Monday, June 8, 2009
Observations From My Couch: Strikeforce's "Lawler vs. Shields"
- Kevin Randleman: another aging fighter refusing to go out quietly and gracefully. "The Monster" is no longer scary.
- I hate that Phil Baroni has gone from being the guy that can dish out a beating to the guy known for being able to take one.
- Who was that version of Joe Riggs and why didn't we see him in the UFC?
- And who the hell is this Nick Diaz? That dude is making it look easy!
- It sucks that Andrei Arlovski had to lose, but now we've got another world-class heavyweight knockout artist to get excited over. Brett Rogers in the hizzouz.
- Well, well, well. I guess Jake Shields is for real.
Damn Underground Shows - They'll Ruin It For Us All!
Hey, look at that. The Daily News quoted me. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2009/06/07/2009-06-07_back_alley_fights_abound.html
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Liveblog: Caged Combat Part 6
It's time for AMA FC's Terry Bulman vs. Motor City Boxing's Richie Lictawa. These two come out swinging and are actually pretty crisp with their striking. Then it winds up on the ground, and after they take turns reversing each other, Lictawa is in the mount raining down leather. Ref Miragliotta steps in at 4:07 of the first round to give the Motor City Boxing rep the win. Final bout of the evening and its features Team Pellegrino's Justin Haskins taking on the always dangerous Team Rush fighter Doug Gordon. An interesting aside about Gordon: he has 11 kids at home, and he fights just so he can have some relative peace and quiet in the cage. Anyhoo, Haskins takes Gordon down and ground and pounds him pretty effectively for the first round, and he continues to out-wrestle him in the second. Can Gordon pull of a last-minute reversal of fortune like he did against Gregor Gracie? He almost does via an arm-in guillotine, but Haskins perseveres, and continues to pound on Gordon from the top to earn the unanimous decision. That's it, folks.
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