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UFC ON VERSUS

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of UFC on VERSUS on March 21 live from the FirstBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific!

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DREAM 13

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of DREAM 13 coming to you from the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on March 22. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 3 AM Eastern/12 AM Pacific!

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STRIKEFORCE: CHALLENGERS

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of STRIKEFORCE: CHALLENGERS on March 26 live from the SavMart Center in Fresno, CA. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific!

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UFC 111: GSP VS. HARDY

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of UFC 111: St. Pierre vs. Hardy live from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on March 27. The event will be headlined by a welterweight title fight between Georges St. Pierre vs. Dan Hardy and feature a heavyweight showdown between Frank Mir and Shane Carwin! Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific!

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UFC FIGHT NIGHT: FLORIAN VS. GOMI

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi live from the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, NC on March 31. The event will be headlined by a lightweight battle between Kenny Florian and Takanori Gomi. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 8:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Pacific!

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BELLATOR XIII

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of Bellator Fighting XIII live from the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida on April 8. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 7:30 PM Eastern/4:30 PM Pacific!

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BELLATOR XIV

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of Bellator Fighting XIV live from the Chicago Theatre in Chicago, Illinois on April 15. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 7:30 PM Eastern/4:30 PM Pacific!

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STRIKEFORCE: NASHVILLE

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of Strikeforce: Nashville live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN on April 17. The event will be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Jake Shields and Dan Henderson and feature the US debut of Japanese submission god Shinya Aoki! Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific!

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MFC 25: VINDICATION

--THE SAVAGE SCIENCE will present live play by play coverage of MFC 25: Vindication live from the Edmonton Expo Center in Edmonton, Alberta on April 17. Join us for the BEST live fight narrative in the world–the action begins 10 PM Eastern/7 PM Pacific!

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UFC 101: PENN STOPS FLORIAN TO RETAIN TITLE

Written by Jim Murphy   |   Sunday, August 09 2009

bjufc101BJ Penn withstood the challenge of a game Kenny Florian before earning a fourth round submission victory in the main event of UFC 101 (Photo: UFC)
BJ Penn withstood the challenge of a game Kenny Florian before defending his UFC lightweight title, earning a tapout victory in the fourth round.  The fight was the main event of UFC 101 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was an impressive showing by the Hilo, Hawaii based Penn who was routed by UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre in his previous outing.  Back at his preferred weight, however, Penn showed the dominance that has earned him the reputation of being among the best lightweight mixed martial artists in the world.

From the outset, Florian quickly realized the difficult task in front of him.  Penn is a particularly tough matchup for any fighter due to his versatility.  He’s among the best “pound for pound” strikers in the sport, but is even more dangerous on the ground where his insane flexibility and virtuosic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu skills are rivaled by few fighters.  K-Flo quickly tried to implement a game plan consisting of mauling Penn against the cage wall, presumably in an effort to wear down his opponent.  There has always been some doubt about Penn’s conditioning, and Florian likely felt that his best chance of winning was to take the fight into the later rounds and test his opponent’s stamina.

The opening round was a relatively even affair, though Penn took control in the final 30 seconds as he tagged Florian with a hard overhand right followed by a knee strike.  The frame ended before he could administer more damage, and Florian appeared completely recovered by the time the second round began.  Florian continued to implement his ‘bull to the cage wall’ fight plan with some degree of success, but any time Penn got the distance his far superior striking skills became evident.  In the second, Penn again scored with his sharp punching to win an otherwise even round.  The pattern repeated itself in the third, and despite not doing much damage to Penn the relatively even round gave Florian hope that his strategy would pay dividends.

That proved to not be the case in the fourth round, as Penn quickly got a takedown and at that point was well on his way to victory.  He passed guard with ease and mounted a punishing ground and pound attack. “K-Flo” gave up his back, and that was all the opportunity that Penn needed to lock in a rear naked choke and get the submission.

Penn gave a very brief postfight interview saying only that “he loves the fans” and “he loves Hawaii” before giving his website address and leaving the cage.  Next up to challenge for his lightweight belt will likely be Diego “The Nightmare” Sanchez.  While Sanchez is perhaps the most intense fighter in the sport it’s difficult to see how he’ll be able to contend with the versatility of the champion.

In the co-main event, Anderson Silva earned a devastating knockout victory over Forrest Griffin.  We’ve got in depth coverage of that fight here:

UFC 101:  SILVA SMASHES GRIFFIN

On a relatively lackluster undercard, Aaron Riley defeated Shane Nelson by unanimous decision though the live crowd at Philadelphia’s Wachovia Center seemed much more interested in a fight in the stands than the one in the octagon.  Prior to that, Johny Hendricks defeated Amir Sadollah by knockout though the quick stoppage was highly questionable.  Sadollah was in the process of getting to his feet when the fight was stopped, and looked relatively unharmed by Hendricks’ punching barrage. 

In the opening fights of the live PPV, Ricardo Almeida defeated Kendall Grove by unanimous decision and Kurt Pellegrino earned a unanimous decision victory over Josh “The Dentist” Neer.


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