CB “The Doberman” Dollaway vs Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen

Round 1:
Doerksen caught a body kick early on and tripped Dollaway to the mat, but Dollaway reversed. The fighters scrambled and Dollaway locked on a guillotine choke. Dollaway maintained the choke, but made sure not to gas his arms out. He kept Doerksen trapped in guard in a loose guillotine. As Doerksen tried to work back to his feet, Dollaway switched to a power guillotine. Doerksen rolled and tried his best to escape, but Dollaway moved into a partial mount and Doerksen was forced to submit. Big win for Dollaway.

Winner: CB Dollaway by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 2:13 of round one. He improves to 11-2-0.

Matt Mitrione vs Joey “The Mexicutioner” Beltran

Round 1:
Mitrione wasted little time in putting together punching combinations and followed with a head kick. Beltran landed a right hook and Mitrione countered with a quick one-two. Big punches landed for both fighters in a brief exchange and Mitrione landed a stinging leg kick. A right hook and a left cross landed for Mitrione and he kept Beltran at a distance. Mitrione threw another head kick and the fighters exchanged huge power punches. Beltran rocked Mitrione and swarmed him with punches over the top, but Mitrione quickly recovered and clinched.

Beltran scored a takedown, but was cut near the eye from Mitrione’s counterpunches. Mitrione tried for a triangle choke and Beltran powered out. He landed punches and hammerfists from the top and fought off more triangle attempts. Beltran moved to side-control and then to North-South. He threw punches to the body, but Mitrione regained guard and again tried for a triangle. Beltran escaped and returned to side-control before the bell. Good round. 10-9 Beltran.

Round 2:
Mitrione backed Beltran up in round two and landed a glancing head kick and a leg kick. Beltran ducked his head and threw winging punches as Mitrione fired back with shots of his own. Beltran clinched, but Mitrione broke free. He jabbed and Beltran circled backwards. Beltran missed with lunging punches and Mitrione connected with a right hook. More big punches were exchanged and both fighters landed. Mitrione staggered Beltran with two hard punches, but could not follow up.

Beltran recovered and scored with a one-two, then clinched. Mitrione punched free of the clinch and time was called to fix the tape on Beltran’s glove. Action resumed and Mitrione landed a quick three-punch flurry. He followed with a leg kick. And another. Again, the fighters teed off with punches against the cage and both landed two decent shots. Beltran clinched, but little transpired until Mitrione backed Beltran up with a one-two. He landed two head kicks before the round ended. 10-9 Mitrione.

Round 3:
Mitrione landed straight lefts and rights to open the final round and Beltran just missed with a looping right hook. Beltran landed a leg kick and Mitrione responded with a left hook to the upper body. Two jabs and a head kick scored for Mitrione and he pushed Beltran off-balance with a front kick. Mitrione continued to back Beltran up and he picked his shots with single kicks and punches. The fighters exchanged punches, but neither landed anything cleanly.

Mitrione jabbed and used his reach advantage to keep Beltran at bay. He landed a left cross and more jabs as Beltran began to slow down. More punches connected for Mitrione as Beltran bled from below the left eye. Mitrione threw a head kick and Beltran blocked it. Mitrione landed one-twos and sidestepped a right hook. He kept Beltran at a distance, but Beltran countered a combination with two looping hooks. Beltran clinched, but could not take Mitrione down and the fighters exchanged punches until the bell. 10-9 Mitrione.

Winner: Matt Mitrione by Unanimous Decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) after three rounds. He improves to 3-0-0.

Thiago Tavares vs Pat “Awesomely Awesome” Audinwood

Round 1:
Audinwood jabbed and circled around Tavares in the opening 30 seconds, then threw a front kick to the body. Tavares shot in for a takedown and got it, but Audinwood used his arm to post up. Tavares postured up and landed punches to the head and body. Audinwood worked back to his feet, but Tavares slammed him down. Audinwood elbowed from the bottom and Tavares postured up again. He settled back into Audinwood’s guard and landed punches and short elbows.

Tavares landed more punches and hammerfists as Audinwood tried to set up an armbar from the bottom. The strikes from Tavares bloodied Audinwood’s nose, but he managed to scramble to his feet. Tavares jumped guard with a standing guillotine choke. Audinwood tried to fight it, but could not and quickly tapped out. Big win for Tavares, while Audinwood suffers his first career loss.

Winner: Thiago Tavares by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at 3:47 of round one. He improves to 15-3-1.

Waylon Lowe vs Steve Lopez

Round 1:
Lopez jabbed early on and missed with a pair of looping right hooks. Lowe landed a left cross and ate a leg kick in return. Lowe took Lopez down, but Lopez defended well and Lowe was unable to do much of anything. He stood over Lopez and Lopez got to his feet as well. Lopez landed a right cross and Lowe took him down again. Uneventful round. 10-9 Lowe, barely.

Round 2:
The fighters traded jabs and Lowe followed with a left cross and a right hook. Lopez fired back a combination and Lowe snapped his head back with a jab. Lopez landed a leg kick and sprawled out of a takedown, but Lowe got him down on a second try. Lowe fought off a triangle choke and passed to side-control. He landed knees to the body and Lopez regained guard. Lopez landed elbows from the bottom before the bell. 10-9 Lowe.

Round 3:
Lopez rushed in with a combination and was hit with an uppercut from Lowe. The fighters clinched and Lowe scored a takedown. He moved to half-guard, but Lopez tied him up and eventually worked for a Kimura. Lowe escaped and Lopez regained full guard. Lowe opened up a massive cut on the top of Lopez’s head and Lopez began to bleed all over the place. Lowe teed off with punches and the fight was halted to check Lopez’s cut. Action resumed on the ground and little transpired before the final bell. 10-9 Lowe.

Winner: Waylon Lowe by Split Decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29) after three rounds. He improves to 9-3-0.

TJ Grant vs Julio “The Dominican Demon” Paulino

Round 1:
Grant secured a Thai clinch in the opening round and landed knees, then threw Paulino to the mat. Paulino defended well and tried to roll for a sweep, but Grant took his back. Grant attempted an armbar, but Paulino escaped and wound up in Grant’s guard. Grant scrambled and once again took Paulino’s back. Paulino escaped and got to his feet before the bell. 10-9 Grant.

Round 2:
Paulino looked to jab early in the second round, but Grant had other ideas and rushed forward. He clinched and took Paulino down. Paulino tried for a guillotine choke from his back, but Grant moved to side-control and then to North-South. Grant returned to side-control and Paulino soon got back to his feet. Grant scored another takedown and moved back to side-control. Grant tried for a Kimura, but Paulino reversed and wound up on top. He stood and landed a combination, but Grant took him down again. Grant moved to mount and landed punches, then tried for an armbar. 10-9 Grant.

Round 3:
Grant threw a jumping knee early in the final stanza, but fell in the process. Paulino allowed him to stand and Grant scored another takedown. Grant took Paulino’s back, but Paulino shrugged him off. He regained guard and Grant stood over top of him. Grant landed some quick punches and moved to side-control. He attempted a Kimura and then an inverted triangle choke. Paulino scrambled to Grant’s guard, but Grant reversed before the fight came to an end. 10-9 Grant.

Winner: TJ Grant by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) after three rounds. He improves to 16-4-0.

Sean “Big Sexy” McCorkle vs Mark “Super Samoan” Hunt

Round 1:
Hunt landed quick strikes in close early on and followed with a looping right hand. McCorkle ducked under one and tried for a takedown, but Hunt reversed. He landed elbows from the top, but McCorkle tried to sweep. He locked on a Kimura from his back in the process and wrenched on Hunt’s arm until Hunt finally tapped out after his elbow popped.

Winner: Sean McCorkle by Submission (Kimura) at 1:03 of round one. He improves to 10-0-0.

Though capped off by a devastating knockout, UFC 119 was a mediocre event for the UFC and the headlining bout between Frank Mir and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović was less than one minute away from being one of the worst main events of 2010. Highlights of the card were the solid performances by Chris “Lights Out” Lytle and Evan Dunham, but only Lytle would walk out of the cage victorious after Dunham was clearly robbed by the judges in his bout with Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk.