UFC 78: Michael Bisping Vs. Rashad Evans / TUF: Team Hughes Vs. Team Serra

civ_eng_girl wrote:

wow! sounds like it's come a long way over the the last fourteen years!!

pretty brutal in the beginning though! :eek: teeth flying? head stomping? yikes! mook, had i been in that stinky common room with you, i would've sat you on my lap and hid behind you! (just for the record, that's the way i 'watched' the Excorsist at my friend's 13th birthday party )

how was the countdown show? i was going to check it out, but it wasn't on until midnight!

edit: for math...

yes, fourteen...either i was thinking my first year, 1992, or i just realized my degree is useless... wait...i already figured that out when i graduated!

yeah, the first show was quite a mess in terms of production and overall control of the event. the announcers had no idea what was going on, the "referee" didn't know what he was doing, and neither did most of the fighters! pretty sloppy stuff other than gracie and shamrock.

the countdown show wasn't too bad. the first half was a bit repetitive as they'd done features on bisping and evans before. the second part was good because it showed a look into houston alexander's training camp and thiago silva's training at chute boxe in brazil. there was actually less talk from dana and joe, and i don't think they had anyone else on giving their opnions either so that was nice for a change.

...if only i had pics of that lounge...ewww...actually i'm happy i don't have pics to show you because it was scary like the exorcist...haha

civ_eng_girl wrote:

haha... yes... the boys' floors really were distinctly more disgusting than the girls'... we only used our common room to watch Y&R and 90210...

can't wait for TUF tonight!! it's going to be so good! is the first fight tonight? or are we only picking?

vas-y MAC!

hahaha 90210! ...i had to laugh when you said that because it just reminded me of this guy i used to work with. big guy, never thought he would like 90210, but we'd get off work at the bar around 4:30 a.m. or so and if we were running late, he'd start yelling 90210...i have to get home to see 90210, as it was on re-runs at 5 a.m. anyway....to get back on track...

i always noticed that any of the girls' lounges we went to smelled clean and there were no chicken wings or cig butts on the floor. i thought they were customary, considering ours was the first i'd seen.

as far as i know, there's a fight tonight. it should be the first quarter final after the selections. most seasons, if i recall correctly, they've shown two fights in one episode but that usually happens after the fight selection episode. my preview on the tv says "team serra is forced to make a tough decision" so i'm not sure what kind of crap dana tries to pull...we shall see. in the preview it shows dana saying something during the fight announcements and hughes is smiling, so i wonder if there was some "catch" to picking the quarters that he didn't tell serra about. hmm...it should be a good episode tonight in any case!

i'm starting to read more and more rumours that one of the quarter finalists gets kicked off the show this year for the fight they showed in the original preview for the season. it looked like jared and war machine to me, but they're not quarter finalists, so i don't know how much truth there is to the rumour.

we shall see...i'm thinking mac vs. richie hightower is the first match...:D

they're showing frankie edgar vs. tyson griffin on releashed (unleashed ) in 20 minutes!! sweet! one of the best fights of last year.

civ_eng_girl wrote:

that's for sure!

I'm disappointed that we won't get to see George vs. Mac... well... not until the finals, that is!

yeah, while i was watching it i was thinking...c'mon hughes...you know you'd do that!

definitely too bad about no george vs. mac yet, but as you said it would make for a heck of a final.

civ_eng_girl wrote:

LMAO!

"If anyone moves my f***ing hummingbird feeder again, heads are going to roll!"

not something you hear someone say often, eh?

ten minutes left, so it looks like we might get a round and a half or maybe two?

civ_eng_girl wrote:

nope!! i guess not!

Mac's takedown defence is amazing!! VASY MAC!!

feel bad for Johnny though... he's a cutie...

yeah, less than one. :( i knew i would feel bad for one of them by the end. both seem like very good guys.

great performance from mac. john worked way too hard for a takedown and mac stayed so busy with elbows and punches that john was just spent. he should have been more confident with his stand up because he was landing some nice body kicks in the beginning. sometimes you freeze up, i guess...probably moreso when you know you're fighting a very good fighter like mac.

nice speech and edit to the hummingbird at the end.

he had some good lines in this show. i respect his outlook on life and that he's able to admit when he's been at fault or treated someone poorly and apologize for it. being in that house would make anyone a little grumpy!

have a good one, ceg.

+1 about the bbq.