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.
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