble. Starnes already busted open. Kalib takes him down but Belcher back up quickly. They clinch for awhile and Belcher nails a big knee. Starnes starts to land some strikes of his own and his standup has improved since we last saw him. Belcher starts to return fire with knees and uppercuts and Starnes is bleeding pretty good. They trade more shots, uppercut by Belcher and then he throws a couple of knees and some big kicks. Leg kick from Belcher and a second at the 30 second mark. Starnes hanging tough but eating some shots. 10-9 for Belcher
   
   Dr. checks the cut, Starnes able to continue.
   
   R2: More standup to start with Starnes getting the early advantage. Then Belcher responds with leg kicks and we know how Krazy Horse feels about Leg kicks. Fight haulted so the Dr. can check Starnes' cut. This fight is called by the Dr. Starnes drops an F-bomb, and it was directed toward his corner.
   
   Winner: Alan Belcher - R2 1:39 via Dr. Stoppage
   
   
2. Light Heavyweight Bout: Stephan Bonnar Vs. Eric Schafer
   Referee: Big John McCarthy
   
   R1: Crowd behind Bonnar. Not much happens on the feet. Schafer takes Bonnar down and gets his back. Bonnar defending against Schafer's submission attempt, less than a minute left in the round. Round comes to an end. 10-9 for Schafer
   
   R2: Schafer pulls guard early but Bonnar won't go down the way he did in the first. Bonnar hits some shots and then they transition to half guard. Bonnar starts to lay in shots, but Schafer doesn't defend. Finally, McCarthy steps in and ends the fight.
   
   Winner: Stephan Bonnar - R2 2:47 TKO
   
   
3. Lightweight Bout: Alvin Robinson Vs. Jorge Gurgel
   Referee: Mark McFeaney
   
   R1: Big pop for the Cincinnati fighter Gurgel. They start trading right away. There was an audio drop, we've actually had several throughout the night. Fight goes to the ground with Gurgel doing most of the work and moving to side control. Mount by Gurgel at the end of the round. 10-9 Jorge
   
   R2: Robinson wants to trade early, then takes Gurgel down. Gurgel works and ends up on top. Robinson is no slouch of his own and switches back to the top. Robinson is laying in with hammerfists and has bloodied Gurgel. Robinson laid in the beating to end things. Robinson 10-9, 19-19.
   
   R3: Robinson takes Gurgel down immediately to start the round. The third round starting the way the second round ended. Rogan is plugging UFC's video on demand. Robinson is being active so the referee is not considering standing them up. Robinson has passed and is close to Gurgel's back, and the announcers are already talking about a disappointing loss. Robinson just lays in shots to end the round. 10-9 for Robinson, 29-28 Robinson.
   
   Winner: Alvin Robinson - Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-27)
   
   Joe Rogan interviews Brock Larson...er...Lesnar as Rogan screwed up the name.
   
   They've made no mention of the Couture situation yet.
   
   
4. Heavyweight Bout: Tim Sylvia Vs. Brandon Vera
   Referee: Yves Lavigne
   
   Sylvia gets a mixed reaction. Now they note that the winner of this could face Nogueira for the title.
   
   R1: They clinch early and spend the early round in this position. Crowd gets hostile to the clinch work and they're finally separated. Sylvia nails a big shot, Vera answers.Vera with an elbow, Sylvia with a knee. Round ends to some major booing. Sylvia 10-9
   
   R2: Vera hits a right to start but it is back to the clinch. A very loud, and noticeable boring chant erupts. It ends when Vera takes Sylvia down and in to side control. Vera hits some knees to the body. Sylvia gets up but takes an illegal knee to the head as he still had one knee down. Sylvia is given time. Vera hits some body kicks and a flurry to finish. 10-9 for Vera.
   
   R3: Sylvia starts the round strong and pushes Vera up against the cage again trapping him. Sylvia nails more shots, lands everything and easily wins the round. 10-9 Sylvia, 29-28 Sylvia.
   
   Winner: Tim Sylvia - Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-27)
   Euan had better not hate this Sylvia performance or we'll take away his mustard.
   
   Sylvia calls out...Cheick Kongo.
   Vera puts Sylvia over as a nice guy and says he shouldn't be booed. He also said he broke his hand and went against the gameplan.
   Vera asks the crowd if Sylvia whooped his ass, they respond with "nooooo" and he says: "I'm still at heavyweight then, bitches!" I love this man.
   
   Rogan says something kind of stupid. He says that upsets are more common than expected. Um, aren't the point of upsets that they're all unexpected? Isn't that why they call them upsets?
   
   Rich Franklin comes out to "Welcome to the Jungle" and to a jufustitastinormus pop from his hometown crowd.
   Anybody who knows what song Anderson Silva came out to, let me know. The boos for Silva aren't as loud as I expected.
   
   
5. Middleweight Championship Bout: Rich Franklin Vs. Anderson Silva
   Referee: Big John McCarthy
   
   R1: Franklin hits strikes early, he avoids Silva's clinch attempts and takes him to the mat. Silva able to get back to his feet. Silva hits a body kick, Franklin responds with a right and Silva blitzes with a series of strikes. Silva blitzes Franklin again and rocks him at the end of the round dropping him at the bell. Because of the strong finish, Silva's round 10-9.
   
   R2: Silva just comes back out and fustigates Franklin in the second round. Lays in knees after knees after knees and the fight is stopped by Big John McCarthy.
   
   Winner: Anderson Silva - R2 TKO
   
   
6. Middleweight Bout: Demian Maia Vs. Ryan Jensen
   Referee: Big John McCarthy
   
   R1: Inside leg kick by Maia and takes Jensen down right away. Maia passes guard back to side control. Maia has good jiu-jitsu. Maia takes Jensen's back and is looking to finish. Maia chokes Jensen out. Impressive performance for Maia. It is too bad he's a middleweight and that's the house Anderson Silva lives in.
   
   Winner: Demian Maia - R1 2:40 Rear Naked Choke
   

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