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Falling Action: Best and Worst of UFC 120

Filed under: UFCNow that we’ve all had a chance to vent about how and when we saw UFC 120, let’s all make like elected officials under investigation and put aside what we knew and when we knew it so that we might discuss what actually happened in Londo…

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Now that we’ve all had a chance to vent about how and when we saw UFC 120, let’s all make like elected officials under investigation and put aside what we knew and when we knew it so that we might discuss what actually happened in London this weekend.

Maybe it wasn’t such a great night for most of the British fighters on the main card, but the event still got a great reaction from the always enthusiastic U.K. crowd, even if there weren’t quite as many soccer chants and sing-alongs as I’d like.

But enough with the preamble. Let’s take a look at the biggest winners, losers, and everything in between from UFC 120.

UFC 120 Post-Fight Interviews: Michael Bisping, Dan Hardy, Dana White

Some more on-the-scene videos from our good friends at kimura.se: First up, Michael Bisping promises that Yoshihiro "Ironhead" Akiyama would have eventually gone down if it were a five-round fight, but says there’s no shame in not being …

Some more on-the-scene videos from our good friends at kimura.se: First up, Michael Bisping promises that Yoshihiro "Ironhead" Akiyama would have eventually gone down if it were a five-round fight, but says there’s no shame in not being able to put him away. He calls Mark Kinney the best boxing coach he’s ever worked with, and feels that he’s finally putting Mark’s lessons into practice. As for his future, the Count still has his eyes on the prize. "I’ve been around for a long time now, I’m not getting any younger," Bisping says. "Now it’s time to do it, it’s time to put in a run for a title and hopefully get the gold."

After the jump, Dan Hardy reflects on his knockout loss against Carlos Condit, and our BFF Dana White discusses educating new markets on MMA, the question of "morality" that jackass politicians bring up around the world, and the new "GSP is bigger than Gretzky" talking point he’s been testing out recently. For lots more UFC 120 interviews, check out youtube.com/kimurase.

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UFC 120 Live Blog: Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit Updates

Filed under: UFCThis is the UFC 120 live blog for Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Spike TV event from the O2 Arena in London, England.

Dan Hardy returns for the first time since losing to Georges St-Pierre in a championsh…

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This is the UFC 120 live blog for Dan Hardy vs. Carlos Condit, a welterweight bout on tonight’s Spike TV event from the O2 Arena in London, England.

Dan Hardy returns for the first time since losing to Georges St-Pierre in a championship bout. He’ll face former WEC champion Carlos Condit, who asked for this matchup.

The live blog is below.

Mike Pyle Says John Hathaway Never Had a Chance

While some fans on this side “of the pond” bemoaned last night’s UFC 120 card saying it was weak, for British fans, who, let’s not forget were the ones, you know, actually paying to attend the London event, it featured several of their beloved stars. Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy are already two of the […]

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While some fans on this side “of the pond” bemoaned last night’s UFC 120 card saying it was weak, for British fans, who, let’s not forget were the ones, you know, actually paying to attend the London event, it featured several of their beloved stars. Michael Bisping and Dan Hardy are already two of the country’s biggest names, love em or hate em, while  John Hathaway has been in hot pursuit (walking through Diego Sanchez certainly didn’t hurt).

Of course, while Bisping outscored Yoshihiro Akiyama for the UD win, the other two British studs didn’t fair too well. Hardy got KTFO by Carlos Condit, and Hathaway, well, the formerly undefeated welterweight ended up getting schooled by the veteran Mike Pyle big time. Hathaway was a heavy favorite to take out Pyle, and after hearing some of the Xtreme Couture fighter’s post fight comments, we’re thinking maybe that was bothering him just a wee little bit (comment via the official UFC site).

“Everything Hathaway’s good at I’m better and tonight I was able to prove that. I knew that coming into this fight my wrestling was better; I knew that my hands were better. I hurt him a few times in the fight; I had him hooked up in some things that nobody’s been hooked up in the UFC, beaten on in the UFC. From my shorts at the weigh-ins, to “Born in the USA” coming out, I just rubbed it in their face and on top of that I smashed their number one boy that they thought was unstoppable. He never had a chance tonight, not for one second.”

Wow. If you threw some money down on Pyle last night, enjoy.

UFC 120 Aftermath: Bisping Outlasts Akiyama; Condit Proves Far Less ‘Foolish’ than Hardy Anticipated

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We hope Dana White didn’t have to make any profane and vaguely threatening phone calls on Saturday night after several of his athletes ignored his well articulated desire for them not to l…


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We hope Dana White didn’t have to make any profane and vaguely threatening phone calls on Saturday night after several of his athletes ignored his well articulated desire for them not to let their fights go to the judges at UFC 120. Michael Bisping was among the offenders, claiming a clear-cut (and fairly compelling) unanimous decision over Yoshihiro Akiyama. Mike Pyle’s grinding upset win over John Hathaway also went the distance, as did wins for undercarders Claude Patrick and Spencer Fisher. Oh, and Cheick Kongo and Travis Browne fought to a frickin’ draw (which Big DW actually joked about on yesterday’s video blog) after Kongo got a little grabby with Browne’s shorts.

Only Carlos Condit and Alexander Gustafsson were good for televised stoppages and Zuffa even fudged that by adding Gustafsson’s choke out of Cyrille Diabate by the magic of tape delay. On the whole – and despite its overly judgy nature – UFC 120 was the kind of card that proved a bit better in practice than on paper. Still, we’re sure glad we didn’t have to pay for it.

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Carlos Condit Looking for Winner of Kampmann-Shields Next

Filed under: FanHouse ExclusiveLONDON — MMA Fighting spoke to Carlos Condit following his knockout win over Dan Hardy at UFC 120 Saturday night about shocking the British crowd, the end of the fight, silencing his critics and who he wants next.

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LONDON — MMA Fighting spoke to Carlos Condit following his knockout win over Dan Hardy at UFC 120 Saturday night about shocking the British crowd, the end of the fight, silencing his critics and who he wants next.