Monday 4 February 2008

UFC 81

No way was I about to miss this! Former WWE "entertainer" fancies himself an MMA fighter, plays the big man for 3 months and talks loadsa shit to end up tapping out in the very first round!

OK, being completely honest, I was not routing for Brock Lesnar one bit. If he wasn't a former pro wrestler, I would have gone much easier on the guy. Either way, fair is fair and up until the submission Frank Mir was getting clubbed! Also, for such a massive dude, Brock can move! And unexpectedly, the dude accepted defeat gracefully which got props from the crowd and earned a bit of my respect! I think if he can get better BJJ, remove himself from the wrestling and soley
concentrate on everything else for a while (he's obviously good at it already) he'll be a grade A bad ass dude. However, NOT as bad ass as Nogueira! That dude has some crazy ass BJJ. He was merely surviving in the first round being as Tim's take down defense was pretty solid then end of the first round, Nogueira gets the take down and is in side control quick as shit! Second round, he gets the takedown and within seconds the dudes strengths are displayed! Tries one submission and then "BAMB!", soon as that shit don't work, he's already switching position for a different submission. Tim Silvia couldn't do a thing after that, so Nogueira gets the belt. I have to say, gets you thinking about how cool a matchup with Nogueira and Couture would be. My money would be on Couture.

One last thing. Dana White should do a celebrity special! I ain't talking about getting Vicky Beckham and Eva Longoria going toe to toe. I'm talking people who actually know some shit. Joe Rogan (BJJ Brown Belt and 4 time full contact Tae Kwon Do champion), Wesley Snipes (4th degree black belt in Shotokan Karate), Jean Claude Van Damme (Former world professional full contact champion), Jet Li (former world wu shu champion), Steven Segal (Aikido praticioner), Tony Jaa (Muay Thai practitioner). You got 3 matches right there! I think it would be the best way to remove the "human cock fighting" stigma from the sport and would also work in getting the sport out there quicker! If you could get celebs from different countries envolved then the press coverage would be a joke! Anyways, if anyone from UFC marketing reads this. Please feel free to take glory for my idea when presenting it to the boss cos I don't care about the recognition! Seeing that would be totally worth it!