Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The beginning of the episode we see the start of drama within the house, Bruce Leroy will just not shut up about the fight. He keeps talking about how Lentz underestimated him and the first round and a half were all one sided and he would have liked to be watching the comeback blah blah blah. It’s very interesting to see how dynamics change in that house as fights pass. The fighters that loose stay in the house and the ones that win move on to the next round. However the next round could still be 2 weeks away for them. So for that time, the victor can sometimes walk around gloating, feeling no pressure while the loser knows there is only one option left, the wildcard that they have no control over.
GSP brings in silver medalist in Olympic wrestling Gia Sissaouri to help his guys with training. GSP also asks Dana to pull a favour and get in Mike Tyson to talk to his team and specifically to provide some more motivation for Johnson. It might just be the editing but Koschecks team looks lazy as dirt, taking bathroom breaks, giving up because of being sore, getting up slowly. Koscheck gives them a little pep talk but it doesn't sound very motivating to me.
GSP's team announce the next matchup; Michael the Menace Johnson vs. Aaron Wilkinson. The premiere episode didn't really feature Wilkinson's fight so I'm not sure what to expect from him. Johnson has been trying to get on the show for 2-3 years, He's very calm and focused before his fight. To display the focus Koschecks team had, they pull up super close on either side of GSPs car so he can't open the doors to get in. Called himself a "peckerhead" couldn't have put it better myself. I was expecting to see GSP pick up his car with one hand and place it down where he could open the doors properly. Unfortunately that wasn't necessary, he was able to squeak in on the passenger side. Wilkinson feels like he fights to whatever level his opponent brings. Agreed this is a good thing if you're fighting someone good or better than you. But its important to fight 100% to your own ability every time, even when your opponent isn't as talented. Playing competitive sports myself I definitely understand its a lot more difficult to play up when your opponent sucks. But we all know Johnson doesn't suck so I think it will be alright.
Just a little note on accents, GSP kept pronouncing Aaron "Iron" Wilkinson! and They need to use subtitles for the very pale English boy, I thought it was funny
Round 1
Johnson is sticking to the game plan, circling to let right, away from Wilkinson’s strong hand. He gets a big take down in the first minute but doesn't keep it there. By force of habit it looks like he starts circling to the right instead. Lots of leg kicks, a few hard punches and two big take downs. Wilkinson manages a lame takedown against the cage and lands some pretty heavy elbows. I thought Johnson for sure had the round but after that last minute Wilkinson probably sniped it in the end.
Round 2
Mike Tyson cheering your name, that's got to provide motivation for any fighter. He's rooting for Johnson! Johnson definitely listens to his coaches, GSP says knees, he throws knees, GSP says circle right, he circles right, he's definitely a fighter that wants to improve. Wilkinson gets the same takedown against the cage. Throwing the same elbows but this time with three minutes left in the fight. The fighters get back up and Johnson looks very tired. He does manage to step up and finish the round strong.
Round 3
If the judges declare is a draw after the 2nd round it goes to a third. I think Dana must have some sort of say in this, if he wants the third round, he'll say it and he'll get it. If it was a final 2 round fight no third round option I definitely think they would have given it to Wilkinson, he was pushing the pace, trying to get takedowns and the punches he was throwing seemed to be connecting a lot more than Johnson's. But I'm not mad they're going to a third. Johnson just needs to get a little more aggressive. Johnson comes out swinging, looks like the fighter we saw at the premiere, gets Wilkinson to the mat, deals some heavy ground and pound and gets his back to grab the rear naked choke. I think he is lucky he got that third round.
Michael Johnson wins by submission, rear naked choke. GSP's team once again maintains control.
Next Episode
Mike Tyson continues his visit
Koscheck tries to get under GSPs skin again by wearing his tight shorts to their training
Bruce Leroy still doesn't stop talking, looks like he might annoy Sevak to the point of hitting him... out before he even gets to fight?
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
UFC 119 Mir vs. Cro Cop
UFC 119 Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop September 25th, 2010 Out of Indianapolis Indiana
So I probably should have stuck with my original feeling about this card, boooring... The best fights were the free prelims on spike, I didn't get to see the undercard fights and they didn't even award a knockout of the night. it has taken me so long to get this blog up because I have found it very difficult to find the motivation to even want to write about these fights.
The prelims featured two fights,
Matt Mitrione vs. Joey Beltran - heavyweight
This fight was so good! It was awarded one of the two fights of the night. MItrione or "Meathead" was on the 10th season of the Ultimate Fighter. He was coached by Rashad Evans and lost out in the quarter finals. Before the fight his UFC record was 2-0. I considered it more 1-0, each fighter actually only counting for half a fight. His two wins were against two fellow cast members Marcus "Big Baby" Jones and Kimbo Slice. Although those fights ended by KO and TKO so obviously the guy does have skills. His opponent Joey "The Mexicutioner" Beltran. He comes from King of the Cage and total combat and before this fight had only three fights in the UFC. The two fighters get in a few big exchanges, both swinging, not looking like they're really defending at that point. The first two rounds are definitely split, one to each fighter and in the last second of the third round they get in another big exchange. The fighters both ended the fight smiling and acknowledging the great battle, thats the way I like to see it end. Meathead gets the unanimous decision in his hometown.
C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen - middleweight
Very early in the first round the two get into an exchange and end up on the mat. Dollaway gets a guillotine choke. He plays it very smart, he doesn't waste his arm strength, just holds it and waits for Doerksen to tire. He gets the open and tightens the choke to win by submission in the first round. Too bad for theManitoba
The rest of the fights were a bit of a snooze fest...
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens - lightweight
Guillard wins by split decision. I wasn't surprised that it was split but one judge had it 30-27, what?! Stephens without a doubt had the third round.
Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham - lightweight
This fight was pretty crazy. First round Dunham got a huge cut just to the side of his right eye and I mean huge, I'm shocked that the doctor didn't call it. Blood was all over his face, he looked like something out of a horror movie. Sherk kept giving Dunham an open guillotine but for some reason Dunham just couldn't hold it. Sherks neck is just too dang big. It somehow went all three rounds and Sherk grabs the split decision. Again, what?! Sherk got a few takedowns but man if the judges use "aggression" as a scoring factor Dunham definitely ran that fight. The dude has a hole in his head and kept fighting!!
Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle – welterweight
Boooooring, Lytle pretty much runs the fight and tadaa gets the decision win 30-27 from all three judges.
Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueiro - light heavyweight
It was a decent fight, Bader definitely has the first round, knocking Nog down a couple times, landing some big hits. Of course it goes all three rounds and Bader wins unanimous decision 30-27 from all judges. I definitely thought Nog got the second round though so again, what the heck are the judges watching?!
Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop - heavyweight
This fight was awful! I'm not even sure Cro Cop showed up. He hardly threw any kicks, maybe one right leg. The biggest kick came from the ref, Herb Dean when he tapped the guys with his foot before he has to separate them AGAIN! Nobody was impressed with this fight. Joe Rogan starts to say things in the third round like; "It's the fans who lost in this fight", "It looks like they made a silent agreement to keep aggression to a minimum", and "Now is a good time to get you potato chips if you're out!". In the middle of Rogans stand up routine Mir gets a knee that knocks Cro Cop right out. Then when he jumps on him to make sure he's out he misses!! This win was ugly. At least Mir admitted it wasn't a pretty win and I'm so glad they didn't give him knockout of the night even for the only knockout.
Sorry if I made any mistake, I honestly wasn't paying that close attention at some points. So I guess two of my picks won it, 3 should have but what can you do. That's why Dana always says don't leave it up to the judges...
So I probably should have stuck with my original feeling about this card, boooring... The best fights were the free prelims on spike, I didn't get to see the undercard fights and they didn't even award a knockout of the night. it has taken me so long to get this blog up because I have found it very difficult to find the motivation to even want to write about these fights.
The prelims featured two fights,
Matt Mitrione vs. Joey Beltran - heavyweight
This fight was so good! It was awarded one of the two fights of the night. MItrione or "Meathead" was on the 10th season of the Ultimate Fighter. He was coached by Rashad Evans and lost out in the quarter finals. Before the fight his UFC record was 2-0. I considered it more 1-0, each fighter actually only counting for half a fight. His two wins were against two fellow cast members Marcus "Big Baby" Jones and Kimbo Slice. Although those fights ended by KO and TKO so obviously the guy does have skills. His opponent Joey "The Mexicutioner" Beltran. He comes from King of the Cage and total combat and before this fight had only three fights in the UFC. The two fighters get in a few big exchanges, both swinging, not looking like they're really defending at that point. The first two rounds are definitely split, one to each fighter and in the last second of the third round they get in another big exchange. The fighters both ended the fight smiling and acknowledging the great battle, thats the way I like to see it end. Meathead gets the unanimous decision in his hometown.
C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen - middleweight
Very early in the first round the two get into an exchange and end up on the mat. Dollaway gets a guillotine choke. He plays it very smart, he doesn't waste his arm strength, just holds it and waits for Doerksen to tire. He gets the open and tightens the choke to win by submission in the first round. Too bad for the
The rest of the fights were a bit of a snooze fest...
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens - lightweight
Guillard wins by split decision. I wasn't surprised that it was split but one judge had it 30-27, what?! Stephens without a doubt had the third round.
Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham - lightweight
This fight was pretty crazy. First round Dunham got a huge cut just to the side of his right eye and I mean huge, I'm shocked that the doctor didn't call it. Blood was all over his face, he looked like something out of a horror movie. Sherk kept giving Dunham an open guillotine but for some reason Dunham just couldn't hold it. Sherks neck is just too dang big. It somehow went all three rounds and Sherk grabs the split decision. Again, what?! Sherk got a few takedowns but man if the judges use "aggression" as a scoring factor Dunham definitely ran that fight. The dude has a hole in his head and kept fighting!!
Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle – welterweight
Boooooring, Lytle pretty much runs the fight and tadaa gets the decision win 30-27 from all three judges.
Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueiro - light heavyweight
It was a decent fight, Bader definitely has the first round, knocking Nog down a couple times, landing some big hits. Of course it goes all three rounds and Bader wins unanimous decision 30-27 from all judges. I definitely thought Nog got the second round though so again, what the heck are the judges watching?!
Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop - heavyweight
This fight was awful! I'm not even sure Cro Cop showed up. He hardly threw any kicks, maybe one right leg. The biggest kick came from the ref, Herb Dean when he tapped the guys with his foot before he has to separate them AGAIN! Nobody was impressed with this fight. Joe Rogan starts to say things in the third round like; "It's the fans who lost in this fight", "It looks like they made a silent agreement to keep aggression to a minimum", and "Now is a good time to get you potato chips if you're out!". In the middle of Rogans stand up routine Mir gets a knee that knocks Cro Cop right out. Then when he jumps on him to make sure he's out he misses!! This win was ugly. At least Mir admitted it wasn't a pretty win and I'm so glad they didn't give him knockout of the night even for the only knockout.
Sorry if I made any mistake, I honestly wasn't paying that close attention at some points. So I guess two of my picks won it, 3 should have but what can you do. That's why Dana always says don't leave it up to the judges...
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Ultimate Fighter Season 12 Episode 2
Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
This episode the fighters move into the enormous mansion. Both teams live in the same house, but without the coaches and trainers. Just your average home, big kitchen with an island, dining room table for 30, 86 bedrooms, huge lap pool, no big deal.
The biggest part of this episode is the team picks. Both coaches have Michael Johnson as their number 1 rank. Obviously somebody gets to pick first so who ever does will likely get Johnson. So the smart guy that he is, GSP decides to trick Koscheck into picking someone else if he happens to get the first choice. Marc Stevens was in the first fight of the premiere episode, he fought for Koscheck in New York
Time to pick, Dana flips the coin and Koscheck wins. This means he gets to pick the first fighter for his team or the first fight matchup. Throughout the season, who ever wins the fight, that team gets to pick the next matchup, so having control of the first fight is very valuable. However with GSP's little trick Koscheck’s gets nervous he is going to loose Stevens and takes the pick instead of the power. He and his team choose Stevens... he fell right into it. What an awesome move, No personality my foot thank you very much. Here are the teams and the order they were chosen;Team GSP
2 Michael Johnson - who mentioned he wanted GSP as his coach in the van on the way over.
4 Jonathan Brookins
6 Spencer Paige
8 Alex
10 Kyle Watson
12 Cody McKenzie
14 Dan Sayers
SICK TEAM!! He has 4 out of my 5 early picks. And in watching the first 20 minutes of the show my opinion of Lentz has changed. Yeah he had a good fight but I'm not a big fan. He smokes, drinks coffee, and doesn’t treat his body very well for being an athlete. Maybe GSP was quick to cross him off because he does have skill but dude is not cool. Not super happy Sayers is on team GSP but maybe he'll tone down the "look I'm a badass" attitude with his coaching.
Team Koscheck
1 Marc Stevens
3 Sevak Magakian
5 Sako Chivitchian
7 Andy
9
11 Aaron Wilkinson
13 Jeffery Lentz
GSP wants to do the opening speech from full metal jacket.
"If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training... you will be a weapon, you will be a minister of death, praying for war. But until that day you are pukes! You're the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human f**king beings! You are nothing but unorganized grabasstic pieces of amphibian sh*t! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn: I am hard, but I am fair!"
He says he plans to let his coaches coach these guy, he's brought in some of the best guys to back him up. He will be more of a training partner. He chose his team not because they were the strongest or had best record. He picks who he knows he can train and help. That's similar to how I pick who I like too, since I don't have a background in mma training I don't always see amazing potential in fighters. So I have to base my decision on their attitudes and how they carry themselves. You can be an amazing fighter but if you have a crummy attitude, you will never improve. 4 out of the 7 fighters on GSP's team I picked as early favourites. McKenzie seems to be a bit of a goober. That’s not always a bad thing to me, he's a just a bit of an oddball, I can see him getting on some people's nerves. Brookins and Paige both won by unanimous decision and Sayers just pulled a punk move that I didn't like in the first round of his fight. They weren't my initial top picks but we'll see what they can do in training.
Koscheck was a fighter on season 1, he knows the routine and how it goes. That may give him a bit of an edge. He believes in "mindless training". His definition of that is you guys show up and train and I'll tell you what to do. Fantastic strategy... Koscheck is all about the win, and I will not loose attitude, GSP takes the approach of I want to make these fighters better. Of course he wants to win, he would be stupid if he wanted to loose but in a competition like this it's about coaching the fighters to be better all around, not only about winning one fight.
Team GSP announces the first fight. Bruce Leroy vs. Jeffrey Lentz. Interesting that it will be two "characters" of the show battling first, one will be out right away. Leroy wanted this fight so GSP gave it to him. Dana mentioned it was an interesting decision to let the fighters pick the fight. I agree but I think it may work. I don't see GSP and his team ever being pushovers, if they don't want a match up, I don't think they would give it to their fighter. However, if they are okay with the match up, even if it’s not their first choice, why not let their guys pick? In their mind I'm sure each fighter has already chosen a guy or two they want to take out and feel like they can. Letting them choose someone they already feel superior to I think will give them confidence in the cage. If a fighter has hand picked his opponent it gives him motivation to beat him. GSP says a fighter motivated to do something is very dangerous. Interesting that this is exactly how I feel about GSP’s fights. When he has had something to prove, like fighting someone he has lost to in the past, he is ridiculous and so powerful.
Leroy got his inspiration to learn martial arts after watching his first Bruce Lee movie. He says he likes to be ready but not tense, calm, but not asleep. He smiles the whole fight because he enjoys it. These two young fighters are both 21, 5'10" tall with a 68" reach. They may look the same that way but on the way to the fight, Lentz is talking about wiping the stupid look off his face, he's angry and aggressive. Leroy looks at the hummingbird outside the window. You can totally see the difference in the fighters attitude towards the fight, I feel like Lentz is just about fighting and Leroy is about the athletic battle. (It makes sense in my head.)
Round 1
The fighters spend most of the time against the cage, not much going on. I definitely think they should have separated these two. They go to the ground and it looks like Leroy was close to a guillotine. Lentz got half takedowns, if that would even count, made Leroy stumble and drop to a knee once or twice. Finally Herb Dean separates them. With the exchange at the end and a takedown the first round goes to Lentz. (Apparently the takedown is called a Judo throw) After the first round it doesn’t look like Leroy is actually that good. I think his character is great but he throws a lot of kicks that don’t go anywhere or do any real damage, he's not super aggressive.
Round 2Starts off the same, Leroy throwing some flashy kicks. But then he surprises me and gets the takedown... but then doesn't seem to do much with it. He end up on his back and gets his legs around Lentz's head in a triangle choke. Lentz is able to slam him. Leroy tightens the triangle and Lentz ends up tapping. After earlier in the night saying he would let his arm break and go to sleep before tapping. So much for that, big talker.
Bruce Leroy wins by triangle choke. Fight 1 goes to team GSP and they maintain control. Then a fighter looses they don't leave the house, it just means they are out of the competition. They still live in the house, they still train and they do have a chance to be picked for the wildcard. I'm very interested to see how this will play out and who will fight next.
Next Episode
Mike Tyson does make his appearance, I was right about something!
Koscheck's team looses focus? What? I would never predict that.... not
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Upcoming UFC 119 Mir vs Cro Cop
UFC 119 Frank Mir vs. Mirko Cro Cop September 25th, 2010 Out of Indianapolis , Indiana
First off, Mir and Cro Cop are the main event? Really? REALLY??
UFC 121 is going to be a STACKED card and this is what they give us to kick off fall, I'm not impressed. However the rest of the fights do look like they will be entertaining so we'll see if it makes up for it. After watching the countdown last night, September 20th, on Spike I'm definitely more excited for this card. For those who don't know, the countdown is not a countdown like 10th, 9th, 8th... it’s like a countdown to the fight happening this weekend. It’s called primetime when they do a series over the 3 weeks leading up to the fight.
To clarify, there are two Nogueiras, and they're twins. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira is a heavyweight fighter (265 lbs) and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira is a light heavyweight fighter (205 lbs). This confused the heck out of me! Another note to clarify, there were two winners to the Ultimate Fighter season 8. Two different weight classes were featured in that season so as I mentioned Efrain Escudero fought at fight night 22 and is in the lightweight division. Ryan Bader that will be fighting at UFC 119 won the contract on the 8th season of the ultimate fighter in the light heavyweight division.
Frank Mir vs. Mirko Filipovic (Mirko Cro Cop) - heavyweight
Mir was initially supposed to fight Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira but he had to pull out in mid August. So because of his late entry Cro Cop has already stated he doesn’t expect to be 100% but he didn't want to let down the fans or the UFC so he decided to step up. Mir, on the other hand, says he is the healthiest he has been in a long time. Mir has had a history of accidents and injuries he has had to overcome including a huge motorcycle accident in 2004 where he broke his femur and has extensive knee injuries. Cro Cop is short for "Croatian Cop" because he a law enforcement office in Croatia
Mir: Height 6'1" (185 cm) Reach 79.0" (201 cm)
Cro Cop: Height 6'2" (188 cm) Reach 73.0" (185 cm)
Looking at just these stats, Mir will obviously have the reach advantage, 6 inches is a huge difference, however Cro Cop's legs should be considered in his reach because he throw kicks almost as often as punches. For some reason I don't like Mir. I can't exactly put my finger on it but I've never been a big fan. Maybe because he kinda looks like a haggard version of someone I went to high school with that I wasn't a big fan of either. He gained a lot of weight to try to take on Lesnar and Carwin in his last two fights and this time he plans to fight at about 255. We saw in BJ's last fight how much cutting and gaining pounds to make weight can affect a fighter. I figure the opposite would happen if a fighter does not need to adjust anything. He doesn't need to fight at 265 or 270 this time, he can be at a more comfortable but still powerful weight. "When you're big you're still fast in a straight line, you're just aren't fast changing directions". Wise words from him and it definitely makes sense. Watching heavyweight fighters is totally different than watching lightweights. Compare Lesnar to Edgar... Lesnar looks like a big grizzly bear in the cage not moving too quickly while Edgar is jumping and moving around constantly.
Mir always speaks very confidently. He almost makes me have confidence in him, but then I think this is exactly how he spoke before he was destroyed by Lesnar and Carwin. Cro Cop is 27-2 with 20 Knockouts!! He usually fights at about 240. Cro Cop is a ridiculously dangerous striker, both with his arms and with huge kicks. He has zero personality but always goes for the win. He doesn't just barely steal the decision or mess around on the ground, he's out to kill. And when he does win, it’s always, thank you, I happy. Love it! haha! I want Cro Cop to take it. I have no interest in seeing another Mir vs. Lesnar matchup. And I think it would be really interesting to see what Dana does with Mir if he looses to another top guy.
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Ryan Bader - light heavyweight
Bader has a hugely successful wrestling background. He is the former teammate of Cain Velasquez (the man challenging Lesnar in October) He was the winner of Ultimate Fighter season 8 under his coach Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, twin brother of his opponent.
Definitely taking Bader in this one!
Matt Serra vs. Chris Lytle - welterweight
I'm taking Chris Lytle for two reasons. The first being I don't want to see another Serra vs. GSP match up, He's had his chance and Lytle hasn't yet. His record is 29-17-5 and he has won his last three fights. The second reason is I just don't like Serra. He helped coach Dan Hardy before his fight against GSP and was talking a lot of trash. Saying he's the only guy to knock out GSP, he knows how he fights, he knows how to beat him blah blah blah. Even though that was three years ago and GSP has since beat him and his little apprentice Hardy.
Sean Sherk vs. Evan Dunham - lightweight
Sherk used to fight in the welterweight division but has switched to lightweight. He has lost to top fighters GSP, Matt Hughes, BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar. He hasn't fought in over a year and has instead been working as a coach in Minneapolis
The prelim card on Spike features
So after watching countdown I understand why these guys are the main event. With "Brocktober" coming up, the spotlight is on the heavyweights and after Velasquez and Carwin, these two are in line to challenge Lesnar, again.
Monday, September 20, 2010
UFC - Anderson Silva
So here's a little taste of my opinion on Silva. Anderson "The Spider" Silva is Brazilian fighter who has been the UFC Middleweight Champion since he took the belt from Rich Franklin in 2006. He has defended the title 10 times!! A couple times didn't count for different reasons such as his opponent not making weight. But none the less, I take nothing away from his talent. He is an amazing, skilled fighter who has decisively finished fight after fight most often by TKO or KO. His record is something ridiculous like 27-4 while he is undefeated in the UFC! When I first started following the UFC I thought Silva was incredible. His fights usually started the same way, the first round is a little slow, he doesn't throw many punches, just sits back and gets a feel for his opponent. An understandable technique but not the most entertaining.
Before his appearance at 117 my opinion of Silva had greatly changed. It all started with his fight against Thales Leites at UFC 97. It went all 5 rounds and featured the acting debut of Anderson "Showboat" Silva. He danced around the ring like a goof, not an athlete! At UFC 101 he started the first round with the same showboating and dancing then sent a lazy looking knockout punch against Forrest Griffin! After seeing this I figured alright I can deal with the dancing if he is going to finish the fight like this. (Side note, right after the knockout, Griffin got up and ran out of the ring, didn't even wait around to hear the official announcement, everyone thought that was a bitch move, later he announced he wasn't running out of the ring because he was embarrassed, he ran out because his jaw was broken! I still like Griffin.) But then... the exact same thing the happened at 97 occurred at UFC 112 against Demian Maia. The first couple rounds were exciting because I knew the power that SIlva had, he could decide when ever he wanted to end this fight, just like he did with Griffin, it would only take one shot. But to my disappointment he did nothing of the sort, again it went all 5 exhaustingly boring rounds. Every time Maia was knocked down he just laid there, waiting for Silva to do something. (Another little side note, in Maia's most recent fight against Mario Miranda he did the same thing when he was knocked down, snooze and obviously frustrating for his opponent). But anyway, there he went again, showboating and not finishing, I don't have any respect for that. It's not entertaining or exciting and its disrespectful to the sport. Dana White obviously agreed as he left the fight against Maia in Abu Dhabi and handed the belt to Silva's team to put on him. A job he usually does himself. To my knowledge, Dana has never left a fight early.
So at UFC 117 in California I really felt he needed to END the fight. Leading up to the fight Chael Sonnen did a lot of trash talking. Usually I find that arrogant and annoying but the way Sonnen does it I actually find it funny. Mostly because he doesn't attack a fighter personally. I know that doesn't make sense but he says things like "If Brock Lesnar was here right now, I'd take my boot off and throw it at him, and he'd better polish it up before he brings it back to me". He doesn't says things like this guy doesn't deserve to be a fighter or in the UFC. Moving on to the actual fight, Sonnen has been the first fighter in recent history to actually bring a fight to SIlva. He attacked him and took him down time after time. He dominated the first 4 rounds. I was a little nervous he was going to pull a Brock Lesnar and make a silly mistake and fall into a submission. (The way Brock Lesnar did against Frank Mir the first time they fought). Thankfully he did not do that and in the 5th round SIlva decided to show up. It was a pretty even matchup and Silva ended up getting the submission. The stoppage was controversial in itself, it looked like Sonnen tapped once then decided not to and the ref was confused so he started to pull the fighters apart then let them keep going. In the end Sonnen did tap, its not wwe, you don't have to tap three times and if the UFC starts to let fighters tap once and keep going it will just open a big can of worms of faking out and throwing off opponents. So as frustrated I was with the ref and the end result, a win is a win, good for Silva.
Before his appearance at 117 my opinion of Silva had greatly changed. It all started with his fight against Thales Leites at UFC 97. It went all 5 rounds and featured the acting debut of Anderson "Showboat" Silva. He danced around the ring like a goof, not an athlete! At UFC 101 he started the first round with the same showboating and dancing then sent a lazy looking knockout punch against Forrest Griffin! After seeing this I figured alright I can deal with the dancing if he is going to finish the fight like this. (Side note, right after the knockout, Griffin got up and ran out of the ring, didn't even wait around to hear the official announcement, everyone thought that was a bitch move, later he announced he wasn't running out of the ring because he was embarrassed, he ran out because his jaw was broken! I still like Griffin.) But then... the exact same thing the happened at 97 occurred at UFC 112 against Demian Maia. The first couple rounds were exciting because I knew the power that SIlva had, he could decide when ever he wanted to end this fight, just like he did with Griffin, it would only take one shot. But to my disappointment he did nothing of the sort, again it went all 5 exhaustingly boring rounds. Every time Maia was knocked down he just laid there, waiting for Silva to do something. (Another little side note, in Maia's most recent fight against Mario Miranda he did the same thing when he was knocked down, snooze and obviously frustrating for his opponent). But anyway, there he went again, showboating and not finishing, I don't have any respect for that. It's not entertaining or exciting and its disrespectful to the sport. Dana White obviously agreed as he left the fight against Maia in Abu Dhabi and handed the belt to Silva's team to put on him. A job he usually does himself. To my knowledge, Dana has never left a fight early.
So at UFC 117 in California I really felt he needed to END the fight. Leading up to the fight Chael Sonnen did a lot of trash talking. Usually I find that arrogant and annoying but the way Sonnen does it I actually find it funny. Mostly because he doesn't attack a fighter personally. I know that doesn't make sense but he says things like "If Brock Lesnar was here right now, I'd take my boot off and throw it at him, and he'd better polish it up before he brings it back to me". He doesn't says things like this guy doesn't deserve to be a fighter or in the UFC. Moving on to the actual fight, Sonnen has been the first fighter in recent history to actually bring a fight to SIlva. He attacked him and took him down time after time. He dominated the first 4 rounds. I was a little nervous he was going to pull a Brock Lesnar and make a silly mistake and fall into a submission. (The way Brock Lesnar did against Frank Mir the first time they fought). Thankfully he did not do that and in the 5th round SIlva decided to show up. It was a pretty even matchup and Silva ended up getting the submission. The stoppage was controversial in itself, it looked like Sonnen tapped once then decided not to and the ref was confused so he started to pull the fighters apart then let them keep going. In the end Sonnen did tap, its not wwe, you don't have to tap three times and if the UFC starts to let fighters tap once and keep going it will just open a big can of worms of faking out and throwing off opponents. So as frustrated I was with the ref and the end result, a win is a win, good for Silva.
UFC Fight Night 22 September 15th, 2010
UFC Fight Night 22 Live from Austin, Texas. September 15th, 2010Two contenders in line to challenge Anderson SIlva for the belt are fighting tonight; Nate Marquardt and Rousimar Palhares. The rematch between Sonnen and Silva is scheduled to happen in January of 2011 with no exact confirmed date.I love watching Fight Night, not only because it's free, but it highlights fighters that aren't often shown on the main card of UFC events. It gives you a look into the talent and skills of up and comers or fighters that are earning their shot at the title, like tonight's fights. Since I don't really know most of these fighters, I don't have a lot of opinions or favourites. One downfall of Fight Night is because it's live they have to show a lot more commercials. This is usually between the rounds. I like hearing what each fighters corner has to say so you can see how the fighter adjusts their style and approach. This is what went down.
Ross Pearson vs. Cole Miller - Lightweight Division
Ross Pearson winner of Ultimate Fighter season 9.
Miller lands a couple big hits one after another knocking Pearson to the ground, jumps on top with the rear naked choke. Ref calls the fight and Miller wins by submission in the 2nd round.
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau - Lightweight Division
Miller's brother, Dan Miller is also in the UFC in the middleweight division.
Both on winning streaks. Pretty even fight, both fighters got takedowns, were close to submissions, and threw some big punches. Miller wins by unanimous decision.
Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira - Lightweight Division
Escudero winner of Ultimate Fighter season 8.
Oliveira seems to be pushing the pace of the fight but Escudero shows great takedown defence. Oliveira starts to clown a bit near the end of the second round. "Hey hey get your hand out of there its a family show" Joe Rogan on Oliveira adjusting himself after taking a shot to the gonads haha! He's always a big part of the entertainment. Right after that Oliveira lands a huge takedown then gets the standing rear naked choke. Oliveira wins by submission in the 3rd round.
Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares - Middleweight DivisionI really like watching Nate Marquardt fight. He trains with GSP so of course I cheer for him. His record is 32-9-2! MC Hammer agrees with me, he was wearing Marquardt's t-shirt to the fight! The first round starts off a little slow, both fighters feeling each other out, not throwing too many punches.The fighters end up on the mat, Marquardt gets close to an armless triangle. Soon after Palhares grabs Marquardt's leg to go for a submission but Marquardt slips out. Palhares looks to the ref while pointing at Marquardt's leg trying to say he's greased up, while he's doing that, boom, Marquardt takes advantage, jumps on top and lands multiple punches right to Palhares face. He took perfect advantage of Palhares moment of hesitation. Marquardt wins by TKO in the first round. WOHOO!!!
After the fight Palhares goes up to Marquardt and again tries to check his leg. Joe Rogan announces afterwards, the ref, the doctor, everyone checks and there was no sort of grease or vaseline at all. No controversy, clean fight. Interesting that one of his training partners, GSP was accused of greasing up before a fight as well. Those guys are just sweaty and the opponents have sour grapes. Palhares was 20-2 before this.
During the fights they annouce "Brocktober". Sweet... Such a big fight they'll be showing a 3 part primetime series like they did most recently for the Evans/Rampage fight. I love when they do this but I really hope Lesnar doesn't piss me off. I'll get into why exactly he annoys me when I talk about UFC 121 he will headline, for now just know I haven't enjoyed his attitude in the past.
Obviously I am a few days late in posting this and recent events regarding Chael Sonnen's rematch against Silva have occurred. Sonnen tested positive for PEDs after their fight at UFC 117 in August 2010. This could mean that Marquardt is higher up in his shot at Silva, personally I think he needs to win one more fight first, but we'll see
Ross Pearson vs. Cole Miller - Lightweight Division
Ross Pearson winner of Ultimate Fighter season 9.
Miller lands a couple big hits one after another knocking Pearson to the ground, jumps on top with the rear naked choke. Ref calls the fight and Miller wins by submission in the 2nd round.
Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau - Lightweight Division
Miller's brother, Dan Miller is also in the UFC in the middleweight division.
Both on winning streaks. Pretty even fight, both fighters got takedowns, were close to submissions, and threw some big punches. Miller wins by unanimous decision.
Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira - Lightweight Division
Escudero winner of Ultimate Fighter season 8.
Oliveira seems to be pushing the pace of the fight but Escudero shows great takedown defence. Oliveira starts to clown a bit near the end of the second round. "Hey hey get your hand out of there its a family show" Joe Rogan on Oliveira adjusting himself after taking a shot to the gonads haha! He's always a big part of the entertainment. Right after that Oliveira lands a huge takedown then gets the standing rear naked choke. Oliveira wins by submission in the 3rd round.
Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares - Middleweight DivisionI really like watching Nate Marquardt fight. He trains with GSP so of course I cheer for him. His record is 32-9-2! MC Hammer agrees with me, he was wearing Marquardt's t-shirt to the fight! The first round starts off a little slow, both fighters feeling each other out, not throwing too many punches.The fighters end up on the mat, Marquardt gets close to an armless triangle. Soon after Palhares grabs Marquardt's leg to go for a submission but Marquardt slips out. Palhares looks to the ref while pointing at Marquardt's leg trying to say he's greased up, while he's doing that, boom, Marquardt takes advantage, jumps on top and lands multiple punches right to Palhares face. He took perfect advantage of Palhares moment of hesitation. Marquardt wins by TKO in the first round. WOHOO!!!
After the fight Palhares goes up to Marquardt and again tries to check his leg. Joe Rogan announces afterwards, the ref, the doctor, everyone checks and there was no sort of grease or vaseline at all. No controversy, clean fight. Interesting that one of his training partners, GSP was accused of greasing up before a fight as well. Those guys are just sweaty and the opponents have sour grapes. Palhares was 20-2 before this.
During the fights they annouce "Brocktober". Sweet... Such a big fight they'll be showing a 3 part primetime series like they did most recently for the Evans/Rampage fight. I love when they do this but I really hope Lesnar doesn't piss me off. I'll get into why exactly he annoys me when I talk about UFC 121 he will headline, for now just know I haven't enjoyed his attitude in the past.
Obviously I am a few days late in posting this and recent events regarding Chael Sonnen's rematch against Silva have occurred. Sonnen tested positive for PEDs after their fight at UFC 117 in August 2010. This could mean that Marquardt is higher up in his shot at Silva, personally I think he needs to win one more fight first, but we'll see
Sunday, September 19, 2010
UFC - Chael Sonnen
HUGE NEWS!
Chael Sonnen has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) following his title fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 117 on
August 7th, 2010.
Personally, I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
This news is so new that I haven't been able to find a response from Sonnen, his manager and team or Dana. Performance-enhacing drugs can be anything from steroids, hormones, painkillers, diuretics. Some sports even consider CAFFEINE to be a PED. I really hope, for Sonnen and my own dislike for Silva, that this is not true. I'm not positive on this but I'm pretty sure it was announced that there would be a rematch between the two in early 2011. If this PED thing is true it will absolutely jeopardize this for Sonnen. He could face, fines, suspensions or if Dana decides, he could even be kicked out of the UFC. We'll see how this turns out...
Here's a little clip of Chael Sonnen, he's fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZyO9MXqK54
PLEASE, someone, teach Silva English, he'e been champ for four years, I've heard enough from the translator.
Chael Sonnen has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) following his title fight against Anderson Silva at UFC 117 on
August 7th, 2010.
Personally, I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
This news is so new that I haven't been able to find a response from Sonnen, his manager and team or Dana. Performance-enhacing drugs can be anything from steroids, hormones, painkillers, diuretics. Some sports even consider CAFFEINE to be a PED. I really hope, for Sonnen and my own dislike for Silva, that this is not true. I'm not positive on this but I'm pretty sure it was announced that there would be a rematch between the two in early 2011. If this PED thing is true it will absolutely jeopardize this for Sonnen. He could face, fines, suspensions or if Dana decides, he could even be kicked out of the UFC. We'll see how this turns out...
Here's a little clip of Chael Sonnen, he's fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZyO9MXqK54
PLEASE, someone, teach Silva English, he'e been champ for four years, I've heard enough from the translator.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Ultimate Fighter Season 12 Premiere
Here we go! The time has finally come, the season Premiere of The Ultimate Fighter Season 12 was last night September 15th, 2010 on Spike. The coaches for this season Georges St-Pierre (GSP) the current welterweight champion vs. Josh Koscheck.
The Golden boy of the UFC vs. the perfect Bad Boy! As a Canadian obviously I am on team GSP! Not only because he is Canadian and absolutely gorgeous, even with the cauliflower ears, he is an incredible fighter and current Welterweight Champion. With a record of 20-2, he has taken down huge names like Dan Hardy, Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch and completely dominated former lightweight champion and arguably at the time the best pound for pound fighter BJ Penn. He has defended his title 5 times. He displays an amazing amount of respect for the sport of mma and to every fighter he faces. His only loses have been to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra both early in his UFC career. The loss to Hughes (Also one of my favourite fighters) was a title fight back in 2004 when he was the current Champion. This was also only his third fight in the UFC!! He avenged this loss by taking the belt from him in late 2006. His loss to Serra came early in 2007 when he lost his belt in the first round. He redeemed himself in 2008 after gaining the interim belt by defeating Hughes AGAIN and going on to win the Welterweight Championship against Serra.
Moral of the story, his only loses have been avenged and not just in beating his opponent, but by doing it multiple times and decisively! Hughes was defeated by head kicks and elbows and then by an arm bar submission. Serra was defeated by knees to the body. Since these fights however I do feel like the excitement of GSP’s fights has gone downhill. Well maybe only slightly down the mountain because he is still an explosive and exciting fighter to watch. Three of his last four fights have gone all five rounds. The only fight that didn't was his fight against BJ Penn which was called after the 4th round by corner stoppage.
Many people have said that GSP has no personality. I agree that he is slightly robotic in the way he speaks and how he carries himself sometimes but when you sit anyone next to Koscheck who is Mr. Personality he starts to look a little boring. BUT I think GSP has a great, quiet personality. He made a joke during the show that Daniel Head would need to take a little vacation after the punishment he took from Lentz. Yes I know not the funniest comment, a little obvious but he's French, give him a break. Very similar to his reaction to BJ Penn's team accusing him of greasing his back during the fight, essentially cheating. GSP’s response... yes, I did cheat, I paid a man to kiss him on his way out. Obviously in reference to the masculine woman who leaned over the guard rail and kissed BJ's cheek while he was making his entrance.
I definitely think this will be an incredible season. Not only for the contestants but I feel like training with these "raw" fighters will really help GSP. These guys are out to kill, they've got nothing to loose, its balls to the wall they're in it for the contract. GSP hasn't really finished his opponents, he beat them down and tires them out but he needs to knock someone out! He needs to decisively finish the fight and I am totally looking forward to Koscheck being at the receiving end of those blows.
As for the other coach, I'm not a big fan of Koscheck, he trash talks and goofs around. In the end he's a great, skilled, and experience fighter. His most recent wins have been against Paul Daley, Anthony Johnson and Frank Trigg. Not the biggest names in the UFC but two of the three wins have come decisively by TKO and submission. His most recent fight against Daley that earned him the spot as coach and a title shot against GSP did go to a decision. Both fighters are huge trash talkers. Koscheck obviously won the verbal matchup as well as he aggravated Daley to the point he felt compelled to throw a punch to the jaw of Koscheck after the fight was over and the doctors and team were in the cage. Koscheck is a strong, skilled fighter and will definitely bring it to GSP, we'll see how his aggressive personality and style will translate to coaching.
Dana announces they're bringing back the wildcard this season, great news for the fighters!
It’s so hard to tell who is going to go far after seeing just one fight. Especially since it’s only two five minute rounds. A third round is necessary if the judges deem it a tie after the first two. The endurance of the fighters isn’t fully tested. Of course with all the adrenaline running through these fighter's veins I'm sure that plays a major role. However at the same time you get a pretty good view into the fighters’ personality with their pre and post fight mini interviews. You can’t judge work ethic without seeing the training. Here's what happened with the prelim fights, not all of them were featured so some I only caught the results but here's how they went down. Suited up and ready to fight, fresh meat in the ring, its time!
1) Marc Stevens vs. TJ O'Brien
Stevens was a wrestler for Koscheck inNew York
2) Spencer Paige vs. Steve Magdaleno
Paige dominated the fight. Magdaleno landed a few kicks in the first round and started off the second round strong with a takedown but wasn't able to control Paige on the ground and lost the unanimous decision.
3)Nam
First off Budnik looks like a young Randy Couture. But not too young, at 35 he's been around a while too. Apparently a pro skateboarder, he's competed in a few x-games. Both fighters seemed very inexperienced to me. Phan landed a great body shot that took Budnik down then finishes the fight by TKO. Sorry I don’t often say this because its mma, its spur of the moment you get whatever control you can take but these dudes got in some awkward positions.
4) Jason Brenton vs. Andy Main
Main wins by submission, armbar/triangle
5) Ran Weathers vs. Jonathan Brookins
Brookins dominates and wins by unanimous decision.
6) Toby Grear vs. Sako Chivitchian
Sako takes the win by decision naming it the greatest day of his life and then pukes, lovely
7) Jeffery Lentz vs. Daniel Head
GSP crosses out the Lentz and his flaming red hair before the fight even starts! And boom, he completely dominates!! Huge heavy hands, 13-14 hits in a row! Huge elbows and ends it with a submission. "Never count me out"
8) Paul Barrow vs. Alex Caceres
Caceres
9) Pablo Gazro vs. Michael Johnson
"Throws everything with bad intentions", I love that line from Dana. Johnson wins the unanimous decision clearly dominating the ground game.
10) Aaron Wilkinson vs. Michael Richman
Wilkinson wins decision representing theUK
11) Joseph Duffy vs. Kyle Watson
Watson gets the submission, and trains at Matt Hughes’s (one of my top favourite fighters) gym!!!
12) JJ Ambrose vs. Sevak Magakian
Magakian somehow gets out of a ridiculous arm bar and grabs the decision.
13) Cody McKenzie vs. Amir Khillah
McKenzie is a commercial fisherman, go figure. He reveals he has a secret move that we will see unfold through the season. He calls the fight himself!! Says he's asleep and let’s go of the submission, that’s respect. GSP calls it exactly, guillotine.
14) Dane Sayers vs. Ariel Sexton
Right from the beginning I like Ariel's attitude, he's got a big reach and hoping his opponent has little t-rex arms! Sayers opens with a punk move, no touching gloves and an attempted flying ninja superman knee flip thing. I want this kid to get knocked out! Unfortunately he gets the submission and now I have to listen to him for the rest of the season, ugh.
Some of my favourites so far;
Johnson
Watson
Bruce Leroy
McKenzie
Lentz
Upcoming on this season...
Mike Tyson makes an appearance??!
Koscheck tries to choke one of GSP's trainers?? (Although trying to grab his neck is like wrapping your hand around the circumference of a basketball, not so much...)
Also... looks like Lentz was wearing a red shirt, which would be an amazing turn around!
Next episode the teams are picked!!
The Golden boy of the UFC vs. the perfect Bad Boy! As a Canadian obviously I am on team GSP! Not only because he is Canadian and absolutely gorgeous, even with the cauliflower ears, he is an incredible fighter and current Welterweight Champion. With a record of 20-2, he has taken down huge names like Dan Hardy, Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch and completely dominated former lightweight champion and arguably at the time the best pound for pound fighter BJ Penn. He has defended his title 5 times. He displays an amazing amount of respect for the sport of mma and to every fighter he faces. His only loses have been to Matt Hughes and Matt Serra both early in his UFC career. The loss to Hughes (Also one of my favourite fighters) was a title fight back in 2004 when he was the current Champion. This was also only his third fight in the UFC!! He avenged this loss by taking the belt from him in late 2006. His loss to Serra came early in 2007 when he lost his belt in the first round. He redeemed himself in 2008 after gaining the interim belt by defeating Hughes AGAIN and going on to win the Welterweight Championship against Serra.
Moral of the story, his only loses have been avenged and not just in beating his opponent, but by doing it multiple times and decisively! Hughes was defeated by head kicks and elbows and then by an arm bar submission. Serra was defeated by knees to the body. Since these fights however I do feel like the excitement of GSP’s fights has gone downhill. Well maybe only slightly down the mountain because he is still an explosive and exciting fighter to watch. Three of his last four fights have gone all five rounds. The only fight that didn't was his fight against BJ Penn which was called after the 4th round by corner stoppage.
Many people have said that GSP has no personality. I agree that he is slightly robotic in the way he speaks and how he carries himself sometimes but when you sit anyone next to Koscheck who is Mr. Personality he starts to look a little boring. BUT I think GSP has a great, quiet personality. He made a joke during the show that Daniel Head would need to take a little vacation after the punishment he took from Lentz. Yes I know not the funniest comment, a little obvious but he's French, give him a break. Very similar to his reaction to BJ Penn's team accusing him of greasing his back during the fight, essentially cheating. GSP’s response... yes, I did cheat, I paid a man to kiss him on his way out. Obviously in reference to the masculine woman who leaned over the guard rail and kissed BJ's cheek while he was making his entrance.
I definitely think this will be an incredible season. Not only for the contestants but I feel like training with these "raw" fighters will really help GSP. These guys are out to kill, they've got nothing to loose, its balls to the wall they're in it for the contract. GSP hasn't really finished his opponents, he beat them down and tires them out but he needs to knock someone out! He needs to decisively finish the fight and I am totally looking forward to Koscheck being at the receiving end of those blows.
As for the other coach, I'm not a big fan of Koscheck, he trash talks and goofs around. In the end he's a great, skilled, and experience fighter. His most recent wins have been against Paul Daley, Anthony Johnson and Frank Trigg. Not the biggest names in the UFC but two of the three wins have come decisively by TKO and submission. His most recent fight against Daley that earned him the spot as coach and a title shot against GSP did go to a decision. Both fighters are huge trash talkers. Koscheck obviously won the verbal matchup as well as he aggravated Daley to the point he felt compelled to throw a punch to the jaw of Koscheck after the fight was over and the doctors and team were in the cage. Koscheck is a strong, skilled fighter and will definitely bring it to GSP, we'll see how his aggressive personality and style will translate to coaching.
Dana announces they're bringing back the wildcard this season, great news for the fighters!
It’s so hard to tell who is going to go far after seeing just one fight. Especially since it’s only two five minute rounds. A third round is necessary if the judges deem it a tie after the first two. The endurance of the fighters isn’t fully tested. Of course with all the adrenaline running through these fighter's veins I'm sure that plays a major role. However at the same time you get a pretty good view into the fighters’ personality with their pre and post fight mini interviews. You can’t judge work ethic without seeing the training. Here's what happened with the prelim fights, not all of them were featured so some I only caught the results but here's how they went down. Suited up and ready to fight, fresh meat in the ring, its time!
1) Marc Stevens vs. TJ O'Brien
Stevens was a wrestler for Koscheck in
2) Spencer Paige vs. Steve Magdaleno
Paige dominated the fight. Magdaleno landed a few kicks in the first round and started off the second round strong with a takedown but wasn't able to control Paige on the ground and lost the unanimous decision.
3)
First off Budnik looks like a young Randy Couture. But not too young, at 35 he's been around a while too. Apparently a pro skateboarder, he's competed in a few x-games. Both fighters seemed very inexperienced to me. Phan landed a great body shot that took Budnik down then finishes the fight by TKO. Sorry I don’t often say this because its mma, its spur of the moment you get whatever control you can take but these dudes got in some awkward positions.
4) Jason Brenton vs. Andy Main
Main wins by submission, armbar/triangle
5) Ran Weathers vs. Jonathan Brookins
Brookins dominates and wins by unanimous decision.
6) Toby Grear vs. Sako Chivitchian
Sako takes the win by decision naming it the greatest day of his life and then pukes, lovely
7) Jeffery Lentz vs. Daniel Head
GSP crosses out the Lentz and his flaming red hair before the fight even starts! And boom, he completely dominates!! Huge heavy hands, 13-14 hits in a row! Huge elbows and ends it with a submission. "Never count me out"
8) Paul Barrow vs. Alex Caceres
9) Pablo Gazro vs. Michael Johnson
"Throws everything with bad intentions", I love that line from Dana. Johnson wins the unanimous decision clearly dominating the ground game.
10) Aaron Wilkinson vs. Michael Richman
Wilkinson wins decision representing the
11) Joseph Duffy vs. Kyle Watson
Watson gets the submission, and trains at Matt Hughes’s (one of my top favourite fighters) gym!!!
12) JJ Ambrose vs. Sevak Magakian
Magakian somehow gets out of a ridiculous arm bar and grabs the decision.
13) Cody McKenzie vs. Amir Khillah
McKenzie is a commercial fisherman, go figure. He reveals he has a secret move that we will see unfold through the season. He calls the fight himself!! Says he's asleep and let’s go of the submission, that’s respect. GSP calls it exactly, guillotine.
14) Dane Sayers vs. Ariel Sexton
Right from the beginning I like Ariel's attitude, he's got a big reach and hoping his opponent has little t-rex arms! Sayers opens with a punk move, no touching gloves and an attempted flying ninja superman knee flip thing. I want this kid to get knocked out! Unfortunately he gets the submission and now I have to listen to him for the rest of the season, ugh.
Some of my favourites so far;
Johnson
Watson
Bruce Leroy
McKenzie
Lentz
Upcoming on this season...
Mike Tyson makes an appearance??!
Koscheck tries to choke one of GSP's trainers?? (Although trying to grab his neck is like wrapping your hand around the circumference of a basketball, not so much...)
Also... looks like Lentz was wearing a red shirt, which would be an amazing turn around!
Next episode the teams are picked!!
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