DVD U UFC 111: ULTIMATE 2-DISC EDITION

UFC 111: ULTIMATE 2-DISC EDITION

Written by TroyAnderson Jun 21st 2010 Hits: 52 Favorites

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THE PLOT THUS FAR

At UFC 111 in Newark, New Jersey, two titles were on the line. Georges St. Pierre returned from a nine month absence to take on the British native Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy, and heavy-hitter Shane Carwin fought Frank Mir for the interim heavyweight championship.

WHAT WE THOUGHT

The show began with the prelims, as Ricardo Almeida faced Matt Brown in the welterweight division. This proved to be a very good fight. Both guys put on some good work against the cage in the first, Almeida on the offensive, Brown on the defensive. Almeida really upped his game in the second, showing some great jiu-jitsu as he worked into position to apply the rear naked choke for the submission win. A very good performance by Almeida in his welterweight debut.

It was up to the middleweight division for the next fight, as Rory Markham took on Nate Diaz. This was actually meant to be a welterweight fight, but was moved up to middleweight when Markham couldn’t make 170. Markham, at 177, looked a whole weight division more than Diaz, but the extra weight didn’t do much for him as Diaz dominated the fight, eventually getting the fight to the ground so he could lock in a body triangle for some ground and pound. Markham had no answer to the attack, with the referee stepping in to call time, giving Diaz the first round TKO win with a tremendous performance.

My favorite fight still had to be in the light heavyweight division. Rodney Wallace and Jared Hamman were both coming off losses in their respective UFC debuts and the two 205lb fighters left nothing to the imagination as they went to war and earned ‘Fight of the Night’ honours. While momentum switched back and forth throughout, it was Hamman who was able to dominate for the most part and he looked a lot more impressive than his UFC debut which saw him knocked out in the first round. Hamman deservedly took home the decision victory and showed that he is more than just a striker as he outworked the wrestler Wallace on the mat and landed a great amount of damaging strikes in the process.

The DVD comes with a breakdown of UFC 111 featurette. There's also segments about the weigh-ins and the online featurette. If that wasn't enough, there's a rather lengthy behind-the-scenes that shows what goes into a production. The A/V Quality is pretty impressive, but it lacks the punch that the UFC Blu-Ray offerings have. Still, I'd recommend a rental to fans.

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