Mir with a left hand early. Right hand by Nelson and he charges forward and pushes Mir into the cage. Mir turns him and puts Roy's back on the cage. Big knee to the head by Mir. Mir with some nice defensive work and he is landing some big shots on Roy. Nelson scoring with a right hand now. Nelson pushing him into the cage and holding him there. Knees by Mir have Nelson fading and looking a touch desperate. Nelson fires some big punches that hit air and Mir tags him again. Great throw by Mir and he has full mount! Roy gives up his back but gets to standing. Nelson got pretty well beat up this round. 10-9 Mir.Round 2 - Right hand lands for Nelson. Nice body kick by Mir. Combination by Mir and he pushes Nelson into the cage. Mir drops down and gets the single leg takedown. Nelson gives up his back again and again uses it to get to standing. Another takedown by Mir. Nelson doesn't exactly have any answers this fight. Nelson is badly gassed and Mir tags him with a kick to the body as they get back to standing. Nelson has nothing here. He can barely make it back to the corner. 10-9 Mir.Quinton "Rampage" Jackson beat and battered Matt Hamill to take a three round unanimous decision at UFC 130.
Hamill immediately landed a leg kick but couldn't follow up on it. Jackson backed him into the cage and couldn't close the take down. Jackson circled away from Hamill's power but managed to circle back and maintain control of the cage. BROCK LESNAR DEATH CLUTCH "DEMONS" MMA T-SHIRT SMALL
Hamill landed a right to the face but Jackson countered with a quick upper cut. Hamill landed a leg kick and fired a front kick that Jackson pawed away. Hamill winged big right hands that Jackson sought to counter. No one connected. Jackson advanced behind a series of hooks and uppercuts. Hamill telegraphed a knee tap that Jackson easily fended off. Another. With about 1:20 left, Jackson began advancing behind combinations, landing. Hamill landed a 1-2. Like Alistair Overeem’s team? I don’t believe that Rampage is training with Golden Glory as they are located in the Netherlands. I was not impressed with Rampage’s striking. This has been his best outing since I would say his Dan Henderson fight. His striking has been off since he left Juanito. Rampage’s hands were the best ever when he fought Forrest. It’s a shame he won’t hire Juanito back or a better boxing coachHamill went for another knee tap and ate a knee. Jackson slung him off and landed an uppercut. Hamill walked away from the first round bloodied. Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival
Hamill went for a high kick to open the second. Jackson punished him for his impertinence with a combo of hooks and uppercuts. Hamill telegraphed a couple more shots that Jackson easily fought off. More uppercuts. Then Hamill slung Jackson away and landed a lead hook. Hamill shot and Jackson punished him with knees, hooks and uppercuts. They paused and Hamill threw a double jab and a leg kick. Jackson drove him off with a counter left. Hamill landed a jab and had a brief moment of initiative but he once again went for a knee tap and once again Jackson punished him. A flurry from Jackson with about 40 seconds left had Hamill buckling briefly. Jackson fired a leaping elbow to the head and a knee to the body to close out the second.
Rampage looked SHARP tonight. broken hand or not, I’m glad he didn’t give up any takedowns nor did he rush in. Hamill is hard dude to finish.
Was anyone else impressed with Rampage’s striking tonight? His (short) time with Golden Glory turned an already impressive puncher into something better and definitely seems to have added more to his arsenal
Hamill opened the third with a superman punch that missed and led to a battering from Jackson. Hamill somehow managed to force Jackson back into the cage but couldn't get Jackson down. Jackson began pouring it on with aggressive fllurries but Hamill managed to clinch and force Quinton back into the cage. Jackson landed a mean 1-2. And another. Jackson began landing leg kicks while fending off more take downs. Joe Rogan was calling for a dramatic finish but it didn't seem to be forthcoming as the fighters exchanged places up against the fence. Jackson went for the flying elbow, knee combo again but only landed with the knee. A final uppercut hook knee combination ended the fight.
Round 3 - Mir gets a takedown fairly early in the round. Nelson is just hanging out on his back here trying to get to the final bell. Mir passes to half guard. Nelson manages to get back to standing and gets dumped again, quickly. Nelson manages to get back up and gets put right back down. Mir is just blasting him with huge elbows now. The fight ends and it was a pretty dominant 30-27 (or more) fight for Mir.
Official Scorecards: 30-27, 30-27, 30-26. Frank Mir wins by unanimous decision
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