Posts Tagged ‘UFC’

UFC 100 was this past weekend and was billed in many circles as potentially one of the biggest shows in UFC history. It got tons of attention, probably more than most UFC shows. ESPN was all over this one, and that happens for like 2 UFC shows a year. Two Title fights on the card, so, yeah.

I think the only way of describing the end result is a bit of a let down. It started out solid, but the Championship fights just weren’t enough for me. This analysis is going to be kind of weak running into the final point, so, if you want much better UFC 100 analysis, here is a blog I recommend, nothing up as of this writing, but I like that place for UFC stuff.

In terms of the two Title fights…both were dominant by the Champions. Georges St-Pierre defeated Thiago Alves for GSPs belt. St-Pierre dominated this thing. It went 25 minutes, 5 rounds of 5 minutes, and simply didn’t bring much to the table in terms of competitive drama. Marveling at how good St-Pierre is only gets you so far.

The other Title fight saw two heavyweights slowly get out of 1 five minute round and ended in the 2nd. It was one guy lying on top of the other for most of this thing.

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Yahoo broke an “exclusive” yesterday about Mixed Martial Arts brawler Kimbo Slice.

In their first exclusive not having to do with Reggie Bush or the USC Trojans Football Program, Yahoo announced that Kimbo Slice would be on the next season of UFCs Ultimate Fighter. Ultimate Fighter is the reality show where, blah blah blah, dudes fight. Kimbo holds the distinction in fighting in the most watched MMA match with the now gone EliteXC company that held primetime shows on CBS.

The UFC President apparently thinks this dude is awful and the UFC President is known for calling people names and trying to stir up controversy. So, hopefully the same will happen with Kimbo, because that could certainly get interesting.
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