Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC’s Fight for the Troops 2

Filed under: UFCOn Saturday night the troops at Ft. Hood got a show worthy of getting dressed up in camouflage for, and the UFC raised a considerable chunk of change for brain trauma survivors — a good night for all outside of the cage.

Inside the ca…

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On Saturday night the troops at Ft. Hood got a show worthy of getting dressed up in camouflage for, and the UFC raised a considerable chunk of change for brain trauma survivors — a good night for all outside of the cage.

Inside the cage, however, we saw some stars rise while others went plummeting down. Won’t you join me below for a look at the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between after the UFC’s Fight for the Troops 2 event?

‘UFC Fight for the Troops 2’ Aftermath: Screw It, How About a 10-Man Battle Royale for the Lightweight Title?

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Credit where credit is due: Melvin Guillard absolutely steamrolled Evan Dunham last night. He came out and simply blitzed the former lightweight golden boy …


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Credit where credit is due: Melvin Guillard absolutely steamrolled Evan Dunham last night. He came out and simply blitzed the former lightweight golden boy with his speed, clipping him with an early right hand that Dunham never appeared to recover from. By the time Guillard put a fork in him a couple minutes later with a trio of knees along the fence – the last, clearly illegal one “just a technicality” the broadcast team immediately assured us – he’d managed to further scramble the already muddy lightweight ranks. Now watch Anthony Pettis lose to Clay Guida at the “TUF 13” finale and George Sotiropoulos lose to Dennis Siver at UFC 127 and we’ll really be in trouble.

However — (*clears throat*) – let’s not get carried away here. Let’s not get too crazy. Let’s not do the thing we seem to always do when a guy wins a big fight and start to completely overvalue Guillard based on this one performance. What he proved with his beating of Dunham on Saturday night was either one of two things. One, it could be that Greg Jackson is helping him to finally harness the physical tools he’s possessed from the beginning and has Guillard on the verge of becoming something special in the lightweight division. Or two, he was just a terrible match-up of styles for Dunham.

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UFC Fight for the Troops 2 Live Blog: Matt Mitrione vs. Tim Hague Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC live blog for Matt Mitrione vs. Tim Hague, a heavyweight bout on tonight’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event in Fort Hood, Texas.

Former NFL player Mitrione (3-0) will try to stay undefeated against Canadian Hague (12-4)…

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This is the UFC live blog for Matt Mitrione vs. Tim Hague, a heavyweight bout on tonight’s UFC Fight for the Troops 2 event in Fort Hood, Texas.

Former NFL player Mitrione (3-0) will try to stay undefeated against Canadian Hague (12-4), who is coming off KO wins against Zak Jensen and Travis Wiuff.

The live blog is below.

UFC Fight for the Troops 2: Matt Mitrione KOs Tim Hague

Filed under: UFC, NewsMatt Mitrione needed only a couple minutes to whoop Tim Hague at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2, keeping the fight standing and using powerful punches to beat on Hague, then pounding him some more on the floor before the referee s…

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Matt Mitrione needed only a couple minutes to whoop Tim Hague at the UFC Fight for the Troops 2, keeping the fight standing and using powerful punches to beat on Hague, then pounding him some more on the floor before the referee stepped in at the 2:59 mark to stop the fight, handing Mitrione a first-round technical knockout.

“I’m here to fight,” Mitrione said afterward. “I’m here to get a piece of gold.”

‘UFC Fight for the Troops 2’ Live Results and Commentary

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The fighters are locked and loaded. We can only assume that by now Evan Dunham has eased off the bender he no doubt went on after his beloved Ducks shit the bed in the BCS championship. Obviously, Melvin G…


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The fighters are locked and loaded. We can only assume that by now Evan Dunham has eased off the bender he no doubt went on after his beloved Ducks shit the bed in the BCS championship. Obviously, Melvin Guillard has found a suitably enormous wristwatch to complement his main event status. The troops have surely been drinking all day and we the audience have once again collectively decided to ignore the obvious irony of benefitting the survivors of traumatic brain injury with a show where the desired outcome often includes closed head trauma. In other words, as Bruce Buffer might say, it’s time.

We’ll be live starting at 9 p.m. EST. Be sure to hit refresh early and often for the latest updates.

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The MMA Hour With Roger Gracie, Cesar Gracie, Matt Mitrione, Bruce Buffer

Filed under: MMA Videos, UFC, Strikeforce, MMA Video Games, FanHouse Exclusive, VideosThe MMA Hour returns on Wednesday (delayed due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday) with another two-hour live show.

* We will be joined by Strikeforce light hea…

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The MMA Hour returns on Wednesday (delayed due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday) with another two-hour live show.

* We will be joined by Strikeforce light heavyweight Roger Gracie, who faces Trevor Prangley on Jan. 29.

* MMA trainer and manager Cesar Gracie will stop by to preview Nick Diaz’s next title defense against Evangelista “Cyborg” Santos and to discuss other news.

* Matt Mitrione will return to deliver “The Mitrione Minute” and to discuss his final preparations before his Jan. 22 fight against Tim Hague.

* “The Veteran Voice of the Octagon” Bruce Buffer will talk about his illustrious career announcing UFC fights.

* MMA manager Lex McMahon of Alchemist Management will talk about his background and what’s coming up for his fighters.

* And UFC welterweight Charlie Brenneman will preview his Fight for the Troops 2 bout against Amilcar Alves.

And of course, we’ll be taking your calls. Give us a shout at: 212-254-0193 or 212-254-0237.

Watch the show live below beginning at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Download previous episodes of The MMA Hour on iTunes here.