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UFC Fight Night 24 Live Chat

Filed under: UFCTalk all things UFC Fight Night 24 with Matt Erickson and other members of the MMA Fighting team as you watch the Spike TV broadcast live at 10 p.m. ET.

The four fights we’ll be discussing are Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, …

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Talk all things UFC Fight Night 24 with Matt Erickson and other members of the MMA Fighting team as you watch the Spike TV broadcast live at 10 p.m. ET.

The four fights we’ll be discussing are Phil Davis vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Dan Hardy vs. Anthony Johnson, Amir Sadollah vs. DaMarques Johnson and Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung.

And we’ll weigh in on the five preliminary card bouts from the UFC’s Facebook stream, as well, including the heavyweight tilts between Jon Madsen vs. Mike Russow and Sean McCorkle vs. Christian Morecraft.

The live chat is below.

UFC Fight Night 24 Live Blog: Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung Updates

Filed under: UFCSEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung, a featherweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.

Garcia (15-6-1) defeated Nam Phan last December in another cont…

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SEATTLE, Wash. — This is the UFC Fight Night 24 live blog for Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung, a featherweight bout on tonight’s UFC on Spike TV event at the Key Arena.

Garcia (15-6-1) defeated Nam Phan last December in another controversial split decision. Chan (10-3) lost via head kick knockout last September to George Roop at WEC 51. This bout is a rematch from WEC 48 where Garcia emerged victorious in a split decision.

The live blog is below.

Chan Sung Jung Submits Leonard Garcia With a Twister

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In a rematch of one of the wildest, craziest slugfests in mixed martial arts history, Chan Sung Jung forced Leonard Garcia to tap out with just one second remaining in the second round of their fight Saturday at UFC Fight Night 24…

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In a rematch of one of the wildest, craziest slugfests in mixed martial arts history, Chan Sung Jung forced Leonard Garcia to tap out with just one second remaining in the second round of their fight Saturday at UFC Fight Night 24.

Although this fight wasn’t quite the memorable battle that their first fight was, it was entertaining. And the result was more satisfying: In their last bout, Garcia won a highly questionable split decision. But this time around Jung took it out of the judges’ hands, using a nifty twister submission on Garcia to secure the submission victory.

It was the first twister submission in UFC history.

Anthony Johnson: ‘I Just Needed to Win’ Against Dan Hardy

Filed under: UFCRemember when Anthony Johnson said there was “absolutely no chance” he and Dan Hardy would go to the ground in their fight at UFC Fight Night 24? Yeah, well. About that.

Johnson spent most of the three rounds either taking Hardy down o…

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Remember when Anthony Johnson said there was “absolutely no chance” he and Dan Hardy would go to the ground in their fight at UFC Fight Night 24? Yeah, well. About that.

Johnson spent most of the three rounds either taking Hardy down or grinding away at him from the top position, turning what had seemed like a slugfest on paper into a grappling match in the cage. It might not have been the most popular decision he could have made, but it resulted in a unanimous decision win for “Rumble,” so you can’t argue with the results.

“I knew I could bang with him,” Johnson said at Saturday night’s post-fight press conference. “That was no problem. I knew I could do that, but I knew his weakness was his wrestling, and I know that’s one of my strengths. I just took it to my advantage and used it.”

For the Last Time, Phil Davis Is Not Jon Jones — and That’s Okay

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SEATTLE – To put things in perspective, here’s what Phil Davis did at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night: he stepped up and took a much tougher fight than the one he was originally slated for, much sooner than he was originally train…

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SEATTLE – To put things in perspective, here’s what Phil Davis did at UFC Fight Night 24 on Saturday night: he stepped up and took a much tougher fight than the one he was originally slated for, much sooner than he was originally training for. Then he won a clear-cut, if not spectacular unanimous decision over an MMA vet with nearly three times as much experience as him in the cage.

To understand the boos from the crowd and the mild disappointment from fans, we should also probably mention what he didn’t do: walk on water.

Maybe Davis was a victim of the UFC’s hype machine, or maybe the specter of new light heavyweight champ Jon Jones still loomed too largely in too many minds on Saturday night. Whatever the cause, in victory Davis found out that it’s not quite enough to be merely very, very good when people, rather rightly or wrongly, expect you to be incredible.

Phil Davis: If Dana White Says Get ‘Em, I Got ‘Em

Filed under: UFCSEATTLE – Phil Davis improved to 9-0 with a unanimous decision win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to start calling for a title shot just yet.

Yes, it was the most significant win o…

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SEATTLE – Phil Davis improved to 9-0 with a unanimous decision win over Antonio Rogerio Nogueira at UFC Fight Night 24, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to start calling for a title shot just yet.

Yes, it was the most significant win of his career so far, Davis acknowledged at the post-fight press conference, but he’s in no hurry to jump all the way to the top of the light heavyweight ladder.

“Pretty much everyone I’ve ever fought has had more experience than I have in fighting,” said Davis. “So just going through four fights in one year in the UFC has put me in a place where everyone is a lot more experienced than I am, so I just need to make sure I’m giving myself enough time to develop as a fighter.”