More gamesmanship was evident when Din Thomas toyed with a less-than-confident Jeremy Jackson, who appeared to be the targeted fighter for the next welterweight fight. While Jeremy's had the shortest time to prepare for the show, he seems to be off his game from more than just the physical side. Although Randy touted his skills, Jeremy's comment that he was only "1% ready" but that was all he needed was probably closer to bravado than truth. It was an interesting process to watch Jeremy psyche himself, though, as he prepared himself to fight Chris Lytle, almost as if he was willing it to happen, only to be let down at the fight announcement.
Instead, Team Mojo chose to match up Chris Lytle against Team No Love's Pete Spratt.
Dana White mentioned that Chris and Pete had fought before. It was at RSF-Shooto Challenge 2 in January 2004. Chris won by submission (rear naked choke), in 46 seconds into the first round. Because of the win, you had to give Chris the advantage.
Matt Serra said, "Pete did not want to fight Chris Lytle. It's a very bad fight for Pete. Pete's a very tough guy. He's very dangerous on his feet. Chris is more well rounded. I think he can beat him standing up or on the floor."
And as Chris himself put it, "Why would you want to fight someone who already beat you once?"
Come fight day, Chris was proven right. He ended his second fight nearly as quickly as the first, this time at 2:55 of the first round with a guillotine choke.
That's the third consecutive win for Team Mojo. I'd say they have a psychological edge.
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