UFC 68: The Uprising
by: DarthMolen 1 year, 9 months, 13 hours, 36 minutes ago 2
Email Article Print ArticleUFC 68 airs tonight and it features a number of interesting matchups that include the return of 2 legends and an ex-champion.
Tim Silvia will be defending his title against a Legend, Randy "The Natural" Couture. Matt Hughes comes back after his loss against GSP to fight Chris Lytle. Rich Franklin comes back to fight against Jason "The Athlete" MacDonald. We went over all these matchups in our podcast that you can listen to here
| Name | Height | Weight | Record | Name | Height | Weight | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Sylvia | 6' 8" (203 cm) | 255 | 25-2-0 | VS | Randy Couture | 6' 2" (188 cm) | 220 | 14-8-0 |
| Chris Lytle | 5' 11" (180 cm) | 170 | 32-13-4 | VS | Matt Hughes | 5' 9" (175 cm) | 169 | 42-5-0 |
| Drew McFedries | 6' 0" (183 cm) | 185 | 5-1-0 | VS | Martin Kampmann | 6' 0" (183 cm) | 185 | 11-1-0 |
| Rich Franklin | 6' 1" (185 cm) | 185 | 22-2-0 | VS | Jason MacDonald | 6' 3" (191 cm) | 185 | 19-7-0 |
| Jason Lambert | 5' 10" (178 cm) | 205 | 22-6-0 | VS | Renato Sobral | 6' 1" (185 cm) | 205 | 27-6-0 |
| Rex Holman | 6' 2" (188 cm) | 205 | 4-1-0 | VS | Matt Hamill | 6' 1" (185 cm) | 205 | 4-0-0 |
| Jon Fitch | 6' 0" (183 cm) | 170 | 17-2-0 | VS | Luigi Fioravanti | 5' 8" (173 cm) | 170 | 11-1-0 |
| Gleison Tibau | 5' 10" (178 cm) | 155 | 23-3-0 | VS | Jason Dent | 5' 9" (175 cm) | 155 | 12-7-0 |
| Jason Gilliam | 6' 0" (183 cm) | 155 | 11-0-0 | VS | Jamie Varner | 5' 8" (173 cm) | 155 | 9-1-0 |
Well, the shocker happened.
Couture dominated Tim Silvia for 5 solid rounds. Couture won by decision and is the new UFC Heavyweight champion at 43 yrs old.
I will write up a total review tomorrow with all the juicy info.
The review is here