UFC 90

Tomorrow night's card inChicago looks promising. Dana White I don't mind handing you $45 for this one, especially after last weeks freebie... Thats almost like buy 1 get1 free!
I discussed Silva-Cote earlier this week and I think the general consensus is Anderson Silva will retain his title, no problem. In addition to the middleweight title fight, there are some really interesting fights to be televised.
Josh Koscheck vs Thiago Alves - Koscheck stepped in once Diego Sanchez was injured, Kos is to fight again in Dec 10 making 4 fights in 9 months! The winner of this fight, should get a title shot.
Gray Maynard vs Rich Clementi-I think this one will be a good one. Gray is like a machine, and Rich is a seasoned vet.
Fabricio Werdum vs Dos Santos- Size wise these guys are well matched, anxious to see Santos' performance as he trains with Anderson Silva.
Sean Sherk vs Tyson Griffin-Here we go, the match ups I like. Solid Strikers with INCREDIBLE ground game. Sherk is coming off of a suspension due to a banned substance and a loss to BJ Penn. I think this could be Fight of the Night, and I see this one coming down to points,possibly a split decision.

Be sure to check back late Saturday or early Suunday for posted results.


I read a great article over at Elite FTS posted by Jude Hackett a fighter out of Alabama
Its really insightful, check it out
http://www.elitefts.com/documents/powerlifting_to_mma.htm

Kimbo Slice in UFC?

With The ELITE XC filing bankruptcy, it has left several notable fighters( Robbie Lawler, Jake Sheilds, Gina Carano) as well as the much hyped, internet sensation Kimbo Slice, unemployed and looking for work. Seems that once again the Kimbo question has been raised to Dana White.
Check out the article below from USA TODAY...

By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, has said that EliteXC headliner Kimbo Slice couldn't even compete with the UFC's entry-level mixed martial artists on Spike TV's reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.
After watching the former backyard brawler get beaten in 14 seconds by Seth Petruzelli on CBS' third EliteXC Saturday Night Fights telecast this weekend, White says the only way Slice will get into the UFC is by starting at the bottom.
"I think you're going to see him fighting at barbecues again," said White about the former YouTube sensation during a party here launching Viking Studio's new book Fighter: The Fighters of the UFC. (The collection of black and white photos of fighters such as Chuck Liddell and Matt Serra by Coach creative chief Reed Krakoff goes on sale Oct. 16).
If Slice wants a place in the he UFC, he'd to have to earn it by beating the other entry-level contenders on Ultimate Fighter.
"I wasn't going to offer Kimbo Slice a chance to fight in the UFC — but a chance to fight his way on to Ultimate Fighter. If you want to be in the UFC, go do the reality show," said White.

What are your thoughts on Kimbo? Is he legit? Sould he try out for TUF?

Getting this ball rolling

Well what did you all think of the fights last night? For those of you that missed them I will post the results at the bottom of this post. I saw alot of standup fighting, which is something I think they have in mind when matchmaking for these free fights...show alot of big punches and generate a buzz of excitement.

I think there will be a decent amount of standup in this Saturdays main event, Anderson Silva vs Patrick Cote. I don't know Cote's strategy but I would be leary in standing and trading blows with Silva-his Muay Thai is incredible(great range, great clinch,nasty knees) as many of his opponents know first hand. His jiu jitsu is solid too, in fact the only(and this is extremely subjective) strategy may be to use wrestling to gain position. I know this is Anderson Silva we are talking about and this guy really is no joke.

I just wouldn't use Dan Henderson's strategy, wherein he didn't control the pace and allowed himself to stand and trade blows with "The Spider" as opposed to using his Olympic level wrestling talent to control the tempo. Again this is Anderson Silva and with no flaws to expose, its difficult to say how ANYONE could pull off an upset.



On another note, I have bounced back from the torn adductor/pelvic stress injury. 90 days of no activity(other than therapy), while enjoyable from a relaxation point of view(hypothetically due to the birth of our son halfway through)-has left me incredibly detrained. I might even go so far as to say out of shape! I started up the Prison Workout from here http://trinitytraining.blogspot.com/ last week and couldn't be happier.

The WOD are reminiscent of my past experience with Crossfit metcons. I do think the beauty of these workouts for almost all people(let's face it elite level athletes only make up a fraction of the world's population) is the simplicity of exercises, need for elaborate equipment(or a gym for that matter) and commitment of time required. Saturday I spent more time warming up than executing the WOD! I love this workout and the time it allows me to spend with my wife and 6 week old son.

Here are the results from UFC 89 like I promised
Per Eklund beat Samy Schiavo by third-round submission (rear-naked choke)Jim Miller beat David Baron by third-round submission (rear naked choke)Terry Etim beat Sam Stout by unanimous decisionDavid Bielkheden beat Jess Liaudin by unanimous decisionShane Carwin beat Neil Wain by first-round TKO (strikes)Dan Hardy beat Akihiro Gono by split decisionMarcus Davis beat Paul Kelly by second-round submission (guillotine)Chris Lytle beat Paul Taylor by unanimous decisionLuis Cane beat Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou by second-round TKO (strikes) Keith Jardine beats Brandon Vera by split decisionMichael Bisping beat Chris Leben by unanimous decision

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