The MMA Live crew also talk about the recent comments Frank Mir made about Brock Lesnar and also have Chael Sonnen in the studio to have a chat.

Mollly Qerim is back also interviewing a religious MMA fan nicknamed ‘The Priest’ and it makes for a highly entertaining interview.

You can check out the full video of MMA Live below.

Randy Couture and Mark Coleman faced off, with Randy taking control early and dominating in typical Couture fashion.  Round two saw more of the same with clinch and then a takedown setting up a nice rear naked choke that saw Randy getting another win int he octagon.

Mike Swick and Paulo Thiago stepped in the cage and i was rooting for Thiago in this one who is i think a much more legitimate contendor for the title with a better set of skills, but you can’t really count Mike Swick out.  Round one was a bit of a stalemate on the feet and ended with a takedown for Swick.  Round two was more action packed with Thiago landing a wild counter left hook and finished with a darth choke taking a convincing win, and dare i say it winning in a much more convincing way than Dan Hardy did.

Jim Miller and Damian Maia were up next and Maia slightly edged the first round with a mix of takedown attempts and strikes with Miller constantly on the backfoot and Maia looking much more confident in his stand up.  Round two and three were similar with Maia getting a few rounds of action in and taking a unanimous decision win.

The first fight of the night was Matt Serra and Frank Trigg, with Serra making light work of Trigg with a range of strikes to the body and head, landing a big overhand right that had Trigg on wobbly legs and then finished it with a few punches to the chin followed by a good ref stoppage.

Nate Marquart and Chael Sonnen stepped in the Octagon with the promise of a number one contender spot and the next shot at the title, and round one saw Chael Sonnen come out fast controlling Nate on the ground which continued for the whole of round one.  Round two started very similar with Sonnen getting an early takedown, but Nate landing a vicious elbow from his back that cut Sonnen up, round two ended with a lot of a blood and another round for Sonnen.  Round three saw Nate land a wicked Guillotine submission that Sonnen managed to escape from but it was just too little too late with Sonnen getting a well earned unanimous decision.

All in all one of the better UFC cards for a while, with lots of nice TKO’s and submissions and some contender changing wins, roll on UFC 110.

Main Card

Light Heavyweight bout – Randy Couture Vs Mark Coleman – Randy Couture wins by 2nd round submission
Middleweight bout – Nate Marquardt Vs Chael Sonnen – Chael Sonnen wins by unanimous decision
Welterweight bout – Mike Swick Vs Paulo Thiago – Paulo Thiago wins by 2nd round submission
Middleweight bout – Demian Maia Vs Dan Miller – Demian Maia wins by unanimous decision
Welterweight bout – Matt Serra Vs Frank Trigg – Matt Serra wins by 1st round TKO

Preliminary Card – Spike TV

Lightweight bout – Mac Danzig Vs Justin Buchholz – Mac Danzig wins by unanimous decision
Lightweight bout – Melvin Guillard Vs Ronnys Torres – Melvin Guillard wins by unanimous decision

Preliminary Card

Lightweight bout – Phillipe Nover Vs States Rob Emerson – Rob Emerson wins by unanimous decision
Light Heavyweight bout – Brian Stann Vs Phil Davis – Phil Davis wins by unanimous decision
Heavyweight bout – Tim Hague Vs Chris Tuchscherer – Chris Tuchscherer wins by majority decision
Heavyweight bout – Rolles Gracie Vs Joey Beltran – Joey Beltran wins by 2nd round TKO

Mike Swick takes on Paulo Thiago, Demian Maia returns to the Octagon to take on Dan Miller on his road back and Frank Trigg and Matt Serra square up and have already started the trash talking so that should be an exciting fight to watch.

The undercard is equally interesting and has a whole slew of match up’s im excited for, of note is the heavyweight Rolles Gracia making his UFC debut, and we also have Chris Tuchscherer, and Phillipe Nover making their Octagon return.  Enough of the talk anyway, time to have a look at the countdown to UFC 109 videos handily complied for you right below.

Mark Coleman and Randy Couture

Nate Marquart and Chael Sonnen

Mike Swick and Paulo Thiago

With all the recent drama the UFC has been handling lately regarding injured and ill fighters, they have just named two fights that are sure to be big fan favorite match ups that should draw attention away from their recent woes. The first match up is filling in for the absence of Brock Lesnar with his recent illness and uncertain future, and will see Former UFC heavyweight champ and former interim heavyweight champ Frank Mir face off against heavy handed prospect Shane Carwin for a new interim title at UFC 111.

This is surely going to be an interesting match up, helped by the recent weight that Mir has been able to pack on, and could even see the taller and now heavier Mir outside Carwin in the Octagon. Carwin however was the former no 1 contender and regardless of what weight he comes int he cage at always manages to put his opponent out for the count with some of the biggest punches in MMA. I have no idea how this one is going to play out, but one thing is for sure, its probably not going the distance and should add some drama and much needed tension with the absence of the champ Brock Lesnar.

Also moving onto the UFC 109 card is a match up with Brandon Vera and Jon Jones after Vera’s former opponent Antonio Rogerio Nogueira has had to pull out of the fight due to a fractured ankle. This is going to be a real test for both Vera and Jones, and is now one of the fights i’m most looking forward to seeing on this card! Vera is a solid fighter with deadly Muay Thai skills and has only lost once due to strikes, which should hold him in good stead with the striking of Jon Jones which while unorthodox and deadly should be something Vera will spot a mile off, factor in the wrestling prowess of Jones and you have a match up which for the winner will propel them a long way up the 205lb food chain.