UFC Fight Night 17 Results:
Lauzon Submits Stephens

At UFC Fight Night 17, on February 7, Joe Lauzon arm-bars Jeremy Stephens. No surprise that the more prepared fighter wins. Cain Velasquez, Josh Neer and Anthony Johnson also get wins.

Aired Bouts:
Anthony Johnson defeats Luigi Fioravanti by technical knockout.
- Round 1 – 4:39; Welterweight - Review
Josh Neer submits Mac Danzig by triangle choke.
- Round 2 – 3:30; Lightweight - Review
Cain Velasquez defeats Denis Stojnic by technical knockout.
- Round 2 – 2:34; Heavyweight - Review
Matt Veach defeats Matt Grice by technical knockout.
- Round 1 – 4:34; Lightweight (Preliminary Bout) - Review
Joe Lauzon submits Jeremy Stephens by armbar.
- Round 2 – 4:43; Lightweight - Review
Dan Miller submits Jake Rosholt by guillotine choke.
- Round 1 – 1:03; Middleweight (Preliminary Bout) - Review

Preliminary Bouts (not aired):
Kurt Pelligrino submits Rob Emerson by rear naked choke.
- Round 2 – 3:14; Lightweight
Gleison Tibau submits Rich Clementi by guillotine choke.
- Round 1 – 4:35; Lightweight
Nick Catone submits Derek Downey by arm lock.
- Round 2 – 2:13; Middleweight
Matt Riddle defeats Steve Bruno by unanimous decision.
- Round 3 – 5:00; Welterweight

Start here: An exciting and versatile fighter is Anthony Johnson. Again.

I would like to criticize the UFC’s use of airtime. There was an overwhelming ratio of extraneous content compared to actual fight time. We were treated to clips of Street Fighter 4 and the new Friday the 13th movie. I rather enjoyed the SF4 content because it’s a game I’m excited to play. The extended-trailer for Friday the 13th was a bit much because they revealed every damn kill in the movie. But you have to give credit to the UFC for knowing what demographic they’re trying to reach. The interview/hard-sell for this DEA show was less welcome.

And is the UFC deciding not to pay for the rights to air the fighters’ entrance music? During what I think was the Joe Lauzon walk-in we were treated to a 1-second clip of Joe’s 3 strengths while he was at the prep point. After that 1-second we were quickly whisked away to some stock crowd shots. In past events they’ve shown the walk-ins for the main event of the UFC Fight Night shows. These economic times must be hitting the UFC harder than we thought. Or perhaps they just wanted to make sure they showed all the commercial content they had lined up. At the very least, your production people should not tease the viewers with relevant content.

So, my advice is to view these shows after you’ve either taped or downloaded them. They’re great to watch when you can fast-forward through all the extraneous content. The UFC may have big bills to pay but we’ve got our own to deal with. Given that most of us have jobs that eat up our time, we’d like to have our entertainment be as streamlined as possible.

Predictions from before the Show Started

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