..........................

Third times a charm. Twice these former training partners have been unsuccessfully pitted against each other to fight it out. Twice it failed to come to fruition. UNTIL NOW!

The UFC finally returned State side for a BIG event with a Light Heavyweight Title Fight. Atlanta, Georgia, the scene of Rashad's most devastating victory. Was Rashad able to make history in the Philips Arena once again? Simple answer..

NO.

Jones is still the champ, and will be for a while to come yet. Sorry Hendo.

Haters Gonna Hate!!

This event wasn't the highest scoring event ever with a massive 8 decisions and only one submission. Also, it must be the first time ever that 3 fights produced 100% pick for one fighter. One of those fighters was Mark Hominick....

Anyhow, lets get down to fuckin business.

First off, a brief rundown of tonight's results:

UFC 145 QUICK RESULTS:

Main event:

205 lbs.: Jon Jones defeats Rashad Evans via Unanimous Decision

Main card (Pay-per-view):

170 lbs.: Rory MacDonald defeats Che Mills via TKO (Strikes) Round 2
265 lbs.: Ben Rothwell defeats Brendan Schaub via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
155 lbs.: Mark Bocek defeats John Alessio via Unanimous Decision
145 lbs.: Eddie Yagin defeats Mark Hominick via Split Decision

Preliminary card (FX):

135 lbs.: Michael McDonald defeats Miguel Torres via TKO (Strikes) Round 1
265 lbs.: Travis Browne def. Chad Griggs via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:29 of round one
170 lbs.: Matt Brown def. Stephen Thompson via unanimous decision
155 lbs.: Anthony Njokuani def. John Makdessi via unanimous decision
155 lbs.: Mac Danzig def. Efrain Escudero via unanimous decision

Preliminary card (Facebook):

170 lbs.: Chris Clements def. Keith Wisniewski via split decision
145 lbs.: Marcus Brimage def. Maximo Blanco via split decision

The winner of the FINAL event of the season is.....

tr8k who scored 78 points with 9/12 picks correct, four of which were perfect scores. This event produced many decisions and made for a difficult night of scoring. TR8K still produced a dominating score and this was his 2nd event win this season. Congrats.

Runner up spot goes to...

marcbjr2 who scored 61 points with 8/12 picks correct. With only 1perfect pick, 14 points in the hot-bout secured runner up spot. Marcbjr2 has now finish in the top three 4 times this season winning one event. Well done, you have secured overall 3r place.

And rounding off the top 3.......

MrGrapplefan (again) who scored 59 points with 8/12 picks correct.

And who was as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike. Who was the bottom dweller? With only 4 correct picks with none perfect and scoring a paltry 22 points. Please step forward....

Larry

In the words of Mike Goldberg , '' IT IS ALLL OVER!''.

This season's undisputed champion is:

MrGrapplefan:

• Finished in the top three 60% of the time.
• Averaged 58.4 points per event.
• Correctly choose the winner 63.4% of the time. 73/115
• Won this season about 3 event ago.
  
• The numbers are probably way off.
  
• Congratulations and good luck in the money pool next season.
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Final Event Results:......

1	78	tr8k	View Picks
2	61	marcbjr2	View Picks
3	59	MrGrapplefan	View Picks
4	58	liverpoolsnxt	View Picks
5	57	McRad	View Picks
5	57	Grimreapers	View Picks
7	56	CDSmid	View Picks
8	55	wolfman13	View Picks
9	54	Stazza	View Picks
10	52	IrishKev	View Picks
10	52	PotOfGold	View Picks
12	51	BrizzleT	View Picks
13	48	thunderdownunder	View Picks
14	39	Kalejohncox	View Picks
15	36	Bons_210309	View Picks
16	32	Raymondo	View Picks
16	32	carthur	View Picks
18	31	letstalkmma	View Picks
19	30	karpentero	View Picks
20	25	PedroPark	View Picks
21	22	Larry	View Picks

Final Season standings:......

Rank	Points	Player
1	584	MrGrapplefan
2	542	McRad
3	523	marcbjr2
4	518	thunderdownunder
5	505	BrizzleT
6	491	Stazza
7	488	Bons_210309
8	475	liverpoolsnxt
9	462	karpentero
10	451	tr8k
11	390	letstalkmma
12	382	PedroPark
13	375	hairybumcrack
14	366	CDSmid
15	289	wolfman13
16	288	Larry
17	278	Raymondo
18	265	prokk27
19	217	Choro
20	214	carthur
21	179	PotOfGold
22	157	Kalejohncox
23	123	IrishKev
24	97	Grimreapers

Well, that's a wrap for this season. Next season begins in 2 weeks time, UFC ON FOX 3

May 5th , 2012. MILLER v DIAZ. Hope to see ye next season.

And finishing this off as always, some fine bit of eye candy.

Giorgia Salpa, just so ya know.