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July 7, 2008
Koscheck Wins at UFC 86
UFC 86 Koscheck Wins!
The night's bloodiest battle — and one of the messiest on record — was waged by the American Kickboxing Academy's Josh Koscheck and veteran Chris Lytle.
Koscheck dominated the well-liked Indianan with clean wrestling and punishing ground-and-pound against the cage en route to a unanimous decision victory. He opened three cuts on Lytle's face, including a pair of gashes above his right eye. By the end of round two, Lytle (25-16-5, 4-8 UFC) was weary and bleeding profusely. Despite the blood loss, Lytle stayed in the fight, even threatening the physically superior Koscheck with Kimura and guillotine choke attempts in the third.
The 30-year-old Koscheck (11-2, 9-2 UFC) has won six of his last seven fights, a unanimous decision loss to reigning 170-pound champion Georges St. Pierre the only blemish.
"My coaches etched out a gameplan for me, and I executed it right," said Koscheck, his blonde hair stained red. "Chris Lytle's one of the classiest fighters in the UFC. I have a lot of respect for him as a fighter and as a person.Source: KosMMA.com
