I didn't catch the fight last weekend mainly cause I'm poor and have no interest in watching Rashad beat Tito. Kinda glad too cause I missed the whole "Wardrobe Malfunction" that occurred. More people are talking about the Golden Glory fighters being let go by Zuffa then the card itself, now there's definitely some juicy politics involved in that one. I could put on my conspiracy theory hat but then you would have to read 3 whole pages of crap to what would amount to "I have no fucking clue why this is happening".
Fedor being let go from Strikeforce is a big hit (for Fedor mainly). I know Fedor has ties to M-1 but unless M-1 actually promotes some big fights with big star fighters, it's basically "the Fedor League" and honestly the perception of American fans, is we don't even consider it a league, just Fedor's management. Maybe business wise it's smart for Fedor to stay with M-1 but for his fight career, it hurts it. It's one thing being beaten in a top league but what if Fedor fights a nobody and gets defeated? I personally don't want to see that, Fedor shouldn't be a stepping stone for up and comers, he earned the right to fight names just like Chuck Liddell earned the right to go out fighting top guys and not scrubs. It's a shame too cause everything was looking so promising after the Zuffa merger for Strikeforce but now they've lost 2 of their big name heavyweights and the female division (which according to Dana White doesn't have enough fighters) looses a top contender.... and what did Strikeforce gain from this? Keith Jardine..... well someone got shafted in this deal.
Obligatory source links
Fedor gets cut from Strikeforcce
Bas Rutten's thoughts on Golden Glory Vs Zuffa
Now for some OMMA stuff that happened over the weekend. Well I'm back at editing videos again, did a little promo for them
The cards I was involved in
Ultimate Combat 11 "To Hell and Back"
Bushido 32 "Silva vs Burns II"
Strikers' Challenge 9 "One Ring to Rule Them All"
My CAF Arnold did a little interview for "The voice vs." before he defended his belt, check it out here
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Cooking with Booze
Back from the dead as it were, enjoy everyone. I actually tried making these..... didn't turn out so well for me (huge mess) but they were delicious.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Post Strikeforce/M1-Global Fedor vs Hendo
For those that don't know, Fedor was Ko'ed on Saturday by Dan Henderson and it's created a ton of controversy from Fedor fans and Fedor haters as to whether the fight was stopped too early by Herb Dean. Personally, I believe Herb Dean made the right call. I mean Fedor was limp, there is no denying this. Herb doesn't have the benefit of instant replays and multiple camera angles, he has to make a split second decision based on the safety of the athlete. I watched the fight multiple times and yes, on the replay it looks like Fedor turns to Dan and recovers but that's easy for someone like me to notice in the comfort of my own home with the benefit of rewind but in the moment when you are the only official in the cage and all eyes are looking at you to arbitrate the fight, you have to err on the side of caution. We don't know if Fedor was mentally sound enough to defend himself from Dan's ground and pound to survive the round or if Dan would have caved in his face, those are hypothetical and I don't tend to dwell on those too much.
I think a good deal of the anger that has come from the stoppage was that the fans just wanted to see round 2. I mean round 1 was electrifying with both guys suffering big close calls. Remember, Dan was in trouble right before the KO happens and before that Dan was landing some shots. The pendulum of momentum was swinging both ways that night, it just happened to stop in favor of Dan.
Now there's questions about Fedor's future in the sport and I wouldn't mind him retiring now however this is also a sport where people are practically one fight away from a belt or number one contender spot. Look at Tito Ortiz, most including myself believed him to be done but he gets one win and is now given a number 1 contender fight against Rashad. If Fedor does choose to keep fighting, I believe his career is better off if he left M1-Global and just go into the UFC. You never know, he could win one fight and due to injuries plaguing the roster, get a shot at a title or number 1 contender fight (just like Tito).
It's a shame Dan's win over Fedor has to be plagued by this early stoppage debate but it is was it is.
As for the whole card, it wasn't too bad. Most fights went how I thought they would go but there are some highlights.
SCOTT SMITH vs TAREC SAFFIEDINE- Smith looked like he had nothing left in round 3 and who can blame him when Saffiedine outclasses him in the stand up completely. I'm not liking this welterweight version of Smith, so far he hasn't been performing very well lately.
PAUL DALEY vs TYRON WOODLEY- I'm really impressed that Daley was able to starve off the takedown in round 1 and later on in the fight was almost able to get a gogoplatta. That shows he's been working on his weaknesses(ground game). Woodley looked like he was tired in round 3 which is something I wasn't expecting. The fight wasn't as one sided as I expected but it still ended with Woodley winning.
ROBBIE LAWLER vs TIM KENNEDY- Lawler was dissapointed at the decision but seriously he only landed 1 big blow which was the uppercut that broke Kennedy's nose. Rather then press Kennedy in round 3 (takedowns be damned) he just let Kennedy grab him and stall. Lawler had a chance here to take out a Tim Kennedy without his greatest asset, cardio. Kennedy didn't have a full camp for this fight and after round 2 couldn't breath through his nose but instead has to forcibly breath through his mouth guard, Lawler didn't press this weakness. Kennedy was looking a little sloppy in the stand up department but he was still able to turn this fight into a grappling contest which despite the booing in the crowd and some people thinking Kennedy was fighting cowardly (typical meathead reaction) he won. There's a difference between fear and caution, I'm not afraid of fire but I wouldn't stand in the middle of a bonfire. I just think it's ignorant to call a former war veteran who's been in firefights and stepping into the cage against someone with 15 KO's "afraid of getting knocked out". I'm sure the majority of MMA fans understand why Kennedy fought that way, it's just too bad the morons (who tend to be the loudest) have to shout BS during a live fight and make their opinions known in comments and message boards. That's Ok, cause most of the negative comments I've read about Kennedy seem to be coming from people with the spelling skill and intelligence of a kindergartner.
MARLOES COENEN vs MIESHA TATE - Fight of the night in my opinion. Coenen didn't get um... what's the correct term for this, womanhandled? like she did with Liz and fought a very competitive grappling match with Tate. Tate won round one but Coenen won round 2 and it went back and forth. Lots of reversals and for the few moments it was standing Coenen was landing some good straights. Congratulations to Tate on the sub victory, it's always an accomplishment to submit a submission master.
FEDOR EMELIANENKO vs DAN HENDERSON- I've basically covered this earlier but it did feel like the fight ended before it even really got started which is a shame but that's the fight game, it wouldn't be exciting if the unexpected didn't happen and I guess it wouldn't be as fun if people didn't have something to argue about on the internet the next day.
I think a good deal of the anger that has come from the stoppage was that the fans just wanted to see round 2. I mean round 1 was electrifying with both guys suffering big close calls. Remember, Dan was in trouble right before the KO happens and before that Dan was landing some shots. The pendulum of momentum was swinging both ways that night, it just happened to stop in favor of Dan.
Now there's questions about Fedor's future in the sport and I wouldn't mind him retiring now however this is also a sport where people are practically one fight away from a belt or number one contender spot. Look at Tito Ortiz, most including myself believed him to be done but he gets one win and is now given a number 1 contender fight against Rashad. If Fedor does choose to keep fighting, I believe his career is better off if he left M1-Global and just go into the UFC. You never know, he could win one fight and due to injuries plaguing the roster, get a shot at a title or number 1 contender fight (just like Tito).
It's a shame Dan's win over Fedor has to be plagued by this early stoppage debate but it is was it is.
As for the whole card, it wasn't too bad. Most fights went how I thought they would go but there are some highlights.
SCOTT SMITH vs TAREC SAFFIEDINE- Smith looked like he had nothing left in round 3 and who can blame him when Saffiedine outclasses him in the stand up completely. I'm not liking this welterweight version of Smith, so far he hasn't been performing very well lately.
PAUL DALEY vs TYRON WOODLEY- I'm really impressed that Daley was able to starve off the takedown in round 1 and later on in the fight was almost able to get a gogoplatta. That shows he's been working on his weaknesses(ground game). Woodley looked like he was tired in round 3 which is something I wasn't expecting. The fight wasn't as one sided as I expected but it still ended with Woodley winning.
ROBBIE LAWLER vs TIM KENNEDY- Lawler was dissapointed at the decision but seriously he only landed 1 big blow which was the uppercut that broke Kennedy's nose. Rather then press Kennedy in round 3 (takedowns be damned) he just let Kennedy grab him and stall. Lawler had a chance here to take out a Tim Kennedy without his greatest asset, cardio. Kennedy didn't have a full camp for this fight and after round 2 couldn't breath through his nose but instead has to forcibly breath through his mouth guard, Lawler didn't press this weakness. Kennedy was looking a little sloppy in the stand up department but he was still able to turn this fight into a grappling contest which despite the booing in the crowd and some people thinking Kennedy was fighting cowardly (typical meathead reaction) he won. There's a difference between fear and caution, I'm not afraid of fire but I wouldn't stand in the middle of a bonfire. I just think it's ignorant to call a former war veteran who's been in firefights and stepping into the cage against someone with 15 KO's "afraid of getting knocked out". I'm sure the majority of MMA fans understand why Kennedy fought that way, it's just too bad the morons (who tend to be the loudest) have to shout BS during a live fight and make their opinions known in comments and message boards. That's Ok, cause most of the negative comments I've read about Kennedy seem to be coming from people with the spelling skill and intelligence of a kindergartner.
MARLOES COENEN vs MIESHA TATE - Fight of the night in my opinion. Coenen didn't get um... what's the correct term for this, womanhandled? like she did with Liz and fought a very competitive grappling match with Tate. Tate won round one but Coenen won round 2 and it went back and forth. Lots of reversals and for the few moments it was standing Coenen was landing some good straights. Congratulations to Tate on the sub victory, it's always an accomplishment to submit a submission master.
FEDOR EMELIANENKO vs DAN HENDERSON- I've basically covered this earlier but it did feel like the fight ended before it even really got started which is a shame but that's the fight game, it wouldn't be exciting if the unexpected didn't happen and I guess it wouldn't be as fun if people didn't have something to argue about on the internet the next day.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Fedor Vs Hendo Tonight
Well in case it somehow slipped your mind, two MMA legends are duking it out tonight in a terrific card. If you have showtime it's definitely a must watch, there were rumors this matchup was going to be PPV but thanks the powers that be it isn't.
Strikeforce Fedor Vs Hendo
FEDOR EMELIANENKO vs DAN HENDERSON - I believe this is going to be a catchweight fight since Dan Henderson doesn't have the Light Heavyweight belt on the line. The advantage to this fight goes to Fedor, for the first time in a long time he's actually the bigger man in the cage and he's younger. I would also argue that Fedor fought tougher guys in Strikeforce then Dan. That doesn't mean Dan should be counted out either, Dan has his super right hand and his greco-roman clinch game to fall back on. There are rumors that who ever loses this fight is going to be cut but I believe this fight is more do or die for Fedor then it is for Dan. If Fedor looses to Dan, then I can see Strikeforce cutting him or Fedor takes a big pay cut. I don't however see Dan getting cut even if he looses simply cause Dan is a bigger star in American MMA and can still bring in the crowds.
MARLOES COENEN vs MIESHA TATE - This will be Coenen's 2nd title defense and 3rd title fight overall but many feel that she was run over by Liz in her last fight and pulled a hail Mary submission so she's coming in as the underdog. Tate is a power wrestler and she's looking to do exactly what Liz did to Coenen but people forget, Coenen has now fought 2 power grapplers and submitted them, it's possible that Coenen is a submission machine off her back and the bane of every wrestler. If Coenen Submits Tate in this fight then there can be no doubt that she deserves the belt and no one should attempt to ground and pound her again for fear of the subs. If the fight is to remain standing, I think Coenen will be the better technical striker but Tate does have the ability to land one solid punch to end the fight. I know one thing though, if Tate get's full mount it's over, unlike Liz, I'm sure Tate can deliver some devastation from that position.
ROBBIE LAWLER vs TIM KENNEDY - Lawler is going to have to knock out Kennedy in the first minute of the round or else he's going to end up on his back for the rest of the fight. Kennedy has terrific takedowns and cardio, there's no quit in the man. Lawler on the other hand has shown that if you take him down and stay on top, he eventually gets frustrated and gives up. Souza showed this in his title fight with Lawler and Kennedy has better takedowns then Souza so unless Lawler shows a CroCop like takedown defense I don't see him winning this.
PAUL DALEY vs TYRON WOODLEY - Daley was once the number one contender in the UFC till Koscheck beat him and insulted every fiber of his being. Woodley is a Strikeforce:challengers superstar and if he wins this fight, a big name in the organization (he sorta is now but like Jon Jones, I'll believe the hype when fights a name). I think if Woodley takes down Daley, he's got this fight in the bag, in fact, I'm sure Woodley can easily take down Daley and dominate him on the ground. If Woodley wants to make a statement however, he could keep it standing and show off his striking game but I wouldn't risk it against Daley, the guy has power but it all goes away on the ground.
SCOTT SMITH vs TAREC SAFFIEDINE - This will be a huge test for Saffiedine cause to stop Smith, you need to knock him out cold, not rock him or daze him but make sure he falls limp to the canvas or else Smith's Critical hit factor along with his high luck stats will win the day. Granted Saffiedine could try to decision Smith but as history has shown, Smith is a wildcard fighter if there ever was one and you don't want to go the distance with someone like that. I see this as do or die for Smith, less he falls down to Strikeforce Challengers and this is Saffiedine's way out of Strikeforce Challengers. Both guys are fighting for the future of their careers, one wants to remain a named fighter and other is looking to establish his name.
OnlineMMA
I didn't post these last week cause I wanted to have a more substantial article for the blog then just another OMMA post but here's the fights I was in the last 2 weeks.
Bushido:
Bushido 29 "Invincible"
Bushido 30 "No Fear"
My Bushido CAFs
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Ray Burns
Ultimate Combat:
Ultimate Combat 9"Capital Carnage"
Ultimate Combat 10"Supremacy"
My Ultimate Combat CAFs
Ultimate Warrior
Kevin Smith
Jason Mewes
Strikers Challenge:
Strikers Challenge 6 "Only the Strong Survive"
Strikers Challenge 7 "MegaFight"
My Striker's Challenge CAFs
Charlie Sheen
Bert Castro
For those who were keeping track of my guys and are wondering why they got shuffled around the leagues. Here's a press release explaining it
Strikeforce Fedor Vs Hendo
FEDOR EMELIANENKO vs DAN HENDERSON - I believe this is going to be a catchweight fight since Dan Henderson doesn't have the Light Heavyweight belt on the line. The advantage to this fight goes to Fedor, for the first time in a long time he's actually the bigger man in the cage and he's younger. I would also argue that Fedor fought tougher guys in Strikeforce then Dan. That doesn't mean Dan should be counted out either, Dan has his super right hand and his greco-roman clinch game to fall back on. There are rumors that who ever loses this fight is going to be cut but I believe this fight is more do or die for Fedor then it is for Dan. If Fedor looses to Dan, then I can see Strikeforce cutting him or Fedor takes a big pay cut. I don't however see Dan getting cut even if he looses simply cause Dan is a bigger star in American MMA and can still bring in the crowds.
MARLOES COENEN vs MIESHA TATE - This will be Coenen's 2nd title defense and 3rd title fight overall but many feel that she was run over by Liz in her last fight and pulled a hail Mary submission so she's coming in as the underdog. Tate is a power wrestler and she's looking to do exactly what Liz did to Coenen but people forget, Coenen has now fought 2 power grapplers and submitted them, it's possible that Coenen is a submission machine off her back and the bane of every wrestler. If Coenen Submits Tate in this fight then there can be no doubt that she deserves the belt and no one should attempt to ground and pound her again for fear of the subs. If the fight is to remain standing, I think Coenen will be the better technical striker but Tate does have the ability to land one solid punch to end the fight. I know one thing though, if Tate get's full mount it's over, unlike Liz, I'm sure Tate can deliver some devastation from that position.
ROBBIE LAWLER vs TIM KENNEDY - Lawler is going to have to knock out Kennedy in the first minute of the round or else he's going to end up on his back for the rest of the fight. Kennedy has terrific takedowns and cardio, there's no quit in the man. Lawler on the other hand has shown that if you take him down and stay on top, he eventually gets frustrated and gives up. Souza showed this in his title fight with Lawler and Kennedy has better takedowns then Souza so unless Lawler shows a CroCop like takedown defense I don't see him winning this.
PAUL DALEY vs TYRON WOODLEY - Daley was once the number one contender in the UFC till Koscheck beat him and insulted every fiber of his being. Woodley is a Strikeforce:challengers superstar and if he wins this fight, a big name in the organization (he sorta is now but like Jon Jones, I'll believe the hype when fights a name). I think if Woodley takes down Daley, he's got this fight in the bag, in fact, I'm sure Woodley can easily take down Daley and dominate him on the ground. If Woodley wants to make a statement however, he could keep it standing and show off his striking game but I wouldn't risk it against Daley, the guy has power but it all goes away on the ground.
SCOTT SMITH vs TAREC SAFFIEDINE - This will be a huge test for Saffiedine cause to stop Smith, you need to knock him out cold, not rock him or daze him but make sure he falls limp to the canvas or else Smith's Critical hit factor along with his high luck stats will win the day. Granted Saffiedine could try to decision Smith but as history has shown, Smith is a wildcard fighter if there ever was one and you don't want to go the distance with someone like that. I see this as do or die for Smith, less he falls down to Strikeforce Challengers and this is Saffiedine's way out of Strikeforce Challengers. Both guys are fighting for the future of their careers, one wants to remain a named fighter and other is looking to establish his name.
OnlineMMA
I didn't post these last week cause I wanted to have a more substantial article for the blog then just another OMMA post but here's the fights I was in the last 2 weeks.
Bushido:
Bushido 29 "Invincible"
Bushido 30 "No Fear"
My Bushido CAFs
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Sylvester Stallone
Ray Burns
Ultimate Combat:
Ultimate Combat 9"Capital Carnage"
Ultimate Combat 10"Supremacy"
My Ultimate Combat CAFs
Ultimate Warrior
Kevin Smith
Jason Mewes
Strikers Challenge:
Strikers Challenge 6 "Only the Strong Survive"
Strikers Challenge 7 "MegaFight"
My Striker's Challenge CAFs
Charlie Sheen
Bert Castro
For those who were keeping track of my guys and are wondering why they got shuffled around the leagues. Here's a press release explaining it
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
OMMA post
Righto, you know the drill, here's the fights I had last weekend in OMMA
Bushido:
Sylvester Stallone vs Roland Pavlinsky (LHW)
Rick Bowman vs Arnold Schwarzenegger (HW championship)
Strikers Challenge (Kickboxing):
Hugh Garrett vs Charlie Sheen (LHW, sheen got fat)
Some guys have "let's plays" I guess I have "Let's fights".
For those that enjoy humor here's some fun stuff involving MMA.
Seanbaby wrote a MMA article a while back, seems he thought the Thiago vs Vera fight was lol worthy as well.
SB's MMA article page 1
SB's MMA article page 2
Bushido:
Sylvester Stallone vs Roland Pavlinsky (LHW)
Rick Bowman vs Arnold Schwarzenegger (HW championship)
Strikers Challenge (Kickboxing):
Hugh Garrett vs Charlie Sheen (LHW, sheen got fat)
Some guys have "let's plays" I guess I have "Let's fights".
For those that enjoy humor here's some fun stuff involving MMA.
Seanbaby wrote a MMA article a while back, seems he thought the Thiago vs Vera fight was lol worthy as well.
SB's MMA article page 1
SB's MMA article page 2
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Another OMMA post
Yeah I know, this site is starting to be more about videogame MMA then about real MMA. I'll get back to work on articles and videos about MMA when I'm not so busy with other things. I really want to do something for the Fedor vs Hendo fight later this month whether it's just an article or I do a video of just the main event but with Summer comes more distractions, maybe during the winter months I'll be more active.
Either way here's the OMMA fights I was in last weekend.
Fight Force
Eli Leo vs Kevin Smith (LHW Championship)
Bushido
Greg Crawford vs Charlie Sheen (WW Championship)
Ultimate Combat
Ultimate Warrior vs Eli Kang(HW)
Ricco Fernandez vs Bert Castro (MW)
EA had their live broadcast yesterday and it was a pretty good one since it was all CAFs and there was only 1 no show.
Stikforce 3.1 Scars and Stripes
Stikforce 3.2 Scars and Stripes
The stand out fights for me were
Doctor Knockout vs Smoke Em- DK showed patience and resilience in the first round when he was mounted. Most people who play this game knows that mount is a death sentence but DK kept in there and waited for Smoke Em to make a mistake which he eventually did. Smoke unlike NRG was trying to finish while in mount and when he had DK's back, he just couldn't do enough damage through DK's block and didn't have a sub to put the nail in the coffin. Don't know if Smoke rage quit at the end of round 2 but it looked like momentum was in DK's favor at the end of the 2nd round anyways, sucks cause I really wanted to see what would happen in round 3. Fight of the Night.
Doctor Agee vs q TaKe NOtEz p- This was a back and fourth slug fest ala Pat Barry vs Cheick Kongo, good title fight, in fact I give this KO of the night.
Afrokiwi91 VS MMA Bless- This gets sub of the night. I've noticed more people using the boxer specialty and doing the kneebar sub and getting it. Bless seems to have built his guy as a boxer with subs since 89 subs means he's maxed out all his subs as a boxer. It'll be interesting to see if this isn't overpowered when it comes to leg subs cause if guys are getting the kneebar with 89 sub rating against guys with 95+ grapple defense, then it's overpowered and needs to be patched pronto cause why play as a Sambo fighter when a boxer seems to be better on the ground and can get leg subs with their 89 stat vs the sambo's 100 leg stat. I'm hoping it isn't overpowered and that Bless is just really good at the sub mini-game.
bladeflyer94 VS chinowales- This fight really confuses me cause I have no idea why it didn't' end in round 1. Many mistakes were made on the ground, for instance Chinowales could have uses a major transition in round 1 when he had Blade's stamina drained to achieve full mount but he didn't, he just stayed in half guard and pounded away doing minimal damage since Blade could just block and didn't have to worry about being KOed. In round 3 when Chino gets the slam and ends up in side control he could have majored to full mount postured up since having no stamina gives the other fighter a free pass. This means that either the 2 fighters made some kinda agreement not to go to the mount or they lack the knowledge of how the ground game works. I sure hope it's the latter cause I'm not very interested in watching scripted fights or special rules fight on the live broadcast, this is EA MMA not EA Pro Wrestling. I'll give the 2 the benefit of the doubt and just chalk it up to nerves or lag for the reason why the ground game wasn't used for a finish by Chinowales (screwed him in the end since he looses the decision).
Either way here's the OMMA fights I was in last weekend.
Fight Force
Eli Leo vs Kevin Smith (LHW Championship)
Bushido
Greg Crawford vs Charlie Sheen (WW Championship)
Ultimate Combat
Ultimate Warrior vs Eli Kang(HW)
Ricco Fernandez vs Bert Castro (MW)
EA had their live broadcast yesterday and it was a pretty good one since it was all CAFs and there was only 1 no show.
Stikforce 3.1 Scars and Stripes
Stikforce 3.2 Scars and Stripes
The stand out fights for me were
Doctor Knockout vs Smoke Em- DK showed patience and resilience in the first round when he was mounted. Most people who play this game knows that mount is a death sentence but DK kept in there and waited for Smoke Em to make a mistake which he eventually did. Smoke unlike NRG was trying to finish while in mount and when he had DK's back, he just couldn't do enough damage through DK's block and didn't have a sub to put the nail in the coffin. Don't know if Smoke rage quit at the end of round 2 but it looked like momentum was in DK's favor at the end of the 2nd round anyways, sucks cause I really wanted to see what would happen in round 3. Fight of the Night.
Doctor Agee vs q TaKe NOtEz p- This was a back and fourth slug fest ala Pat Barry vs Cheick Kongo, good title fight, in fact I give this KO of the night.
Afrokiwi91 VS MMA Bless- This gets sub of the night. I've noticed more people using the boxer specialty and doing the kneebar sub and getting it. Bless seems to have built his guy as a boxer with subs since 89 subs means he's maxed out all his subs as a boxer. It'll be interesting to see if this isn't overpowered when it comes to leg subs cause if guys are getting the kneebar with 89 sub rating against guys with 95+ grapple defense, then it's overpowered and needs to be patched pronto cause why play as a Sambo fighter when a boxer seems to be better on the ground and can get leg subs with their 89 stat vs the sambo's 100 leg stat. I'm hoping it isn't overpowered and that Bless is just really good at the sub mini-game.
bladeflyer94 VS chinowales- This fight really confuses me cause I have no idea why it didn't' end in round 1. Many mistakes were made on the ground, for instance Chinowales could have uses a major transition in round 1 when he had Blade's stamina drained to achieve full mount but he didn't, he just stayed in half guard and pounded away doing minimal damage since Blade could just block and didn't have to worry about being KOed. In round 3 when Chino gets the slam and ends up in side control he could have majored to full mount postured up since having no stamina gives the other fighter a free pass. This means that either the 2 fighters made some kinda agreement not to go to the mount or they lack the knowledge of how the ground game works. I sure hope it's the latter cause I'm not very interested in watching scripted fights or special rules fight on the live broadcast, this is EA MMA not EA Pro Wrestling. I'll give the 2 the benefit of the doubt and just chalk it up to nerves or lag for the reason why the ground game wasn't used for a finish by Chinowales (screwed him in the end since he looses the decision).
Monday, June 27, 2011
Post Weekend update
I didn't update last Monday cause there was nothing to update with, I didn't fight last weekend(no show) and I didn't have anything new out.
Well at least I have some OMMA fights to post this Monday.
Fight Force:
Kevin Smith vs Pedro Palmer (LHW)
Ray Burns vs Mac Tucker (MW Championship)
Bushido
Arnold Schwarzenegger vs Jamie Ranallo (HW)
Sylvester Stallone vs Roland Pavlinsky (LHW)
Charlie Sheen vs Regis Newton (WW)
Ultimate Combat
Solomon Noone vs Ultimate Warrior (HW)
Bert Castro vs Lucky Luciano (MW)
EA MMA also had their middle easy live broadcast a couple of weeks ago. I finally got some time to check it out and it was much better then the last one they did and it has an interview with Josh Barnett at the end of each video where Barnett talks about his favorite games (Fallout and Battlefield) as well as what's it like being in games like "No More Heroes" and "katamari damashi"
EA MMA's Live Broadcast part 1
EA MMA's Live Broadcast part 2
Now if you'll excuse me I have to fight my 2 worst enemies, scheduling and deadlines.
Well at least I have some OMMA fights to post this Monday.
Fight Force:
Kevin Smith vs Pedro Palmer (LHW)
Ray Burns vs Mac Tucker (MW Championship)
Bushido
Arnold Schwarzenegger vs Jamie Ranallo (HW)
Sylvester Stallone vs Roland Pavlinsky (LHW)
Charlie Sheen vs Regis Newton (WW)
Ultimate Combat
Solomon Noone vs Ultimate Warrior (HW)
Bert Castro vs Lucky Luciano (MW)
EA MMA also had their middle easy live broadcast a couple of weeks ago. I finally got some time to check it out and it was much better then the last one they did and it has an interview with Josh Barnett at the end of each video where Barnett talks about his favorite games (Fallout and Battlefield) as well as what's it like being in games like "No More Heroes" and "katamari damashi"
EA MMA's Live Broadcast part 1
EA MMA's Live Broadcast part 2
Now if you'll excuse me I have to fight my 2 worst enemies, scheduling and deadlines.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Strikeforce GP and Status of Videos
Strikeforce is continuing it's grand prix on Saturday and I'm looking forward to watching Overeem and Barnett in action (they are my picks). It looks like a spectacular card with Noons vs Masvidal for the number one lightweight contender and Cormier vs Monson should be an interesting matchup (watch out for the subs Cormier). The prelims are being broadcasted on HDnet for those who want to see the full card(odds are it'll be on the TV channel of HDNET but who knows they might show some on the web).
I took a break from the internet this week which is why I've been absent in the forums I frequent and why I didn't update on Monday. I heard some terrible news on Monday which pretty much made me not think of MMA or videos and just appreciate my own life. One of my Dad's friends took his own life last weekend and it's a shocker cause he seemed to be doing well for himself but it is what it is. I didn't know him too well but it's still strange when someone you met does something like that. So I've been spending most of my free time with family and friends appreciating what's really important in life. I've requested time off next week so I'll have time to edit what I have and film what I need.
As for OMMA this weekend, I'm only participating on the Friday card since I'm spending the rest of the weekend with family(gonna watch the Strikeforce card with my Dad on Saturday and Sunny and I are having dinner with her mom on Sunday). Here are the fights I participated in last weekend.
Fight Force (Friday):
Lucius Graves vs Kevin Smith (LHW)
Michael Ortiz vs Ray Burns (MW Championship)
Bushido (Saturday):
Rick Bowman vs Arnold Schwarzenegger (HW)
Gonzo Miller vs Charlie Sheen (WW)
Ultimate Combat (Sunday):
Lavar Knight vs Ultimate Warrior (HW)
Desmond West vs Bert Castro (MW)
I took a break from the internet this week which is why I've been absent in the forums I frequent and why I didn't update on Monday. I heard some terrible news on Monday which pretty much made me not think of MMA or videos and just appreciate my own life. One of my Dad's friends took his own life last weekend and it's a shocker cause he seemed to be doing well for himself but it is what it is. I didn't know him too well but it's still strange when someone you met does something like that. So I've been spending most of my free time with family and friends appreciating what's really important in life. I've requested time off next week so I'll have time to edit what I have and film what I need.
As for OMMA this weekend, I'm only participating on the Friday card since I'm spending the rest of the weekend with family(gonna watch the Strikeforce card with my Dad on Saturday and Sunny and I are having dinner with her mom on Sunday). Here are the fights I participated in last weekend.
Fight Force (Friday):
Lucius Graves vs Kevin Smith (LHW)
Michael Ortiz vs Ray Burns (MW Championship)
Bushido (Saturday):
Rick Bowman vs Arnold Schwarzenegger (HW)
Gonzo Miller vs Charlie Sheen (WW)
Ultimate Combat (Sunday):
Lavar Knight vs Ultimate Warrior (HW)
Desmond West vs Bert Castro (MW)
Friday, June 10, 2011
Dos Santos Vs. Carwin this weekend
UFC 131 is happening this Saturday and my pick is Dos Santos but this new slimmer Carwin might have the cardio and speed to threaten Santos and score a devastating blow. I'll be checking it out on Saturday for a future review.
I'm editing the footage I have but I probably won't be done till Monday. Just had some work I keep forgetting to do and practicing for my fights this weekend in OMMA.
I'm editing the footage I have but I probably won't be done till Monday. Just had some work I keep forgetting to do and practicing for my fights this weekend in OMMA.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
No Lenne Hardt in UFC 3
Normally I don't re-post news articles but this pisses me off so much.
Middle Easy reports that Lenne Hardt will not be in the new UFC 3 game that features Pride FC
Lenne Hardt had this to say
"I just heard they have someone that is attempting to sound like me
No greater form of flattery than imitation, they say! Feel free to protest this infringement on my trademark style if you wish!!!!"
Damn straight Ms Hardt, I'm not buying this new until THQ gives a shit about MMA. I'll buy it used. I'd rather give my money to Gamestop and that's saying something cause I really hate buying used games cause they screw over the developer but in this case I'm for it.
I've had it with the treatment THQ has done with the UFC/Pride FC license. They don't pay the fighters in the games for their likenesses. They don't put any money into the sport by sponsoring events or fighters. They always have the MMA game play second fiddle to whatever pro-wrestling game is coming out. They treat the MMA community on their forums like 6 year olds and censor any post that say anything negative about the game. It's just Bullshit.
Dana White said EA doesn't give a shit about MMA but actions speak louder then words. EA has put money into the sport and paid the fighters. Contracted the fighters for it's game, long before Dana White approached them. EA sponsored a Dream event for crying out loud I don't see THQ doing jack shit for the MMA community. The guys who make the "MMA Supremacy" game has signed fighters and paid them like Jens Pulver and even they sponsored an event like the "Titan Fighting Championships".
THQ doesn't give a shit about MMA!
**I'm filming today but this boils me up, don't be surprised if my video is a little more angry then normal**
Middle Easy reports that Lenne Hardt will not be in the new UFC 3 game that features Pride FC
Lenne Hardt had this to say
"I just heard they have someone that is attempting to sound like me
No greater form of flattery than imitation, they say! Feel free to protest this infringement on my trademark style if you wish!!!!"
Damn straight Ms Hardt, I'm not buying this new until THQ gives a shit about MMA. I'll buy it used. I'd rather give my money to Gamestop and that's saying something cause I really hate buying used games cause they screw over the developer but in this case I'm for it.
I've had it with the treatment THQ has done with the UFC/Pride FC license. They don't pay the fighters in the games for their likenesses. They don't put any money into the sport by sponsoring events or fighters. They always have the MMA game play second fiddle to whatever pro-wrestling game is coming out. They treat the MMA community on their forums like 6 year olds and censor any post that say anything negative about the game. It's just Bullshit.
Dana White said EA doesn't give a shit about MMA but actions speak louder then words. EA has put money into the sport and paid the fighters. Contracted the fighters for it's game, long before Dana White approached them. EA sponsored a Dream event for crying out loud I don't see THQ doing jack shit for the MMA community. The guys who make the "MMA Supremacy" game has signed fighters and paid them like Jens Pulver and even they sponsored an event like the "Titan Fighting Championships".
THQ doesn't give a shit about MMA!
**I'm filming today but this boils me up, don't be surprised if my video is a little more angry then normal**
Monday, June 6, 2011
My OMMA Fights Last Weekend & Totally Forgot About "Fight for Japan"
Here are my fights in OMMA that I had over the weekend. I had a lot of fights so I'll just link to the videos in the forums rather then crowding up the blog with Justin.TV embeds.
Fight Force 22 "Cage Rage" (Friday)
Ray Burns vs Vic Stone (Middle Weight)
Harris Ahmadzai vs Jason Mewes (Lightweight)
Bushido 23 "Lethal Intent" (Saturday)
Jeremy Frost vs Charlie Sheen (Welterweight)
Ultimate Combat 4 "Extreme Conflict" (Sunday)
Ultimate Warrior vs Zhane Hamilton (Heavyweight)
Bert Castro vs Leaver Bates (Middleweight)
I also wrote a fake press release for some of my fighters
"CONCERNING THE WHEREABOUTS OF MR. SHEEN"
Dream had their "Fight for Japan" event aired last Friday I believe (can't read Japanese so excuse me if the information is wrong). Luckily the DVR at my parent's place(can't afford it in my place) is more reliable then me at remembering these events then I am and recorded it. I won't do a video review of it since I'm currently putting together my video Review of the TUF finale that happened on Saturday, expect the video around Wednesday *fingers crossed*. I might do a written review but one thing is for sure, if you didn't see the "Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hideo Tokoro" fight last weekend, then you missed out on one of the best fights I've seen and it outshines any of the fights in the TUF finale.
Here's the DREAM Bantamweight tourney promo.
Hopefully HDNET will show reruns of Dream's "Fight for Japan" event for those who missed it.
Fight Force 22 "Cage Rage" (Friday)
Ray Burns vs Vic Stone (Middle Weight)
Harris Ahmadzai vs Jason Mewes (Lightweight)
Bushido 23 "Lethal Intent" (Saturday)
Jeremy Frost vs Charlie Sheen (Welterweight)
Ultimate Combat 4 "Extreme Conflict" (Sunday)
Ultimate Warrior vs Zhane Hamilton (Heavyweight)
Bert Castro vs Leaver Bates (Middleweight)
I also wrote a fake press release for some of my fighters
"CONCERNING THE WHEREABOUTS OF MR. SHEEN"
Dream had their "Fight for Japan" event aired last Friday I believe (can't read Japanese so excuse me if the information is wrong). Luckily the DVR at my parent's place(can't afford it in my place) is more reliable then me at remembering these events then I am and recorded it. I won't do a video review of it since I'm currently putting together my video Review of the TUF finale that happened on Saturday, expect the video around Wednesday *fingers crossed*. I might do a written review but one thing is for sure, if you didn't see the "Yoshiro Maeda vs. Hideo Tokoro" fight last weekend, then you missed out on one of the best fights I've seen and it outshines any of the fights in the TUF finale.
Here's the DREAM Bantamweight tourney promo.
Hopefully HDNET will show reruns of Dream's "Fight for Japan" event for those who missed it.
Friday, June 3, 2011
TUF Finale This Weekend and Brutal OnlineMMA Action
I received one of the microphones I ordered and will be testing it out on my next video about the TUF finale. I'll try to watch the marathon that's going to be playing this weekend and see if I can spot the stand out fights or goofball behavior that happened on the show. From the majority of episodes I've seen it's been pretty dull but I heard the last couple of episodes had some good fights so I'll be sure to catch those.
OnlineMMA has some pretty big fight cards this weekend and considering the EA live broadcast this wed. was a little on the dull side due to no shows/disconnects and players basically playing with their opponents rather then finish them *cough*Mr NRG*cough*. I'm hoping it can all be made up with all the MMA action happening this weekend (real and fantasy). Check out the live fights on OMMATV or wait till after the weekend and I'll post the fights I was in but it's worth watching the full card especially if you are new to the game.
If anyone's curious about the EA MMA live broadcast that happened on WED, here's some links for the 360 version. I do think it's really cool that EA has now allowed the community to set up fights and be part of the live broadcast.
Stickforce 2.1
Stickforce 2.2
To be honest, stickforce 1 was a much more action packed event but some things are just out of the control of the promoters.
OnlineMMA has some pretty big fight cards this weekend and considering the EA live broadcast this wed. was a little on the dull side due to no shows/disconnects and players basically playing with their opponents rather then finish them *cough*Mr NRG*cough*. I'm hoping it can all be made up with all the MMA action happening this weekend (real and fantasy). Check out the live fights on OMMATV or wait till after the weekend and I'll post the fights I was in but it's worth watching the full card especially if you are new to the game.
If anyone's curious about the EA MMA live broadcast that happened on WED, here's some links for the 360 version. I do think it's really cool that EA has now allowed the community to set up fights and be part of the live broadcast.
Stickforce 2.1
Stickforce 2.2
To be honest, stickforce 1 was a much more action packed event but some things are just out of the control of the promoters.
Monday, May 30, 2011
OnlineMMA and Titan Fighting Championships
Here's my fight that happened this weekend in onlinemma
Watch live video from OnlineMMA on Justin.tv
The other 2 fights were no shows.
I also watched Titan Fighting championship this weekend and it was entertaining due to having a good deal of first round finishes. I did have a problem with the "John Ott vs.Jake Rosholt" DQ knee cause I believe it wasn't intentional and it should be a No contest or tie instead of a gimme win to John Ott, I mean who can ever say "I won a fight by getting kneed in the head", especially when John was loosing the entire fight little by little in every round. The main event was suppose to be this return to form Jens Pulver vs. workhorse Brian Davidson. Jens looked in better shape and he is trying to get back into a bigger promotion but now he's backed into fighting dangerous guys with less of a name. These are fights Pulver really can't afford to loose cause it knocks him down the ladder faster then he can climb it. Pulver even said he's usually the other guy's biggest fight and he's expected to win. The risk of loosing vs the reward of winning doesn't seem to be worth taking fights with lesser known fighters but it's Pulver's choice, maybe he's past his prime? maybe when he fought the competition wasn't as stacked? The answer doesn't really matter cause Pulver's still ready to fight and as for the man who beat him. I don't know if Brian Davidson is still going to pursue fighting but this defiantly helps his gym in terms of promotional material.
As for the big UFC card this weekend, I heard some buzz about the Struve KO and it seems the winners of the 2 fights I was interested in are the ones I expected to win, Rampage and Mir. I guess I'll catch them on UFC unleashed a couple of months from now.... still waiting for Zuffa to show more Pride FC and Strikeforce reruns on spike or VS or whatever.
Watch live video from OnlineMMA on Justin.tv
The other 2 fights were no shows.
I also watched Titan Fighting championship this weekend and it was entertaining due to having a good deal of first round finishes. I did have a problem with the "John Ott vs.Jake Rosholt" DQ knee cause I believe it wasn't intentional and it should be a No contest or tie instead of a gimme win to John Ott, I mean who can ever say "I won a fight by getting kneed in the head", especially when John was loosing the entire fight little by little in every round. The main event was suppose to be this return to form Jens Pulver vs. workhorse Brian Davidson. Jens looked in better shape and he is trying to get back into a bigger promotion but now he's backed into fighting dangerous guys with less of a name. These are fights Pulver really can't afford to loose cause it knocks him down the ladder faster then he can climb it. Pulver even said he's usually the other guy's biggest fight and he's expected to win. The risk of loosing vs the reward of winning doesn't seem to be worth taking fights with lesser known fighters but it's Pulver's choice, maybe he's past his prime? maybe when he fought the competition wasn't as stacked? The answer doesn't really matter cause Pulver's still ready to fight and as for the man who beat him. I don't know if Brian Davidson is still going to pursue fighting but this defiantly helps his gym in terms of promotional material.
As for the big UFC card this weekend, I heard some buzz about the Struve KO and it seems the winners of the 2 fights I was interested in are the ones I expected to win, Rampage and Mir. I guess I'll catch them on UFC unleashed a couple of months from now.... still waiting for Zuffa to show more Pride FC and Strikeforce reruns on spike or VS or whatever.
Friday, May 27, 2011
My Schedule for next week
Well first off, I have to say that I'm not buying the UFC PPV this Saturday so I can't review it. I don't have my audio equipment yet anyways and besides I'm not rolling in cash so it's not a good idea to drop $45 on something when I just spent a little more then that on the audio stuff. This was a tough decision cause there are 2 fights on the card that I'm interested in, mainly Rampage vs Hamill and Mir vs Nelson. I'll definitely be checking forums for how these fights went.
I will be doing the TUF finale next weekend with Guida vs Petis and that should be a great card just for the main event. It's free too so that kinda helps in the decision making.
Speaking of free fights, I'm going to be fighting in Onlinemma this weekend. I'll be in all 3 cards starting this Friday so check it out. The fights will be live on their website using OMMA TV, they start at 7pm EST (-5 GMT). It's something to check out if you couldn't afford the UFC PPV or just can't get enough MMA even if it is simulated. I'll post the results of my fights after the weekend but if you check them out live or the website you can see the whole card.
Ok guys I gotta go and get ready for Fight Force, and with any luck I'll be back on track after the TUF finale.
I will be doing the TUF finale next weekend with Guida vs Petis and that should be a great card just for the main event. It's free too so that kinda helps in the decision making.
Speaking of free fights, I'm going to be fighting in Onlinemma this weekend. I'll be in all 3 cards starting this Friday so check it out. The fights will be live on their website using OMMA TV, they start at 7pm EST (-5 GMT). It's something to check out if you couldn't afford the UFC PPV or just can't get enough MMA even if it is simulated. I'll post the results of my fights after the weekend but if you check them out live or the website you can see the whole card.
Ok guys I gotta go and get ready for Fight Force, and with any luck I'll be back on track after the TUF finale.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Microphones and Strikeforce written review
Finally had some cash left in the budget to order some microphones. I got a shotgun mic and a cheap clip on mic as backup. I can't wait to try them out. As for my MMA reviews, I think I'll wait till I get my audio equipment before continuing them and I'll get back to pumping them out within a week of the event. So I'm going to be looking forward and not backwards even though I have things to say about the GSP vs Shields fight and Diaz vs Daley. I might just make those written articles since they happened a while back but they aren't worth doing a whole production since they aren't as new. Ah heck I might as well review one of them now in written format
Strikeforce Diaz Vs. Daley:
It was awesome. The card was worth seeing just for the names involved, I mean I won't lie, I'm a huge Aoki fan despite his shenanigans at Dynamite and he came out there and finally showed the American audience why there is no one as dangerous as him on the ground, with his first round sub of Beerbohm.
The Mousasi vs Jardine fight was a huge letdown, you'd expect Mousasi to run Jardine over but Jardine stayed in there, I have to give Jardine credit for that, he comes into the cage to fight. The thing is Jardine was a gatekeeper in the UFC and Mousasi is the Dream LHW champ, he should have finished Jardine. I know Jardine took it on short notice and to Mousasi's credit he was going to be payed his purse whether he fought or not but that fight wasn't a draw either. Even if we give Jardine round 1 a 10/9, rounds 2 and 3 were 10/8 in favor of Mousasi and even with that point deduction for the upkick, Mousasi should have won. The problem with MMA judging is that the judges are taught the same ass backwards way of judging that the current twits are judging fights. You see, Judges for whatever reason are taught to never give a 10/8 and when you have bad judges teaching new judges, guess what? You end up with terrible decisions like this which might not seem like a big deal but there are people who bet money on these fights, I'm pretty sure it's a big deal to them (I personally don't bet on fights but I have nothing against it). This fight is the only sour note on the whole card.
Melendez vs Kawajiri went like I expected. Most people believed that Kawajiri had the style to beat Melendez due to his win over Josh at Dynamite. The thing is Melendez is a different fighter since he got the belt from Josh and the way Melendez shutdown Aoki in their fight, I knew Melendez was something after that. Considering when Aoki fought Kawajiri, Aoki subbed him in less then 2 minutes and ran him over. A powerful and explosive wrestler like Melendez had no problem doing the same thing to Kawajiri on the ground with devastating elbows.
Nick Diaz vs Paul Daley was fireworks. It's fight of the night, both guys came to fight. Say what you will about Diaz but he didn't go out there and lay on Daley for 3 rounds while whispering insults in his ears like Koshcheck. Nick gave some colorful pre-fight and post fight interviews to Ariel Helwani which are worth checking out (basically he told Ariel he wanted to slap him silly). I really want Nick to fight GSP, I believe GSP can't play it safe with someone like Nick. Nick has terrific hands and his BJJ is superb, it clashes well with GSP's standup and wrestling.
I'll wrap it up by saying that this was the first major Strikeforce card with Zuffa watching and Dana White was there. I don't know what changes to expect for Strikeforce but I do know some employees are already being let go and replaced by Zuffa guys. I hope Strikeforce can maintain it's identity and not turn into a UFC clone *cough*Belletor*cough* but we'll have to wait and see. I will say that despite all the shit I gave Gus Johnson in my Fedor fight review, he was actually ok this time around. He didn't look like a wigless drag queen this time (no one will ever beat Frank Wigg), and he did a good job. Johnson also got to do an "Anchorman" zinger at the end of the broadcast since the fights took place in San Diego. Just before the credits, Gus says "Keep it classy San Diego", he gained some points for that one cause I got a chuckle out of it.
Strikeforce Diaz Vs. Daley:
It was awesome. The card was worth seeing just for the names involved, I mean I won't lie, I'm a huge Aoki fan despite his shenanigans at Dynamite and he came out there and finally showed the American audience why there is no one as dangerous as him on the ground, with his first round sub of Beerbohm.
The Mousasi vs Jardine fight was a huge letdown, you'd expect Mousasi to run Jardine over but Jardine stayed in there, I have to give Jardine credit for that, he comes into the cage to fight. The thing is Jardine was a gatekeeper in the UFC and Mousasi is the Dream LHW champ, he should have finished Jardine. I know Jardine took it on short notice and to Mousasi's credit he was going to be payed his purse whether he fought or not but that fight wasn't a draw either. Even if we give Jardine round 1 a 10/9, rounds 2 and 3 were 10/8 in favor of Mousasi and even with that point deduction for the upkick, Mousasi should have won. The problem with MMA judging is that the judges are taught the same ass backwards way of judging that the current twits are judging fights. You see, Judges for whatever reason are taught to never give a 10/8 and when you have bad judges teaching new judges, guess what? You end up with terrible decisions like this which might not seem like a big deal but there are people who bet money on these fights, I'm pretty sure it's a big deal to them (I personally don't bet on fights but I have nothing against it). This fight is the only sour note on the whole card.
Melendez vs Kawajiri went like I expected. Most people believed that Kawajiri had the style to beat Melendez due to his win over Josh at Dynamite. The thing is Melendez is a different fighter since he got the belt from Josh and the way Melendez shutdown Aoki in their fight, I knew Melendez was something after that. Considering when Aoki fought Kawajiri, Aoki subbed him in less then 2 minutes and ran him over. A powerful and explosive wrestler like Melendez had no problem doing the same thing to Kawajiri on the ground with devastating elbows.
Nick Diaz vs Paul Daley was fireworks. It's fight of the night, both guys came to fight. Say what you will about Diaz but he didn't go out there and lay on Daley for 3 rounds while whispering insults in his ears like Koshcheck. Nick gave some colorful pre-fight and post fight interviews to Ariel Helwani which are worth checking out (basically he told Ariel he wanted to slap him silly). I really want Nick to fight GSP, I believe GSP can't play it safe with someone like Nick. Nick has terrific hands and his BJJ is superb, it clashes well with GSP's standup and wrestling.
I'll wrap it up by saying that this was the first major Strikeforce card with Zuffa watching and Dana White was there. I don't know what changes to expect for Strikeforce but I do know some employees are already being let go and replaced by Zuffa guys. I hope Strikeforce can maintain it's identity and not turn into a UFC clone *cough*Belletor*cough* but we'll have to wait and see. I will say that despite all the shit I gave Gus Johnson in my Fedor fight review, he was actually ok this time around. He didn't look like a wigless drag queen this time (no one will ever beat Frank Wigg), and he did a good job. Johnson also got to do an "Anchorman" zinger at the end of the broadcast since the fights took place in San Diego. Just before the credits, Gus says "Keep it classy San Diego", he gained some points for that one cause I got a chuckle out of it.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Criticizing Action: Arena
MMA in SPAAACEEEE!!!!
Show notes: I got a cold this weekend so I'm not feeling very well which means filming/shooting a MMA review isn't possible right now. So I decided to do Criticizing Aciton instead since it's mainly all voice over. I try to keep the mouth breathing to a minimal but it's hard when you can't breath through your nose.
For the more observant viewer, you will notice advertisements now in the video and on this site. You can claim I've sold out but I need a new microphone that will probably cost me around $50 and had I started using ads when I first began I would have enough to buy that microphone now. So ads are now being introduced but I promise that any small amount of money made will be put back into the show whether it's for a microphone, new camera, lights, or whatever else the show needs.
Another change is now anyone can comment. I didn't know this wasn't enabled. Sunny set up the blog, I'm just now getting started organizing things in it so now people can subscribe by email and leave comments without registering.
Show notes: I got a cold this weekend so I'm not feeling very well which means filming/shooting a MMA review isn't possible right now. So I decided to do Criticizing Aciton instead since it's mainly all voice over. I try to keep the mouth breathing to a minimal but it's hard when you can't breath through your nose.
For the more observant viewer, you will notice advertisements now in the video and on this site. You can claim I've sold out but I need a new microphone that will probably cost me around $50 and had I started using ads when I first began I would have enough to buy that microphone now. So ads are now being introduced but I promise that any small amount of money made will be put back into the show whether it's for a microphone, new camera, lights, or whatever else the show needs.
Another change is now anyone can comment. I didn't know this wasn't enabled. Sunny set up the blog, I'm just now getting started organizing things in it so now people can subscribe by email and leave comments without registering.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
OnlineMMA: Fight Force 19
This is the Fight Force 19: Armed and Dangerous card I attended for the OnlineMMA organization.
Watch live video from OnlineMMA on Justin.tv
I won't spoil the ending on who wins and who looses.
Now that I've had a fight in OnlineMMA I can safely say it's a pretty fun group of guys. People mainly roleplay managers and each gamertag can have up to 3 fighters signed to it. It's a good mixture of fantasy and real MMA since most of the top players are big fans of the sport. I also want to stress out that OnlineMMA isn't a clan/camp or anything like that, you don't go online with "tags" or challenge other clans/camps. It's a fantasy league designed to give the player a more structured Multiplayer experience then what comes out of the box. The skill level is varied so don't worry if you aren't very good or think you're too good, there's always someone for you to fight. There's also pre and post fight interviews and breakdown analysis articles on the forums.
Post Fight Article
The Bushido league is fighting tonight which is the more advanced league which I'll be watching. I'll try to work on something this weekend with a little more substance and I'm really questioning on whether I should do the previous 2 fights I wanted to review or wait until the next major Strikeforce/UFC event to happen. I'll make up my mind about this pretty soon.
Watch live video from OnlineMMA on Justin.tv
I won't spoil the ending on who wins and who looses.
Now that I've had a fight in OnlineMMA I can safely say it's a pretty fun group of guys. People mainly roleplay managers and each gamertag can have up to 3 fighters signed to it. It's a good mixture of fantasy and real MMA since most of the top players are big fans of the sport. I also want to stress out that OnlineMMA isn't a clan/camp or anything like that, you don't go online with "tags" or challenge other clans/camps. It's a fantasy league designed to give the player a more structured Multiplayer experience then what comes out of the box. The skill level is varied so don't worry if you aren't very good or think you're too good, there's always someone for you to fight. There's also pre and post fight interviews and breakdown analysis articles on the forums.
Post Fight Article
The Bushido league is fighting tonight which is the more advanced league which I'll be watching. I'll try to work on something this weekend with a little more substance and I'm really questioning on whether I should do the previous 2 fights I wanted to review or wait until the next major Strikeforce/UFC event to happen. I'll make up my mind about this pretty soon.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
To Serve Man
It's a cookbook!!! or a cooking show as the case is here
It's strange how these always come out right before I work on something or get something out. I guess one should expect a video from me in the next couple of days cause that's the pattern with these, even though I haven't even started on a script but the gods of internet videos have made it a law that I must publish something after a "Cooking with Booze" episode.
It's strange how these always come out right before I work on something or get something out. I guess one should expect a video from me in the next couple of days cause that's the pattern with these, even though I haven't even started on a script but the gods of internet videos have made it a law that I must publish something after a "Cooking with Booze" episode.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Back and Feeling Great
I took it easy this weekend and tried not to think about the videos and it apparently worked. I feel rejuvenated and ready to start working on more videos in my free time. I just needed to play some games which is what I spent the weekend doing.
I'm playing EA MMA again which I kinda stopped playing since I was waiting for a patch and was getting the hang of making videos. The game is a little different thanks to the patch and the gameplay has improved making it closer to the actual sport, the only complaint I have about the patch is that it took away certain fighter stances and tattoos so people can't make custom Brock Lesnars or BJ Penns but since I like to use my own create a fighter rather then making a famous fighter, this doesn't bother me too much (but I was using BJ Penn's boxing stance which was awesome).
I've even joined a MMA CAF(create of fighter) fantasy/roleplay league called onlinemma. I've known one of the top fighters in it for a while and they seem like cool guys who are into MMA. They have fights every week in 2 different leagues (one for high level and one for medium level competition) and they broadcast the fights through justin.tv on Fridays. I signed up for Fight Force which is the entry level league and I'm hoping to get a broadcast fight this Friday (if I do I'll post the fight on the blog, even if I loose). A good deal of the fighters in onlinemma have made it to EA's Live Broadcast so if anyone wanted to fight some of the guys like "2good2betru3" and "you mom taps" then this is the league for you.
So in short if you own EA MMA and you want to join a league that will give you good CAF(create a fighter) fantasy fights with pre-fights and post-fight interviews/analysis along with simulated pay and rankings then onlinemma is something you should look into.
Link to site = Online MMA
View the rules for signing up here
http://www.onlinemma.org/f14-rules-and-guidelines
You can view past fights either in their forums
http://www.onlinemma.org/c5-video-vault
or go directly to the justin.tv account
http://www.justin.tv/onlinemma/videos
If you're still on the fence on whether to buy EA MMA on either the Xbox360 or PS3, well I recommend the game if you are an MMA fan and like multiplayer competition. The single player is rather dull after beating it once and UFC2010 is better as a SP game but EA MMA shines as a MP game with live broadcast, leaderboards, fight replays, fight cards, and belt matches. EA MMA's online modes are a ripoff of Street Fighter 4 but in a very good way cause there's hardly any lag and the fight cards feel like the old days when people would crowd around an arcade machine to watch 2 other people fight. I just wish there was a tourney mode online but you can't have everything. The game is only $20 now and it's worth getting new since you need an online code that comes with a new copy of the game to play online. So unless you want to play the SP, there's no reason to get it used cause you would end up paying $10 extra for the online code at the psn store or live store anyways. Apparently amazon has both versions on sale for around $12-$16, which is practically a steal
Amazon
Well that's all for today's update, see you guys around on the xbox360 version of EA MMA.
I'm playing EA MMA again which I kinda stopped playing since I was waiting for a patch and was getting the hang of making videos. The game is a little different thanks to the patch and the gameplay has improved making it closer to the actual sport, the only complaint I have about the patch is that it took away certain fighter stances and tattoos so people can't make custom Brock Lesnars or BJ Penns but since I like to use my own create a fighter rather then making a famous fighter, this doesn't bother me too much (but I was using BJ Penn's boxing stance which was awesome).
I've even joined a MMA CAF(create of fighter) fantasy/roleplay league called onlinemma. I've known one of the top fighters in it for a while and they seem like cool guys who are into MMA. They have fights every week in 2 different leagues (one for high level and one for medium level competition) and they broadcast the fights through justin.tv on Fridays. I signed up for Fight Force which is the entry level league and I'm hoping to get a broadcast fight this Friday (if I do I'll post the fight on the blog, even if I loose). A good deal of the fighters in onlinemma have made it to EA's Live Broadcast so if anyone wanted to fight some of the guys like "2good2betru3" and "you mom taps" then this is the league for you.
So in short if you own EA MMA and you want to join a league that will give you good CAF(create a fighter) fantasy fights with pre-fights and post-fight interviews/analysis along with simulated pay and rankings then onlinemma is something you should look into.
Link to site = Online MMA
View the rules for signing up here
http://www.onlinemma.org/f14-rules-and-guidelines
You can view past fights either in their forums
http://www.onlinemma.org/c5-video-vault
or go directly to the justin.tv account
http://www.justin.tv/onlinemma/videos
If you're still on the fence on whether to buy EA MMA on either the Xbox360 or PS3, well I recommend the game if you are an MMA fan and like multiplayer competition. The single player is rather dull after beating it once and UFC2010 is better as a SP game but EA MMA shines as a MP game with live broadcast, leaderboards, fight replays, fight cards, and belt matches. EA MMA's online modes are a ripoff of Street Fighter 4 but in a very good way cause there's hardly any lag and the fight cards feel like the old days when people would crowd around an arcade machine to watch 2 other people fight. I just wish there was a tourney mode online but you can't have everything. The game is only $20 now and it's worth getting new since you need an online code that comes with a new copy of the game to play online. So unless you want to play the SP, there's no reason to get it used cause you would end up paying $10 extra for the online code at the psn store or live store anyways. Apparently amazon has both versions on sale for around $12-$16, which is practically a steal
Amazon
Well that's all for today's update, see you guys around on the xbox360 version of EA MMA.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Reviews are still coming
I know I was suppose to be caught up with the GSP vs Shields fight last weekend and I will get that one out sometime in the next 2 weeks along with the Strikeforce review that I'm currently working on. The reason for the delays is not performance anxiety or any personal problems it's some kinda strange writer's block. I have an idea what to say but it's hard to organize it and I've been beating myself up for missing my own deadlines which isn't helping. I'm going to try to take it easy and get my mind off the videos this weekend so I can tackle them fresh on Monday.
I just feel a little overwhelmed since I took over all the responsibilities of the show cause in the past Sunny would help me with the editing and by help I mean do it for me. She helped me get started and I'm very lucky to have a girlfriend like her who has put up with me during this whole process but she has her own blog and roleplays to get to so it was time for me to handle this so as not to suck up her free time any longer. She's also eventually going to make her video debut during the summer and there's no way she could do her videos and mine as well without going insane.
I've also been stressing out on the production side of things such as lighting, audio quality, website design, ect. The lighting should be fixed by the next show since I've been reading Sunny's old film/video textbooks which gave me a better idea about the art. You guys are gonna have to bear with me when it comes to audio quality till I figure out which microphone to get that is in my price range. As for the site, I'll get to that after the show is more polished.
There's a lot of things I want to do but I'm just one guy so I have to prioritize my time and accomplish one thing at a time. I'll try to make up for being late with other shorter videos cause I really want to do another episode of "Criticizing Action" which are easier for me since I have around 20 movies off the top of my head that have terrible/nonsense action scenes in them. I also want to do the game reviews but I keep getting the wrong crap from Amazon to capture off my consoles so that's annoying (I have to keep sending it back cause they send me crap I didn't order instead). As for the movie reviews, well it seems like until I catch up with my MMA reviews those are going to have to wait and I want to wait till I get my audio quality up before I do them anyways.
Either way it's nice to know people are watching them and that people visit the site even if they don't leave comments =P
I'd like to end this post and say to those who have kept showing up every week to see if I updated or checked out my blip.tv channel or my youtube channel, I appreciate it and thanks for watching. It makes it worth going through the challenges of figuring out how to make the videos better.
I just feel a little overwhelmed since I took over all the responsibilities of the show cause in the past Sunny would help me with the editing and by help I mean do it for me. She helped me get started and I'm very lucky to have a girlfriend like her who has put up with me during this whole process but she has her own blog and roleplays to get to so it was time for me to handle this so as not to suck up her free time any longer. She's also eventually going to make her video debut during the summer and there's no way she could do her videos and mine as well without going insane.
I've also been stressing out on the production side of things such as lighting, audio quality, website design, ect. The lighting should be fixed by the next show since I've been reading Sunny's old film/video textbooks which gave me a better idea about the art. You guys are gonna have to bear with me when it comes to audio quality till I figure out which microphone to get that is in my price range. As for the site, I'll get to that after the show is more polished.
There's a lot of things I want to do but I'm just one guy so I have to prioritize my time and accomplish one thing at a time. I'll try to make up for being late with other shorter videos cause I really want to do another episode of "Criticizing Action" which are easier for me since I have around 20 movies off the top of my head that have terrible/nonsense action scenes in them. I also want to do the game reviews but I keep getting the wrong crap from Amazon to capture off my consoles so that's annoying (I have to keep sending it back cause they send me crap I didn't order instead). As for the movie reviews, well it seems like until I catch up with my MMA reviews those are going to have to wait and I want to wait till I get my audio quality up before I do them anyways.
Either way it's nice to know people are watching them and that people visit the site even if they don't leave comments =P
I'd like to end this post and say to those who have kept showing up every week to see if I updated or checked out my blip.tv channel or my youtube channel, I appreciate it and thanks for watching. It makes it worth going through the challenges of figuring out how to make the videos better.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
UFC 128 Review
Fighters
Brendan Schaub Vs. Mirko Filipovic
Nate Marquardt Vs. Dan Miller
Jim Miller Vs. Kamal Shalorus
Urijah Faber Vs. Eddie Wineland
Mauricio Rua Vs. Jon Jones
Show Notes: I scripted this one out and tried some stuff with lighting. I'll probably get a microphone at some point. The goal is to do the Diaz vs Daley Strikeforce fight and then be caught up to do the UFC fight with Shields vs GSP.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Juice Affair
This was a special case since my friend Albert drove down from New Mexico on his Bike (which is a 12 hour drive). He's staying with me for a couple of days and wanted to make a video with me so I thought why not. I haven't seen him in over 4 years so I hope my MMA fans aren't too mad at me for pausing work on the UFC 128 video(it will come out I swear on Zeppelin).
Show Notes: The night before I handed Albert a juice and he was perplexed by it enough to warrant this video. He also wanted me to purposely miss-spell his name to Alberg but who am I to say, it's his name..... yeah I got some strange friends.
Show Notes: The night before I handed Albert a juice and he was perplexed by it enough to warrant this video. He also wanted me to purposely miss-spell his name to Alberg but who am I to say, it's his name..... yeah I got some strange friends.
Friday, April 15, 2011
More booze, more food
Dick Booze has another great episode of "Cooking with Booze" out.
So the stove tops go up to 12 in Spain?
I'm finishing up the last few edits and should be rendering/uploading by the end of the day. So check back tomorrow for my review of UFC 128.
So the stove tops go up to 12 in Spain?
I'm finishing up the last few edits and should be rendering/uploading by the end of the day. So check back tomorrow for my review of UFC 128.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
MMA Shirts for Japan
I originally intended to update my blog about charity shirts that fighters or MMA websites are doing on Monday when I would come out with my UFC:128 review but I'm only now finding time to edit the review and there's not much time left to buy a middleeasy shirt for Japan.
Link: Middle Easy
All proceeds go to Japan but the deadline to order the shirt is Friday (April 15th), so if you want to help Japan and get a badass shirt then jump on it now.
Alistair Overeem is also coming out with a shirt for Japan which should be available soon on his website store.
Link: The Reem
$15 of every shirt sold will go to the Red Cross to help Japan.
So that's two kickass shirts for a great cause. You can also skip the middleman and go straight to the Red Cross if you feel inclined to give more.
Link: Middle Easy
All proceeds go to Japan but the deadline to order the shirt is Friday (April 15th), so if you want to help Japan and get a badass shirt then jump on it now.
Alistair Overeem is also coming out with a shirt for Japan which should be available soon on his website store.
Link: The Reem
$15 of every shirt sold will go to the Red Cross to help Japan.
So that's two kickass shirts for a great cause. You can also skip the middleman and go straight to the Red Cross if you feel inclined to give more.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Strikeforce Henderson Vs Cavalcante Review
ShowNotes: Finally got around to editing up all the footage I have, I'm going to be spending the next week trying to catch up on the fight reviews. It took longer to get the hang of Sony Vegas then I thought it would but I'm learning it's "ins and outs". So far I like it and recommend it over windows movie maker any day.
Hey my Friend Richard has a webshow!
I'm uploading my Strikeforce video right now but I also found out my friend from high school has a cooking show called "Cooking with Booze"
I guess Argus is some cheap beer from Spain.
I guess Argus is some cheap beer from Spain.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Another State of the show post
It's been a while since the last update on this site so I figured now was a good time to let people know what I'm doing.
I wasn't going to do the strikeforce Henderson vs Cavalcante fight since I'm on a break so I can work on other videos but due to the recent acquisition of Strikeforce by Zuffa, I feel I need to say some things about that but it's not enough to justify a rant video so I might as well put it in a review. I'm going to begin filming this on the weekend. I'm going to film the UFC 128 PPV review as well this weekend so it's killing two birds with one stone. Expect to see the videos out sometime next week.
I have 3 side projects that I'm working on which have no real time tables attached. The Bloodsport review is SLOWLY being chipped away at and another episode of criticizing action is in the works. The third project is a special one that is more just a random video with sound bytes added in, this one will have to wait since I need to get some footage off a DVD that I don't have right now.
At some point I'm going to redesign this site so it doesn't look as cheap and be easier to navigate between the different videos (MMA review, Movie reviews, Game reviews, ect...)
That's all for updates.
I wasn't going to do the strikeforce Henderson vs Cavalcante fight since I'm on a break so I can work on other videos but due to the recent acquisition of Strikeforce by Zuffa, I feel I need to say some things about that but it's not enough to justify a rant video so I might as well put it in a review. I'm going to begin filming this on the weekend. I'm going to film the UFC 128 PPV review as well this weekend so it's killing two birds with one stone. Expect to see the videos out sometime next week.
I have 3 side projects that I'm working on which have no real time tables attached. The Bloodsport review is SLOWLY being chipped away at and another episode of criticizing action is in the works. The third project is a special one that is more just a random video with sound bytes added in, this one will have to wait since I need to get some footage off a DVD that I don't have right now.
At some point I'm going to redesign this site so it doesn't look as cheap and be easier to navigate between the different videos (MMA review, Movie reviews, Game reviews, ect...)
That's all for updates.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Criticizing Action: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Show Notes: This is mainly a practice video to get me warmed up for when I do "Bloodsport". I like to take baby steps which is why this video is so short. I'll probably do more episodes of "Criticizing Action" which will just be a small snippet from an action movie rather then a full review. Don't worry though, "Bloodsport" will get the 20 minute treatment and I'll name full reviews something else so as not to have confusion.
I learned quite a lot from making this one and since I'm not doing the UFC fight this weekend, I'll actually be working on my "Bloodsport" review. I'm not going to give a specific time-line for when it's done (it's all written and timestamped, just need to film/edit/commentate). The one thing I liked about doing this kinda video was that I didn't have a schedule to keep like with the MMA videos so it was more relaxing to do and I didn't have to worry about fact checking since it's mainly an opinion piece.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Strikeforce/M1 Global Fedor vs Silva
Show Notes: Just got back from Strikeforce Challengers and was uploading this before I left. I actually had this filmed on Wed. but due to scheduling, I didn't have time to edit it till Friday. Filming this was also a pain cause it was the first time I shot during the daytime and I kept getting interrupted by outside noise like the neighbor's dog or a helicopter outside. It was minor up until I got to talking about the Fedor fight, cause apparently at that point every neighbor on the block had to get out power tools and do some woodwork. I kept taking breaks during the noise but it was taking me 2 hours just to film a 15 minute segment and that's kinda why I look a little worn out when I talk about that fight. The noise is also the reason there are some minor edits throughout the video. I think I'll move the set into the garage at some point so I don't have to deal with that.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
UFC126/ Strikeforce Diaz vs Cyborg
UFC 126
Strikeforce Diaz vs Cyborg
Notes: Yeah I had some bad allergies all week and decided to take a small break from the internet all last week to do stuff in the real world for a bit. I'm planning on going to the strikeforce challengers event on the 18th, so I might do a review/vlog for it like I did for the fight for the troops 2 card.
Strikeforce Diaz vs Cyborg
Notes: Yeah I had some bad allergies all week and decided to take a small break from the internet all last week to do stuff in the real world for a bit. I'm planning on going to the strikeforce challengers event on the 18th, so I might do a review/vlog for it like I did for the fight for the troops 2 card.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
UFC fight for the troops 2 review
Intrepid Fallen Heroes fund
Any donations before Jan.29 will allow you to get the shirt or wrist band.
Notes on the show: So I'm testing out this new format to cut out the entire note taking process. Saw Spoony's Wrestle!Wrestle! TNA review and figured his way of doing things was better. Recording myself right after watching the fights was just overall less hassle then pages of notes. Hopefully I don't get in trouble for it. I still do my research but if I can't remember something off the top of my head then it probably wasn't too important. I also want to mention that my allergies are acting up so my eyes are burning and my nose is stuffy. It's what's known around where I live as Ceder Fever. When filming this on Wed. I had a mild case but now it's to the point where I'm sneezing at least 8 times an hour. I should have it under control for this weekend.
Updates: At some point I will be taking a break from MMA reviews so I can concentrate on my game/movie reviews. I was hoping to take a break next month but there are too many good fights next month and if I'm going to bother to buy a PPV event, I might as well review it.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Vlog explaining my trip
Going to visit my parent's place later to view the broadcast of the fight and start my review on it.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Just got back home...
Wow, that was a once in a lifetime experience. We kinda had to Sgt. Bilko me into the event and there was a moment when I thought I was going to get kicked out. I however still had a blast and will get to watching the broadcast of the fight for my review.
I also scored an autograph from Cody McKenzie for Sunny's shirt that she got at the event.
I scored a cell phone picture with Cody looking badass and me caught in a stupid mid-smile grin.
I also scored an autograph from Cody McKenzie for Sunny's shirt that she got at the event.
I scored a cell phone picture with Cody looking badass and me caught in a stupid mid-smile grin.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Dynamite just couldn't come together
I've been trying to work on this all weekend and the beginning of this week but the video never comes out the way I want it to. It's way too long and some fights I don't keep the enthusiasm up like I normally do. I've decided to scrap dynamite and strikeforce challenger review since both weren't going where I wanted and instead of taking another video shoot for them I would simply focus my attention on the UFC fight for the troops 2 which I will be attending so keep an eye out for me in the audience. The problem with this show isn't finding things to do, but rather finding the time to do everything I want with it.
Speaking of Fight for the troops 2. If anyone feels they want to donate or bid on auction items for "Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund"
Donate
Auction
A lot of the items in the auction are pretty pricey but they do have an Xbox Elite with Kinect going for $500(at the time of this writing) which has an autographed UFC 2010 game. I personally don't like the UFC game but at least it's autographed and will be a collector's item.
Speaking of Fight for the troops 2. If anyone feels they want to donate or bid on auction items for "Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund"
Donate
Auction
A lot of the items in the auction are pretty pricey but they do have an Xbox Elite with Kinect going for $500(at the time of this writing) which has an autographed UFC 2010 game. I personally don't like the UFC game but at least it's autographed and will be a collector's item.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Aoki vs Nagashima Street Fighter Z
Ok, this will be the last one of the night and I'll get back to work on the Dynamite review.
Funniest MMA fight
*Edit* if the embed isn't working here is a direct link
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTMwNDY3MDA4.html
Another video that pretty much speaks for itself. I would recommend watching the whole thing, cause like a good comedy the whole thing is played straight right up to the end where it becomes so funny even the announcers start laughing.
Van Damme's early roles
While doing some research for my Bloodsport review, I came across this early Jean Claude Van Damme video. I think it's pretty self explanatory.
Work continues...
I know I said I would have dynamite!! out today but honestly I needed a break after trying to get UFC 125 out with all the headaches of uploading and what not. I will shoot dynamite today at some point and try to edit it tonight but a safe bet would be that it will be out around the weekend. I haven't checked out Strikeforce:
challengers just yet but it's on the DVR at my parents place and I'm fairly confident I can have that out around the weekend too. Remember guys I have a life outside of the videos so it's not easy to find the required time to make them and because I'm new at these I tend to underestimate the amount of time it takes to get them out. I'm not being lazy with them, I'm just being human.
challengers just yet but it's on the DVR at my parents place and I'm fairly confident I can have that out around the weekend too. Remember guys I have a life outside of the videos so it's not easy to find the required time to make them and because I'm new at these I tend to underestimate the amount of time it takes to get them out. I'm not being lazy with them, I'm just being human.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
UFC 125 review
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Notes on the video: I know the video is a way too long so I don't expect people to watch it all in one sitting. I'm going to re-evaluate my note taking and analysis to cut the show down in length so it's more watchable next time. This episode almost didn't upload and now I'm having trouble with the SD conversion but at least it's out there and better late then never. I'm going to try to get it to convert to flash so I can post it on here without having to link to my blip.tv account. If it fails I'll upload it in 2 parts tomorrow.
Update: I got the video to convert to flash player so I can post it on the blogspot itself. Sorry for any inconveniences and this is all still a learning process for me. On a side note I'm kinda amazed it has views already when it's only been up for a couple of hours and hasn't been converted to flash player, so it's nice to know people were waiting for this. I'll step up my game for you guys cause you deserve the best show I can make.
Some Technical Difficulties
OK, the video is done but it's running time is over an hour. This is making it difficult for it to upload cause it keeps timing out. I'm going to try again a couple more times and if that fails I'll split the video up into 2 parts. Sorry for the delays. I'll try something different for Dynamite!! and move away from play by play and stick to more highlights per round.
Monday, January 10, 2011
UFC 125 and Dynamite!! are coming I swear.....
OK, I got way behind schedule due to real life issues but I'm working on the UFC 125 review right now and I'll have it done today and I'm aiming to have it uploaded by the end of the day (with rendering and uploading there is a chance it could drag on longer but it will be done). So check back tomorrow and it'll be up.
I will have the rest of the Dynamite!! review done by Wednesday.
As an added bonus/apology for taking so long I will be doing the Strikeforce Challenger's card that happened last weekend. It will be in a slightly different format then my normal shows. It will be a straight Vlog with little to no editing and no pictures aside from the promo poster. I'm also going to use it as a test bed for a new method of note taking as well as to see if I can do minor league fights like MXC or King of the Cage reviews. If I feel comfortable with it and it doesn't take up as much time, then I will do Vlog format reviews for other leagues but keep the picture format I use for the big 3 (Dream, Strikeforce, UFC). This will be done by Thursday.
It takes me about 20 hours to do a 1 hour review show due to editing/rendering/uploading/filming/research/transferring footage from the camera to the PC. I tend to watch the fights multiple times and make hand written notes which cramps my hand and I end up with multiple pages of notes (Average 2.5 pages per fight all hand written, so a 5 fight main card turns into 12.5 pages of notes). I don't have access to a computer in the same room when I watch the fights so I transcribe those notes to the PC later, I type over 120 words per minute so that isn't that bad. Truth be told, the handwritten note taking is the longest process cause I just got done with my notes on UFC 125 and it took 6 hours!!! The main reason my notes are extremely detailed is I can't watch the fights at my apartment so I can't do a quick recap of the fight if I forgot something and it's a 15 minute drive to my parents' house to check the DVR so I make sure I write everything down. Once I get a portable video recorder and hard drive I'll be able to watch the fights again at my apartment which means my notes won't need to include everything that happened and I'll have access to a PC while watching the fight which will cut down on this time consuming method I have now.
The show is only a couple months old and all this is a learning process for me but I am enjoying it and it's nice to know that people are watching these and enjoying them as well. I'm also learning more and more about the sport I love and it's the only sport I watch and follow (aside from K1 and some boxing). I want to thank all those that have watched me go through the birthing pains of the show and I hope to streamline my process of doing them so I can get them out faster and I can work on some other projects I have planned (mainly the Bloodsport review and MMA game reviews which I can't wait to get started on). After Thursday I'm going to order the equipment/software I need for those and finish writing the script for Bloodsport so I can work on it between MMA reviews.
I will have the rest of the Dynamite!! review done by Wednesday.
As an added bonus/apology for taking so long I will be doing the Strikeforce Challenger's card that happened last weekend. It will be in a slightly different format then my normal shows. It will be a straight Vlog with little to no editing and no pictures aside from the promo poster. I'm also going to use it as a test bed for a new method of note taking as well as to see if I can do minor league fights like MXC or King of the Cage reviews. If I feel comfortable with it and it doesn't take up as much time, then I will do Vlog format reviews for other leagues but keep the picture format I use for the big 3 (Dream, Strikeforce, UFC). This will be done by Thursday.
It takes me about 20 hours to do a 1 hour review show due to editing/rendering/uploading/filming/research/transferring footage from the camera to the PC. I tend to watch the fights multiple times and make hand written notes which cramps my hand and I end up with multiple pages of notes (Average 2.5 pages per fight all hand written, so a 5 fight main card turns into 12.5 pages of notes). I don't have access to a computer in the same room when I watch the fights so I transcribe those notes to the PC later, I type over 120 words per minute so that isn't that bad. Truth be told, the handwritten note taking is the longest process cause I just got done with my notes on UFC 125 and it took 6 hours!!! The main reason my notes are extremely detailed is I can't watch the fights at my apartment so I can't do a quick recap of the fight if I forgot something and it's a 15 minute drive to my parents' house to check the DVR so I make sure I write everything down. Once I get a portable video recorder and hard drive I'll be able to watch the fights again at my apartment which means my notes won't need to include everything that happened and I'll have access to a PC while watching the fight which will cut down on this time consuming method I have now.
The show is only a couple months old and all this is a learning process for me but I am enjoying it and it's nice to know that people are watching these and enjoying them as well. I'm also learning more and more about the sport I love and it's the only sport I watch and follow (aside from K1 and some boxing). I want to thank all those that have watched me go through the birthing pains of the show and I hope to streamline my process of doing them so I can get them out faster and I can work on some other projects I have planned (mainly the Bloodsport review and MMA game reviews which I can't wait to get started on). After Thursday I'm going to order the equipment/software I need for those and finish writing the script for Bloodsport so I can work on it between MMA reviews.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Fields Dynamite!! 2010 Mini Review
This is a short review of 2 fights, Aoki vs Nagashima and Sakuraba vs Zaromskis along with Frank Wigg as a bonus. I'll review the rest of Dynamite later this week but I just wanted to get these 2 fights out of the way since I had some footage that went along with the events.
State of the Show Jan 6th 2011
Quick edit, when I say I don't want composite cables, I meant component cables. I'm currently looking at Video Capture devices that take composite cables any suggestions are welcomed.
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