What's for Breakfast?

My words. I'm eatin' them...and bad! So last night's event was decent. The televised undercard bouts were pretty solid.

Mark Munoz vs Kendall Grove:

What a fight. Rogan mentioned how Grove had lost focus, regained it and lost it again. Now, he was focused...with his new daughter in mind...we should be seeing a revitalized Grove. For the first round that looked to be the case. Grove stunned Munoz with a perfectly timed uppercut. He attacked with several chokes that really looked like they would be the end of the fight, but Munoz hung in there.

Round 2 - Munoz comes out with a huge right hand. Grove gives back a knee as Munoz shoots. Grove starts threatening on Munoz's back, then transitions to an armbar. Munoz escapes and starts landing some heavy leather. Munoz on top is dangerous.

Winner: Mark Munoz by TKO, Round 2.

Terry Etim vs Rafael Dos Ajnos:

Etim showing nice footwork, he locked in an arm-in guillotine and held on for a while. Dos Anjos shows the patience only a black belt has and finally escapes. Etim threatened with an armbar and Rafael had none of it. Marc Goddard warns Rafael about "elbowing the spine" but he's referring to the knees. One more knee from Rafael and Goddard stood up the action. Dos Anjos goes for a heel hook but Etim had none of it and spun free.

Round 2 - Etim showing nice crisp kicks standing. Dos Anjos gets the takedown and starts to transition smoothly from knee on the belly, to mount to side control and back to knee on the belly. Big elbows from Dos Anjos distract Etim and he moves to north-south. He grabs a hammerlock and looks for a kimura, transitions to the armbar

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Winner: Rafael Dos Anjos by Armbar, Round 2

Phil Davis vs Stefan Gustavsson:

Davis, a former PSU wrestling standout, has shown great potential lately and this fight was no different. Although it seemed like he was having a bit of trouble securing a takedown (which Gustavsson defended beautifully to his credit) he did finish very nicely with a perfectly timed Anaconda choke. He had the head and arm, locked in his grip and hit the roll at the precise moment he needed to. Gustavsson had no choice but to tap.

Winner: Phil Davis by Anaconda Choke, Round 1.

Matt Hughes vs Renzo Gracie:

Something smelt fishy. It looked to me like Hughes wasn't allowed to engage too much. Granted, both guys are pretty old, but the action was sparse. It felt like Hughes could have ended this fight whenever he felt like it. Gracie landed a few nice punches but nothing that hurt Hughes. Hughes landed a lot of low kicks, that seemed to do most of the damage. Renzo looked as proud as ever and got to his feet each time he fell, but in the end Hughes was too game, putting his hands on Renzo in the final frame and forcing Herb Dean to stop the bout.

Winner: Matt Hughes, TKO Round 3.

Frankie Edgar vs BJ Penn:

Aaaand...I'm an idiot. I bought into the hype of "The Prodigy" after a few solid performances. I should have stayed true to my Jersey roots. (Let that be a lesson I will never forget.) Edgar came out hustling and his strategy worked perfectly. He utilized great footwork and unpredictable movement around Penn, moving in and out at will. "The Answer" also hit a nice takedown midway through the fight but couldn't keep Penn down.

BJ looked tired. Edgar never seemed to lose any pep in his step and that made all the difference. The judging may have been slightly skewed (I dont know how you could score Edgar winning every round) but that's how it goes in MMA, if you leave it to the judges then it is out of your hands. No surprise to me when Edgar's hand was raised. Even though the FightMetric stats point towards Penn as the winner, I think that the damage done by Edgar and the pace he set gave him the win. Let's hope Frankie can back it up in his first defense. Who's it going to be? A third title shot for Kenflo? A rematch with the only man to defeat Edgar, Gray Maynard? We'll see.

Winner: Frankie Edgar by Unanimous Decision.

Anderson Silva vs Demian Maia:

I've got a theory that Anderson Silva doesn't want to beat up his countrymen. He's only fought two Brazilians in the UFC, Thales Leites and Demian Maia, both of whom he toyed with and taunted through a full five rounds when he could have put them away at his discretion. I was excited through the second round of this fight - Silva taunting, pounding the mat, slapping his face, chasing Maia around the cage - it was all coming together so nicely.

It would have been on the SportsCenter Top Ten if he had done what everyone expected. He threw nice techniques and looked like he was on his way to a fantastic finish. But what happened? Maybe he gassed, maybe it was the adrenaline dump from all the taunting, maybe it was simply Maia's unwillingness to engage in the first three rounds, or the hot and humid U.A.E air, whatever it was - no one was happy about it.

Dana White is putting him on the plank for this one. I imagine Mr. White will be telling Georges St. Pierre to mangle Silva if they meet at 170. Although, I believe that fight will turn out much like the Forrest fight (although slightly longer). Silva was coming off the Leites fight, being told he wasn't that great and needed a good win and what did he deliver? A one-sided beating I'm sure Forrest Griffin will never forget. Now, another snoozefest from the P4P king and what's next? A big challenge - one worth taking seriously...I hope.

Winner - Anderson Silva by Unanimous Decision.