You will be ok if you have a good surgeon.

The ring doc to Stefan Struve concerning his swollen lip.

and knows how to party, but what did you expect from a brazilian like Fabricio Werdum? To sit at home and cry that you get one year older? Just defeating one of the baddest men on the planet. What time is it? It’s time to get funky!

Loads of stuff been going on, we all know how Jon Jones manhandled his last opponent and Greg Jackson goes on and says the best is yet to come as Jon Jones is an artist learning the basics…
Amazing stuff. Maybe Jon Jones is so good because he can apply the stuff he does in training and not be in animal freak mode when he enters the cage. Just a thought.

Who scored the fight of Okami vs Muonz in favor of Munoz? Pretty obvious that it was Mr. Leg Kicks don’t count cecil peoples.

Jon Jones live on Sportcenter. He claims that the reason to his success was the time spent training and being ready. Which is exactly what everyone else does, it’s more that he is able to apply what he learn and put it into use. It will be interesting if he can keep all the pressure from the fans away and keep “fighting for himself, his family and to go out and have fun”. It’s pretty obvious that he enjoys what he is doing, setting him appart from his competition who is simply in there to a) either beat someone up or b) grind out a win. Oh and what should he answer to a question if he thinks he is grown to slow? You won’t hear a bad word from Jon Jones about his employer.

Rising star of the event? Not the american Jon Jones, but the Brazilian Jon Jones a.k.a. Charles Oliveira, beating his opponent in 41 seconds to go 13-0. Sounds impressive to me.

Three fights won due to the exessive use of elbows, sounds like a fun night, here is the breakdown of the night.

Preliminary Bouts

DaMarques Johnson vs. Matt Riddle
After some good exchanges by Johnson it was Riddle who took the fight to the ground and controled it with vicious elbows forcing the referee to stop the fight. Elbows of Doom I.
Paul Kelly vs. Jacob Volkmann
A fight going the distance. After an ok start for Paul Kelly, the man with the most angry pre-fight face, he found himself in a position where Jacob Volkmann completly dominated him. Taking him down at will, reversing positions, and moving him around at will applying his very own kind of back control, as he does not use the double hooks after his last fight with Thiago. You say WHAT? Interesting approach. Volkmann sounded really unhappy in his post-fight talk with Mr. Rogan listing up all the times he missed his chance to win, but ultimatly not picking his best chance by taking the back and sinking a choke sounds like the biggest mistake. He fought a perfect fight, with the tools he put into his belt. Coolest move of the fight? Sure hell the flying knee to the head of Paul Kelly, that sure hell did some damage, but was not enough to win an otherwise one-sided fight.
Darren Elkins vs Charles Oliveira
Darren Elkins had his chance with a powerful slam, but did not do any damage with it dropping Oliveira on the ground. This was a place where Oliveira wanted to be and instantly started working in his guard getting a Triangle Choke with an Armbar squeezing a bit leading to a win via tapbout making Charles Oliveira the winner.
Joe Stevenson vs. Takanori Gomi
Whoever said Gomi The Fireballkid is finished has to watch this fight. Pride was always pretty cool and it’s great to see an old dog bite through his opponent like this, even though there were neither Soccer kicks, nor yellow cards.
Jake Ellenberger vs. John Howard
Great fight that was on a very even level both of the figthers rocking each other with Ellenbergers Elbows leaving the bigger impression of Howards orbital bone. Howard would have kept fighting but it was a good thing to stop this fight to prevent further damage. I’d rather see a second version of this fight down the road. Not an instant rematch, but something down the road.Elbows of Doom II.
Mark Munoz vs. Yushin Okami
Solid fight of two pretty even fighters this one went to the judges scorecard giving Okami the win with two of the judges. He was sprawling and dishing out good punches that may not make this fight the fight of the night, yet it was no lay and pray. Just an O.K. fight to watch and one of the weaker fights of the night.
Jon Jones vs. Vladimir Matyushenko
The hype train did not stop. Jon “Bones”, or rather Elbow of Doom, Jones stopped Matyushenko. Early, quick and ruthless, and somehow it looked too easy. On step at a time, this young fighter is climbing the ladder, and unless someone finds a way to control his elbows, he won’t be stopped. Elbows of Doom III.

Time for another highlight card, at least the main fight should be enough to satisfy the Jon Bones Jones hype train. Just one fighter missed making weight: DaMarques Johnson (172.5) will forget about 20% of his purse in his bout vs. Matthew Riddle (171). For pictures of the weightin, which features the usual rather boring fighters with fists in the air go to combat lifestyle and check out their gallery. No fun Tom Lawleresque entrances this time.