UFC on FX 5 Results: Bigfoot downs an injured Browne, Dodson earns a title shot
Posted on October 5, 2012, 10:24 PM by Mike DrahotaUFC on FX 5 is in the books and with it comes another night of very exciting fights on cable TV, proving that not always the best of cards come from pay-per-view only. In the main event, Travis “Hapa” Browne came in as the favorite over a man with something to prove, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. Knocked out in his last two bouts, albeit against top competition in the form of Daniel Cormier and then Cain Velasquez, Silva needed a win badly to cement his relevancy in the competitive UFC Heavyweight division. He got just that when Browne tweaked his left knee while throwing an errant overhand right, resulting in a severe reduction in stability. Browne fought on valiantly, but it was only a matter of time before Silva landed a huge right and floored Browne, finishing him with strikes in the first round with a TKO.
In other action, Jake Ellenberger won a hard-fought decision over Jay Hieron by scoring some effective strikes and takedowns. Kudos to Hieron for weathering the power of Ellenberger, who is now back in the winners' column in the ultra-competitive Welterweight division. Who will he face next?
John Dodson made a statement in the new Flyweight division by knocking out formidable Brazilian Jussier Formiga. He now earns the next shot at titleholder Demetrious Johnson. Justin “Fast Eddy” Edwards made a statement at Welterweight when he locked on a standing guillotine choke on Josh Neer early on in the fight, taking it to the ground and finishing the gruesome submission when Neer passed out.
UFC on FX 5 Full Results:
Main Card Results:
Antonio Silva def. Travis Browne by R1 TKO (Punches)
Jake Ellenberger def. Jay Hieron by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
John Dodson def. Jussier Formiga by R2 TKO (Punches)
Justin Edwards def. Josh Neer by R1 Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Preliminary Card Results:
Michael Johnson def. Danny Castillo by KO (Punches, 2nd Round, 1:06)
Jacob Volkmann def. Shane Roller by R1 Submission (Rear-naked Choke)
Diego Nunes def. Bart Palaszewski by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
Darren Uyenoyama def.Phil Harris by R2 Submission (Rear-naked Choke)
Marcus LeVesseur def. Carlo Prater by Split Decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
Mike Pierce def. Aaron Simpson by R2 KO (Punch)
LowKick.com Fight Awards:
Performance of the Night:
John Dodson earns the nod for his impressive striking at Flyweight. In a division short on striking finishes, Dodson shows a rare blend of amazing power and speed.
Finish of the Night:
Michael Johnson made an amazing comeback over a game fighter in Danny Castillo, but Justin Edwards earns the nod for his brutal Guillotine over a man known for avoiding them in Josh Neer.
Upset of the Night:
Albeit due to an injury, Antonio Silva's defeat of Travis “Hapa” Browne is a surprising result to many.
Photo: MMAWeekly.com
Comments
fairly good fights. i see no bellator results though , and i just gotta say...wtf brett rogers ??? silva with amazing upset. ellenberger dissapoint.
i was surprised that Browne got knocked out. Dodson getting a shot at Demetrious Johnson should be interesting. I wasn't impressed with the Ellenberger/Heiron fight. Edwards submission of Neer was impressive though. I did see Brett Rogers sorry ass performance on Bellator too. He needs to hang it up. He looked terrible! Volkov embarrassed him! Can't wait to see the ppv next saturday.
Imagine tearing a hammy attempting a wheel kick!!! FACEPOLM!!!
John Dodson performance of the night?
you can tell Anton did not make this post
that was one horrible performance that gladly ended with a TKO
but before that it was nothing exciting at all.
People boo Dodson for a reason!
It's so awkward listening to him talk... its like he is really mentally handicapped.
Yeah he sucks, he just knocked out the number one Flyweight from Brazil who was noticeably bigger than him.
i know right. why should we like him he only got a finish and all, he practically sucks.
He's a strong finisher but he wasn't completely dominating the striking against the grappled, like he should have.
He'll need better accuracy in his strikes if he wants to beat Johnson but I will say his TDD looked perfect again, will be interesting if Johnson can take him down.
In before Keith Farrell... I don't have anything to say I just want to be in before Keith Farrell
He'll KFC double shot on one of the comments above, don't worry.
At least his posts are worth reading.
Damn you hunter! A mix of your determination, my internet being out and watching it with a delay helped you rally to the quicker comment
You can call me Shooter McGavin.
Man, recently in the UFC the amount of fighters getting injured in fights or in training has grown exponentially! I feel like in the other promotions, including K-1 etc there are less injuries; although it might be that they are just less mediatised for obvious reasons.
But I wonder if the extremely high competition makes guys train too hard....
For K-1 its mainly because they don't grapple where nearly all the injuries occur.
Smaller promotion fighters still get injured but it's my theory they NEED the fight and the paycheck to live while a lot of the guys in the UFC don't mind waiting a whole longer fir their cheque
Yeah I think you're right Keith, the UFC paychecks are probably off the charts compared to smaller promotions...I guess a good example is how fighters in the UFC can just decide not to fight "because their wrestling is not good enough".
Silva won but hardly impressive beating a clearly injured fighter.
he got injured trying to show off at the start. Not Bigfoots fault. Can't expect Bigfoot not to capitalize on Browne's mistakes
maybe Brown shouldnt be doing a Dominick Cruz and Jones impersonation during a fight.
He was injured but he looked like the inferior fighter before he injured himself acting stupid.
I don't know why you would weak this comment, he's simply stating a fact. Browne couldn't even plant his left leg to throw anything with. Props to silva for finishing him, but as soon as I saw him wobble on that leg a couple times it was clear he wouldn't win. Would love to see a rematch without the bum leg, I was really excited for that fight and the injury made it a let down.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed Browne was injured long before the overhand right. I think it was when he tried that ridiculous looking crane kick at the beginning, trying to be flashy. I agree, Bigfoot capitalized on Browne's mistake, just like he should, but he still didn't look that impressive in doing so. If he was an elite HW, he would have been able to just have his way with Browne as soon as he noticed the limp in Browne's walk but he didn't. I may be wrong, and he still may be better than I think, but I doubt Bigfoot is ever going to get close to a title, even in the somewhat shallow HW division.
This fight shouldn't count in elevating bigfoot in the division.
Bigfoot needs to show impressive wins against healthy opponents.
Of course its not bigfoots fault, but you cannot gauge a fight when a guy is dragging his left leg around the cage with a torn hamstring.
I'm just surprised Jay Hieron thought he won, what fight was he in?
Pretty much every fight ended in a finish, hope UFC 153 is as exciting!
Your right about the finishes but exciting? IMO this was one of the worst main cards this year - first fight was over as it started so doesn't really count but the Dodson fight was boring untill the finish, the Ellenberger fight was TERRIBLE, Ellenberger is one of the guys I like watching most because he is so good and aggressive but in this fight he just looked lethargic and not there mentally (perhaps due to a hard weight cut).
Prelims of the year hell yeah but I'm hoping desperately the main card is far better
I am never surprised at Jay Hieron acting like a complete tool. He is the definition of delusional.
You know man.....that was a misleading and biased headline for the article....shame on you!
Seriously found it hard to believe Bigfoot beat Browne.
Even though he tore his hamstring in the first 30 seconds I thought he could land a bomb on Bigfoot's questionable chin.
Injured or not, HUGE props to Bigfoot on getting a standing KO, I honestly gave him no chance of doing that but Bigfoot has perhaps shown a new wrinkle to his game - finishing power in his stand up.
Honestly I don't think Bigfoot would ever beat JDS, Cain, Overeem or possibly the new Werdum but he did surprise and impress me.
Hopefully Browne heals up and gets back to his killer form, still think the guy has potential to be world champ
It shouldn't have been a surprise if you have seen any of Silva's fights. He's pretty good, and has a lot experience. What did surprise me was the lack of skill and killer instinct he showed against a decent fighter who was obviously hampered by his injury.
I see what your saying but Bigfoot is more of a ground fight while Travis excels on the feet, combine that with Bigfoot having a not so great chin and Browne having good TDD I thought this was a perfect match up for Browne.
Guess I was wrong
I always think back to whn the average LHW, Mike Kyle dropped and almost KO'd Silva. I thought if he could drop him than Browne would kill him
The guy has two chins. Arlovski TKOd Nelson and couldn't rock BF. Fedor didn't rock him. Yet Kyle did. The guy wears different chins on different nights. Tonight he also had his guard up.
Browne looked bad before he got hurt. As soon as I saw the difficulty he was having landing on BF I started thinking BF might win.
I agree with both of you. Browne usually does excel in the standup, but he hasn't faced elite competition yet. As far as looking bad before the injury, if you watch the fight again and watch close, he got inured real early when he threw that ridiculous "crane" kick (at least that's how it looked to me). After that he couldn't get anything going and stumbled a few times. I made the comment to my wife that he was limping long before the overhand right the announcers were talking about. Being an experienced professional fighter, BF should have seen the opportunity long before I did and pounced. He should have been able to rag doll Browne with his torn hamstring and GnP him easily. This was either an off night for BF, or proved he's got the same problem as a lot of guys that come over from smaller org's: he can't hang with the upper level of competition. Browne is not really an elite HW, at least not yet, and Silva didn't look that great against him until the hamstring totally went out. BF is a cool guy, and hopefully he proves me wrong and beats some top guys, but I don't think he will, which is actually a bit of a surprise to me.
Sorry for the longwinded comment... It was quite a bit longer than intended.
@ljense8 no problem dude I read it from start to finish and it was only full of great points!
browne was just awful! the worst footwork ive ever witnessed in my entire life. bigfoot needs to incorporate more to his stand up, hes not fighting like he used to.
The crowd was horrible with all the booing. Its like the more mainstream ufc gets the worse the crowd becomes. THen again most things that become popular get ruined by it.