Last night's TUF

For some reason, the UFC rebroadcast was still going on when my guide said TUF should be on. I'd just watched MTB lose his belt and was feeling a bit down, so I skipped TUF and just looked up the results. Read a few blogs. You know what? Despite not missing a minute of that show since basically I heard of it at all (much to my regret, often), I am fine. The world did not end because I missed some MMA. I know, I'm as shocked as you. But seeing Jon Madsen get KO'd by Brendan Schaub? Meh. The only good fight in the last three years on that damn show was screwed up by the judges already, so who knows. So far, not much of the "craziest" season ever as promoted by Dana White among others.

The funniest part of this season of TUF

Rashad Evans, despite being opposite Rampage, who doesn't care about anything, Rashad STILL LOOKS LIKE A COMPLETE ASSHOLE. This is like a one yard field goal, and Rashad kicked it AWAY from the goalposts. I've lost all respect for that guy. I have a feeling that editing plays a part, but when they're showing Rashad whine and whimper about how he deserves everything...jeebus. Shut the fuck up Rashad.

I hope Justin Wren pulls off the upset. Nothing against Nelson, but I like upsets.

so

"Mono" means "the universe's revenge for being a total assclown douchenozzle"? Interesting to note.

Hughes-Serra replay

Just rewatched it from the vantage point of a couple months, and I still think Matt Serra won. Hughes was utterly ineffective except a couple takedowns.
I know, I know, at the end of the day, the decision is final. But in my book Serra won the fight. Ineffective top control is ridiculous.

Dear Internet:

Thank you for finally catching up with me in regards to revising the scoring in MMA.
luv,
g

TUF last night

I was totally surprised to realize that Scott Junk can't fight adult men. They should have let him square off against perhaps a Shar Pei, or a tender chicken breast, because he didn't have shit in the cage. And that included ten minutes worth of fight. Neither guy was close to having the cardio he needed. Mitrione lasted about 3.5 minutes before he was gasping with an open mouth. At least Junk lasted til the second round. But even with his opponent weezing like an old man Junk couldn't do a thing about it.
This episode was inexcusable crap. Everything about it was bad...the only thing, in general, that redeems these man-dramas is the fight at the end of the show. Even that was horrible. They need to issue a public apology for the fights they've shown so far. Especially Wes Sims.

dear UFC Unleashed,

Why do you add crazy cheering to your fight replays? I don't need it. I saw a lot of these fights live (on TV), and they weren't cheering that much. New rule: if someone may reasonably still have a live broadcast of a fight on their DVR to go back and compare the two broadcasts, do not start adding cheers.
thanks,
g