UFC 87 QUICK RESULTS:-Georges St. Pierre def. Jon Fitch by unanimous decision (50-43, 50-44, 50-44)
-Brock Lesnar def. Heath Herring by unanimous decision (30-26 on all cards)
-Rob Emerson def. Manny Gamburyan by KO at :12, R1
-Kenny Florian def. Roger Huerta by unanimous decision (30-27 on all cards)
-Demian Maia def. Jason MacDonald by submission (rear naked choke) at 2:44, R3
-Tamdan McCrory def. Luke Cummo by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
-Cheick Kongo def. Dan Evensen by TKO (strikes on the ground) at 4:55, R1
-Jon Jones def. Andre Gusmao by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
-Chris Wilson def. Steve Bruno by Unanimous Decision (30-27) on all judges score cards
-Ben Saunders def. Ryan Thomas by submission (armbar) at 2:28, R2

My profile on UFC.com:

http://www.ufc.com/ChrisWilson 

Here are some play-by-play’s:

MMAWeekly.com:

http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6834&zoneid=13

MMAJunkie.com:

http://mmajunkie.com/news/5022/ufc-87-live-updates-round-by-round-coverage-and-official-results.mma

Sherdog.com:

http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/ufc-87-seek-and-destroy-play-by-play-13960

Check it out…

So it’s Thursday and I’ve finished my workout and had some downtime after a nice long shower. I like to take a long shower after workouts during fight week. It helps me relax and visualize better. Maybe it’s the water, maybe it’s the solitude. In any case, I feel very good about the fight, my gameplan, my skills and everything else. As usual I have called home everyday and talked to my family. That always makes me feel good too. Now it’s coming down to the wire… It’s showtime!

My weight is looking great. It’s starting to look like I’ll have about 7 pounds to cut tomorrow which is a breeze. I’ve finally figured out how to diet down correctly and cut the weight sensibly so I don’t suffer.

My opponent seems to have taken offense to the pre-fight hype wherein I’ve said that I was a better fighter than him. How odd… Of all the smack talk you hear, that seems pretty tame. We had to do a couple takes in the interview until they got the sound-bites they wanted. I’m sure they’ll edit it and sensationilze it. Crazy, they don’t rest until you say something they can blow out of proportion. More power to’em though. It’s just funny that ole Steve-o thinks it’s real… Well, I guess my fist in his face will be real enough… I just meant the hype up to the fight.

If I have time I’ll try to write again before the fight, if not check back later as I’ll be adding pictures when I find them on the interwebs.

Check out MMARated.com. I was featured on the main page and have a spiffy interview up in the “features” section.

http://mmarated.com/articles/article/news/20080804/chris_wilson_looks_to_prove_his_worth_at_87-15854.html

Anyway, have fun with that.

The UFC featured me in a pre-fight article on their webpage. Click to link directly:

 http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=13751

And I wouldn’t live up to my nickname if I didn’t say that the article contains some ear stinging passages. Maybe I’ll call him back and see if I can’t get a few sentences checked… hahaha.

Honestly, much of what we discussed is paraphrased in the article with some artistic license being used for spice. No harm no foul though. I’m glad the piece is up. Special attention to a couple of corrections…

“I don’t consider myself a ‘grammar-titian’ or anything like that,” he says. “But if you don’t want to use the language correctly, don’t.”

There are 2 mistakes here. The first is the word “grammatician” which is misquoted. The second is that he left off the rest of the quote which totally inverts the meaning of the sentence. It should read, “If you don’t want to use the language correctly, don’t… But don’t expect me not to poke fun at you.”

It wasn’t a permissive or dismissive sentence as it appears in the text.

Also, Renzo (not Royce) Gracie was the one who said the bit about the best fighter winning if God didn’t interfere. I believe it was at the end of “The Smashing Machine” documentary where they did a piece on Renzo.

Anyway, thanks for the exposure and the article Chuck, I appreciate being cast in a good light.

Once again I’ll be joining MMAWeekly Radio to discuss my upcoming bout and anything else they might ask me (they throw me a curveball from time to time). Be sure to tune in tomorrow (Thursday, July 31) at 6pm PST/9pm EST.

http://www.mmaweekly.com/radio.asp

Just as a reminder, check back often for links to interviews and radio appearances as they occur in the media leading up to the fight. I will post links as I get the news they’ve been published. Toodles.