UFC on Fox 11 Recap: Fabricio Werdum Dominates Travis Browne
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
Fabricio Werdum defeated Travis Browne at UFC on Fox 11 in Orlando by using superior striking and jiu jitsu to bloody the face of the Hawaiian.
The first round was rough for Browne, and he never really recovered while looking winded for almost the entire fight. He had no answer for Werdum on the feet and wanted no part of taking the BJJ master to the ground. Werdum deserves the heavyweight title shot he’ll get once Cain Velazquez is back from shoulder surgery.
Miesha Tate defeated Liz Carmouche in a terrible fight; the most impressive thing on each fighter’s resume was losing to Ronda Rousey. Rousey is a great fighter, but these two do not have the skills required to make an exciting fight. I can’t believe this was the co-main event while guys like Khabib Nurmagomedov were on the undercard.
Donald Cerrone submitted Edson Barboza after knocking him down with a jab and sinking the rear naked choke. Edson Barboza looked super quick as always, but Cerrone was able to catch him and quickly capitalize to jump on his back and end the fight in the first round.
Yoel Romero used his world-class wrestling to manhandle Brad Tavares in a three-round decision victory. Romero’s striking looks pretty good as well and he is scary strong. Expect him to move quickly up the middle weight ranks. [[MORE]]
Nurmagamedov used his sambo skills to defeat Rafale dos Anjos by unanimous decision.
Thiago Alves looked like he was back in peak physical condition after a long layoff to deal with injuries. He walked through everything the enormous Seth Baczynksi had to offer. Baczynski was game, but his striking wasn’t as sophisticated as the veteran Alves’, and he couldn’t take the fight to the ground.
Jorge Masvidal (top) put a beating on Pat Healy, who was unable to get the fight where he wanted it and had to deal with Masvidal’s crisp striking. Masvidal didn’t look bad in the wrestling department either, and was able to clinch up with Healy on a regular basis without having any major issues.
Alex White defeated Estevan Payan early in the first. White floored him with a punch and then finished it with more punches on the ground. Payan protested the stoppage, but he ate about five punches without raising his hands, so I don’t see how anyone could take issue with the ref’s call to end it.
Caio Magalhaes beat Luke Zachrich in the first round as well after blitzing him. Announcer Joe Rogan appeared to suggest that Zachrich was complaining about the stoppage, but I think he was complaining about the low blow that was part of the fight-ending combination. They didn’t really dwell on it or slow it down, so who knows if it was really a low blow, but it looked pretty close to me.
Jordan Mein defeated Hernan Perpetuo by split decision. I’m not sure what the controversy was about, since it looked to me like Mein won two rounds clearly, but at least they got the right end result.
Dustin Ortiz defeated Ray Borg in a close fight. Borg is young and took Ortiz’s back multiple times, but didn’t do enough to take the decision from Ortiz.
Mirsad Mektic defeated Chas Skelly in a majority decision that saw Skelly lose a point because he kneed Mektic in the face twice when his hand was down. The first knee was close, with Mektic putting his hand down a split-second before it connected, but the second was a blatant foul/
Derrick Lewis defeated Jack May by TKO. May looked like he was in control early in the fight, but Lewis was able to get on top of him and end the fight by TKO.