UFC 106 Final Results: Last night, the Ultimate Fighting Championship showed the world that even in the midst of a slump, they can still put together exciting fight cards. In the main event of the night, former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin avenged his first loss in the UFC and spoiled the return of Tito Ortiz with a questionable split decision victory.
Griffin entered last night’s UFC 106 Results event as the sports betting odds favorite to defeat a back-injury free Huntington Beach Bad Boy. However, this UFC 106 Results fight was anything but one-sided, as it could have honestly gone either way. Nevertheless, the judges scored it: 30-27 (Griffin), 29-28 (Ortiz) and 29-28 (Griffin).
Both fighters put on a great show for the fans, as they stood in front of each other and threw bombs. You have to give both guys even more credit for going into the Octagon and performing the way they did despite being banged up.
Reportedly, Ortiz fought with a cracked cranium and a bulging disk in his neck, while Griffin broke his right foot while kicking in practice three weeks ago. “I broke my foot, all right?” Griffin said. “I had a broken foot and I was still kicking with a broken foot. I want some props for that.”
Surprisingly, Tito’s conditioning appeared to have been a major factor in the final round, as Griffin was the aggressor and just dominated in the end. “I’ll be there (on top) again,” Ortiz said after the bout. “For me coming back, this was supposed to be a warm-up fight. Me and Dana talked about it being a warm-up fight, but Forrest is no warm-up fight, being ranked fifth in the world.
“I might have bitten off a little too much, but I still thought I won the fight… I’m far from being over. You don’t understand. I’m 34 years old. I just want to get back in the gym after having that long layoff like that. I think I might have overstepped my boundaries by coming back too quick. After back surgery, back (to training) after only one year, I want to see another athlete do what I do after one year of having two-level fusion. I think I’ve broken some records.”
I can almost guarantee that those two guys will see each other again inside the cage for the rubber-match, sooner than we expect. “Me and Tito kind of have the same strategy, though I got on board a little before Tito, which is to do what Dana says,” Griffin. “That’s what is best for us. That’s been my strategy pretty much for the last five years of my life, and it’s working pretty good. I’m going to continue to do that.”
But that wasn’t the only exciting UFC 106 Results fight. In fact, that’s only the beginning! Everybody come out last night ready to put on a show, from the prelims to the main card. Here are other UFC 106 Results:
Josh Koscheck defeated Anthony Johnson by rear naked choke at 4:47 in round 2 in what became a no holds barred, wild swinging, eye-stabbing brawl... great fight!
Amir Sadollah defeated Phil Baroni by unanimous decision, in another just crazy, action-packed, all-out war!
Kendall Grove put on a great show in the prelims with a crafty first-round (3:59) triangle victory over Jake Rosholt.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira defeated Luiz Cane by first round (1:56) TKO.
Paulo Thiago ousted Jacob Volkmann by unanimous decision.
Ben Saunders KO’d Marcus Davis with knees at 3:24 of the first round.
Brian Foster TKO’d Brock Larson at 3:25 of the second round.
George Sotiropoulos submitted Jason Dent by arm bar 4:36 of the second round.
Caol Uno lost a majority draw to Fabricio Camoes.
courtesy of: Abe Luciano
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