i enjoyed reading this blog from jason macdonald about his match and experience at UFC 83 in montreal. thought i would pass it along...(not just because he mentions nova scotia! haha). the parts about what was going through his mind during joe's submission attempts are particularly interesting.
Experience paid off
April 21, 2008
by Jason MacDonald
sportsnet.ca
It was chaotic for me in Montreal. There were so many things to do; it was busy with all the activities and the media. I had friends who drove up from Nova Scotia, where I was born and raised, to see me and I didn't have a chance to talk to them.
It was busy afterward of course. You know it's funny, when you lose, your phone never rings. You go home and it's silent for days. When you win, though, your phone rings and everyone's calling your room and they want to do interviews. It's the nature of the business. My cell phone hasn't stopped ringing.
Joe Doerksen came over to our locker room after the fight and he apologized. He said I beat him the first time and I didn't need to give him a rematch and I did and he was grateful for that. And he said I beat him fair and square again, so we kind of buried the hatchet.
That's the good thing about mixed martial arts. You can have these heated rivalries but at the end of the training camp you get to fight each other and that puts an end to those rivalries. People often turn to fighting as the end of a conflict. In hockey, if people don't like each other they fight. They don't just walk around and stick each other. Fortunately, we're in the sport where we get to fight!
It ended there for us and I don't want anything more to do with that soap opera. Will Joe and I ever be buddies and go out for beer or be training partners? Probably not. But there's absolutely no bad blood between him and I anymore.
I said I wanted to go out there and dominate and I felt I did that for the most part. I had him in a submission early on where I thought I was going to finish him, but Doerksen's tough. He was able to hang in there and get out of that. And then he put me in a lot of trouble. Likewise, I called on my experience and was able to hang in there and then turn it around in the second round.
There was a point where I thought I was going to have to tap. My arm was about to either pop or my arm was going to either tear or break. I actually lifted my hand up and was going to tap. This happened very fast and your first instinct is just to tap because it feels like your arm is going to be ripped off. But I quickly told myself, "Just calm down and try to work yourself out of it." So I started to think my way out of it and was able to recover and get up and actually end the round on top throwing some punches. Had it maybe been two years ago and I wasn't as seasoned as I am, I probably would have tapped right away.
I felt good going into the second round and I wasn't at all tired and my cornermen Mark and Josh pointed out that Joe looked like he had spent a tremendous amount of energy trying to finish me off. I still felt really fresh so I was going to go out there and try to jump on him right away and finish him off fast.
It was crazy all the support I got from fans right from the weigh-ins, the walk out to the cage and then of course after the fight when I jumped on the fence and the crowd just went wild. And just all the attention from the fans on the street and at the stadium, it was really just spectacular. I couldn't imagine at this point in my life doing anything else. It's a dream come true.
I hope to carry some of this momentum into my next fight. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity to get right back in there maybe on the July card. I'd love to get a high-level fight to get myself toward that No. 1 contender spot. There are a ton of middleweights, and I'd love to fight any of those guys who are in the mix. Nate Quarry got a big win, Michael Bisping too.
I'll be spending the next few weeks helping Ryan Ford and one of my fighters, Evan Sanguin, prepare for their fights on the upcoming MFC card on May 9.
One more comment: I read the article in the Montreal Gazette the day after the event and it was horrible. I read a couple of things in the Montreal papers and it was some of the most horrible journalism I've ever read in my life. A one-sided opinion of a sport they have no knowledge of. It was appalling in my opinion, especially when Georges St-Pierre is supposed to be the pride and joy of Montreal, and Canada. That was the only disappointing thing.
DREAM holds their second show tonight / tomorrow (darn time zones! ) in Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan...the beginning of a MW tournament this time. it's on HDNet for anyone who has it. a couple of the match-ups look a litle one-sided on paper, but a number of very good fighters on the card. it should turn out to be a good show. go kang and sakuraba!
Dream 2, April 29, 2008 - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - HDNet
MW Tournament, Round One:
Denis Kang Vs. Gegard Mousasi
Kazushi Sakuraba Vs. Andrews Nakahara
Kiyoshi Tamura Vs. Masakatsu Funaki
Ronaldo Jacare Vs. Ian Murphy
Zelg Galesic Vs. Magomed Sultanakhmadov
Dong Sik Yoon Vs. Shungo Oyama
Taiei Kin Vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Non-Tournament bouts:
Gesias “JZ” Calvancante Vs. Shinya Aoki (Rematch of a No Contest from the LW Tournament.)
went to sleep early to watch a live korean stream of the dream show...i'd forgotten about the crazy commercials!
great match between aoki and jz! the MW round one was ok. i'll have to watch it again, i was in a fog and my sleep pattern is all messed up again. ceg, i owe you a pm! davinci naps! haha
anyway, looks like it's pretty much official for august...huerta vs florian! what a fight!
HUERTA TO FIGHT FLORIAN AT UFC 87
Monday, April 28, 2008
by Tom Hamlin - MMAWeekly.com
Sources from both fighters’ camps have confirmed that Kenny Florian will face Roger Huerta at UFC 87 on Aug. 9 in Minneapolis, Minn. Both fighters have received and are expected to sign their bout agreements.
Florian is just weeks removed from an impressive win against Joe Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 13 in Broomfield, Colo. The Boston lightweight has been rapidly climbing back to contender status since his loss to Sean Sherk for the lightweight title at UFC 64.
Florian knows his next shot at the lightweight belt is on the line.
"It's kind of rare when you get two guys who are positively number one and number two in the division that are actually going to fight to be the number one contender to fight for that belt later on," Florian told MMAWeekly.com. "I think it will be great for both of our careers, and it's the biggest fight you can put together in our division."
Huerta, who currently resides in Minnesota, exploded onto the scene in 2007 with five straight victories, most recently a come-from-behind win against Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 6 finale that was widely considered to be one of the best fights of 2007. The fight with Florian will be his first in nine months, part of a self-expressed desire to take time off following one of the busiest stretches in his career.
"He's a game opponent, and he's never going to quit," Florian said of Huerta's reputation. "It doesn't matter how tired he gets, he's gonna keep going, and those are the kind of guys that I want to fight. He's on a roll, he's very confident right now. And I like the kid. I know him personally. He's a good kid, and we get along great. He has a bright future, regardless of what happens in the fight with me."
The showdown will bolster a fight card that also touts another match-up with strong local interest between Minnesota native Brock Lesnar and former UFC heavyweight champion and Ohio State wrestler Mark Coleman.
Huerta was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.
went to sleep early to watch a live korean stream of the dream show...i'd forgotten about the crazy commercials!
great match between aoki and jz! the MW round one was ok. i'll have to watch it again, i was in a fog and my sleep pattern is all messed up again. ceg, i owe you a pm! davinci naps! haha
anyway, looks like it's pretty much official for august...huerta vs florian! what a fight!
no pit, no facebook, no phonecalls for 48 hours? i thought maybe you had had a nightmare about keebler elves that you hadn't told me about... they made cookies you know, not pretzels.
hehehe... welcome back! i feels like no one has been around for days! no J Bully either! :(
omg... i have a story to tell you about davinci naps, involving Zanne, Buckminster Fuller, and synchronicity.... "We are all one." isn't that the saying?
VAS-Y Roger!!
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
i feels like no one has been around for days! no J Bully either! :(
VAS-Y Roger!!
J Bully is back too! I've been working hard the past few days and finally crashed last night. But I am looking forward to an episode of ReleasHed and TUF tonight!
Miss you guys! Perhaps a rendezvous in Minneapolis is in order?
ps Mookie, I am still in awe of how you got ahold of Gray.
ehh, not the best TUF episode ever, particularly with the absence of Gray. :( Actually the fight just wasn't great.
ps. I miss the crap outta you two as well!
lol! i agree! the aforementioned synopsis made it out to be a much more exciting episode.... :rolleyes:
the fight was dull, and even Rampage's big "blow up" wasn't all that impressive.... he overturns one chair? and a parking sign? that's not even attached to the ground? c'mon!!!
i ended up sleeping through most of it.
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
8,000$ for GSP's shorts! :eek: i thought my bid of 7,000$ was going to take it...:D
i have been doing the "rock hammer", at least that's what my head was feeling like...nate quarry's new patented move from montreal, for neglecting you guys and the thread. :(
latest word on roger huerta, as he gets ready for kenny florian...i seem to remember jorge telling us that roger had been training with georges a bit, so this makes sense. great move for him! if he can combine his natural talent, his tenacity, and aggressiveness with a smart greg jackson gameplan...look out LW's!
HUERTA PLANS TO WORK AT TEAM JACKSON
Sunday, May 04, 2008
by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com
The list of fighters who have sought out training and gameplan master Greg Jackson continues to grow as Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender, Roger Huerta, is expected to travel to the camp’s home in New Mexico to help him prepare for his August match-up against Kenny Florian.
The news comes from camp leader Greg Jackson himself during an appearance on MMAWeekly Radio Friday night.
“He’s a really, really nice guy, great fighter, tons of heart,” said Jackson about Huerta. “He kind of mentioned that he would like to come down to New Mexico and try it out. Hopefully it will help everybody and everybody will win.”
Huerta saw Jackson’s coaching prowess when working alongside UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre as he helped out as a training partner preparing for his bout with Matt Serra.
Now it appears that Huerta will look to train with top fighters such as St. Pierre, Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine and others to get ready for what will likely be a #1 contender’s match against Florian in August.
Jackson has proven to be one of the top coaches in all of MMA and Huerta would be another in a long line of top fighters to work with the camp.
just watched the english version of the aoki vs. jz match fromDREAM 2 this morning. not nearly as fun as the korean broadcast, especially when one of the broadcasters was only familiar with a punch. i got more information from the korean show!
ceg and releash, i don't know if you remember me trying to describe to you the sakuraba entrance that he did in pride with the two other guys in masks coming to the ring with him...
anyway, he did it again the other night during the DREAM 2 MW tournament. this time, one guy was clearly not sakuraba...:D
oh, and the first four minutes is a japaneses promo that was the lead in to the match. feel free to skip that if you'd like. i did enjoy it, however, as it told a bit of a story of sakuraba driving to the match in his rolls royce and arriving at saitama super arena just as his match was starting.
...found this too. it's pretty good. a ten minute piece from pride decade on the story of sakuraba...
"...now let's see what happens..." tito wins with a powerful neck crank, that's what! ;D have to love the old goldberg and blatnick team.
yep, it should be an outstanding match if the two fighters you posted clips of show up at 84. such a contrast in styles!
i'm hoping to see more takedowns from the clinch in this one from tito. i think he has excellent takedowns from the clinch, but chooses to use the double leg more. he can be very effective with that, but i think lyoto could prove too elusive at times to get caught like that. if tito can pressure him into the fence and go for the takedown from there i think his style wins out. use his size and power advantage to set up an inside leg trip and let his weight carry machida down.
would you agree with tito winning this one on the ground, lbc? his stand up looked much improved aginst chuck and he's throwing his leg kicks with more confidence, but i don't know if he can offer enough to surprise machida on the feet. you never know...it's mma!
hey ceg and releash, we were just on tv! ...for a second.
when gray was being interviewed in that big purple chair, they panned the audience and you could see us just for a second. i guess it's a two parter, so when they've both aired, i'll try to get them downloaded.
i just woke up, so i missed the first few minutes. could have been more of us on there! haha
oh, and i'm pretty sure i was being blind again as it looks like jaime pressly was actually kim couture. although, i could have sworn there was two of them!
anyway, i think i see dana white out my window....:D
would you agree with tito winning this one on the ground, lbc? his stand up looked much improved aginst chuck and he's throwing his leg kicks with more confidence, but i don't know if he can offer enough to surprise machida on the feet. you never know...it's mma! \\
Hey Mook,
If Tito wins he is gonna have to do old school wrestling and GnP. i do think his stand up got a little better,so we will see. I am really looking forward to this fight as you can tell.
hey ceg and releash, we were just on tv! ...for a second.
when gray was being interviewed in that big purple chair, they panned the audience and you could see us just for a second. i guess it's a two parter, so when they've both aired, i'll try to get them downloaded.
i just woke up, so i missed the first few minutes. could have been more of us on there! haha
oh, and i'm pretty sure i was being blind again as it looks like jaime pressly was actually kim couture. although, i could have sworn there was two of them!
anyway, i think i see dana white out my window....:D
hahah... no way!!! that's too funny... mookie, it looks like your MMA superstardom is starting to rub off on ReleasH and I!!! What show was it on? a fight network thingy, i suppose...
that woman really looked like jaime pressly.... is Kim Randy's wife? it would make sense if it was her... i didn't realize she was also a fighter? that woman we saw was way too skinny to be a fighter.... hehehe...
it's not Dana White. it's just a bald guy in an Adidas jacket.
~~*~~ ...i surfaced and all of my being was enlightend... ~~*~~
Hey Mook,
If Tito wins he is gonna have to do old school wrestling and GnP. i do think his stand up got a little better,so we will see. I am really looking forward to this fight as you can tell.
indeed! i'm very interested to see how it plays out.
hahah... no way!!! that's too funny... mookie, it looks like your MMA superstardom is starting to rub off on ReleasH and I!!! What show was it on? a fight network thingy, i suppose...
that woman really looked like jaime pressly.... is Kim Randy's wife? it would make sense if it was her... i didn't realize she was also a fighter? that woman we saw was way too skinny to be a fighter.... hehehe...
it's not Dana White. it's just a bald guy in an Adidas jacket.
can't remember if i answered you on these ones...? hmmm...
anyway, it was part 1 of the ROUGH episode on the fight network, and yeah that was randy's wife, kim. looked nothing like her!
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yeah, evan liked the picture.
i'm still trying to sell him on the slogan...:D
...candygram...
hahaha! that one might be tough to explain, unless he's an old SNL fan!
still, that's makes me laugh, at least!
Experience paid off
April 21, 2008
by Jason MacDonald
sportsnet.ca
It was chaotic for me in Montreal. There were so many things to do; it was busy with all the activities and the media. I had friends who drove up from Nova Scotia, where I was born and raised, to see me and I didn't have a chance to talk to them.
It was busy afterward of course. You know it's funny, when you lose, your phone never rings. You go home and it's silent for days. When you win, though, your phone rings and everyone's calling your room and they want to do interviews. It's the nature of the business. My cell phone hasn't stopped ringing.
Joe Doerksen came over to our locker room after the fight and he apologized. He said I beat him the first time and I didn't need to give him a rematch and I did and he was grateful for that. And he said I beat him fair and square again, so we kind of buried the hatchet.
That's the good thing about mixed martial arts. You can have these heated rivalries but at the end of the training camp you get to fight each other and that puts an end to those rivalries. People often turn to fighting as the end of a conflict. In hockey, if people don't like each other they fight. They don't just walk around and stick each other. Fortunately, we're in the sport where we get to fight!
It ended there for us and I don't want anything more to do with that soap opera. Will Joe and I ever be buddies and go out for beer or be training partners? Probably not. But there's absolutely no bad blood between him and I anymore.
I said I wanted to go out there and dominate and I felt I did that for the most part. I had him in a submission early on where I thought I was going to finish him, but Doerksen's tough. He was able to hang in there and get out of that. And then he put me in a lot of trouble. Likewise, I called on my experience and was able to hang in there and then turn it around in the second round.
There was a point where I thought I was going to have to tap. My arm was about to either pop or my arm was going to either tear or break. I actually lifted my hand up and was going to tap. This happened very fast and your first instinct is just to tap because it feels like your arm is going to be ripped off. But I quickly told myself, "Just calm down and try to work yourself out of it." So I started to think my way out of it and was able to recover and get up and actually end the round on top throwing some punches. Had it maybe been two years ago and I wasn't as seasoned as I am, I probably would have tapped right away.
I felt good going into the second round and I wasn't at all tired and my cornermen Mark and Josh pointed out that Joe looked like he had spent a tremendous amount of energy trying to finish me off. I still felt really fresh so I was going to go out there and try to jump on him right away and finish him off fast.
It was crazy all the support I got from fans right from the weigh-ins, the walk out to the cage and then of course after the fight when I jumped on the fence and the crowd just went wild. And just all the attention from the fans on the street and at the stadium, it was really just spectacular. I couldn't imagine at this point in my life doing anything else. It's a dream come true.
I hope to carry some of this momentum into my next fight. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity to get right back in there maybe on the July card. I'd love to get a high-level fight to get myself toward that No. 1 contender spot. There are a ton of middleweights, and I'd love to fight any of those guys who are in the mix. Nate Quarry got a big win, Michael Bisping too.
I'll be spending the next few weeks helping Ryan Ford and one of my fighters, Evan Sanguin, prepare for their fights on the upcoming MFC card on May 9.
One more comment: I read the article in the Montreal Gazette the day after the event and it was horrible. I read a couple of things in the Montreal papers and it was some of the most horrible journalism I've ever read in my life. A one-sided opinion of a sport they have no knowledge of. It was appalling in my opinion, especially when Georges St-Pierre is supposed to be the pride and joy of Montreal, and Canada. That was the only disappointing thing.
http://www2.sportsnet.ca/blogs/jason_macdonald/2008/04/21/experience_paid_off/
Dream 2, April 29, 2008 - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - HDNet
MW Tournament, Round One:
Denis Kang Vs. Gegard Mousasi
Kazushi Sakuraba Vs. Andrews Nakahara
Kiyoshi Tamura Vs. Masakatsu Funaki
Ronaldo Jacare Vs. Ian Murphy
Zelg Galesic Vs. Magomed Sultanakhmadov
Dong Sik Yoon Vs. Shungo Oyama
Taiei Kin Vs. Ikuhisa Minowa
Non-Tournament bouts:
Gesias “JZ” Calvancante Vs. Shinya Aoki (Rematch of a No Contest from the LW Tournament.)
great match between aoki and jz! the MW round one was ok. i'll have to watch it again, i was in a fog and my sleep pattern is all messed up again. ceg, i owe you a pm!
anyway, looks like it's pretty much official for august...huerta vs florian! what a fight!
HUERTA TO FIGHT FLORIAN AT UFC 87
Monday, April 28, 2008
by Tom Hamlin - MMAWeekly.com
Sources from both fighters’ camps have confirmed that Kenny Florian will face Roger Huerta at UFC 87 on Aug. 9 in Minneapolis, Minn. Both fighters have received and are expected to sign their bout agreements.
Florian is just weeks removed from an impressive win against Joe Lauzon at UFC Fight Night 13 in Broomfield, Colo. The Boston lightweight has been rapidly climbing back to contender status since his loss to Sean Sherk for the lightweight title at UFC 64.
Florian knows his next shot at the lightweight belt is on the line.
"It's kind of rare when you get two guys who are positively number one and number two in the division that are actually going to fight to be the number one contender to fight for that belt later on," Florian told MMAWeekly.com. "I think it will be great for both of our careers, and it's the biggest fight you can put together in our division."
Huerta, who currently resides in Minnesota, exploded onto the scene in 2007 with five straight victories, most recently a come-from-behind win against Clay Guida at The Ultimate Fighter 6 finale that was widely considered to be one of the best fights of 2007. The fight with Florian will be his first in nine months, part of a self-expressed desire to take time off following one of the busiest stretches in his career.
"He's a game opponent, and he's never going to quit," Florian said of Huerta's reputation. "It doesn't matter how tired he gets, he's gonna keep going, and those are the kind of guys that I want to fight. He's on a roll, he's very confident right now. And I like the kid. I know him personally. He's a good kid, and we get along great. He has a bright future, regardless of what happens in the fight with me."
The showdown will bolster a fight card that also touts another match-up with strong local interest between Minnesota native Brock Lesnar and former UFC heavyweight champion and Ohio State wrestler Mark Coleman.
Huerta was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6174&zoneid=13
no pit, no facebook, no phonecalls for 48 hours? i thought maybe you had had a nightmare about keebler elves that you hadn't told me about... they made cookies you know, not pretzels.
hehehe... welcome back! i feels like no one has been around for days! no J Bully either! :(
omg... i have a story to tell you about davinci naps, involving Zanne, Buckminster Fuller, and synchronicity.... "We are all one." isn't that the saying?
VAS-Y Roger!!
J Bully is back too! I've been working hard the past few days and finally crashed last night. But I am looking forward to an episode of ReleasHed and TUF tonight!
Miss you guys! Perhaps a rendezvous in Minneapolis is in order?
ps Mookie, I am still in awe of how you got ahold of Gray.
i got an email today with a synopsis... but i won't post it, cuz i wouldn't want to spoil anything!
ps. i miss the crap outta you two.
I figured to be fair, I would post one of Machida's biggest wins. Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSi_ZBrOPK0
ehh, not the best TUF episode ever, particularly with the absence of Gray. :( Actually the fight just wasn't great.
ps. I miss the crap outta you two as well!
lol! i agree! the aforementioned synopsis made it out to be a much more exciting episode.... :rolleyes:
the fight was dull, and even Rampage's big "blow up" wasn't all that impressive.... he overturns one chair? and a parking sign? that's not even attached to the ground? c'mon!!!
i ended up sleeping through most of it.
http://ufc.auction.seenon.com/?pa=emUFC0045
I'll get to work on a GSP clone until Gray's or Roger's DNA comes up for auction!
http://www.mmapunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/arianny-celeste-3.jpg
8,000$ for GSP's shorts! :eek: i thought my bid of 7,000$ was going to take it...:D
i have been doing the "rock hammer", at least that's what my head was feeling like...nate quarry's new patented move from montreal, for neglecting you guys and the thread. :(
latest word on roger huerta, as he gets ready for kenny florian...i seem to remember jorge telling us that roger had been training with georges a bit, so this makes sense. great move for him! if he can combine his natural talent, his tenacity, and aggressiveness with a smart greg jackson gameplan...look out LW's!
HUERTA PLANS TO WORK AT TEAM JACKSON
Sunday, May 04, 2008
by Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com
The list of fighters who have sought out training and gameplan master Greg Jackson continues to grow as Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight contender, Roger Huerta, is expected to travel to the camp’s home in New Mexico to help him prepare for his August match-up against Kenny Florian.
The news comes from camp leader Greg Jackson himself during an appearance on MMAWeekly Radio Friday night.
“He’s a really, really nice guy, great fighter, tons of heart,” said Jackson about Huerta. “He kind of mentioned that he would like to come down to New Mexico and try it out. Hopefully it will help everybody and everybody will win.”
Huerta saw Jackson’s coaching prowess when working alongside UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre as he helped out as a training partner preparing for his bout with Matt Serra.
Now it appears that Huerta will look to train with top fighters such as St. Pierre, Rashad Evans, Keith Jardine and others to get ready for what will likely be a #1 contender’s match against Florian in August.
Jackson has proven to be one of the top coaches in all of MMA and Huerta would be another in a long line of top fighters to work with the camp.
http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=6206&zoneid=13
kamsa hamnida.
lyoto with an agressive style that we haven't really seen a lot in the UFC. good to see it again. thanks, lbc.
for some reason i always think of this fight taking place in a cage, rather than a ring. strange.
anyway, he did it again the other night during the DREAM 2 MW tournament. this time, one guy was clearly not sakuraba...:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A02tu0UrCiU&feature=related
oh, and the first four minutes is a japaneses promo that was the lead in to the match. feel free to skip that if you'd like.
...found this too. it's pretty good. a ten minute piece from pride decade on the story of sakuraba...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTxSGCRVsXQ
"...now let's see what happens..." tito wins with a powerful neck crank, that's what! ;D have to love the old goldberg and blatnick team.
yep, it should be an outstanding match if the two fighters you posted clips of show up at 84. such a contrast in styles!
i'm hoping to see more takedowns from the clinch in this one from tito. i think he has excellent takedowns from the clinch, but chooses to use the double leg more. he can be very effective with that, but i think lyoto could prove too elusive at times to get caught like that. if tito can pressure him into the fence and go for the takedown from there i think his style wins out. use his size and power advantage to set up an inside leg trip and let his weight carry machida down.
would you agree with tito winning this one on the ground, lbc? his stand up looked much improved aginst chuck and he's throwing his leg kicks with more confidence, but i don't know if he can offer enough to surprise machida on the feet. you never know...it's mma!
when gray was being interviewed in that big purple chair, they panned the audience and you could see us just for a second. i guess it's a two parter, so when they've both aired, i'll try to get them downloaded.
i just woke up, so i missed the first few minutes. could have been more of us on there! haha
oh, and i'm pretty sure i was being blind again as it looks like jaime pressly was actually kim couture.
anyway, i think i see dana white out my window....:D
Hey Mook,
If Tito wins he is gonna have to do old school wrestling and GnP. i do think his stand up got a little better,so we will see. I am really looking forward to this fight as you can tell.
hahah... no way!!! that's too funny... mookie, it looks like your MMA superstardom is starting to rub off on ReleasH and I!!!
that woman really looked like jaime pressly.... is Kim Randy's wife? it would make sense if it was her... i didn't realize she was also a fighter? that woman we saw was way too skinny to be a fighter.... hehehe...
it's not Dana White. it's just a bald guy in an Adidas jacket.
indeed!
can't remember if i answered you on these ones...? hmmm...
anyway, it was part 1 of the ROUGH episode on the fight network, and yeah that was randy's wife, kim. looked nothing like her!
...oh, and you were right. not dana white...:D
awsome, i don't think this is how tito and him will go down, i see that being finished on the ground. Great vid, thanks
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