UFC 137 Wrap-Up: Diaz, Penn, Cerrone, Palaszewski take home $75k
Posted on October 29, 2011, 11:33 PM by Joey SantosusUFC 137 promised and delivered an absolute war tonight from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. B.J. Penn and Nick Diaz went toe to toe for the duration of the 15-minute headliner, leaving one another battered and bloodied en-route to a unanimous decision victory for "The Stockton Bad Boy." In the co-main event, Cheick Kongo extended his unbeaten streak to four, outworking Matt Mitrione to hand the up and comer his first defeat, while Roy Nelson scored a third-round TKO stoppage over Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic to get back in the win column. Former Bantamweight title challenger Scott Jorgensen remained perfect in the UFC, taking a decision over Jeff Curran and Japanese superstar Hatsu Hioki defeated George Roop in his promotional debut.
The UFC awarded generous $75,000 bonuses to the night's top performers, who were announced by Dana White immediately following the event.
Fight of the Night: Nick Diaz vs. B.J. Penn
Submission of the Night: Donald Cerrone
Knockout of the Night: Bart Palaszewski
Full Results (via FightoftheNight.com):
Main Card:
Nick Diaz defeats BJ Penn by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 29-28)
Cheick Kongo defeats Matt Mitrione by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-28, 29-28)
Roy Nelson defeats Mirko Cro Cop by TKO at 1.30mins of Rd3
Scott Jorgensen defeats Jeff Curran by unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)
Hatsu Hioki defeats George Roop by split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Prelims:
Donald Cerrone defeats Dennis Siver by submission (rear-naked choke) at 2.22mins of Rd1
Bart Palaszewski defeats Tyson Griffin by KO at 2.45mins of Rd1
Brandon Vera defeats Eliot Marshall by unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Ramsey Nijem defeats Danny Downes by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-27)
Francis Carmont defeats Chris Camozzi by unanimous decision (30-26, 30-27 x2)
Clifford Starks defeats Dustin Jacoby by unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Comments
with fight of the night do both get the bonus or just the winner?
Both fighters receive the bonus for FOTN
Never Bet Against Nick Diaz.
You're right about that against most fighters at welterweight except GSP...in my opinion. Also, I have a new found respect for Cerrone. He messed up my main parlay. I chose Vera(close call), Palazweski, SIVER(should have left that one alone), Big Country, and Kongo. I thought Diaz would win but tend to feel skeptical about betting against BJ. After thought, maybe Big Country should fight 205.
Damn ! If you bet on Cerrone then how much money would you had won ???
Performance of the night for me was Cerrone, he was awesome, so quick and sharp on the feet, and took the choke so quickly as soon as siver dropped to his front. I was impressed with him against Oliveira but seeing him outstrike Siver so well, I'd like to see him fight Lauzon to climb up the division, or Guillard would be an amazing fight.
Performance of the night for me was Diaz. No- one has ever made BJ look like an amatuer like that.
Not only that i won 50 quid. WAHEY!!!!