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flo · #11 10-14-2012, 04:04 AM

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Dave Herman

Round 1:
Herman opens southpaw and lands a body kick. Nogueira clinches and tries to trip Herman, but he whizzers him over his hip. Nogueira goes for the deep half, but Herman flares out. They stand. Herman throws another kick and Nogueira catches it and uses it to force Herman into the fence. Hard inside leg kick from Herman, but he eats an overhand left. More inside leg kicks from Herman. Herman blocks a few punches and they're blocked, but Nogueira pushes Herman into the fence again. Right straight lands flush for Nogueira, but Herman responds with a middle kick. Herman avoids a takedown with a hard whizzer.

Round 2:
A left hook at the end of a combination drops Herman and Nogueira follows. He moves to side control and postures for an Americana. He doesn't have it and lets it go. Now he's in mount, but Herman turns. Nogueira postures for an armbar, but loses it. They stand. Another hard whizzer from Herman throws Nogueira over his hips, but the Brazilian is looking for either a deep half or a leg ride. Herman escapes. Nogueira chasing Herman down with punches, but just missing. Nogueira lands a body lock trip and moves to mount. He attempts a back down armbar, but can't break the angle properly. Herman rolls over his own shoulders, so the armbar goes bellydown. Herman gets rolled over again and that's it, he taps.

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Dave Herman via submission (armbar) at of round 2

I picked Herman but

flo · #12 10-14-2012, 04:10 AM

I'm not saying Minotauro should retire, but this could be the ideal time - he's 36 and just had a great win in his homeland. Hard to top that. What a classy, great fighter.

flo · #13 10-14-2012, 04:36 AM

Anderson Silva vs. Stephan Bonnar

Round 1:

Bonnar comes out swinging and Silva slips evading giving Bonnar time to attempt a takedown against the fence. Silva stuffs it and now they're clinched. Bonnar's got double underhooks but isn't abe to do much with it. Silva turns Bonnar in the clinch and fires a hard shot, but Bonnar is still pressing him into the fence. Silva, bizarrely, just lays against the fence even when they clinch break, baiting Bonnar is return to that position. Silva's eating Bonnar's punches and returning fire seemingly when he feels like. Bonnar and Silva separate and Silva lands an outside trip. Bonnar evades but eats a right hand and a direct shot right to the body from a knee. Bonnar collapses and Silva swarms with a few more punches before the referee is forced to stop the contest.

Anderson Silva def. Stephan Bonnar by TKO at 4:40 of round 1