Wednesday, July 15, 2009

UFC 100.5: Retracting Statements

4 out of 5 aint bad. I admit that possibly my picking of Bisping might have had something to do with the brutal way Pride fighters have injured each other since that company's founding. Unfortunately for the sport, which is slowly winning more acceptance, Hendo's second knock out hit, a flying forearm smash to the chin of an out cold laboured breathing Bisping sent the event, which was supposed to garner new fans straight back to the brutal roots that it has climbed from. Henderson admitting that he knew he was out was the least classy thing of the night... that is... until Dumptruck opened his mouth. Lesnar, giving the finger to the fans pretty much solidified zero growth in fanbase from the event. Someone should put a collar on that dog before he insults the center ring sponser... oh wait that happened too, well Joe, now would be a good time to take the mike away from him before anything racey happens -- oh, good he's going home to have sex with his wife, drunk on coors light. And now we all know.

GSP Fights, and wins with a pulled groin! Thiago Alves proved to have quite a bit of power, still the considerable reach advantage of GSP kept the fight from being a knock out night. Georges proved that superior skill in all martial arts trumps a one trick pony everytime. In his post fight GSP was very gracious for the oppertunity to fight on the 100 card as well he said that Alves was a challenging opponent and that GSP lost his first fight over Hughes but learned from the fight and in their second meeting won, and that "who knows" about Alves' progression over the next few years. Leave it to the Canadien to put a classy spin on a fight bookended by 2 brutal displays of historic UFC brutality.

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