tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26963410823568772502012-02-16T01:58:13.420-08:00.............MMA notes, news, and fan perspectivegarth2noreply@blogger.comBlogger4271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-79684584266482870662011-03-03T09:16:00.000-08:002011-03-03T09:19:20.422-08:00

So Chael Sonnen, convicted criminal, steroid cheater, and all-around scumbag (that's what most people mean when they say "colorful" or "he's a self-promoter"), is off suspension and most likely going to be welcomed back to the UFC with open arms. He's basically going to go unpunished for his money laundering conviction. Most likely because, eh, it's the Fertittas. Money laundering seems to be a

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-87014251875195681692011-02-15T11:43:00.000-08:002011-02-15T11:46:27.026-08:00

So Coker responded in a professional, non-fucktard way to Dana White being an idiot. I wonder how long White can keep this shit up? I'm getting sick of it. I'm getting sick of the bullshit rich-guy monopoly, and I'm seeing the UFC have issues with it at some point in the future. Probably not for a while...they're still selling PPVs, and making bank at it. But sometime soon it's going to start

garth2noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-77380305722832452862011-02-14T11:45:00.000-08:002011-02-14T11:49:52.944-08:00

The more I learn about NY state congresscritter and his potential conflict of interest with the Fertittas brothers over their treatment of hotel workers, and their union, the more I hope the UFC fails. I know unions aren't always great, but they represent the little guy. The Fertittas, and Dana White, they represent themselves, millionaires. And the mob, but that's a different story. Is it weird

garth2noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-48707641413275787582011-02-10T23:00:00.000-08:002011-02-10T23:04:38.534-08:00

I'd recommend watching this trailer for "Once I Was A Champion", a documentary about Evan Tanner. Right up to the part where they show Chael Sonnen saying Evan was not intelligent. Even to the dead, Chael Sonnen is a fucking huge evil scumbag. I hope that guy gets stuck in a vent.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-22059219146119846202010-11-13T23:31:00.000-08:002010-11-13T23:57:52.631-08:00

I was pondering the state of the game while watching 122, and the one guy right now that really stands out to me as a game-changer is Dominick Cruz. His style is baffling to opponents, and his one majorly underestimated aspect is his ground game, which he deployed to brutal effectiveness against Benvinidez. I picture him being a pretty badass UFC champ for a long time. I'd love to see Denis Siver

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-11516409276762527372010-11-09T13:45:00.000-08:002010-11-09T13:48:17.401-08:00

1: Fighters bitching about "keyboard warriors" or other people who talk shit. Man the fuck up. Remember, slings and stones and Cain Velazquez may break your bones, but words should really never hurt you, unless you're a thin-skinned whiny dipshit. What the fuck do you care what people say? Grow the fuck up!2: People bagging on champs because they don't like them, or they liked the other fighter

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-53040994873213330612010-11-04T01:09:00.000-07:002010-11-04T01:15:28.852-07:00

Dude...Josh Koscheck is either the world's worst douchebag, or the TUF editors are made of some kind of evil jelly. He comes off as more of a douche than ever. The whole Kos-Medic "drama" is retarded beyond belief. The fight was relatively boring. That Stevens character...hopefully he either gets in a good camp and actually learns how to fight before the Finale show (if he's invited after two

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-88283134636469304782010-11-01T10:48:00.000-07:002010-11-01T10:54:18.724-07:00

UFC-WEC "Merger"? Not really a merger is it? The WEC is disappearing, like it did in that PPV event. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the UFC adding divisions. I think we need a 125 and to have the HWs divided up as well, a cruiserweight, light heavy, heavy, and super-heavy division would be good. But I'm like that. There's quite a few UFC lightweights that can head to featherweight right now,

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-19860845822524238092010-08-29T12:25:00.000-07:002010-08-29T12:52:41.493-07:00

Cross-posted at MMA-Report. Image by Esther Lin, at Allelbows.com. Best in the business.So UFC 118 has come and gone. James Toney demonstrated that he's an old fat guy who barely trained for MMA. He also demonstrated that heavyweight boxers aren't good heavyweight MMA fighters because they're too small. Can you picture him getting in the cage against Shane Carwin, Cain Velazquez, or Brock Lesnar?

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-35227027334097963822010-08-09T10:31:00.000-07:002010-08-09T10:32:56.706-07:00

Cross-posted at MMA-Report. Go check out the reviews of MMA equipment!I managed to stay away from UFC 117 in a possibly (entirely) misguided attempt at a protest. I did follow the updates from ringside at various sites. Sounds like some good fights. I question the need for Sonnen-Silva 2, however, without Sonnen winning a fight. Same thing with Vitor Belfort, though, I don't get why he has an

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-44434245611194551382010-08-02T15:51:00.000-07:002010-08-02T16:03:46.060-07:00

I posted some thoughts over at MMA-Report. Unrelated: I read a lot of stuff in my news feed, and I end up seeing CP and MiddleEasy and Fightlinker report on War "John "War Machine" Koppenhaver" Machine a lot. I don't want to. That guy is irrelevant to the sport, and boring. I know some people get a laugh out of it but I don't. Dan Severn won his 94th victory. Dude is 52. GO DAN.It's old news that

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-78527338734358300952010-06-18T10:34:00.000-07:002010-06-18T10:41:56.213-07:00

Because of the utter deliciousness of the Lakers' 16th NBA championship and the accompanying press coverage, FSN didn't bother showing Bellator anywhere near where I thought they would, and I just read up on the fights. Apparently Hornbuckle just got smothered by Askren. It doesn't sound like lay and pray either. I'm looking forward to a spirited bout with Lyman Good, who is a beast. I wonder why

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-42865803613865572162010-06-13T13:54:00.000-07:002010-06-13T14:26:42.985-07:00

I've been posting pretty regularly at MMA-Report, so if you feel interested in what I've got to say (weirder things have happened) check it out. I'm going to be careful to cross post here from now on. What else can you say about Chuck Liddell that hasn't been said a million times? Guy is a great athlete, he showed every facet of MMA last night except one: a chin. Whatever it looked like in real

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-23336781143570874892010-05-11T15:48:00.001-07:002010-05-11T15:49:11.091-07:00

Well, no shit. He just got fired from the world's biggest MMA promotion. Why wouldn't he be? But this is the last thing I'll say on this incident: Daley shouldn't come back because he's a lousy mixed martial artist. Great striker, lousy MMA. End o' story.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-42071358377771515562010-05-10T13:08:00.000-07:002010-05-10T13:12:30.140-07:00

I dunno if two-facedery is a word and I don't care. Dana White said some nice things about Kimbo Slice, but he still got cut. The article brings up a valid point, why not just pay the guy to sit on the bench? It'll keep him out of Strikeforce or MFC's bouts, or whoever else has the cash to throw him in against tomato cans. While White says letting Kimbo go is about the "integrity", he still has

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-33544774858572036892010-05-09T22:10:00.000-07:002010-05-09T22:14:46.160-07:00

After having "time to consider" his fuck-uppery, Paul Daley issued a statement apologizing. He misses the point that, even though his knee didn't connect, it was clearly illegal anyway, and thrown with the damn intention to foul. Koscheck was on all fours, for dog's sake. One thing that keeps getting repeated is that it would be good to give "such a talented fighter" another shot. Correction:

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-68584147506303915632010-05-09T09:42:00.000-07:002010-05-09T09:46:23.160-07:00

I'm sure it's been said already, but Paul Daley saved Josh Koscheck's ass at the end of that aesthetic abortion of a bout last night. If Daley hadn't pulled one of the cheapest bullshit fucktard moves in history, we would be talking about Kos YET AGAIN proving what a complete assclown he is due to the Premier League-level fakery from the whiffed knee Daley threw and nothing else. Both guys

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-43290683589425550092010-04-29T10:19:00.000-07:002010-04-29T10:28:00.157-07:00

Thank god I had the DVR working last night. I like how they have started making Tito look like he's a fuckup in advance of booting him/his retirement/whatever the fuck lead to him lobbing Jenna around. That kid Josh looked like a lot of the fighters they have on that show, solid chin, excellent power, but no discipline or skillset. If he'd just listened to Hackelman he would have KOd that clown

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-25293439745489074382010-04-27T10:07:00.000-07:002010-04-27T10:09:47.477-07:00

He makes wit da funzors: Controversy has once again reared its ugly head, this time with the news that, in a bout between Jenna Jameson and Tito Ortiz that occurred earlier in the day at the pair's Huntington Beach residence, the much-maligned cageside judge Douglas Crosby scored all three rounds in favor of the ex-pornstar.My stepbrother this morning texted me with "I bet Tito gassed out after

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-64297188241915872782010-04-24T22:58:00.001-07:002010-04-24T23:06:12.306-07:00

Jose Aldo seemed to be sticking to a gameplan like glue. I thought he could have finished Faber more than once, but didn't want to give even the hint of an opening to the California Kid. And yes, Faber is overrated. He's a top-tier fighter, but he's no longer a top five featherweight.Manvel the Anvil broke my heart. I thought MTB would get him.Leonard Garcia was given a very early Xmas

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-2453840186949375332010-04-19T13:24:00.000-07:002010-04-19T13:27:14.024-07:00

Rodriguez does it again. Takes a whole point ("EVERYONE SAYS THE DIAZ BROTHERS STARTED IT!") and misses badly. It's not who started it, which was petty clearly Mayhem and Shields (Jason deserves blame too), it's that fucking Nick and Nate were pounding on Mayhem while he was held down, including kicking him in the ribs, on the part of Nate I believe. That's the point. That Shields or Melendez

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-22037419307206012552010-04-17T23:41:00.000-07:002010-04-17T23:45:21.728-07:00

EXPLAIN TO ME WHY DIAZ STANDING THERE KICKING A DOWNED MAN IN THE RIBS, WHILE HE'S BEING HELD, IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A FUCKING DISGRACE. Fuck these idiots. Nick and Nate were the reason this shit happened, period. Fuck those guys.Mauro Ranallo, you're more of an idiot than I initially thought. Stupid.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-67433202412543265652010-04-12T09:33:00.000-07:002010-04-12T09:50:02.027-07:00

Anderson Silva, whatever the fuck was going through your head, get it out. You should have finished that fight a million times. If you want to prove something to Demian Maia, prove it by knocking him unconscious. You're a great fighter but you lost a lot in my eyes.Dear everyone who is making a stink about the 50-45 scorecard in Edgar-Penn (Which I too think is ridiculous): You cannot say the

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-36814988252193232612010-03-20T01:01:00.000-07:002010-03-20T01:02:49.686-07:00

If Brandon Vera wants a blueprint for countering guys who have unusual angles, wild attacks, unpredictable moves and great athleticism, just re-watch Mike Brown taking Urijah Faber's belt at their first meeting. Stay solid, and punch hard when there's an opening.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-53256783225272870782010-03-08T10:49:00.000-08:002010-03-08T10:52:12.061-08:00

Okay, Cruz certainly won the first two rounds, but the nut-embrace going on for him is still a little silly. He was ten minutes into a 25 minute fight. I've seen plenty of fights where one guy comes out on fire and ends up losing. And Bowles didn't break his hand punching air, he broke it smacking Cruz upside the head. While I think Bowles may have continued, it was their call. But everyone out

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-91851950560047477932010-02-26T14:01:00.001-08:002010-02-26T14:04:33.740-08:00

I like this matchup. But I'm getting tired of people predicting that "feared knockout artists" aren't going to go to the judges. Of course they can. Especially if it's two of them, and one doesn't have a clear-cut advantage somewhere. We've seen it often, especially with counter fighters. I'm still jacked for the fight. Either Barry does his Cain Velasquez impersonation and steps way up against a

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-74173085607376743922010-02-21T01:14:00.000-08:002010-02-21T01:21:01.471-08:00

Well, that was a pretty entertaining card all around. Not one of those fights disappointed me, except for Bonnar-Szlkjga;lgjafsadfski not being called a No Contest (hopefully they'll look it over and rethink the outcome, Bonnar doesn't deserve that result from a head strike). I wish Wandy had opened like he finished, and I hope Bisping gets shown the door soon. Ryan Bader had the misfortune of

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-50717313137539568062010-02-19T22:39:00.000-08:002010-02-19T22:41:19.603-08:00

I'm watching the Best of Pride show on Spike, and they just showed Silva vs Kondo, where Wanderlei stomped Kondo out. Why did only Rampage point out that Silva grabbed the ropes illegally on his winning series? Where were the gangs of tiny hand-and-rope-grabbers that Pride had generally employed? I think I've posted about this ten times. It bugs the shit out of me.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-30491839670727294492010-02-19T22:00:00.001-08:002010-02-19T22:02:37.154-08:00

Subo at Fightlinker is pissed about Frank Mir's radio comments. I can't say I disagree with him. [Frank Mir] “I want to break his neck in the ring. I want him to be the first person that dies to Octagon-related injuries.”[subo] I’m on the verge of wanting Mir/Carwin called off and Frank being fined and suspended indefinitely. Honestly, Frank got a little graphic there. He went too far. What's the

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-39577124031448343412010-02-19T14:52:00.000-08:002010-02-19T14:54:05.175-08:00

Via ProMMA Radio, Jens Pulver isn't ready to hang his shit up yet. "I was very close. I was done. I just didn't make the announcement. I told Dana and everybody that it was over. The name Jens Pulver was done.... That's the mortality I was talking about after the fight. People were rushing me to say goodbye to something I've done my whole life. I got really bitter about it. This is all I've known

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-53034986396170925052010-02-14T10:26:00.000-08:002010-02-14T10:33:19.079-08:00

In a recent post they titled "Whatchoo talkin' bout Bobby Lashley?" CP says that Lashley's statement: "Either let me fight the way I want to, build up and get a few fights under my belt and then work my way up there, or let me fight the champ."is[...]the dumbest thing I've ever heard.Why? He either wants to build up (or "pad" if you're feeling less than charitable) his record and skills, or get

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-51298642291626744772010-02-12T13:48:00.001-08:002010-02-12T13:51:48.803-08:00

Or so he says. But did he deserve to fight for the belt in the first place? This whole saga is weird. He's got a couple 185lb wins, Terry Martin and Matt Lindland, and a 195lb win over Rich Franklin...why does that qualify him to be fighting for the belt? I know that question was already brought up but it seemed to be just dropped by the blagassfeer. I know they've got a pretty thin talent pool

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-85279428238770353932010-02-12T10:59:00.001-08:002010-02-12T10:59:19.760-08:00

DO NOT SIGN JOSE CANSECO

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-62401117855024978402010-02-12T08:59:00.001-08:002010-02-12T09:02:35.060-08:00

Joey Beltran recently had an interview posted where he mentioned he feels "a little bad" for Rolles Gracie. I personally don't feel bad at all for Gracie...whatever his excuse or reason for that performance was, that's his to bear. He did the work he did. The guy I feel bad for is Joey Beltran. He had an adrenaline letdown himself, and fought through it; he took a super-short-notice fight against

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-6779988510020625582010-02-09T11:20:00.001-08:002010-02-09T11:20:56.953-08:00

UFC 108 and UFC 109 were bereft of championship bouts. Yet there's two coming up that have two championship fights each, one in Abu Dhabi. I'm annoyed.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-83429386129274366352010-02-08T18:51:00.001-08:002010-02-08T18:54:20.768-08:00

I don't fight in a cage for a living, so I'm not going to dump TOO hard on Rolles Gracie, but honestly, that performance was just crap. He seemed to gas out after a minute. Did no one tell him it was three five minute rounds? I'm actually thinking he had a huge adrenaline rush when the fight started and had nothing after it wore off. He's a young dude, I hope he improves his cardio, or gets over

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-64252406870174747532010-01-28T14:05:00.000-08:002010-01-28T14:07:15.115-08:00

So, Stephen Bonnar says he fought a bad fight against Mark Coleman because he was trying to finish with a spinning back kick. He was trying to do this because God told him to do it in a dream. It's not clear whether he was screwing around with the "it came from God!" shit, or if that's what he literally feels...but either way, he's a wacky dude.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-46315439860987073802010-01-28T09:05:00.000-08:002010-01-28T09:08:09.329-08:00

Jay Hieron and Diesel Riggs have reason to be pissed they've been bumped to the undercard in favor of Lashley-Sims and Walker-Some Cab Driver. They're legit fighters who've contended for belts on main cards. But Hieron at least is sucking it up. I'm jacked up for Coenen-Cyborg. That should be war. I hope Coenen doesn't try to stand with Cyborg, or pull what I like to call The McLovin. It doesn't

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-70289465954132831272010-01-19T11:33:00.001-08:002010-02-12T09:04:03.748-08:00

So I'm browsin' my sites, and here's an article about Frank Trigg, talking about his upcoming fight with Matt The Terra Serra. He mentions Matt's "Renzo Gracie black belt", and that gets me thinking about Renzo-Hughes coming up. Then I realize there's a Coleman-Couture fight as well. Is the MMA Senior Tour already here? I made a joke about it the other day. but it seems to actually be happening.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-31021540096137372922010-01-18T11:05:00.000-08:002010-01-18T11:09:46.391-08:00

James Toney, tubby, washed-up boxer, has been going hell-for-leather to get a big contract with the UFC, despite having no skills in MMA and no real indication that he's completely sane. When finally offered a contract with the UFC, for some fuckin reason, Toney scoffed because it wasn't enough money, I guess. "Dana White's first offer was a joke and that lets me know he really don't want to do

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-22967874329960328152010-01-17T21:11:00.000-08:002010-01-17T21:54:54.136-08:00

The local CW affiliate is showing IA:MMA, a small promotion that holds events (event?) at the Starlight Bowl here in San Diego. I saw a promo for it an hour before it came on so I got lucky. Especially since I was basically ready to end it all after the fucking Chargers choked on dick yet again. I hereby renounce the Chargers and all they stand for. Mat Diablo from 91X is the host, along with

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-1856126466274746672010-01-16T19:42:00.000-08:002010-01-16T19:54:37.662-08:00

Zach Arnold is lamenting the terrible matchmaking on display in 2010:First, Bobby Lashley vs. Jimmy Ambriz and now news of Matt Mitrione vs. Kimbo Slice. I throw my hands up.Ironically, I had recently been watching New Japan footage circa 2003 and saw Ambriz in a video promo with Sean McCully in Los Angeles doing a truck power stunt. Of course, this was the heat-up for Ambriz vs. Josh Barnett at

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-63038324674980209132010-01-15T22:08:00.000-08:002010-01-15T22:09:12.469-08:00

Ah Seanbaby...you're made of great.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-79093401776249717772010-01-12T14:25:00.001-08:002010-01-12T14:26:11.253-08:00

Everything Ben said. How close do you have to get to finishing someone to score a 10-8? Do they have to be unconscious? All I know is Tom Lawlor doesn't deserve a loss for that fight.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-36422529989163473872010-01-11T23:26:00.001-08:002010-01-11T23:30:51.015-08:00

what the fuck was up with the judging in virginia? at least in the Maynard-Diaz fight someone got something wrong. 28-29, 29-28, 30-27? It looked like 29-28 maynard at first glance to me, but whatever, they both kind of looked like clowns. Lawlor got a little robbed in my opinion. I thought he won two rounds. Efrain Escudero needs someone to explain that tapping is what you do instead of

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-42134218083154796772010-01-10T21:00:00.000-08:002010-01-10T21:02:39.818-08:00

I just switched over to cartoon network to set the DVR for Venture Brothers and there's Bas Rutten doing a PSA for handwashing to stop the flu. World! Stop spinning so crazily!Upon a bit of googling he's apparently done other spots for CN. That's just another layer of awesome on the multi-dimensional awesomecake that is Bas Rutten.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-77229714272791219102010-01-10T20:58:00.000-08:002010-01-10T20:59:48.842-08:00

You just lost me with your idiotic "I came to fight he came to grapple" bullshit immediately on the heels of your "I came to box he came to kick" comment. What, grappling and kicking aren't part of fighting? Are you stupid? Hopefully you can head off where you belong, on undercards. Good luck with that, you small-time Matt Serra impersonator. I defended you for a long time, but that was just

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-60462503843580558582010-01-08T23:44:00.001-08:002010-01-08T23:44:32.183-08:00

with what subo said

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-52004538263995665042009-12-28T11:06:00.000-08:002009-12-28T11:08:47.306-08:00

Fightlinker thinks its a "crying shame" that "Big Baby" Marcus Jones is quitting MMA. While I agree with his "quit" versus "retire" analysis, I have no problem with it. Jones has zero chin and zero standup, and his alleged top control seems like as flimsy as his jawline. He needs to stay away from MMA, he'll get seriously hurt. Of course, he can always head to Japan and cash in on the freakshow

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-18360578517079358512009-12-17T00:39:00.000-08:002009-12-17T00:41:07.794-08:00

I am not looking forward to Frank Mir and Shane Carwin trying to out-fellate each other with praise leading up to their fight. Someone send Frank the complete season of Jersey Shore so he can channel his inner Guido and talk some weirdly-cadenced shit about Carwin's lack of a manly head of curly/greasy locks.Thanks, g

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-57975952201474468762009-12-09T11:33:00.000-08:002009-12-09T11:38:07.861-08:00

So Paulo Filho talks badly-translated shit about Chael Sonnen after revealing he suffers from depression: “Two years ago, the addiction to sleeping pills Paulão led to a depression which disturbs her to this day. During this period, Paulão lost the belt of World Extreme Cagefighting to an American wrestler infinitely inferior to him, the median Chael Sonnen.”One fucking point, Paulo. You fight

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-60473194163528744572009-12-05T23:55:00.001-08:002009-12-05T23:56:46.997-08:00

OK, I'm not a fan of a guy losing when he dominates like that, but I really, really, really believe everyone follows the same rules. Still, that loss for Jon Jones is hard to swallow. Tough luck for Jones, he'll still be a factor going forward.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-53578179034239762912009-11-19T09:16:00.000-08:002009-11-19T09:19:38.277-08:00

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

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-9031992805019748032009-11-04T22:23:00.001-08:002009-11-04T22:24:21.544-08:00

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

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-20931265993121952092009-11-03T21:29:00.000-08:002009-11-03T21:30:56.029-08:00

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.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-9796329386444943472009-11-03T08:35:00.001-08:002009-11-03T08:35:46.337-08:00

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

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-52426974939284947772009-10-29T06:49:00.001-07:002009-10-29T06:49:35.817-07:00

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

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-51199789281176811122009-10-13T22:38:00.000-07:002009-10-13T22:40:28.815-07:00

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

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-16967230710912973582009-10-11T00:15:00.000-07:002009-10-11T00:25:20.134-07:00

Cerrone-Henderson should go down in the books as one of the classic MMA battles of all time. It showed pretty much every aspect of MMA as a discipline, and some absolutely dynamic and frankly jaw-dropping scrambles, submission attempts, submission defenses, and cardio. This was my fight of the year, and there's going to have to be two guys who want it real bad to beat out this fight. One thing to

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-40536562864660578892009-10-10T23:48:00.000-07:002009-10-10T23:49:41.883-07:00

uh, sherdog has a (somewhat justified) hard-on for cerrone. two of the people judging the fight for them gave 10-8 rounds to the cowboy. i have a hard-on for him myself, but not that hard. honestly, i can't give anyone a 10-8 when they walk out to Kid Rock. Never.

garth2noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-75056204389316333772009-10-10T22:27:00.000-07:002009-10-10T22:30:39.496-07:00

I have no argument with the decision, but this fight was in some respects a verification of the worries that good MMA may turn into shitty kickboxing, whoever stated that first (I think it was Josh Gross or Kid Nate but couldn't find the link, and I won't link to bloody elbow for any amount of money, being as they're a bunch of cock-gobblers, and not the good kind). If Crunkilton had a modicum of

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-32337490382162040452009-10-10T22:01:00.000-07:002009-10-10T22:02:47.451-07:00

i was thinking about the aldo-brown fight and wondered if they were giving waggney a fight to keep him busy...and thought of werdum-dos santos as a "keep busy" fight gone horribly awry. and boom, triangle, top fiver goes down. weird.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-33092197262520510472009-10-10T21:10:00.001-07:002009-10-10T21:12:38.173-07:00

I'm watching the WEC on DVR right now, so I don't know what happened, but as far as how he's talking, it sounds like Varner isn't, and hasn't been, ducking Cerrone. He brings up an important point that gets glossed over by tons of people: Varner won that fight via decision. He was ahead on the cards. He didn't win via DQ. Cerrone had the exact same opportunity to win the fight in those four

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-712407584134092322009-10-08T23:29:00.001-07:002009-10-08T23:34:18.136-07:00

Ben Henderson looks a lot like Crab Man from "My Name Is Earl".

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-81159338430780691032009-10-08T23:00:00.001-07:002009-10-08T23:01:20.991-07:00

while as displayed on TV rampage's actions after last week's fight seem pretty lame, i still hesitate to go too crazy over what Spike chooses to air. some of the fighters on the show blogged that it sucked, so i'd rather take their word for it, honestly.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-16609474624420580632009-10-02T13:38:00.000-07:002009-10-02T13:55:07.209-07:00

While Nelson's strategy basically guaranteed a win, it also was a major screw-up. Roy took part in one of the top five most-watched MMA fights ever. And he looked boring and lost on his feet (to me), despite his display of technical mastery on the ground. So basically when given the big stage, he opted for safety, and he had the balls to complain about not making money. Seems like he shipped away

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-76666886294529100922009-09-28T21:20:00.000-07:002009-09-28T21:21:47.040-07:00

They just showed a replay of Cole Miller vs. Junie Browning. That was pretty lame of Miller. He went on to get KTFO by Efrain Escudero.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-3925305934355585862009-09-28T10:15:00.000-07:002009-09-28T10:17:12.836-07:00

like usual:"Watching Tim Kennedy destroy Zak Cummings was like watching an M-1 Abrams battle tank roll into Kandahar and crush a slow-moving donkey in its path. In other words, it was ugly."Indeed. There was one somewhat competitive fight on the cards between a tiny guy with a chin I've never heard of and a tiny guy with strikes I've never heard of. That saved the card basically. For Cummings,

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-77749667637614053442009-09-26T01:11:00.001-07:002009-09-26T01:11:51.961-07:00

Ray Sefo has a submission win now.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-81168712675679556102009-09-24T08:16:00.000-07:002009-09-24T08:26:24.316-07:00

that shit they put on Spike TV was so goddamn terrible I think my kidney fell out. What kind of a fight was that? Can you have a point deduction for being a complete joke? Additionally, Spike likes to eff with fighter's records for some reason...that McSweeney character, whose cardio looked only awful in comparison to that other dude's absolute anti-cardio, is at 3-4 according to Sherdog. But

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-75622315651882260502009-09-23T23:38:00.000-07:002009-09-24T10:49:03.598-07:00

The only TUF recap worth reading, outside the various entrant blogs, is Jim Genia's Thx, g

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-23849704670359265882009-09-21T01:00:00.001-07:002009-09-21T01:02:03.171-07:00

Dos Santos, Daley, and Belfort had a way easier time than anyone thought they would. Just a matter of "better man on the day"? Or are they that much better?

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-83129105973491368012009-09-20T01:40:00.000-07:002009-09-20T01:48:45.393-07:00

Mirko Cro Cop Filipovich needs to hang up the gloves, or honestly approach the sport anew. His game is done. A younger, stronger fighter, just like Gabe Gonzaga, pressed the action and beat him pretty handily. It looked like he had an opportunity to push back, but instead just pushed, with open unclenched hands, for some reason. Dos Santos proved some shit, he took some shots and showed some

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-18289704676213072302009-09-18T10:26:00.001-07:002009-09-18T10:26:38.111-07:00

Fucking burn in a fire, you fuckin' dick. Thanks for making everyone who defended you look like complete assholes. Love, -g

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-6583106123667359742009-09-16T23:04:00.000-07:002009-09-16T23:06:39.926-07:00

1) Rampage and Rashad aren't friends2) Big Abe is a terrible mixed martial artist3) the guy he fought is a terrible mixed martial artist4) Bleeding a lot is not interesting, just kind of grossThat ends our coverage of The Ultimate Fighter, Season 10, Episode 1

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-44436214652604816582009-09-16T22:02:00.001-07:002009-09-16T22:03:07.068-07:00

I hate Nate Diaz so much. Him and Guillard. Diaz is 1-2. Guillard is, once again, a chump. Let's see what he tests positive for tonight.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-26405180685885696032009-09-16T21:51:00.001-07:002009-09-16T21:53:26.205-07:00

Good fight. Roger Huerta...please. Re-sign with the UFC. Shit dude, you just had your Exorcised and didn't burp up any pea soup...I'm not sure where you stow em in the tighties, but you got massive fucking balls. Maynard is impressive, but BJ Penn or Diego Sanchez right now would tear him up. No stoppages yet. They're announcing Nate Diaz as TUF champ. Champ by shoulder injury. Meh.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-79249092802728457942009-09-16T21:01:00.000-07:002009-09-16T21:11:12.767-07:00

Well, Carlos sure has had is hands full with his first two fights in the UFC. They're not feeding him any warmups, thats for sure. Even his last-minute replacement is tough as hell. How Condit survived the 1st I have no idea. Impressive display of heart and cardio by Condit, and heart by Ellenberger. I thought the fight was not that close...I guess you could give Jake the second and first on

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-4400286659497417382009-09-16T20:38:00.000-07:002009-09-16T20:40:43.579-07:00

Damn Rock's face got messed up.Credeur was impressive, as was Nate, but I don't know if either of these guys could stand there and get punched that often against many other middleweights. Great postfight interview with Nate. "My gameplan was simple so I wouldn't forget: go fight". I've actually come to like Nate a lot more since TUF than I did on TUF. Where was this Crazy Tim on the show?

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-81347587058847665352009-09-10T16:09:00.000-07:002009-09-10T16:16:13.784-07:00

Why isn't Brock Larson a bigger deal in the UFC's welterweight division. Dude has a pretty stunning record at 26-2, with wins over some better 170lbers. He's fighting on the undercard next week...the guy's only losses are to Jon Fitch and Carlos Condit. Hopefully he's one win away from being on a televised spot. He's an animal. Brock LarsonRecord 26 - 2 - 0 (Win - Loss - Draw)Wins 5 (T)KOs (

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-37786261184467096622009-09-09T11:11:00.000-07:002009-09-09T11:16:43.912-07:00

Ol' Cagepotato puts down the ink. My favorite quote: What surprised you the most during your experience on TUF?I’m surprised how much food was eaten in that house. I’m surprised that, of that food, so much of it was eaten by Roy Nelson. Go take a look.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-84973118304049337662009-08-31T23:52:00.000-07:002009-08-31T23:53:58.828-07:00

Please...fucking please...don't just use spellcheck. Send your shit to someone. That way you don't have people challenging Anderson's "thrown" instead of his "throne". You get your 'you're' and 'your' right. 'Their', 'they're', and 'there' ceases to be a mystery. And all those homonyms that clearly, Brock Lesnar hates, they just resolve nicely. Please?

garth2noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-53413120979629672162009-08-31T16:00:00.000-07:002009-08-31T16:05:09.945-07:00

So this guy has a White Pride tat and a swastika.This guy has a huge "Brown Pride" tat across his chest (he's a natural born US citizen, the white pride guy is dutch or norwegian or something viking-y).I understand that Nazis did a lot of killing and were generally just total jerks. What if it said "Norse Pride or something? I dunno. probably don't mean much...when someone says "White Pride", you

garth2noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-75146604178274518582009-08-31T11:53:00.001-07:002009-08-31T11:55:37.291-07:00

Right here on Jake Rosholt picking up a win in the UFC. I gotta admit the kid looked a lot better, a huge amount better, than he did in his last couple fights, the loss to Dan Miller and the sloppy mess against Nissen Osterneck. I like what he had to say about Yves Lavigne handling Leben's near-tap. A lot of guys tap once and try to take it back. Ask "They took my" Dollaway how he feels about

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-63939655003453853952009-08-29T13:15:00.000-07:002009-08-29T13:27:38.020-07:00

If "Grim" stays at range, and jabs, he can beat Fedor. But he'll have to be able to impose his will on Fedor, which few people have been able to do. I'm thinking of Andre Arlovski's fight with Fedor. Take away an ill-advised flying knee attempt and you have a fight completely dominated by the Pitbull. Of course you can't take away that flying knee attempt, or the head trauma that accompanied it.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-20437251998718888882009-08-26T19:38:00.000-07:002009-08-26T19:39:16.426-07:00

Please, please please: I could give a shit what Dana White thinks about Strikeforce, Fedor, or Brett Rogers. So don't talk about it. It doesn't matter.Thank you,g

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-53625266087816385722009-08-25T09:15:00.001-07:002009-08-25T09:25:05.478-07:00

So Billy Evangelista complained his way to a no-decision following "Iron" Mike Aina's fake-ass DQ win. Good for him. No one's coverage seems interested in pointing out that Mike Aina is now officially a total fake-ass jackoff. Way to go Mike! I'm sure any fans you've acquired over the last few years are ready to puke in a pineapple.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-31014708869052904782009-08-24T11:37:00.000-07:002009-08-24T11:38:16.458-07:00

fightlinker put this up. watch

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-7306765227218039302009-08-23T13:25:00.000-07:002009-08-23T13:27:34.037-07:00

Here, Don explains why he left the M-1 Global fight against King Mo. Also included: subtle digs on Dana White (well, not subtle), and assessment of Pee Wee Herman (the big one, not the public masturbator).

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-55416298308641261502009-08-21T13:50:00.000-07:002009-08-21T13:57:22.570-07:00

James Iannotti at mmafighting.com put together a cool interview with "The Truth". Definitely worth a read. Vera's funny and straightforward about wins, losses, and where he stands. I like that, when Iannotti asked him about the Werdum stoppage, he mentioned talking to Dan Miragliotta and "everything's cool". When pressed, he said, "That's between me and Dan, but everything's cool." No bullshit,

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-68362106144133155442009-08-20T09:34:00.000-07:002009-08-20T09:37:28.606-07:00

Excellent news from the NSAC: They will now allow five-round non-title fights, with the caveat that the fighters are of "championship caliber". That seems a bit fungible, but still, good stuff. I think the fighters should be allowed to go five if they're guaranteed a shot with a win, ie a #1 contender fight. We'll have to see how it works out. Brock Lesnar-Shane Carwin coming up, maybe, in

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-40507799677842036632009-08-17T14:20:00.001-07:002009-08-17T14:21:29.960-07:00

If you're going to be that much slower than your opponent, you better hit a whole lot harder. luv,FGPPS Your rack still rules.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-32791545059889529972009-08-15T22:51:00.001-07:002009-08-15T22:52:17.149-07:00

it just came on here on the west coast. fabricio werdum's interview was really earnest and respectful. what a kickass job. he did that for his mom!

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-18040695433747786392009-08-15T20:25:00.000-07:002009-08-15T20:27:50.401-07:00

they're doing this UFC 100 thing, since I don't get to watch gina-cyborg live i'm sitting here waiting til it comes on at ten pacific. every goddamn hughes fight they show, matt hughes talks it up to lessen his own failures or however he was outmatched. in the second GSP fight he talks about how the "low kicks", which hughes implies are to the groin, caused him to drop his hands, leaving him open

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-37898515574214192522009-08-12T22:48:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:51:03.723-07:00

"SportsNation" commercial on ESPN, showed a tweet from someone saying "There is not a human alive right now who could beat Brock Lesnar in an MMA fight". That's so amazingly stupid it inspired sudden posting. I can think of ten people right now who can beat him, easily. Fucking Frank Mir could beat him. Good lord, there's a series of light heavyweights who could beat him. He may be huge and fast,

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-70868247303477633682009-08-11T22:16:00.000-07:002009-08-11T22:18:03.937-07:00

I forgot to mention how bummed all the Marv coverage got me. You notice how BJ wouldn't talk about him after the fight? He ran out instead in old-school BJ fashion? It's because Marv fucking flipped out on his people and it nearly came to blows. You don't make friends with BJ by trying to fight his brother when discussing business matters. Whatever.

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-84076227846027887342009-08-11T22:13:00.000-07:002009-08-11T22:15:50.109-07:00

Showtime just showed Brett Rogers/Jon Murphy and dammit, I want this guy in the UFC. I know he's raw still, but 6'5" and 265? GET THAT FUCKER IN THE OCTAGON. I like the smack Team Bison runs, I like that they had Big Black in the cage after KOing Murphy, I just want this guy beating down UFC HWs to set up a fight with Lesnar at some point. They're showing Villasenor vs Baroni. What a joke

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-11788086151675134172009-08-11T15:41:00.001-07:002009-08-11T15:44:54.896-07:00

I'm utterly stunned by the lack of a barely-coherent protestation of innocence from Nick Diaz, his management, or his pot dealer. While indeed, the system is fucked up, he knew the rules. Any corrupt set-up he had with Armando "Office Stallion" Garcia is actually not so exculpatory...I'd say it's grounds for a criminal bribery investigation. The pot laws in this country are ignorant, hateful, and

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-52102990259265793852009-08-10T11:57:00.000-07:002009-08-10T15:40:00.855-07:00

Dear Nick Diaz defenders: Is this shit stupid enough for you yet? Update: Yep. How does anyone sign this guy? Between starting fights outside the cage, talking idiotic lisping trash, and publicly proclaiming his love of pot, the dude is a walking promotion-fuck. I've said since day fuckin' one: it's not just him that gets fucked by his stupidity. It's everyone else involved too. Now Strikeforce

garth2noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2696341082356877250.post-74451071539233037752009-08-10T09:46:00.000-07:002009-08-10T09:56:50.353-07:00

Brian Bowles put his power on display last night. Truly a spectacular KO win over a consensus pound-for-pound juggernaut. Ends the 17 fight win streak that Miguel brought to the fight. Contrary to a lot of observers I don't feel like Torres is less of a pound-for-pound consideration for this loss. Everyone loses. It happens, but it doesn't automatically mean the guy's suddenly a bum. Let's see

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