UFC 129 Results: Claude Patrick Edges Daniel Roberts

by Nate Wilcox on Apr 30, 2011 7:51 PM EDT in UFC Event

Claude Patrick took a unanimous 29-28 decision over Daniel Roberts after three hard fought rounds at UFC 129.

Patrick got the take down to start the action but Roberts attacked his left arm, working for a kimura. Patrick had to stand up to escape the hold. Patrick landed a hard leg kick before clinching up. From the clinch Patrick peppered Roberts with sharp punches. They separated briefly and Patrick landed a hard right hand then got a trip take down. He attempted an arm triangle choke but couldn't get anywhere from inside Roberts' guard. Roberts threatened with an omaplata but Patrick lept to his feet and assaulted Roberts with a series of 1-2 punches.

Roberts fought hard to get the fight to the ground in the second. He ate some hard knees to the face in the process. Patrick was able to fight off Roberts on the ground a couple of times early in the round. Roberts got another take down with a little more than two minutes left and got side control. Patrick reclaimed full guard, but Roberts took his back before Patrick escaped. Roberts was visibly exhausted at the end of the round.

Roberts landed some strikes to open the third. Patrick forced the clinch and backed Roberts up against the cage and scored a nifty trip take down. On the ground, Patrick took mount and landed some punches before Roberts regained guard. Patrick landed a left that allowed Roberts to stand back up. Roberts shot in for a single leg but Patrick stuffed it. Roberts ended up getting a body lock in the clinch before the ref restarted them. Roberts shot in and dove into a guillotine attempt and ended the fight in Patrick's guard, throwing punches.

The Canadian Patrick improves to 3-0 in the UFC with wins over Ricardo Funch (via guillotine choke) at UFC 115 and James Wilks (via unanimous decision) at UFC 120.

Roberts is 3-2 in the UFC with his only loss coming in his promotional debut against John Howard. His most recent win was over Greg Soto by kimura at UFC 125.

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For a fighter so high on himself

Patrick sure is underwhelming. I normally hate sounding hyper critical of fighters, but seriously…Roberts gassed hard going for that kimura, and Patrick had him hurt bad…all within the first round. Terrible performance from both men IMO, made that much worse by the awesomeness we got in the prelims beforehand.

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by David Castillo on Apr 30, 2011 8:00 PM EDT reply actions

This as a terrible fight

both guys maybe ground specialist but going against someone of equal skill on the ground showed both guys are terrible are stand up and are probably going to be on the under cards for a long time.

by squaresphere on Apr 30, 2011 10:22 PM EDT reply actions