Monday, March 21, 2011
Observations from My Couch: UFC 128 "Ultimate Superhero"
- Watching Edson Barboza fight is like watching a Muay Thai instructional DVD.
- What on Earth was Elliot Marshall thinking when he stepped back into the Octagon? Did he forget that people would be watching?
- Mirko CroCop didn't so much as phone in that performance as he used an Old West telegraph. Heck, that performance bordered on "two cans attached by string".
- Dan Miller, you have heart.
- Jim Miller, you have Kamal Shalorus' heart, freshly torn from his chest and bleeding out in the palm of your hand.
- Urijah Faber: meh.
- Sure, it was impressive that Jon Jones caught a thief earlier in the day and then went on to beat the bejeezus out of Shogun and win the belt that night. But did he raise the dead before he went to bed? No? Bah, he's a scrub.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
From the Mouths of Babes
Tonight, on NY1 (a New York City-based news channel), on a program called "Inside City Hall", Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta debated the merits of sanctioning MMA in New York, while Assemblyman Bob Reilly discussed why the state shouldn't. There were, of course, some pearls of wisdom.
- White, on underground fight shows in NYC: "It's very real. It happens every weekend." Man, I wish. Try once every few months, bro.
- Reilly: "The UFC just fought to keep downward elbows in the sport." Dude, please kill your fact-checker.
- Reilly: "We're going to say that two men, or two women, can get in a cage and fight - sometimes to the death? That's not a message we want to give." Nevermind. Your fact-checker is clearly on our side, as he's making you look retarded.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
New Gig
I got a new gig as assistant editor over at MMAConvert.com. It's a national and international news beat, so expect continued coverage here of all things Northeast and crazy. Here's a link to a recent article over there - http://www.mmaconvert.com/2011/03/15/how-zuffa%e2%80%99s-purchase-of-strikeforce-is-not-a-monopoly/ .
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Things Are Looking Up in New York
Justin Klein over at FightLawyerblog has had his finger on the pulse of the New York State MMA bills, and today he's got some good news - http://www.fightlawyerblog.com/2011/03/more-good-news-senate-bill-to-legalize.html. Essentially, things are proceeding nicely, with the legislation now much further along in the process compared to where it was this time last year.
Also, there will be a UFC 128 press conference on Wednesday at Radio City Music Hall, with some kind of "bring MMA to New York" rally outside the venue at 12:30pm. Apparently, Dana White will be there leading the civil disobedience, with the first 1,000 victims of tear gas and police riot dispersal units getting a free T-shirt. Woop-woop!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Observations from My Couch: Bellator 36 "One Minute You're Kicking Ass, Then BAM!"
- Did Marcin Held not realize that there would be strikes thrown in his bout? Going for all those submissions was great, but man did he take a beating.
- I don’t know who that was fighting Lloyd Woodard, but it was not Carey Vanier. The Carey Vanier we saw in the tournament last season was a badass. This one, not so much.
- Toby Imada: still the slickest submission guy who will never win a championship.
- Sure, Kevin Aguilar handily defeated Matt Hunt, but he’s in trouble when he faces Matt’s brother Mike.
- I’m sorry, that was awful.
- There was a time when Rob McCullough was practically untouchable. Sadly, thanks to Father Time, he’s very touchable. Still fun to watch, though.
- Waachiim Spiritwolf vs. Jaime Jara wasn’t so much a bloodbath as it was a blood-sauna, blood-whirlpool, blood-seaweed wrap and blood-spa session.
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