Firstly I wasn't overly impressed with the event. 7 of the 11 fights went to a decision.

Matt Serra won in pretty convincing fashion. I thought he might have a little harder time. Frank Trigg complaining about the stoppage, seriously? He was clearly rocked and after the first punch on the ground his arms were by his side until Rosenthal stopped it. Good stoppage imo.

I was completed shocked at how easily Chael Sonnen dominated Nate Marquart. Nate almost looked like he was throwing the fight, I'd love to see the compustrike stats on that one.

Paulo Thiago is a machine and looked awesome against Swick. Sweet submission, the angle Swick's head was on was insane.

Was almost going to put money on Thiago but ah well.

Randy Couture looked good, but it was against an old slow Coleman.

I really liked newcomer Phil Davis, showed that he has plenty of raw talent, and with some coaching could be an excellent fighter. I wish he finished the fight though. I hope a decent trainer takes him under their wing.

Marquart got ground on for 15 hard minutes, so I wouldn't say he looked any worse than I'd expected if Sonnen was able to really apply his game, which he did spectacularly. I picked Marquart for the win and was suprised he lost, but I still say he tried hard and got in some good shots and a nice sub attempt or two. Just got beaten up...

Swick and Gracie were the two big disappointments for me. Swick looked very cautious and sloppy with his punches - way too many head-down-and-bowl-a-cricket-ball punches. Thiago looked great, though, and I take nothing away from him. Swick just never looked even close to winning the round/fight. And Gracie? Wow... Hope that was a major adrenaline dump and not that he took the fight lightly. Two more guys I'd picked for the competition - not a good event for me

I thought Torres was robbed in his fight. I gave him two rounds for sure and could understand a 3-0 decision. How all the judges gave it 2-1 Melvin, I wasn't sure at all. Will have to watch it again at some point.

Serra looked excellent, as did Davis and Couture. Danzig also looked good and very crisp - could still do with more punching power though. Sonnen was my performance of the event, although Maia's stand-up was excellent and very suprising, so ran it pretty close.

Yeah I forgot the Torres fight. I picked him to win and he was definitely robbed imo.

Agree with all above, and have one more thing to add:

I'm getting increasingly suspicious of the "Submission of the Night" award. IMO Paulo Thiago's D'Arce choke was much more impressive than Randy's RNC.

The last UFCs had something similar, as I recall, a slick triangle choke that didn't get the nod. Also, George Sotiropolous (though I love him so) surely deserved at least one Sub O' The Night, and never got it.

I did real bad for my picks this event. Seems like alot of you had the same trouble, so I might still be up there...

Well It seems I am getting more into this MMA stuff

I really enjoyed Randy's performance. Mark looked a bit slow and heavier than Randy but I must say that Randy did do a tremendous job. He looked pretty fast, had some good combinations and well the choke was just awesome and rather unexpected. Randy I think knows so well how to "chess: his way through a fight using great tactical abilities and moves.

Another great fight was Thiago. He is really powerful and this was probably the best fight in this event I think.

Paul Davis was showing some nice wrestling moves and some nice knees thus flexibility so I enjoyed that match as well eventhough I am not really a fan of wrestling in MMA. But for a newcomer he indeed showed potential. Add some punch power and he might be a contender one day.

Big disappointment was the match of Gracie. He started out well but he did meet the man with the hammer as we say in Holland when someone gets tired. I think he would have fainted even from exhaustion like you see in the cartoons sometimes

I also expected a bit more of Dan Miller. That fight was a bit boring. Put one in a dress and it could have been one of those dance shows they have now. So not really exciting and I think the crowd also booed because it was almost as if they did not want to fight.

Sonnen also did an excellent job despite the fact that he was bleeding a lot. Great escape from the choke and nice wrestling skills but once again I rather see some great knock outs.