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UFC 65... I'm soo psyched!!!

Wow! I can't wait til Saturday. This should be a great UFC. Two belt challenges w/Matt Hughes hopefully falling victim to the ever talented new talent know as George St.Pierre and Jeff Monson looking to chop down the giant Tim Silvia. And although those are gonna be exciting matches and the HW and Welterweight UFC belts are on the line... I'm most psyched about my boy Brandon Vera facing off against former HW UFC champ Frank Mir.

I hope Mir is back to his former self and has really trained for this fight. But I hope that Vera knocks him out and gets even closer to a challenge for the belt.

Check out the link for a current vid of what Vera is doing just days before his fight.

http://www.brandonverablog.com/blog/

Now that's what I call intense training.

Umm... what exactly is this about?

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwMwRFTnPuQ

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Pride the Real Deal (Results)

Pride comes to America (Spoilers)

Pride = the UFC in Japan. Well, after the UFC has been doing so well lately as the American audience continues to embrace this modern day gladiator combat as a legitimate sport, Pride has decided to try their show out in the US to get a piece of the pie.

Anyway… if you are hoping to catch a PPV replay, then don’t this blog any further as it contains the fight results.

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First fight was… Joey "Dreamsmasher" Villasenor (USA) VS. "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler (USA)

This fight ends early in the 1st round after some brief standing exchanges. Lawler hits a flying knee that essentially KO’s Joey and Lawler quickly finishes him. Wow! Great knee!

Next fight was… Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan) v. Travis Galbraith (USA)

Galbraith took this fight on short notice, Nak was originally to fight Marvin Eastman. Round 1 has both fighters striking it out, Nak get’s the better blows in, they go to the ground and grapple a bit round ends w/Nak having more shots landed and some grappling reversals. Round 2 has both swinging for the fences, most missing, they clinch, Nak lands a knee to the face, drops Galbraith to his knees. Nak circles and ends it w/strikes, ref stops in Round 2.

Next fight was … Phil "New York Badass" Baroni (USA) VS. Yosuke Nishijima (Japan)

Yosuke comes out swinging, Baroni ducks opening right and goes for double leg takedown, nails it. Get’s top position and does some transitions from side control, half-guard, side control, while going for a few subs and mixing it up w/some punches from the top. Finally finds the Kimura from side mount again, locks it in and torques it. Yosuke refuses to tap, Ref stops it.

Actually, Yosuke may have been tapping if you look at his right arm in the gif and notice the slight movement of the shoulder/head. Looks painful enough for me to tap. Ouch!

Up next was… "Dangerous" Dan Henderson (USA) VS. Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort (USA)

Round 1, they mix it up w/some strikes, Dan nails a takedown and lands more punches, and is more aggressive. Round 2 show Vitor tired and jumping to guard. Dan lands some punches while in guard. Round 3, Vitor jumped guard again, it ends. Judges give it to Dan. No gifs of fight that I could find. But apparently Chuck Norris, the man, the myth, the legend was there.

Next fight… Sean Ohaire (USA) VS. Eric "Butterbean" Esch (USA)

Round 1… Sean comes out kicking, no real effect, eats some heavy right hands while doing so. Sean clinches w/Bean… not a bright move, KO. See for yourself.

Next up… Josh "The Baby-faced Assassin" Barnett (USA) VS. Pawel Nastula (Poland)

Round 1… sloppy punches from both, they clinch, sloppy grappling, they trade positions. Josh gets the takedown. Round 2, they come out swinging, mostly missing. Round 2, they exchange some punches, clinch, go to the ground Nastula on top, Josh reverses and goes for a toe-hold Nastula taps immediately.

Next up was… Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (Brazil) VS. Kevin "The Monster" Randleman (USA)

Round 1… Randleman shoots immediately for the takedown, Shogun get’s half-guard. Sweeps Kevin for the foot lock, transitions from a toe-hold to kneebar… Kevin taps. Kevin is a strong/explosive wrestler but needs to learn some sub defense. Geesh!

Main Event… Fedor Emelianenko (Japan) VS. Mark "The Hammer" Coleman (USA)

I’ve posted about Fedor before in my blog. This guy is the Real Deal. He is no nonsense MMA at it’s best. And he didn’t disappoint tonight either.

Round 1… Coleman tries for takedown after takedown, he’s being rocked w/punches the whole time. He gets one takedown, Fedor get’s up against the ring post and stands, Coleman eats heavy leather. Round 2, Coleman desperate for a takedown, lands a punch shoots for a double, after some sprawl from Fedor, he gets the takedown, Fedor looks to sweep from open guard, goes for armbar, nails it, Coleman taps.

Coleman’s face looks pretty bad.

Wow, Coleman had his kids there. Those post fight punches were weird.

This fight ended just like their first fight. Same armbar. Wow!

UFC 65 November 18th. Can’t wait.

Hughes vs GSP, Silvia vs Monson, Vera vs Mir.

Peace,

Puzzled

Wow! I always goof up posting the gifs. Word auto-formats the links and underlines them, which throws off the blog recognition, so I have to edit them... anyway... they should work now.

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UFC, and other goofiness.

Wow, so I watched UFC this past Saturday. Two title fights. Rich Franklin was fighting Anderson Silva who would many was saying was going to be his toughest fight. Indeed many thought that Silva would beat Franklin. And in fact, that’s exactly what he did. Silva is a Muy Thai specialist and he came out and quickly imposed his game on Franklin. Franklin has historically been a very smart fighter and extremely perplexing to his opponents. But unfortunately, whatever training and game plan he had strategized prior to the fight proved ineffective. Silva tied Franklin up in a Muy Thai clinch early in the 1st round, and after repeated knees to the body, Franklin dropped his hands to protect his body. Which led to Silva taking the knee to Franklin’s nose. Which broke it clearly. Franklin went down shortly after that and almost assumed the fetal position. The ref stopped the fight immediately sensing Franklin’s inability to defend himself. So the title belongs to A. Silva. Franklin will be back, and he’s learned a valuable lesson.

The Sean Sherk –vs- Kenny Florian fight went the distance and thanks to an elbow from the bottom position late in the 1st round or early in the 2nd, Sherk bled all over the place. Sherk’s scalp area around his right temple bled soo much, it looked like someone had spilled 3 gallons of blood on the Octagon floor and on both fighters. But since the blood wasn’t in Sherk’s eyes and he wanted to continue, they let it go on.

Although neither fighter was at any health risk, unknowing watchers may deem the amount of blood spilled as being too barbaric to allow to continue.

Anyway, Sherk is insanely strong, and he’s got a pretty viscous ground and pound, but he couldn’t put an end to the ever tough Kenny Florian. Florian had a slight chance each time the fight was stood back up (I think Sherk took him down 6 times), but Sherk would just take Kenflo back down and the process would repeat itself.

The upcoming Pride should have some good fights and the next UFC will have Brandon Vera in it, so I’m definitely stoked about that one.

On to the goofiness…

Ever wanted to kill your boss? Ever thought about it? Well, next time you have that urge, just go here:

Click begin…

http://www.doodie.com/anger_management.php

What happens when you are a reporter and you stand near the military while they are burning drugs? You get high, really fast, that’s what.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRVHXv8p0F8

Unmarked Ninja IMO.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ERMPDZsMT8

Well, it worked for me.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYkHYibMoFg

The Dog Whisperer on South Park? LOL!

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsiP_0QK5r4

This dog is freaky... and funny… but very freaky.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1kpdDX0QCE

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Fighting the Flood

Well… when it rains it pours I guess. Strike that. When it rains over 12 inches in under 2 days in surrounding areas, well then that really can cause problems for the river that runs through Franklin where I live. The river is the same Blackwater River that flooded after Hurricane Dennis and Floyd did a tag-team number on our area back in 99.’ They were calling that flood a hundred year flood, because it had been that long since Franklin has seen that much water. Sure the river may flood it’s banks now and again, but that’s never been a problem. But, wow! Two major floods in less than a decade. That doesn’t bode too well for the peace of mind of my fellow Franklinians nor myself.

My house caught it back in 99’ but thankfully this time we were spared. The big difference this time is that we knew it was coming. It seems that we’ve learned some valuable lessons about our forecasting of the Blackwater river’s level and how other areas rainfall can quickly contribute to some of our problems. In addition, our town’s drainage system was totally refurbished, etc, etc. Last time… we had no warning. I mean really… nothing. I think there may have been one or two flash flood warnings for those right on the river, but that was it. My wife and I went to bed that night never expecting to wake up in a flood.

That night/early morning still seems like a dream to me. We had brought the dog in for the night because of the weather and he faithfully slept at the foot of our bed on the floor. Well, at about 4am I was awakened by what sounded like my dog drinking/lapping up some water. In my half-awaken state I thought he was in the bathroom drinking from the toilet, but after calling to him, I was quickly surprised to see him right next to me walking around confused in 4 inches of water in my bedroom. Yep, it was that quiet creeping into our house.

I remember looking out into my backyard and seeing the bedroom light shine off of the 3 ½’ deep water in my backyard. My AC unit was still churning, tho it was nearly submerged. And it wasn’t even a Trane. J After my wife got shocked by walking into the spare bedroom to pack up some clothes and my dog got shocked entering into the Kitchen I quickly killed the power to the house and we splashed outside to see some National Guard folk evacuating people. My Grand Am was in deep water, but the Jeep sat up high enough that after a brief prayer, she started up gurgling from the tail pipe and we drove to higher ground. And w/the help of our Church, FEMA and of course friends and family we were fully recovered after a couple of months.

This time, the swamp and tributaries that got us last time weren’t as affected so we stayed high and dry. My mill still got wet, but we built up a dike and just kept right on making paper (International Paper). We don’t have any sewage right now (Franklin Water Flooded) so it’s porta-potties galore (ewww....) but we’re getting by. Here’s a couple of pics me and my buddy got today.

Here's a couple pics of Downtown Franklin taken from one of our Recovery Boilers.

Here's a couple photos of our dike/damn whatever you want to call it.

Here's a photo from the train derailment one of them didn't turn out. It's all pixelly. Hmmm...

Anyway... just figured out post some pics and a update on our situation.

Peace,

Puzzled

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Get Your Giggle On!!!!

Well, it’s fallen my lot to host October’s Wheezin Geezer H2 tourney. I think I’ll call the Tournament… “Get Your Giggle On!” since I notoriously giggle when I do something silly or stupid playing Halo. I routinely fall off maps and miss melees. LOL! Poor clan won’t know what hit’em. Actually, they probably will. Most of these guys and gals all know how to have a good time. And in fact, it’s rare that I hook up with anyone from 2o2p that doesn’t know how to have a good time. Which is a good thing and it keeps me happy here @ 2o2p. Anyway… we’ve (Jerry’s Kids/Orphans J) been trying to play more competitive type games w/the MLG type settings and w/that competitive nature of the game, comes the tension and intensity of playing at that level.

Don’t get me wrong, I actually enjoy playing the MLG stuff, even when we get trashed. It forces you to realize that if you can’t play well as a team and practice as a team, you’ll never be able (despite how well of an individual player you are) compete w/a team that can get map control and have the angles to team shoot you as soon as you pop out from cover.

So… since I’m in control of the tourney, I’ve decided to go the opposite of “hardcore” and competitive. This tourney will be as laid back and jovial as possible. I’ve been searching the net and trying to remember some of the more light hearted custom gametypes that I’ve played in the past and have had a good time playing. You know the one’s I’m talking about. The kind where you grab two needlers go through the port on Beaver Creek screaming “Pink Death!!!!!!” or when you charge the hill wielding only your plasma pistol that you aren’t allowed to shoot (melee’s only) giggling as you smack and get smacked by your friends. Yes, those are the types of games I’m looking for. So far, I’ve got about 4 gametypes that I’m using (FightClub, Dodgeball, Troy and my own creation HH Soccer) I still need two more and I’ve got some ideas but if you’d like to PM me w/some variant or custom you’ve played or created I’d greatly appreciate it. Even if I don’t use it for the tourney I’d still like to have it for future custom games.

I also appreciate the Bungie boys in the customization aspect of the H2 variants that are possible. Just a few tweaks here and there and you’ve got a whole new game variant. Something as simple as manipulating time limits, number of lives, # of balls on maps, etc can totally change how a game is played. This is good since most of us are still gonna be waiting for Halo 3 for quite a while. And if Gears turns out to be another Perfect Dark, we’re gonna need some more custom variants to keep us shooting til H3 come out.

Here’s some more Youtube goodness for you.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFixzQTcaI4

This is a cool Xbox commercial that got banned. LOL! It reminds me of a couple of movies.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL0ZWt8sRw8

Here's another xbox vid that was banned, but I have seen this one a while back.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBDSqLzSl8

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What happened?

Okay, what happened. I vaguely remember getting off Friday afternoon and it's already Monday morning early? This weeked literally flew by in a blaze. We had a Youth Service at a nearby church that didn't have us leaving til 2:30am. Saturday I cut grass and went to Newtown in Williamsburg for dinner and a movie. We saw Guardian, which wasn't too bad. Who knew Ashton (sp?) could do a serious role? We had a typical Sunday service and afterward had pizza and a watched Glory Road w/the Youth Group. No time for any Halo lan, then we went to a friends house for coffee and conversation which just now finished up and it's now Monday morning. Wow! That weekend blazed by and I feel like I've had no time to rest at all.

I'm thinking that I'd like to just veg out next weekend. Now if I can just keep my wife from scheduling us to go anywhere or do anything, that would be great.

Here's some goofiness from the net to get you smiling on this Monday morning:

How Turtles get their groove on. Check this one out. LOL!

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hLzfQQpr3I

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I need a wheelchair...

Okay, it's day two after I did the Satanic ritual otherwise known as "a simple total body workout" from Crossfit. Yesterday it felt like I had been in a car accident... today I feel as though my thighs and butt were ran over by Dump Truck. It's making me laugh, because i'm moving around here at work soo slow. Now I know how I'll feel when I get 70 and it hurts to stand up, or sit down, or walk, or laugh. LOL! "Ouch!" I'm going to try to find me some ibuprofen or something to dull the ache.

We played some MLG type games last night in customs w/some of the MLG guys. It was good just to get enough Jk's on to actually play some MLG type games. We typically go into these tournament games w/little to no practice and though we play well together... MLG type games are so very different than a typical default game set-up that it's easy to lose map control and just get clobbered in a TS or objective game. Hopefully, we'll be able to get on as a group more often and run through some customs and learn how to play better as a team. And learn some unique map set-ups and strategies for future games.

Really, that's the only way, I think we'll be able to play well in the tournaments.

Back to being sore...

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Okay, I'm bored so...

I figured I'd share some of the jokes that I've got over email that I LOL'ed to. Also, I can walk this morning after my new workout yesterday, although it feels like my legs were in a car accident. They are sore as crap. : ) I called my brother to let him know... he tells me the smart would have been to... blah, blah, blah. I retorted w/Well, I didn't get where I am today from being smart (10lbs overweight and a craving for junk food). : ) I think I'll modify my routine slightly tomorrow.

Funnies:

When a Redneck wins big:

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Taking a wee break from the golf course, Tiger Woods drives his new Mercedes into an Irish gas station. An attendant greets him in typical Irish manner, unaware who the golf pro is... "Top o' the mornin to ya".

As Tiger gets out of the car, two tees fall out of his pocket.

"So what are those things, laddie?" asks the attendant.

"They're called tees," replies Tiger.

"And what would ya be usin 'em for, now?" inquires the Irishman."Well, they're for resting my balls on when I drive," replies Tiger.

"Aw, Jaysus, Mary an' Joseph!" exclaims the Irish attendant. “Those fellas at Mercedes think of everything."

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Four married guys go fishing. After an hour, the following conversation took place:

First guy:

"You have no idea what I had to do to be able to come out fishing this weekend. I had to promise my wife that I will paint every room in the house next weekend."

Second guy:

"That's nothing, I had to promise my wife that I will build her a new deck for the pool.."

Third guy:

"Man, you both have it easy! I had to promise my wife that I willremodel the kitchen for her."

They continue to fish when they realised that the fourth guy has not said a word. So they asked him. "You haven't said anything about what you had to do to be able to come fishing this weekend. What's the deal?"

Fourth guy:

"I just set my alarm for 5:30 am.

When it went off, I shut off my alarm, gave the wife a nudge and said, "Fishing or Sex" and she said, "Wear sun-block."

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Qantas.......

Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one. Reassurance for those of us who fly routinely in our jobs.

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers.

By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.

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P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.

S: Almost replaced left inside main tire

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.

S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.

S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.

S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute descent.

S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.

S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.

S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.

S: That's what friction locks are for.

P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.

S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.

S: Suspect you're right.

P: Number 3 engine missing.

S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.

S: Aircraft warned to: straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.

S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.

S: Cat installed.

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

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Little Red Riding Hood is skipping down the road when

she sees a big bad wolf crouched down behind a log.

" My, what big eyes you have, Mr.Wolf."

The wolf jumps up and runs away.

Further down the road Little Red Riding Hood sees

the wolf again and this time he is crouched behind a bush.

"My what big ears you have, Mr. Wolf."

Again the wolf jumps up and runs away.

About two miles down the road Little Red Riding Hood

sees the wolf again and this time he is crouched down behind a rock.

"My what big teeth you have Mr. Wolf."

With that the wolf jumps up and screams, "Will you

knock it off, I'm trying to poop!

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On my first day working at the gas station, I watched a 
senior co-worker measure the level of gasoline in the 
under-ground tanks by lowering a giant measuring
stick down into them. 

"What would happen if I threw a lit match into 
the hole?" I joked. 

"It would go out," he replied very matter-of-factly. 

"Really?" I asked, surprised to hear that. "Is there 
a lack of oxygen down there or some safety device 
that would extinguish it before the fumes ignited?" 

"No," my co-worker continued. "The force from the 
explosion would blow out the match."

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Tried new workout... ugh... ouch.

Okay, so I've been trying to get back into the workout regimen. I've been fairly consistent w/the pushups, curls some ab work and the treadmill (walking w/weighted pack). Well... anyway... my brother is still training at my old fight gym and they're now doing the Crossfit program. My brother said that all the fighters and some of my old sparring (grappling) buddies are all shredded and in top physical form. So he's impressed and has started incorporating some of the crossfit routines in his workout. He tells me about this one simple workout, close to a total body workout where you utilize dumbells.

Basically, you take two dumbells (you determine the weight, but nothing too crazy) and place them by your feet standing shoulder width apart. I used 25lbs dumbells. The routine is to squat down, pick up the dumbells and stand straight back up, sort of a dead lift then immediately squat back down and back up, but when standing back up the 2nd time, you perform a snatch and clean and then press the weights up above your head. Well, after those two squats and the snatch/pres... that's one rep. You do 50 reps to complete the routine and being the not so smart guy that I am, I did those this afternoon. Well... needless to say... my thighs are quivering and shaking when I walk and stand now. LOL! I may not be able to walk tomorrow.

Also, I mentioned earlier about Brandon Vera fighting Frank Mir, well, it's official now. It'll be on the UFC 65 card and that will put him, should he win, and I feel he will, one step closer to standing across the Octagon from Chuck Liddell. Wow... should be exciting stuff. The only thing we haven't seen and that I'm not sure of is Brandon's chin. I know his grappling is on par w/whoever and he won't be outgrappled. And his striking is thunderous, quick and precise. Stay tuned.

Here's a highlight of him my brother sent me. Not the best Highlight vid, but it shows some of his fights.

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUajVyfzuMQ

Ever tried the Mentos and Diet Coke thing? Well, supposedly this guy does. And he craps and spews simoultaneously after popping the mentos. Looks painful to me. LOL!

Embedded YouTube Video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UofQCoIHkt8

Want to see a real live Liger? Well, click the link and be BAMAZED!!!

http://poststuff4.entensity.net/092506/media.php?media=liger.wmv

((EDIT: I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE LIGER LINK CLICKABLE. SO JUST COPY AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR BROWSER. IT IS WORTH IT.))

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BJ Separated Rib (explains 3rd round)

Another MMA forum said that the hospital said BJ has a separated, not broken/cracked rib on his right side. And here is an interview w/Penn after the fight. I do hope we see some more of Penn after this. So far, his UFC return bouts have been w/the #1 (Hughes) and #2 (St. Pierre) in the Welterweight division. He lost a close decision vs St. Pierre and lost clean to Hughes at least partly due to an injury. The interview reveals that Penn isn't trying to make excuses... he gives Hughes props and hopes to fight again. He's a class act in my opinion. And Hughes should be given much respect for weathering through rounds 1 & 2 and keeping the pressure on BJ. Hughes stated in a post fight interview that he was having fun out there. That dude's a warrior too.

Penn Interview:

"After just arriving back in Hawaii, BJ talks about the outcome of his tough UFC 63 title fight against Matt Hughes which took place yesterday evening at Arrowhead Pond in Anahiem CA.

Interviewer:
So BJ how are you doing?

BJ:
I just got back to Hawaii. I'm resting up, I have some injuries. Other than that I'm okay.

Interviewer:
So you just fought Matt Hughes. Could you walk us through the first round?

BJ:
I felt good, I was happy that I was defending Matt's takedowns. I could see that Matt improved his standup. I wish I tried some takedowns, but other than that I was happy with it.

Interviewer:
You say he improved his standup. How?

BJ:
He was dodging my punches well, and he had a good jab.

Interviewer:
What did you think of his takedowns?

BJ:
His takedowns were good and strong, exactly what I expected.

Interviewer:
Take us through the second round.

BJ:
I felt great going in, Matt started trying to take me down from my right leg, it's something I expected he might do. He got me down against the fence, but I was thinking about this position alot and I was ready. When he went for a big elbow, he missed and I capitalized and started going for his back. At this moment, when I was making the turn towards his back, I felt my ribs seperate on my right side. Although I didn't know the severity of the situation. I was thinking I have to finish him now because I knew something was wrong. Matt defended himself well and got through the round. When I got up to walk to my corner, I knew something was wrong, but I didn't want to talk about it with my corner. I wanted to be the champ. I wanted to keep fighting.

Interviewer:
What about round 3?
BJ:
I remember standing up out of the corner in pain. But I was thinking, "Earn your title this is what you have to do to get your belt back, fight through the pain". I knew the oppurtunity I had with getting this fight, especially after losing my last fight. I wasn't going to quit on the corner. I kept going because I honestly believed it was destiny. When me and Matt were boxing I felt like I couldn't breathe and had no mobility in my core. But I kept thinking something good is going to happen. When Matt started dominating the stand up I tried for a takedown. I had nothing and pulled to guard. I felt like I couldn't do anything on the ground. But I was still positive. Matt hit me in the ribs from half guard. The pain was so excruciating I had to use my far hand to block it. I would rather Matt pass my guard and punch my face the hit my ribs. When Matt was in his favorite position that he likes. I was still thinking I was going to win somehow. Big John gave me plenty of time. I practiced defending against that position with flexibility, but I had none with my core. Even when Big John stopped the fight, I was still so positive I thought I escaped. Congratulations to Matt, he is a great fighter. It's not his fault that that happened, he fought like the champion he is. He deserved the victory.

Interviewer:
So how are your ribs doing now?

BJ:
There just hurting, I couldn't sleep last night, I couldn't lay down, Every time I breathe it expands my ribcage and aggrevates my ribs.

Interviewer:
How do you think your conditioning was for this fight?

BJ:
I was training great. I trained 5 to 6 rounds a couple times a week. I was also doing explosive cardio and getting proper rest.

Interviewer:
Anything to say to your fans?

BJ:
Thanks for your support. I already got a lot of emails from my fans. Thank you very much.
Keep checking my site and I'll keep you posted.

Interviewer:
So what is next for BJ Penn?

BJ:
I've got to take care of my ribs, so I'm taking 2 months off, and my suspension for the TKO. I talked to Dana and he said to give him a call when I'm ready to fight. It takes a long time to prepare for these fights and I'm very disappointed I got injured like that. I gotta sit down for a couple weeks and clear my head and see where I am in fighting."

This is not a cool T-shirt but it does contain a gif of how the fight ended.

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UFC 63 Wow...

I thought this was a decent UFC actually. I guess I was most looking forward to the Swick-vs-Loiseau and Penn-vs-Huges fights. And thankfully, these were pretty good fights. I was wrong on both counts on my predictions but... anyways. LOL!

Swick -vs- Loiseau was a battle, IMHO. Swick realized the danger that Loiseau can create by those blades he calls elbows and intelligently stayed fully covered up when he was in danger of receiving an elbow strike. Loiseau was truly conservative the first two rounds, I guess he had viewed enough tape on Swick to know that Swick's strat of "punches in bunches" has KO'd plenty of really tough guys. Swick fought a very intelligent fight and decidedly took the first two rounds by landing more standing strikes and nailing a few takedowns. Loiseau's corner must have told him he was down two rounds and came out the 3rd round looking to end Swick. Swick landed a few spinning back kicks, which surprisingly is what Loiseau and St. Pierre have made good use of in the past. LOL. Swick was extremely quick, hence the nickname right, but more than just being able to quickly launch a volley of multiple strikes, Swick was able to avoid some pretty impressive strikes, kicks, etc. I think Swick is now the #1 contender for Franklin, who is a freaking machine. Should be fun to see these two strategists go at it.

Oy... Hughes -vs-Penn. Man what can I say? Penn nearly destroyed Hughes in the first two rounds. He totally frustrated Hughes primary strength of being able to take his opponent down. Hughes made at least 3 solid takedown atempts on Penn, but was handily stuffed each time. That was impressive. Penn landed some effective strikes standing and visibly had Hughes puzzled at the end of Round 1. Round 2 was more of the same, w/Penn more confident and continuing to stuff Hughes take downs, Penn landed more standing strikes to Hughes and looked like he was going to dominate the champ. Hughes got on top of Penn I think off of another takedown attempt but Penn somehow took the back door out and got Hughes back. It was almost a replay from their earlier bout, but Hughes didn't panic and Penn was up kind of high on Hughes back. So Penn locked on some freakey modified triangle choke and nearing the end of the round, he tried to lock Hughes arm out as well. Penn was unable to finish the champ and he wobbled a bit walking back to his corner. Hughes got up, bleeding and having lost the round, but the little bugger was smiling. Round 3 showed a shell of a man name Penn standing across a much fresher Hughes. Who proceded to land several clean, unanswered punches to the face. It was as if Penn was completely gassed. Hughes got the takedown after a mild struggle, got top position and started grinding away w/punches and one or two elbows, took up a scarf hold position and worked Penn into a most disadvantageous position. Hughes then proceded to land blow after blow to Penn's face until Big John (ref) called the fight seeing that Penn could not escape, nor defend his head from Hughes gloves.

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Strange YouTube vids.

I don't know if I'm amused or distrubed.

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UFC Saturday night... Penn -vs- Hughes

The more I think about this fight, the more I'm leaning toward Penn taking the upset victory. Hughes is without a doubt one of , if not the strongest, welterweights out there right now, and is a much better fighter than he was when Penn beat him. Not to mention, as someone has estimated, he's had nearly 800 country breakfasts since that defeat.

However, that being said, Penn just lost a tough fight vs George St.Pierre by a close decision. GSP is a top notch welterweight and will probably wear the belt at some point and for BJ to just come back into the fiighting game and lose a close fight by decision was pretty impressive in my opinion. If you saw the fight, you may agree that it was a close fight.

The biggest deciding factor in that fight, in my opinion was the corner. GSP had a great corner, there were giving him some great advice and strategy in between the rounds and more info and commentary during the fight. BJ's corner was, for the most part silent and offered little helpful advice and strategy at all. BJ should've tried to take GSP down more, it was obvious that GSP couldn't take/keep BJ down. BJ is most effective when he takes someone down, beats on'em and either knocks'em out, or they panic and give him a submission. I've never seen BJ out grappled... he's just too slick on the ground.

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So, in Saturdays fight... will this Matt show up?

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This Matt is confident, strong and he listens to his corner = smart.

Or will this Matt show up?

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The above Matt never knew what hit him. It was like he was in shock after Penn starting destroying him.

So my prediction is that we'll see more of this tomorrow night:

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If BJ has no corner like his fight vs GSP, then I might be made to look silly. But alas, I think that BJ is hungrier and that he has all the right tools to negate Matt's weapons.

We shall soon see.

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Bully meets boxer. LOL!

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Bully meets boxer. LOL!

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