UFC 79 Results / MMACrossfire = 70%

Here are the results of UFC 79. Out of sheer laziness and because it's late, I have quoted the results text verbatim from MMAJunkie.com's article UFC 79: Georges St. Pierre Dominates Matt Hughes for Interim Title; Chuck Liddell Outlasts Wanderlei Silva. (I batted 70% this event. Not bad, not great.)

[Correctly guessed fights in blue, and the incorrect ones in red.]

• Georges St. Pierre def. Matt Hughes
  via submission (arm-bar) — Round 2, 4:54
• Chuck Liddell def. Wanderlei Silva
  via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
• Eddie Sanchez def. Soa Palelei
  via TKO (strikes) — Round 3, 3:24
• Lyoto Machida def. Rameau Sokoudjo
  via submission (arm-triangle choke) — Round 2, 4:20
• Rich Clementi def. Melvin Guillard
  via submission (rear-naked choke) — Round 1, 4:40
• James Irvin def. Luis Cane
  via disqualification (illegal knee) — Round 1, 1:51
• Manny Gamburyan def. Nate Mohr
  via submission (ankle lock) — Round 1 — 1:31
• Dean Lister def. Jordan Radev
  via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Roan Carneiro def. Tony DeSouza
  via TKO (strikes) — Round 2, 3:33
• Mark Bocek def. Doug Evans
  via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

(You can read my original predictions for the entire card, and my analysis of how I thought the fights would go for Machida, Liddell, and St. Pierre here: UFC 79 Predictions.)

This was such a satisfying UFC event! I especially enjoyed the three "big" televised fights. Machida fought the kind of fight I expected and he looked so sharp. Liddell fought well against chin-of-steel Silva (who came close to KOing Liddell a couple times). St. Pierre far outperformed my expectations with a R2 submission.

On the "red" side of the scale: I overestimated Palelei's potential. He didn't listen to his corner. And I suspect that he'd already lost the fight in his mind by the beginning of R2, and wasn't able to find the mental strength to fight for a win. I really underestimated Gamburyan. What a sick submission. And my coin-toss guess of an Evans win flopped too.

Stay tuned for my UFC 80 predictions. I intend to have those up in the next couple days. Let the speculating begin!