UFC 73 The Fix Was In!

I was lucky enough to catch Saturday's UFC 73, and there's only one thing i can think about the Matt Hamill versus Mike Bisping match: the fix was in. For those of you who don't know alot about UFC and admittedly i'm one of them, let me give some background. Both fighters were on the Ultimate Fighter 3, the UFC's version of the contender (i believe it came first though). Hamill would have faced Bisping in the final of the show, but received a concussion the fight before (and won anyway), and was not able to compete in the final. Hamill finally got his chance to face Bisping on Saturday in London. Hamill an American came out to Springsteen's 'Born in the USA' while the Englishmen Bisping came out to 'London is Calling'. Basically it was a great setup for this fight. Something boxing could learn from.

The fight was a pretty good fight, not the most vicious or technically impressive, but entertaining nonetheless. In the first round Hamill hit Bisping with a few nice punches to the face and bloodied him. he controlled that round and the second round as well. In the third it looked like Bisping won the round, but at no time did he really control the fight or look the better of the two competitors. The fight went the full 3 rounds (5 minutes a round) without a knockout however, so the decision was left up to the judges. Bisping was ruled as the winner by split decision. Hamill (who's deaf by the way) was gracious in defeat, while Bisping told Hamill a former amateur wrestler, to "go back to wrestling."

Now let me preface this by saying i know nothing about how UFC is scored, but to me if you bloody a guy and control the fight... you win. However the Englishmen in London got the victory, leaving one to ask... was the fix in?

Either way it was a great night of fights and i hope they telecast more on cable rather than pay-per-view as i would like to get more into the UFC and have no interest in pay-per-views.