Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Liveblog: Big Bang Part 3
AMA FC's Jonathan Helwig and Team KOA's Lewis Pascavage square off for some heavyweight punch-tango. This one starts off with Pascavage absolutely lighting Helwig up and bloodying him. But the AMA FC rep refuses to wither, and he gets Pascavage down, gets on top, and applies the head-arm choke for the tap at 2:04 of Round 1. Biff Walizer of Team Tap or Sleep and Jeremy Anderson of American Kickboxing Academy are up now. Anderson is undefeated in four fights, and he keeps his streak going with wrestling and wilting pressure. Walizer taps to a rear naked choke at 3:17 of Round 1. Eric Moon and Tenyeh Dixon are next, and the bout pits a MASH fighter against a Team Raw Dawg rep. Dixon - another very experienced cat - wastes no time getting Moon down, taking his back, and submitting him with a rear naked choke. The official time of the tap is 2:33 of Round 1.
Liveblog: Big Bang Part 2
First up is Zachary Sanders vs. Piotr Andrejko, which pits a dude from Kentucky against a Renzo Gracie Danville rep at lightweight. Round 1 is pretty back and forth, with Sanders trying to work his ground and pound and Andrejko threatening with punches and a kimura. However, all of Sanders' takedown attempts begin to exhaust him, and in Round 2 Andrejko gets on top and punishes. The final frame sees Andrejko wobble Sanders and Sanders survive to get the local boy down and work him over. It's close, and when time runs out the split decision goes to Andrejko. Next is Fight Factory's Steve McCabe taking on Darnell Hooker of Team Catch Wrestling in a featherweight contest. Hooker comes out with guns blazing, doing his best to overwhelm his foe with knees and flurries. McCabe beats him back at first, but eventually Hooker clips him, and when McCabe sinks to his knees, Hooker slips on the rear naked choke. Binky Jones of Team Ground Control takes to the cage to face Team Greg Jackson's Ran Weathers. Binky's been around forever, so we'll see if he can work the experience-angle in his favor. The opening round is essentially a jiu-jitsu match with punches, and when the bell rings Binky is on top looking for a place to put his fist. It's hard to tell if it's experience or grappling superiority that does it, but Binky dominates Weathers in Round 2 - so much so that Weathers makes damn sure that he's not on bottom in Round 3. It doesn't matter, though, and Binky takes the unanimous decision when time runs out.
Liveblog: Big Bang Part 1
MMA Journalist is here at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City for Carl Mascarenhas' DaMMAge Fight League debut, which is dubbed the "Big Bang" and which has already drawn the ire of right wing religious nutjobs everywhere who believe in Creation (get it? The Big Bang vs. God creating the universe? Ah, shut up). Anyhoo, Chris Liguori is letting a very underrated John Salgado take a crack at glory, Tara LaRosa is squaring off against some Japanese chick may or may not be her ticket to Strikeforce, and Kevin Jordan and Branden Lee Hinkle are going to do something. I don't know. Maybe fight. Also, Jonathan Helwig is on the card, and I still haven't forgiven him for killing my character in Urbandead for no reason. Yes, it was about six years ago, but c'mon, he shotgunned me to death and turned me into a zombie. Boo! Hiss!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Joe Rogan to Mitch the Intern: "Dude, You Suck"
The Internet became a battleground today, with a beloved UFC commentator and Tae Kwon Do expert hurling insults at one of MMA Journalist's own. Joe Rogan, taking great umbrage at Mitch the Intern's recent spate of tweets advocating the use of hemp for a variety of household chores (hemp oil for mopping the floor, hemp rope for tying up the dog), appeared on the popular forum www.mixedmartialarts.com and unleashed a hateful tirade at the perpetual NYU undergrad. "Mitch the Intern no longer gets paid by MMA Journalist," Rogan stated in one post. "I got him fired. First time I've ever done this to a so-called MMA journalist, but I've had more than enough of these fucking zeros clogging up the sport with their incompetent bullshit." Added the comedian and noted broadcaster: "You wanted my attention, douchebag? You got it." Rogan later went on to clarify his "douchebag" slur, stating that "I am in no way douchbag-o-phobic. I just meant that Mitch the Intern is a container of douches." Curiously, Mitch the Intern was never on the company payroll, and he intends to keep submitting his TUF write-ups to MMA Journalist gratis.
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