Modern Fighting

Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes – TKO (Strikes) R2
Michael Bisping def. Jason Day – TKO (Strikes) R1
Mike Swick def. Marcus Davis – Unanimous Decision
Thales Leites def. Nathan Marquardt – Split Decision
Fabricio Werdum def. Brandon Vera – TKO (Strikes) R1
Martin Kampmann def. Jorge Rivera – Tapout (Guillotine Choke) R1
Matt Wiman def. Thiago Tavares – KO (Punch) R2
Kevin Burns def. Roan Carneiro – Tapout (Triangle Choke) R2
Luiz Cane def. Jason Lambert – TKO (Strikes) R1
Paul Taylor def. Jess Liaudin – Split Decision
Antoni Hardonk def. Eddie Sanchez – TKO (Strikes) R2

Here is a snippet of Thomas Gerbasi article on Mike Swick before his fight with Marcus David in UFC 85

It was a sound like no other. Through 12 previous fights and almost ten years as a fighter, Mike Swick had never heard boos during one of his fights. And why would he – 10 wins, seven first round finishes, five knockouts, three submissions, and an aggressive approach to the game ensured that he was always going to be on most fans’ top ten list of fighters to watch.

But on January 23, Swick – making his welterweight debut – heard the fans’ displeasure for the first time as he eked out a three round majority decision win over Josh Burkman. It wasn’t vintage Swick that night – and wasn’t vintage Burkman either – but the native of Houston, Texas got the win and that’s the important thing, right?

Not to Swick, who even posted an apology on internet message boards about his performance. For him, winning that fight was worse than any loss, and he takes 100% of the responsibility for it.

“I’m not blaming the fight on Burkman at all,” said Swick, who improved to 11-2 with the victory. “I definitely could have done more and I’m not gonna make excuses about why my performance was the way it was – I’m just gonna say I should have done more and I plan on doing so in the future. In my defense I’ve had some of the most exciting fights each time I’ve fought in the past and that was pretty much my worst fight ever. I don’t think anyone’s entitled or that you should have a bad fight in your career, but everyone seems to get those. Everyone, at some point or another, seems to have a bad fight, and considering the variables going into the fight, I’m fortunate to even have gotten the win. So for me to show up like that, give that kind of performance, and have what I would consider to be the worst fight of my career, I’m surprised I even got the win. I don’t consider it a win in my mind and I obviously took that fight worse than any loss I ever had. I’ve had two big losses and I took this fight worse, even though it was a main event victory. You dream of fighting in a UFC main event and dream of winning it, and I did that and I still took it worse than any loss I ever had.”

You can read the entire article here