Forrest Griffin Wins Rematch with Tito Ortiz | SPIKE

Forrest Griffin bested Tito Ortiz in their rematch at UFC 106, “Little Nog” finally made his Octagon debut, Phil Baroni made his return and Amir Sadollah finally caught some good luck. Full results from UFC 106 after the jump.

After Forrest Griffin’s somewhat embarrassing loss to Anderson Silva, it was questionable whether or not he’d be able to recover mentally in time for his rematch with Tito Ortiz but Griffin showed up –as he always does- ready to fight. Griffin punished Ortiz with leg kicks for all three rounds and did a surprisingly good job of avoiding takedowns from “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy.” Griffin clearly learned from their first meeting -when he did get taken down, he kept a tight guard, preventing Ortiz from posturing up and reigning down elbows. The few times that Ortiz was able to create some distance, Griffin paid for it, but mostly he avoided damage and earned a pretty decisive decision.

Before the official decision even came back, they were already talking rematch and Griffin said he’d be happy to grant Ortiz another try. I think we need to see the trilogy completed. This was a very tough fight for Ortiz to take in his first fight in 18 months and he put on a solid performance but I’d like to see how he’d fair now that the ring rust has been scrubbed off.

Josh Koscheck had perhaps the fight of his career against Anthony Johnson. He took the fight to the bigger, stronger opponent and even when he had a chance bow out victorious due to an illegal knee to the head, he stayed in the fight and dominated Johnson. He out-struck him on the feet and pushed the pace through a lot of back-and-forth grappling on the mat until eventually locking up a rear naked choke that won the fight and earned him a submission of the night bonus. After the fight he looked at Dan Hardy and said he wasn’t a true contender and challenged him to fight for the chance to take on Georges St-Pierre, but Dana White already squashed that and guaranteed that Hardy was next in line to fight GSP for the welterweight title.

Jake Rosholt had a disappointing outing against Kendal Grove. Rosholt was dominant for most of the first round; he was able to find some range through the incredible reach of Grove and scored some easy takedowns but he got sloppy a few times on the mat and when he left his arm hanging out next to his head in Grove’s guard, he locked up a triangle choke and Rosholt had no choice but to tap.