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UFC 65 - Bad Intentions

Reported by: of MMAinsiders.com - 5/14/07

Results

Preliminary card

Heavyweight bout: Jake O'Brien vs. Josh Schockman

O'Brien defeats Schockman by unanimous decision. All three judges score the bout 30-27 for O'Brien. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

Light Heavyweight bout: James Irvin vs. Hector Ramirez

Irvin defeats Ramirez by TKO due to strikes at 2:36 of round two. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.

Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Sherman Pandergarst

Hardonk defeats Pandergarst by knockout at 3:15 of round two. Pandergarst was a late replacement for Hardonk's original opponent, Brad Imes. This preliminary bout was aired on the broadcast.

Welterweight bout: Nick Diaz vs. Gleison Tibau

Diaz defeats Tibau by TKO (due to strikes) at 2:27 of round two. This preliminary bout was not aired on the broadcast.

Main card

Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima

Stevenson defeats Mishima by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:07 of round one.

Heavyweight bout: Frank Mir vs. Brandon Vera

Vera defeats Mir by TKO (due to strikes) at 1:09 of round one.

Light Heavyweight bout: Alessio Sakara vs. Drew McFedries

McFedries defeats Sakara by submission (due to strikes) at 4:07 of round one. McFedries was a late replacement for Sakara's original opponent, Wilson Gouveia, who withdrew from the card.

Heavyweight Championship bout: Champion Tim Sylvia vs. Jeff Monson

Tim Sylvia retains the UFC Heavyweight Championship title and defeats Jeff Monson by unanimous decision after five rounds. The judges scores for the bout were 50-45 by Hector Hernandez, 49-46 by Alejandro Rochin, and 49-46 by Richard Bertrand for Sylvia.

An apparently lackluster match, the ending announcement was met with a chorus of boos from the audience, which caused Sylvia to comment, ""A lot of them are after blood and guts. I followed my game plan to a T and won the fight." Monson sustained a separated rib during the match.[1]

Welterweight Championship bout: Champion Matt Hughes vs. Georges St. Pierre

This UFC contest was supervised by the California State Athletic Commission,with Armando Garcia has Chief.The judges at Octagon side were Marco Rosales,Alejandro Rochin,and Richard Bertrand.The referee incharge of the Octagon was "Big" John McCarthy.

Georges St. Pierre defeats Matt Hughes by TKO at 1:25 of round two to become the new UFC Welterweight Champion. In the first round, Hughes sustained two unintentional glancing kicks to or near his groin (Hughes admitted in the post-fight conference that the second kick was actually to the thigh, but made his leg go numb[citation needed]); after the second kick, St. Pierre was given a warning by referee "Big" John McCarthy. St. Pierre ended the round with a superman punch and a left hook to the head, stunning and knocking down Hughes right before the horn, nearly ending the match.

In the second round, St. Pierre ended the fight with a left high kick to the head – set up with a fake to an inside leg kick – which stunned Hughes and knocked him to the mat, followed by a flurry of punches and elbows, prompting the referee to halt the contest.

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