UFC 100 preliminary card results and recap

Historic UFC 100 has officially begun and the undercard results are now in. Let’s get right to it.

Few things can stop a fight quicker than an arm-in guillotine. When used early in the first round, before either fighter is slippery with sweat, they can really kill a party. Just ask Matt Grice … and C.B. Dollaway … and Jake O’Brien.

Kicking things off at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, were Grice and Shannon Gugerty, who wasted little time in trying to take the Oklahoma police officer down. After stuffing a single-leg, Grice finally succumbed to an inside trip, and eventually landed in a guillotine. Although Grice got back to his feet, Gugerty refused to relinquish the hold, landing several knees to the body before dragging his opponent back down to the mat and into limp-wristed unconsciousness.

Speaking of la-la land.

Seth Petruzelli had to be high as a kite when he agreed to take part in Tom Lawlor’s kooky entrance. "Filthy" came out to "Who Let the Dogs Out" and had Petruzelli on a dog chain with a bone in his mouth, walking on all fours.

Cue record scratch.

Back to the action, Dollaway immediately tried to set up a quick takedown with a right cross, only Lawlor stuffed the shot and sunk in a tight guillotine before pulling guard.

Water’s deep. Cold too.

So deep, in fact, that Lawlor actually yelled out for referee Yves Lavigne to stop the fight. C.B. is out … in all of 55 seconds.

It’s the second loss in four fights for the Arizona Combat Sports athlete; while disappointing, something tells me he’ll fight again for the promotion. Lawlor adds his first win at middleweight to his previous UFC victory over Kyle Kingsbury at 205 pounds. Didn’t see that coming.

A fight that looked promising on paper, but ended up not delivering was the welterweight tilt between Dong Hyun Kim and T.J. Grant. Grant spent much of the first two rounds trying to take down Kim, but "Stun Gun" seemed the more dynamic fighter, staying upright when he needed to and raining down solid elbows from Grant’s guard.

The second round saw Grant attempt a head kick, as well as a gogoplata, but Kim landed more solid elbows. An errant upkick by Grant when Kim had one knee down resulted in a warning by Mario Yamasaki and a quick rest for Kim, before the second round came to a close.

The pace slowed considerably by the third, and as it headed to the judges’ scorecards, it was pretty clear that Kim had taken all three rounds. All three officials agree: 30-26 for Dong Hyun Kim.

And we head back to la-la land.

With the wave of momentum that Jon Jones has been riding, I nearly felt sorry for O’Brien, who actually looked to be the smaller fighter during the weigh-ins, despite being a former heavyweight. The UFC hasn’t done "Irish" any favors by giving him consistently tough opponents riding hot streaks, like Cain Velasquez, Andre Arlovski and now "Bones" Jones.

The two took their time finding their rhythm, with Jones stuffing several shots by the wrestler. But they fired off plenty of licks in the first round too. Jones threw kicks from angles, and O’Brien played a lot of defense, by landed several combos on the feet. All in all, Jones probably won the first round, 10-9.

The second started off with much of the same, as Jones threw kicks early and often. But Jones refused to be a stationary target, which might have won him the fight. He threw in a spinning back elbow for good measure, which eventually led to a series of kicks that forced O’Brien to shoot in for the takedown, leaving his neck exposed. Another guillotine (although it might have been a brabo choke just the same), this one at 2:43 of the second round.

And we nearly saw a fourth.

Mac Danzig and Jim Miller went toe-to-toe in an absolute blood bath. Miller kept the intensity high, as he took down Danzig with a double leg. Danzig would eventually sweep and land in Miller’s guard, who unleashed a flurry of elbows to Danzig’s forehead ala "Ken-Flo" style.

The rest of the fight was a giant red and pink mess. The crowd lapped it up. Cutman Jacob "Stitch" Duran can’t stop the flow of blood down Danzig’s face between rounds. Mark it down folks, you need to see this fight.

On his way to winning the first two rounds, Miller gets caught in a … guess what … guillotine choke — a tight one — but is literally saved by the bell. That very easily could have ended it.

Recognizing he was down two rounds, Danzig stepped it up a notch for the third, pouring it on and attempting several finishing moves but to no avail. While I thought he won the third round, the judges disagree, scoring all three rounds for Miller. It is unanimous: 30-27.

Rounding out the preliminary fight card was yet another bloody fight that many expected to see on the main card of the evening in Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar. But that’s what you get when you get such a stacked card.

Both fighters took time to feel one another out, before Coleman earned the early takedown. But Bonnar hung close and tied up Coleman in some awkward positions to land several strikes. As the round comes to a close for Bonnar, the crowd trades chants for both fighters.

Coleman bounced back, though, and continued his takedown assault. Coleman blasts an elbow strike to open up a nasty gash on "The American Psycho’s" forehead. As both fighters trade strikes, a tiring Coleman does his best to keep Bonnar pinned to the mat. It’s classic "Hammer" time as the round comes to a close.

Entering the third, Coleman looks gas, as some would expect. But he secures a takedown, and before long Bonnar looks just as worn. It’s a lot of heart and ground and pound at this point. As the round comes to a close, it looks like Coleman’s wrestling might be been enough. Sure enough, the judges are unanimous: 29-28.

What a war between the two veterans. Here are the UFC 100 preliminary results:

Mark Coleman defeats Stephan Bonnar via Unanimous Decision
Jon Jones defeats Jake O’Brien via Submission (Guillotine) RD2
Dong Hyun "Stun Gun" Kim defeats TJ Grant via Unanimous Decision
Jim Miller defeats Mac Danzig via Unanimous Decision
Tom Lawlor defeats CB Dolloway via Submission (Guillotine) RD1
Shannon Gugerty defeats Matt Grice via Submission (Guillotine) RD1

That does it for the night’s preliminary action. Enjoy the main card!