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STRIKEFORCE: EVOLUTION -- 12/19/09 

Location: HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA

Broadcast: Showtime

MAIN CARD

Cung Le vs. Scott Smith (M)

Josh Thomson vs. Gilbert Melendez {Lightweight Championship}

Matt Lindland vs. Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza (M)

Muhammed 'King Mo' Lawal vs. Mike Whitehead (H)

PRELIMINARY BOUTS:

Antwain "The Juggernaut" Britt vs. Scott Lighty (LH)

Daisuke Nakamura vs. Justin "The Silverback" Wilcox (L)

Alexander Crispim vs. AJ Fonseca (F)

*Robbie Lawler vs. Trevor Prangley has been cancelled after Prangley had to pull out due to injury and a replacement opponent was unable to be found.

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SEE How Diego Got Cut, BJ High Kick Opens Bloody Gash - Plus Inside the UFC 107 FightMetric Numbers for Penn vs Sanchez

As you can see in this GIF, the fight-ending cut to Diego Sanchez's forehead was caused by a rare B.J. Penn high kick.

To fully appreciate the royal beatdown put upon Sanchez by Penn, we need to go inside the absolutely astonishing numbers with FightMetric.

During the 5 rounds of action in their UFC Lightweight Championship bout at UFC 107, Penn landed 150 strikes out of 214 attempts, 137 of which were successful strikes to Sanchez's head. Sanchez, on the other hand, landed a paltry 8 strikes total, out of 108 attempts. This makes a 70-pecent success ratio for Penn, and 7-percent for Sanchez. While Penn landed an average of 30 strikes per round, Sanchez couldn't even muster up 2 successful strikes per round. To further compound the EPIC FAIL of Diego Sanchez's performance against BJ Penn, Sanchez attempted 27 takedowns during the fight, and had ZERO success. Sanchez didn't just lose at UFC 107, he got utterly destroyed.

VIDEO: WEC 45: CERRONE VS. RATCLIFF Preview with Complete 12/19 Fight Card

WEC 45: CERRONE VS. RATCLIFF -- 12/19/09

Location: The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV 

Broadcast: Versus

MAIN CARD:

Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff (L)

Chris Horodecki vs. Anthony Njokuani (L)

Joseph Benavidez vs. Rani Yahya (B)

Scott Jorgensen vs. Takeya Mizugaki (B)

PRELIMINARY BOUTS:

Bart Palaszewski vs. Anthony Pettis (L)

Muhsin Corbbrey vs. Zack Micklewright (L)

Chad George vs. John Hosman (B)

Courtney Buck vs. Brandon Visher (F)

Kyle Dietz vs. Brad Pickett (B)

Erik Koch vs. Jameel Massouh (F)

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L = Lightweight (155 lbs) | F = Featherweight (145) | B = Bantamweight (135)

UFC 107 RESULTS - Complete Recap and Madman Awards for Penn vs Sanchez 12/12/09 in Memphis

UFC 107: PENN VS. SANCHEZ was held Saturday December 12, 2009 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.

The main event saw B.J. 'the Prodigy' Penn establish himself as the greatest lightweight fighter in the history of MMA. UFC announcer Mike Goldberg said, "Penn has a way of making exceptional athletes look ordinary." This is exactly what Penn did to Diego 'Nightmare' Sanchez, a highly-conditioned athlete who had no answers to the questions presented to him by Penn in what ended up being a 5-round shellacking. To Sanchez's credit, he stayed the course with Penn, took his beating and never quit. In the final championship round, Penn sliced open Sanchez's forehead and the fight was called off by the ringside doctor, resulting in a TKO win for Penn. Very quickly into the fight it was clear that Penn was the superior fighter, as he has been against every other lightweight contender he's faced since he's been champion. Announcer Joe Rogan suggested maybe the UFC should steal Shinya Aoki away from Japan. As things stand now, Aoki appears to be the only lightweight fighter in the world that even comes close to Penn in being considered the best. This was only Sanchez's third fight in the UFC lightweight division, after he dropped down from welterweight, so there are plenty of great fights left for him. Although he won't go forward as champion, he'll still have plenty of opportunities to put on exciting fights for the UFC fans. On this night, Sanchez was simply outclassed to a level where he wasn't able to make the fight exciting on a competitive level.

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In the co-main event, Frank Mir put an exclamation point on the idea that he is one of the UFC's top heavyweight fighters. It took Mir just over a minute to finish off Cheick Kongo. Mir had been touting his improved stand-up in interviews, citing his work with Mark DellaGrotte, and proved his point by catching Cheick Kongo with a big left hand that sent him to the mat. Mir followed Kongo to the ground and sunk in a guillotine choke for the quickest win of the night.

Jon Fitch won a rather uneventful unanimous decision over late replacement Mike Pierce. Fitch had been scheduled to fight both Ricardo Almeida and Thiago Alves, before both fighters had to pull out due to injury. Pierce was given the spot after scoring an upset win over Brock Larson at UFC Fight Night 19. Pierce lost the first 2 rounds to Fitch, but came back in the closing moments of the third round to land some big shots that had Fitch clinching for survival. It ended up being too little, too late, though, as Fitch's hand was raised for the decision victory.

Kenny 'KenFlo' Florian handled Clay 'the Carpenter' Guida with relative ease, tapping out Guida in the second round with a rear-naked choke. Guida was bloodied up in the first round, suffering a nasty gash on his head from a Florian elbow. Joe Rogan called Florian's elbow a potential murder weapon. Although Florian lost in his previous fight to BJ Penn, he came out of the gate strong in this rebound fight, taking out a serious fan favorite and legitimate lightweight contender in Clay Guida.

The opening PPV bout ended up being the Madman Fight of the Night. Stefan 'Skyscraper' Struve and Paul 'the Headhunter' Buentello had a 3-round war. Struve locked up Buentello in a body triangle for most of the first round, but wasn't able to secure the submission. The second round saw Buentello make a comeback. There were several spots in the second round where both fighters threw caution to the wind and stood toe-to-toe trading blows. Struve attempted a flying knee, but was met midway through the air with a punch that dropped him to the canvas. Despite eating some serious strikes from Buentello, Struve was able to survive the second round. The third round was the closest round of the fight. Two judges went with Struve and one judge called it a draw, resulting in a majority decision win for Struve. This was a great fight and Struve's third UFC win in the 2009 calendar year. Despite his lanky babyface appearance, Struve proved his mettle against Buentello. He stood and banged with the heavy-handed Buentello, and not only lived to tell about it, but walked away with the win. Buentello earned himself another fight in the UFC with this borderline loss. Struve expressed disappointment with his performance in his post-fight interview, even going so far as to say he believed the fight should've been ruled a draw. While his point was humility in victory, surely he's not looking to give up the win bonus that came with the majority decision.

In preliminary card action that aired on tape-delay during the PPV, Alan 'the Talent' Belcher, who was fighting in his hometown of Memphis, made a statement against Wilson Gouveia. In his pre-fight interviews, Belcher declared he was going to make sure he's on the main card the next time he fights, and with this TKO win, he certainly has earned this privilege. Meanwhile, Gouveia's UFC struggles continue. DaMarques Johnson looked dead to rights early on against Edgar Garcia, getting caught in a Peruvian necktie submission. Johnson stayed calm and somehow managed to work his way out of the choke. He then turned the tables on Garcia, and caught him in a triangle choke. Unlike Johnson, Garcia was not able to escape, and had to tap out to the TUF 9 runner-up.

In unaired preliminary bouts, T.J. Grant pounded out a TKO win over Kevin 'the Fire' Burns with just 3 seconds left in the first round. Rousimar 'Toquinho' Palhares caught Lucio 'the Spartan' Linhares with a heel hook in the second round, winning by submission against his Brazilian countryman. Johny Hendricks and 'Handsome' Matt Wiman both won by unanimous decision over Ricardo 'Golden Boy' Funch and 'Sugar' Shane Nelson, respectively.

UFC 107 was a night of statements. B.J. Penn proved he is basically untouchable in the UFC lightweight division. Frank Mir proved his wins over Brock Lesnar and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira were no flukes. Mir suffered a few mid-career setbacks, but he's come a long way since, and is now better than he's even been. Kenny Florian proved he very well might be the best UFC lightweight fighter not named B.J. Penn, which creates an awkward title situation since Florian has already lost to Penn in a UFC Lightweight Championship fight, and also lost in an earlier title opportunity against Sean Sherk. Perhaps the third time will be the charm for Florian. Alan Belcher proved he needs to be on UFC main cards with a quick and exciting technical knockout of Wilson Gouveia. Finally, DaMarques Johnson and T.J. Grant both proved they belong in the UFC, and avoided possible pink slips with impressive wins.

This was the final UFC event of 2009 and capped off a great year of UFC fights. Stay tuned to MMAmadman.com over the next several weeks as we look back at 2009 with a variety of year-in-review articles, leading up to the announcement of the 2009 Madman Awards.

Complete Results and UFC 107 Madman Awards after the Break.