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Post by Steala on Mar 28, 2009 22:03:34 GMT -1
It's on, bitches...apparently this Wednesday.
I hadn't even heard about it until today, so it's obviously a pretty big deal. It's not exactly the American Revolution big, but it's awful close.
In case you've been out of the UFC loop like I have, Dan Henderson and Michael Bisping are the coaches and will fight at UFC 100. Why? I'm not so sure. I'm guessing for the opportunity to be raped by Anderson Silva at a later date for the Middleweight title.
Other than that, there's not much to talk about now.
Here's the no-names:
United States
Lightweights: Paul Bird, Santino DeFranco, Jason Dent, Cameron Dollar, Tom Hayden, Waylon Lowe, Josh Souder, Richie Whitson
Welterweights: Ryan Biglar, Ray Elbe, Christian Fulgium, DaMarques Johnson, Kevin Knabjian, Mark Miller, Jason Pierce, Kiel Reid
United Kingdom
Lightweights: James Bryan, Dan James, Gary Kelly, Jeff Lawson, Ross Pearson, Martin Stapleton, A.J. Wenn, Andre Winner
Welterweights: Dean Amarasinghe, James Bateman, David Faulkner, Tommy Maguire, Che Mills, Nick Osipczak, Alex Reid, James Wilks
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Post by Steala on May 27, 2009 20:14:54 GMT -1
I finally got around to watching some of these episodes when they did a marathon over the weekend and I'm questioning what their prerequisites were for choosing the American fighters. I'm guessing the interview process went a bit like this.  |
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Post by Woo on May 28, 2009 19:03:25 GMT -1
lmao.
I haven't watched the show, but that was awesome. Does one of them look like Haywire then?
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Post by Steala on May 28, 2009 21:22:41 GMT -1
Well he just has those crossed serial killer eyes like Haywire. Kind of like those paintings that seem like they're looking at you no matter where you are in the room.
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Post by Woo on May 28, 2009 21:40:16 GMT -1
lol, Haywire is so scary in everything- My Name is Earl, 24 etc etc. I swear he's been in like every show ever.
Btw does Team UK ever win? MMA isn't exactly huge over here so goodness knows where they keep finding these fighters from.
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Post by Steala on May 28, 2009 22:28:09 GMT -1
And he always seems to play a crazy guy, a criminal, or both....and he's pretty fucking great at it.
Yeah, it's 4-4 now actually. Two fighters in each division for both teams. One of the UK fighters actually lives in southern California now though...traitor.
Michael Bisping is proving to be more and more of a jackass as the show continues. He's easily the biggest douche on the entire show, eclipsing the entire US team's cumulative douchebaggery.
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Post by MetalBlade on May 30, 2009 13:03:10 GMT -1
Bollocks! Bisping is alright. The US Team on the other hand, have set a new low in chickenshit whinery. They all claim to have sore knees and staph infections and broken fingernails etc, just to get out of fighting. The yellow bastards.
I reckon even the French team would display less cowardice than these non-entities.
Team UK have proved to be a team of unified strength, win or lose, they are a solid unit unlike their antisocial American counterparts....
.... OH FUCKING HELL!!! Everton just scored in thirty-five seconds in what is the fastest FA Cup goal ever.
Double bollocks!
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Post by Steala on May 30, 2009 14:31:29 GMT -1
lol. One of the Americans has gotten out of a fight (staph infection) since the prelims and that's because Dana had the final call. I don't think Pierce wanted to fight but he said he would so we can't really assume otherwise.
Of the other two in the preliminary fights, one failed to make weight (and he bitched out clearly) and the other had some form of herpes so he couldn't fight. So all in all, that's what, one guy that actually quit? That's as many as the Brits now after Faulkner quit between rounds.
Meanwhile, I find it really funny how Bisping was bitching about the US team celebrating after their last win. Talk about hypocrisy. This is the same guy who taunted the US team after every UK win.
And let's not forget the infamous immature "water spraying incident", because he thought "Yo Bisping, you're whiter than a band aid" (aren't band aids pretty tan these days?) was a racist comment (and a white guy said it to him). Later he changed his tune after he realized how idiotic he sounded and said the water spraying was "unintentional".
Not only that, but he couldn't get up and work out at 9 am for one week while the American team had done it for, I think, three weeks.
I haven't respected the guy since his "win" vs. Matt Hamill and the subsequent bragging. He's such a clown.
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Post by MetalBlade on May 31, 2009 0:29:27 GMT -1
But clowns are good. They are here to amuse us.
Yeah that was pretty lame of Bisping not to show up for Amasinger's fight. And he blamed jetlag.
From my experience, jetlag affects you when you fly back to the UK from America, not the other way around.
I've not seen the latest episode, so thanks for the Faulkner spoiler. We get it on Sunday in the UK, and I didn't realise we were a week behind.
I had to laugh though when Faulkner couldn't keep his gumshield in without gagging. What a spazz. Bisping was dead right to get on his case about that.
Hard to see who's gonna win this thing, as nobody really stood out except maybe Cameron Dollar, despite his nerves. So I'll put my "dollar" on him winning. It was a great rear naked choke he pulled out to win his first round proper match.
Look at me now, batting for the Americans. What a two-faced bastard I am!
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Post by Steala on May 31, 2009 13:41:40 GMT -1
I've not seen the latest episode, so thanks for the Faulkner spoiler. We get it on Sunday in the UK, and I didn't realise we were a week behind. You're welcome?  |
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Post by Steala on Jun 21, 2009 19:25:17 GMT -1
SPOILERS
Wow, what a finale. The UK makes it a sweep. James Wilks really blew me away in that fight. He was determined to make Johnson tap out. How many submissions did he throw? Christ.
I was pretty impressed with Joe Stevenson. He really dominated the ground game with Nate Diaz.
Sanchez vs. Guida was incredible. I had to laugh at how intense Diego looked at the beginning. The first 30 seconds were insane with both fighters throwing fists wildly. Luckily, they both had great conditioning, otherwise they'd both be gassed in the middle of the first. That was the best fight I've seen since Chris Lytle vs. Kevin Burns.
...On that note, I was with Joe Rogan when he said Lytle vs. Burns was fight of the night up to that point, but Sanchez and Guida stole the show (if stealing the show is even possible when you're headlining it). I was surprised they put that on for free...That's definitely a PPV-calibre fight with PPV-calibre names.
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Post by MetalBlade on Jun 22, 2009 2:47:49 GMT -1
Fucking OWNED dude. The English came and pissed on the parade. Wilks was brilliant, and definitely future title material after that great submission-fest. But Clay vs Diego - JESUS... Those two looked like they were gonna kill each other before the fight, and then looked like they were killing each other during the fight. I can't remember seeing that much blood in a MMA bout. Rogan Josh mentioned one in Germany last week, which I'm gonna have to find***, but that was one hell of a bloodbath. Potential MOTY contender that. Edit ***Lol, I found it. It's pretty disgusting but you can see it here www.mma-core.com/videos/_Stefan_Struve_vs_Denis_Stojnic_UFC_99_The_Comebac?vid=10005319&tid=100 |
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Post by Steala on Jun 22, 2009 21:42:23 GMT -1
Wow, that's pretty bad, but I'm not sure if it was as bad as Edwin Dewees on TUF 4. Maybe it's just because that video isn't as clear as when I saw the Dewees fight on TV, but all I can remember is a continuous stream of blood dripping down on Gideon Ray's face. Sick.
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