UFN 23: UFC Fight For The Troops Breakdown And Results

Added on Jan 23, 2011 by John Petit in

UFC & MMA

Another successful Fight For The Troops is in the books, and it was a great night for a good cause. Here is how the main card played out, and below is the quick results for the whole card.

Melvin Guillard won the knock out of the night bonus, Yves Edwards won the submission of the night bonus, and Edwards and Cody McKenzie won fight of the night. Each award was worth another $30k to each figther.

Main Card
Cole Miller (155.5) vs. Matt Wiman (155.5)
This was a confusing fight to watch if you are a fan of Cole Miller. Cole is always pretty aggressive and it always trying to finish fights, and it really didn’t seem like that’s who showed up at Fort Hood. Matt Wiman was aggressive, and I mean aggressive. It was like those cartoons where the cat is just sitting there, but the mouse puts lit matches between its toes, and the cat takes off to find water. Wiman was like the cat, and was constantly attacking Cole. Early in the fight it looked as though Wiman caught Cole with a solid hook, and this is the only thing I can think of that could have caused Cole to fight the way he did. It really seemed as though he never really recovered from it.

Cole Miller is a favorite fighter of mine, and I will also say he is a hard guy to put away. However, I thought Wiman should have finished this fight. It says one of two things: 1. Miller is just impossible to put away, or 2. Wiman just can’t generate that type of power. I have to watch the fight again to really determine that, but it was a great performance by Matt Wiman.

Matt Wiman def. Cole Miller by Unanimous Decision (29 28, 30 27, 30 27), R3

Pat Barry (240) vs. Joey Beltran (230)

We all thought this fight was going to be two guys standing and banging until someone fell down. We were half right, as this was three straight rounds of two heavyweights really pounding on each other for 15 minutes. One thing is for certain, Beltran has a granite chin! He took head kicks and punches that would have put 95% of the UFC on its ass, and out cold. Sadly, Beltran really needed to grind this one out on the floor, and he just could never get Barry to the ground.

Pat Barry really should have put away Beltran, and it seems like even at the end he was letting Beltran off the hook. At one point I was telling myself, If you ever want to walk again Beltran-just stay down. He was barely stumbling up to his feet after taking dozens of leg kicks, and a leg kick from Barry is enough to make a man limp for the better part of his life. Beltran showed a ton of heart.

Pat Barry def. Joey Beltran by Unanimous Decision (30 27, 29 28, 29 28), R3

Mark Hominick (145.5) vs. George Roop (145)

George Roop came out going at his own pace, and if you saw Clay Guida’s last fight, thats what Roop looked like. Hopping around, jumping in and out, and landing some strikes. Nothing hard enough to really bother Hominick. Once Hominick figured out Roop’s timing, which was about 50 seconds in, he just really lit up Roop and was simply battering him until the ref jumped in. A big right hand dropped Roop once, and then he jumped up to his feet and a big left really left him stumbling around. Hominick jumped in, and finished him off with punches. Roop never went out, and he thought the fight was ended early, but that fight was over. Roop even attempted to stand up as if everything was ok, and he approached Hominick, but Hominick had to catch him because he had no balance and he would have fallen over.

Mark Hominick def. George Roop by TKO (Strikes) at 1:28, R1

Matt Mitrione (260) vs. Tim Hague (256)

I wrote in my piece about this fight, that this was my underdog pick, because Hague had so much at stake. I thought he would really take it to Mitrione, and I was dead wrong. According to Compustrike, Mitrione landed 20 of 31 strikes in the fight, 16 of which were power strikes. Hague attempted seven total strikes, landing five. Mitrione picked apart Tim Hague, and really opened up alot of eyes about how good he is getting. Mitrione finished Hague violently from backmount.

Matt Mitrione def. Tim Hague by TKO (Strikes) at 2:59, R1

Evan Dunham (156) vs. Melvin Guillard (155)

Evan Dunham starts slow in fights, and typically he is able survive long enough to mount a comeback. Melvin Guillard had different plans. Dunham was able to get Guillard to the floor early, but Guillard was able to use the fence to get up. Then it was all Guillard. Guillard landed a huge knee that put Evan on queer street after land a handful of punches, and from there it was a matter of seconds. Another big knee sent Dunham to the floor, and Guillard finished with punches. Mario Yamasaki dove in, and rescued Evan.

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Main Bouts (SpikeTV):
Melvin Guillard def. Evan Dunham by TKO (Strikes/Knees) at 2:58, R1
Matt Mitrione def. Tim Hague by TKO (Strikes) at 2:59, R1
Mark Hominick def. George Roop by TKO (Strikes) at 1:28, R1
Pat Barry def. Joey Beltran by Unanimous Decision (30 27, 29 28, 29 28), R3
Matt Wiman def. Cole Miller by Unanimous Decision (29 28, 30 27, 30 27), R3
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Preliminary Bouts (On Facebook.com)

Yves Edwards def. Cody McKenzie by Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:33, R2

DaMarques Johnson def. Mike Guymon by Verbal Submission (Body Triangle) at 3:22, R1

Rani Yahya def. Mike Brown by Unanimous Decision (30 27, 29 28, 29 28), R3
Waylon Lowe def. Willamy Freire by Unanimous Decision (29 28, 29 28, 29 28), R3
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Preliminary Bouts (Non Televised):

Charlie Brenneman def. Amilcar Alves by Unanimous Decision (30 27, 30 27, 30 27), R3
Chris Cariaso def. Will Campuzano by Unanimous Decision (29 28, 29 28, 29 28), R3