30 for UFC 200: Post 29

30 for UFC 200: Post 29

4 ounce gloves and Grappling

4 ounces gloves and grappling anybody has got a shot.  This sport is so unpredictable.  It’s the reason why I love it.  It’s the reason why my Draft Kings cards keep getting busted.  Let’s come across my favorite upsets or come from behind wins of all time.  We can’t even bring up the topic of upsets without talking about Michael Bisping.  Did anyone actually think that Bisping was going to beat Luke Rockhold?  I mean Luke already beat the guy once before and now Bisping is taking the fight on 12 days notice.  You can see it on Luke’s face his very calm and looked like cat toying with a mouse before he pounced for the kill.  Nope, Luke over extends on his jab and Bisping catches him with left hook over the shoulder.  After that Bisping capitalizes.  4 ounce gloves and 5 to 1 underdog wins the UFC Middleweight Title on 12 days notice.

The next fight has to go to the G.O.A.T Anderson Silva.  Basically Chael Sonnen spends 23 minutes on top of Anderson Silva grounding & pounding him.  I was in shock the whole fight. I was wondering are witnessing the end of Silva’s reign.  Nope, Chael spends 23 minutes dominating the fight but it only takes Anderson Silva a few seconds with two minutes to go to slap on a triangle and maintain his spot as champion.

What’s the old adage about an animal is at its most dangerous when its wounded.  How many times have we seen a guy get rocked or hurt and then the fighter comes in for the finish and get’s clipped himself.  I’m going to add Scott Smith vs Pete Sell and Pat Barry vs Cheick Kongo my wounded animal category. 

30 for UFC 200: Post 30

30 for UFC 200 Countdown

I have been slacking on my blog posts so I’m going to be ranting and making a post each day till UFC 200. 

When did I become a Fanatic?

I started in college, I and my roommate lived off campus and we had a black box.  So we got all of the UFC PPVers, The fighter that stands out in my memory is Matt Hughes I don’t know what got me into this sport. I used to be hardcore boxing fan.  I grew up in the time where the Heavyweight Championship was the most watched division.  Back when there were 3 major titles and the undisputed champion was a true statement.  But now that I was in college those things didn’t really exist.  Champions didn’t want to be ‘Undisputed’, that meant they had to make mandatory titles defense.  They idea of king of the hill and taking on all comers, was an idea of the past.  Instead you had Riddick Bowie throwing the belt in the trash because he didn’t want to defend it.

Turning to a sport where there was one premier promotion.  Despite the sport still considered in its infancy, Undisputed champion still rang true. When you watched the sport  you knew that the champion was ducking anyone and he was going to fight the best. I was hooked after watching Matt Hughes fight a couple of times. Especially after his two battles with Frank Trigg.  The second one still has to be the best fight.  Being a newbie to the sport, I was very impressed with Matt Hughes’s power and wrestling

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I became a fan when I saw Matt Hughes carry Frank Trigg casually over his shoulder, walk a few paces and just slammed him on the canvas.  He did it both fights and in both he could hear the impact of the slam over the roar of the crowd.  Matt Hughes finished both fights with a Rear-Naked choke and a fanatic was born.