Grand Prix 10 Round 2 & Finals Results

[The Sandmen]

February 12, 2014
SkyDome
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Event Results

Round 2

Camp Cannon vs. Ferocity

Heavyweight Bout
Shogun Rua (29-23) vs. Junior dos Santos (37-17)
Winner is Shogun Rua by KO (High kick) at 0:19 Round 3

Middleweight Bout
Georges St-Pierre (49-15-1) vs. Josh Koscheck (42-15)
Winner is Georges St-Pierre by Unanimous decision

Lightweight Bout
Melvin Guillard (34-17) vs. Clay Guida (29-24)
Winner is Clay Guida by Submission (Armbar) at 2:44 Round 3

Women's Bout
Ronda Rousey (36-18) vs. Hiroko Yamanaka (28-20)
Winner is Ronda Rousey by Submission (Kneebar) at 4:41 Round 1

Openweight Bout
Lyoto Machida (42-19) vs. Kimbo Slice (31-19)
Winner is Lyoto Machida by KO (Knee) at 1:37 Round 4



Advancing to Finals
Camp Cannon
4-1
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The Sandmen vs. Team GAP

Heavyweight Bout
Anderson Silva (59-7) vs. Rashad Evans (23-27)
Winner is Anderson Silva by TKO (Punch) at 3:04 Round 5

Middleweight Bout
Cung Le (44-18) vs. Court McGee (7-9)
Winner is Cung Le by Submission (Armbar) at 4:53 Round 2

Lightweight Bout
Joachim Hansen (26-7) vs. Diego Sanchez (32-16)
Winner is Joachim Hansen by KO (Elbows) at 2:20 Round 2

Women's Bout
Zoila Gurgel (33-19) vs. Liz Carmouche (10-17)
Winner is Zoila Gurgel by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 3:17 Round 4

Openweight Bout
Mirko Cro Cop (36-20) vs. Fedor Emelianenko (18-27)
Winner is Mirko Cro Cop by KO (High kick) at 2:38 Round 1


Advancing to Finals
The Sandmen
5-0

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Finals

The Sandmen vs. Camp Cannon

Heavyweight Bout
Shogun Rua (29-23) vs. Anderson Silva (59-7)
Winner is Anderson Silva by KO (High kick) at 0:53 Round 4

Middleweight Bout
Georges St-Pierre (49-15-1) vs. Cung Le (44-18)
Winner is Cung Le by TKO (Hook) at 1:12 Round 4

Lightweight Bout
Melvin Guillard (34-17) vs. Joachim Hansen (26-7)
Winner is Joachim Hansen by KO (Punches) at 4:02 Round 1

Women's Bout
Ronda Rousey (36-18) vs. Zoila Gurgel (33-19)
Winner is Ronda Rousey by TKO (GnP) at 3:49 Round 1

Openweight Bout
Lyoto Machida (42-19) vs. Mirko Cro Cop (36-20)
Winner is Mirko Cro Cop by TKO (High kick) at 1:17 Round 2


Winner of Season 10 Grand Prix
The Sandmen
4-1

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Bonuses

Fight of the Night: Machida vs. Slice

KO of the Night: Joachim Hansen (over Diego Sanchez)

Submission of the Night: Ronda Rousey (over Yamanaka)

Grand Prix MVP: No clue. Suggestions? (please, serious suggestions only)


Statistics

Attendance: 55,000 (100%)

Buy Rate: 3,958,488 (is that a new record?)

[xx - Camp Cannon]

Shogun Rua for beating JDS lol also finally rousey wins a sub of night sweet!

[xx - The Underdog Regime]

My personal nominations for Grand Prix MVP is either Cro Cop or Le because they pretty much be beastin' the entire GP.

[The Sandmen]

GAP
13/18

Rocketmen
14/18

Cannon
15/18

PHX
13/18

Bulldozers
13/18

Byron
13/18

Sandmen
12/18

+1 Cannon (predictor)
+2 Sandmen (GP win)

[xx - Camp Cannon]

woot it almost like i won the grand prix i got 2 point predicting

[The Sandmen]

These are the fighters who went 3-0, and who they beat:

Rousey (Toughill, Yamanaka, Gurgel)
Anderson (Couture, Evans, Rua)
Le (Sonnen, McGee, St-Pierre)
Hansen (Melendez, Sanchez, Guillard)
Cro Cop (Belfort, Fedor, Machida)

Based on this list, I think Cro Cop is pretty legit. Hansen is okay.
Anderson's beat all those guys before, 2 of Le's wins were against mid-tier guys, Rousey has already beat those 3 (and they are not top fighters). Cro Cop's Belfort win was a should-have, but Fedor is now about as maxed as you can get, and Machida has beat Cro Cop prior to this. Hansen vs. Sanchez was a TOUGH fight, Melendez is under-rated, but Guillard is hit and miss. I think in the end, I would vote Cro Cop.

[xx - Team GAP]

I vote Le

[The West Coast Knockouts]

Winning the Grand Prix with 5 five fighters is super challenging now it was way easier when it was only three fighters but I'm happy I've won it once already can't say the same about Cannon though .

[xx - Team GAP]

I want to win it ... that i haven't

[The West Coast Knockouts]

I didn't think much of it when I won it but looking back now it's something to be proud of.

[The Sandmen]

Feb 12, 2014 23:43:12 GMT -5 The West Coast Knockouts said:

Winning the Grand Prix with 5 five fighters is super challenging now it was way easier when it was only three fighters

I agree. I know it sounds silly, but there is a WORLD of difference between coming in with 2 elite fighters who could carry you before and having to have 3 now. Plus, I think that open-weight makes things a lot more interesting. Like as I said somewhere else, in my case I put Cro Cop in there, knowing if Anderson got hurt, I would have no backup at HW, and would forfeit any subsequent HW matches. It's a gamble, but it's also an exciting one.

[The Rocketmen]

cro cop and le

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

I vote Le as MVP.

[xx - Team GAP]

Feb 12, 2014 23:50:57 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Feb 12, 2014 23:43:12 GMT -5 The West Coast Knockouts said:

Winning the Grand Prix with 5 five fighters is super challenging now it was way easier when it was only three fighters

I agree. I know it sounds silly, but there is a WORLD of difference between coming in with 2 elite fighters who could carry you before and having to have 3 now. Plus, I think that open-weight makes things a lot more interesting. Like as I said somewhere else, in my case I put Cro Cop in there, knowing if Anderson got hurt, I would have no backup at HW, and would forfeit any subsequent HW matches. It's a gamble, but it's also an exciting one.

Really what is the chance of silva getting injured.... not freaking likely

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

I also like how the fighters switched teams for the final... lol If you go by color, Cannon actually won.