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Post by hifigator on Jan 31, 2009 23:35:09 GMT -5
watching the Bonner-Jones fight as we "speak" ...
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Post by hifigator on Feb 1, 2009 1:06:25 GMT -5
I'm glad there are things like UFC/MMA to get my mind off bad days of hoops like today.
I am going to presume that anyone who DVR'd the fights tonight, certainly won't visit this thread before watching them. I wouldn't want to ruin it ...
Just in case ... I will give a bit more time ...
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In the first "Main Event," Lyota Mishuda (I'm sure I butchered the spelling ...) won with a last "second" knock out in the first round. Why the quotes? Well, because it was a last tenth-of-a-second knockout. I kid you not: his fist connected a "split" second before the bell. In hoops terms, it was clearly out of his hands before the red light came on.
In the second main event, the old adage was once again confirmed: the good big man beats the good little man. Penn gave a great effort, but he literally wore down. Each round, he had progressively less and less energy and answers. After four rounds, his brother effectively threw in the towel. After the doctor examined Penn, BJ's brother gave the throat slash "no mas" signal. I think it was the right call. Granted, you never know when a submission victory could fall from the sky, but this four rounds that gave zero indication of that, and even less indication that the direction of the fight would deviate from its momentous path.
Earlier, Stephon Bonner lost a unanimous decision against Jon Jones. Jones is definitely a "playa" on the rise and will in all likelihood, be in the last two fights of the night the next time he hits the octagon.
All for now ...
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Post by hifigator on Feb 2, 2009 13:43:15 GMT -5
We watched the WEC show last night on Spike after the Super Bowl. I don't know if it was the most recent show or a repeat, but I hadn't seen it before. The main event featured Miguel Angel Torres against Manny something or other. Torres won relatively easily. But one round earlier, he did this silly front flip for no reason. It looked like he was diving off a diving board, doing a front flip. It served absolutely no purpose. Did anyone else see that and was it meant to intimidate Manny?
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Post by hifigator on Feb 2, 2009 17:14:59 GMT -5
I saw you mention Torres, but I didn't know that Maeda was the name of the other guy. It was still pretty loud in the post Super Bowl atmosphere.
But what was the deal with that front flip?
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Post by hoopsmccan on Feb 3, 2009 11:23:10 GMT -5
This will certainly add nothing to the thread, but I was wondering why they don't make shirt sleeve holes bigger or cut them off completely (Mac style) for the fighters. After every fight its a circus trying to get the advertising shirt on the fighter.
As for the fights, I was hoping GSP/Penn would stay on their feet a bit more, because I thought G Rush SP would just be too strong on the ground. Penn had nothing; G Rush SP is a total freak. I don't know much about Alves...any "real" shot (by real, I don't mean a total aberration like that tool Serra's win)?
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Post by hifigator on Feb 3, 2009 12:22:06 GMT -5
I saw you mention Torres, but I didn't know that Maeda was the name of the other guy. It was still pretty loud in the post Super Bowl atmosphere. But what was the deal with that front flip? Are you illiterate?! Tapia is the name of the other guy. Just go away, you add nothing to this thread. Alright, I will slow this down for you. I saw the card Sunday night. I didn't know if it was live, but figured that it probably wasn't, but hadn't seen it yet, and stated as much. I know that you had mentioned Torres before, but didn't know that was the same fight that you had mentioned earlier. You pointed out the fact that that card was actually the same one that you had mentioned in the first thread on this page. I merely stated that I didn't catch the last name of his opponent, and that all I remember was that his first name was Manny -- thus the phrase "Manny something or other." Quickly scrolling back up, I made the point that I didn't know that "Maeda" was his last name. Sorry, I caught the wrong name that you mentioned. So I guess I must clarify it for you: sorry, I didn't know that Tapia was his last name There, now I have fixed that egregious error. Please stop tying to generate controversy for no reason. My main point on this topic to begin with, was the silliness of his front flip for absolutely no reason. Why you prefer to be obstinate, rather than engage in normal conversation, I have no idea.
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Post by hifigator on Feb 3, 2009 13:20:09 GMT -5
I'm done on this as well.
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