UFC 127 “Penn vs Fitch” — LIVE from the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. Former UFC lightweight champion BJ Penn moves up to face Jon Fitch for the top spot in the welterweight division. Also former Ultimate Fighters Michal Bisping and Jorge Rivera fight to move up the UFC middleweight ladder.
PPV: 10pm EST
Prelims (ION): 9pm EST
Prelims (Facebook): 8pm EST
MAIN CARD
- Jon Fitch (169.8) vs. B.J. Penn (167.2)
Results: BJ Penn and Jon Fitch ends in a majority DRAW. (29-28 Fitch, 28-28, 28-28) - Michael Bisping (185.2) vs. Jorge Rivera (184.8)
Results: Michael Bisping defeats Jorge Rivera via TKO (strikes) at 1:54 of R2. - Dennis Siver (156) vs. George Sotiropoulos (155.8)
Results: Dennis Siver defeats George Sotiropoulos via unanimous decision. (29-28, 30-28, 30-27) - Chris Lytle (169.8) vs. Brian Ebersole (169.8)
Results: Brian Ebersole defeats Chris Lytle via unanimous decision. (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) - Chris Camozzi (185.2) vs. Kyle Noke (183.9.)
Results: Kyle Noke defeats Chris Camozzi via submission (rear naked choke) at 1:35 of R1.
PRELIMINARY CARD
- Spencer Fisher (154.4) vs. Ross Pearson (155.3)
Results: Ross Pearson defeats Spencer Fisher via unanimous decision. (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) - Alexander Gustafsson (205) vs. James Te Huna (204.6)
Results: Alexander Gustafsson defeats James Te Huna via submission (rear naked choke) at 4:27 of R1. - Riki Fukuda (184.8) vs. Nick Ring (184.8)
Results: Nick Ring defeats Riki Fukuda via unanimous decision. (29-28 x3) - Tom Blackledge (205.2) vs. Anthony Perosh (204.6)
Results: Anthony Perosh defeats Tom Blackledge via submission (rear naked choke) at 2:45 of R1. - Jason Reinhardt (145.2) vs. Tiequan Zhang (145.6)
Results: Tiequan Zhang defeats Jason Reinhardt via submission (guillotine choke) at 0:48 of R1. - Mark Hunt (262.2) vs. Chris Tuchscherer (260.9)
Results: Mark Hunt defeats Chris Tuchscherer via KO (punches) at 1:41 of R2. - Maciej Jewtuszko (154.4) vs. Curt Warburton (155.8)
Results: Curt Warburton defeats Maciej Jewtuszko via unanimous decision. (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fight Notes
- Kyle Nook earns for Submission of the Night
- UFC 127 Videos
Jus from the looks of these results i feel bad for who ever paid to watch this ppv …… Did anyone watch it? I usually watch ever ppv but this one jus seemed very underwelming
It was an ok card with great fights. Can't believe BJ walked away with a draw. He got his ass kicked!
Brian Ebersole rocks. Finally – something different. BJ lost but fought a great first round. Also a really interesting fighter and strategy. Fitch did only 2 things well – (1) reversed out of the back mount a few times and (2) got BJ in a good position against the cage in round 3 and was able to trap him there. Given the size difference, BJ fought a better fight, and if Round 3 was 10-9 instead of 10-8, deserved the draw, even though Fitch really pounded him. And wow – Ebersole! And Bisping sucks. He will never beat top 5 fighters. Maybe not even top 10 anymore.
Ebersole kinda pissed me off with his cockyness. But he did back it up. I'd still like to see someone punch him in the face nice and hard.
Bisping is a prick, someone needs to thump him like Hendo did….that was a beautiful thing to see. BJ had a great strategy for that fight but once again gassed in the 3rd and got pounded. Hate to see him get pounded like that…one of my favorite fighters.
Jorge is a prick, dude talked so much shit and backed up nothing. lytle clearly was not prepared for that fight, besides lytle is over rated imo. Bj is just small for 170lbs..he needs to fight at 155lb still imo.