Penn & Fitch scrap to a Draw

After a strong 10-9 opening round for BJ and a competitive second round that could have gone either way - Fitch dominated the Prodigy throughout the 3rd round but seems to have only managed a 10-9 round 3 in the eyes of the judges giving us the majority draw that was called tonight.  It was a fair call, granted Fitch did more damage in the 3rd than BJ did in the 1st, they were still both 10-9 rounds.

Which BJ did we see tonight? He seemed fit and well-conditioned, he seemed to have an excellent game plan, and mentally he looked well prepared and focused...so what went wrong?  Is BJ just too small for welterweight, how would he fair out against the rest of the top tier welterweights?

This fight left us with more questions than answers yet I find myself comforted in the fact that BJ didn't lose.  As a fan of BJ I hate to see him lose fights that he was prepared for and I believe he had a great camp preparing for this bout.  BJ never used to get handled like this against Matt Hughes, who for a period of time was considered the physically strongest welterweight in the UFC, so why now?  GSP, Fitch, Alves, Koschek, Kampmann, Sheilds - All of these welterweights are much bigger than BJ and a huge challenge.

We'll see what happens next; if there is a Penn | Fitch II and it’s a continuation of tonight's fight it could be a long night for BJ. If Penn improves on his ability to get out from underneath, it could be a frustrating night for Fitch (much like the first 1.5 rounds tonight)

The real question that tonight's main event evokes in me is what does BJ need to do to win the rematch; and continue at 170 lbs.

NY Resident & Hero Joe Lozito gets a visit from Dana White

This is great, wait until you see the damage this guy took taking down this multiple murder suspect on the subway in New York.

Its great to see Dana helping this guy out, and as is typical with real heroes - he claims he is not a hero at all.

From what I heard, the murder suspect, Gelman, pulled out the knife and prefaced his attack on Lozito by saying you are going to die, then Lozito countered the lunge with a single leg take down and then somehow they ended up in a position where he swept the suspect and then subdued him until the cops arrived.  He took some serious damage during the scuffle.

VIP UFC tickets at Dana's table for the Jersey show....great show of class by Dana and the UFC for going to meet this guy...check out the video.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/manhattan/subway-hero-meets-ufc-president-20110214

Well done Joe Lozito.

Bruce Leroy Street Fight?

Tell me I'm wrong, is this not Bruce Leroy in a backyard fight?

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUxNzMwMzI0.html

UFC 129 - Pretty much sold out

Wow - By 11am I finally got tickets and they had already nearly sold out; I was ble to nail 2 for $1000. 

Check out the story, records are being broken as promised...

http://www.tsn.ca/mma/story/?id=353297

Today's UFC Presser in Toronto

This was today's UFC presser in Toronto, this is going to be huge - hopefully we can nail some decent seats.

No doubt about it, Jake will be GSP's toughest fight to date - GSP  realizes it, its funny that Vegas oddsmakers don't.
http://www.pancrase.org/ufc-129-toronto-press-conference/02-08-2011/

MMA Periodical 1: My First Post - Finally

I've been mulling over doing an MMA blog for a number of years now, probably about 10-12 years.  It was right about the time I realized I know way too much about "NHB" fighting and started growing bored of Bas's open hand beatdowns. (Mind you I always enjoyed his jumping victory splits:)

I haven't missed a single UFC, Pride, KOTC, TKO, or UCC. Needless to say nowadays I'm not missing any Strikeforce, Bellator, Maximum Fighting Championships, any other smaller show I can get my eyes on, and of course every UFC event, presser and/or interview.....it’s never going to end, the sport is here to stay, and so am I.

Periodically, you're going to get my best thoughts on recent events - big fights, small fights, fight that matter, and fights that weren't supposed to matter but ended up being something we didn't expect - a gamechanger, a jaw dropper, the launch of some fighter's title run, the u-turn in fight career, or the beginning of the end, or another beginning.  Royce & Kimo, One boxing glove, The giant killer, Tank, Oleg beating Tank, Jason DeLucia, Old Sergio Batarelli Vale Tudo fights, The Gracie home videos, The Gracie beach street fight, young Vitor, Tito flippin the bird when he was a bad-ass (let's face it he belongs in the H-O-F), Chuck  losing to Jeremy Horn and never looking back, Pride, Rickson vs Takada, Saku, the smashing machine, the king of the streets, the Hammer, Wandy, Big Nog's triangle, Hendo's right hand, BJ running away after KOing Caol Uno, BJ taking Hughes, BJ vs Machida, Chuck vs Tito, Randy whoopin Chuck, Tito & Vitor....fast forward....The Ultimate Final: Forrest and Stefan, The new fans, Randy dropping Timmy, Rampage dropping Chuck, the new breed of fighter, Cain, GSP, Anderson, what will come of Bones Jones…… and it goes on and on and on. (I’ve left so much out, RIP Evan Tanner the world misses you)

The sport has evolved so much over the past 18-20 years....the fighters are so different, the media has changed, Sherdog went from irritating Dana to being an ESPN affiliate, it’s madness.

My MMA blog - over a decade in the making, and it might not even end up being much at all – but hey, sometimes fights that weren't supposed to matter end up being the most important ones.

Rickson by Armbar.