Sunday, September 20, 2009
Liveblog: UCL Part 2
First up are freestyle fighter Tommy Diaz and Team UCL's Pat Bashara, which pits a 145-pounder against a 130-pounder. They mix it up nicely and wildly, winging bolos on the feet and working for position on the ground. But Bashara suffers an accidental eye-poke, and when the round ends he tells the ref and his cornermen that he can't see, so the bout is waved off. Meanwhile, someone in the crowd picks up his eyeball and returns it to him. Okay, I made that last part up. Diaz gets the win via stoppage. Next up: Big Wrestler versus New Generation Karate's Eric Blasich. Big Wrestler wastes no time going for takedowns, putting Blasich on the canvas repeatedly, but Blasich fights back with a close armbar attempt. Back on the feet and Big Wrestler goes for another takedown - and this time they fall through the ropes. Big Wrestler is nursing his shoulder after the fall and says he can't continue, so Blasich gets the first-round win.
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dude thats not even what happend are u kidding me
What happened then?
I only saw one takedown at the end, before he drove Eric out of the ring and acted like the fall hurt his shoulder. Eric landed a high amount of knees, snuffed a takedown and when he had the armbar on "Big Wrestler" (guy doesn't have a name?) hurt his shoulder trying to lift Eric to release the hold. As soon as he sets him down his arm hung limp, he used the fall as an excuse to stop the fight. Eric was on the bottom when they fell, he should have been the one complaining.
I thought I saw Big Wrestler (we all know his real name, but not everyone wanted their names used) get two takedowns, with one of them resulting in Eric's damaging armbar.
I agree that it looked like Big Wrestler drove them both out of the ring on purpose, but I wasn't completely sure at the time. In regards to the blog post being inaccurate, keep in mind that I posted this from my BlackBerry AS THE BOUT WAS HAPPENING. I didn't talk to Eric about Big Wrestler being hurt and driving them out of the ring on purpose until much later in the show, and this blog post was already up.
You're right there were two takedowns, the one leading to the armbar and immediately after. As for the accuracy, this post seemed rushed compared to the others which is why it caught our eye. The rest are pretty detailed. Nobody is questioning you, just wanted to make sure all of the facts were posted. Thanks for the coverage overall.
Oh, my post was definitely rushed. Blame Peter for that - the first few fights went off with like zero time in between them. How's an MMA journalist supposed to type that fast?
lol he didnt take me down one time. the second time i jumped guard bro
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