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They're claiming over 19,000 in the building, which would be a new North American record. The online poll right now has 62 percent thinking Couture is winning the main event. Given the odds this morning, these people are not actually betting.

1. Jason Lambert vs. Ranato Sobral. And yes, WE HAVE HD~! It's killer. Sobral looked great for 4 minutes, then Lambert rocked him and continued beating on him through the second until he knocked him into next week. THE NIGHT OF UPSETS CONTINUES~!

UFC 69 on April 7 has Georges St. Pierre vs. Matt Serra, Josh Koscheck vs. Diego Sanchez, and Yushin Okami vs. Mike Swick.

2. Matt Hughes vs. Chris Lytle. First and second round, mostly the second, were good as far as technical ground work is concerned (well, one-sided ground work). It got boring in the third. Hughes just owned him for fifteen minutes and got the unanimous decision.

Batista is in the crowd behind Anderson Silva.

3. Rich Franklin vs. Jason MacDonald. First round was all Franklin. A humbling on the part of Rich Franklin. He just pummeled this man for two rounds and MacDonald's corner waved off the fight before round three. This was the old Rich Franklin, arguably better. His balance when avoiding takedowns was incredible.

It's now 72 percent in favor of Couture. Who are these people voting?

4. Drew McFedries vs. Martin Kampmann. Kampmann looked like he was going to be in big trouble on his feet, but then he got the takedown, with ease really, and got the side choke for the submission.

5. Tim Sylvia vs. Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight Title. We'll see if Don Frye was right about us needing cocaine and coffee to stay away in this fight. Round one for Couture. In the first like one second of the round Randy hit him with a right hand straight out of, seriously, Rocky, and knocked him on his ass. The rest of the round was Couture holding his back and Tim laying there. What a moment that was, though. Round two is over and that was Randy's as well. Third round is over. Randy is now up 30-27. That's the good news. The bad news is he looks REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL tired. COUTURE HAS NOW WON FOUR ROUNDS. He looks utterly spent, though. FIVE MINUTES LEFT. And it's over and -- yes -- RANDY COUTURE IS YOUR UFC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. This was the best thing I've ever seen in my whole life. Randy Couture has been my hero for awhile, but I now officially consider him the best man who ever lived.

RANDY IS KILLING THE WEBSITE!

Rogan is practically weeping as he's putting Couture over. This was one incredible show and a fight that every MMA fan must watch. Every human, probably, because the story is more than just a dude fighting. Between this and the PRIDE show, this was perhaps the best week in the history of MMA. Tony, Vinny and I will be back by 11:30 PM PST or so with a full recap of this show, the greatness of Randy, Smackdown and ROH. Thanks for joining us and we'll talk to you then!

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