Well since no one is really talking about anything besides Sean Sherk's positive steroid test I've been holding off on the next round of the Top Ten Fighter Survey (the LHW's). In the mean time here are my two cents:
It should really be taken into consideration that nearly 90% of all fighters who test positive for steroids claim it is a false positive or usually use the supplement excuse. I find this trend perhaps even more disturbing than the use itself (which is awful and needs to be stopped). The way Stephan Bonnar, Hermes Franca and Tim Sylvia stood up and took their punishment like men and admitted to their use is rather refreshing and they should really get a lot more credit then they do.
We watch a sport that is a Martial Arts competition and yet very few watching and too many fighting in it, don't seem to know what the Martial Arts are all about...
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Canadian Trash Talk?
Looks like Jonathan Goulet is in need of a UFC fight now that he has left his manager and Promoter Stephan Patry.
Calls Out Mike Swick on The Forums
This is not the greatest of ideas, in my opinion, considering Goulet has a history of getting KO'd by good strikers and that's pretty much what Swick is...a good striker.
Calls Out Mike Swick on The Forums
This is not the greatest of ideas, in my opinion, considering Goulet has a history of getting KO'd by good strikers and that's pretty much what Swick is...a good striker.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Royce Gracie's Legacy
The subject of Sherdog's front page poll today is: "In your eyes, is Royce Gracie's legacy tarnished?" referring to Royce's positive test for anabolic steroids following his fight with Kazushi Sakuraba and his subsequent non-appeal. What is more unfortunate than his positive test is that 52% of the 13,500 fans who took the poll said "yes".
Now, having been a long-time fan I can sit back and remember watching that skinny guy roll around on the mat with men who looked like they were going to do him some REAL harm. But he always had his hand raised in the end. So few were as disappointed as I when he tested positive. The pressure of being man handled by 145lbs. Tokoro in Japan; the embarrassment of the beating Matt Hughes gave him. These things must have gotten to him. And it is a sad, sad thing when a man who has NO NEED to prove anything to anyone feels he has to sink so low.
What so many forget or just don't realize because they are new to the sport was that when Royce came out in those first UFC's no one knew WHAT was going to happen. Every man that stepped into that ring and saw that gate close didn't know if he was ever going to walk out again. And this is NOT an exaggeration. Almost everyone who watched those first UFC's thought in the back of their mind (I'm sure with some trepidation - whether they'd admit it or not), "Am I going to see someone die tonight?"
This is what he walked into. And he won.... and won and won and won. And he did what every master martial artist hopes to do: prove that his Kung Fu was better than everyone else's. He accomplished what Bruce Lee had talked about in the 60's but could never achieve - MIXING Martial Arts. He brought back the art of Pankration from a slumber of nearly 2,000 years from when it left the Olympics. And he forever changed the nature of Martial Arts across the globe.
THAT is Royce Gracie's legacy. And absolutely nothing will ever change that.
Now, having been a long-time fan I can sit back and remember watching that skinny guy roll around on the mat with men who looked like they were going to do him some REAL harm. But he always had his hand raised in the end. So few were as disappointed as I when he tested positive. The pressure of being man handled by 145lbs. Tokoro in Japan; the embarrassment of the beating Matt Hughes gave him. These things must have gotten to him. And it is a sad, sad thing when a man who has NO NEED to prove anything to anyone feels he has to sink so low.
What so many forget or just don't realize because they are new to the sport was that when Royce came out in those first UFC's no one knew WHAT was going to happen. Every man that stepped into that ring and saw that gate close didn't know if he was ever going to walk out again. And this is NOT an exaggeration. Almost everyone who watched those first UFC's thought in the back of their mind (I'm sure with some trepidation - whether they'd admit it or not), "Am I going to see someone die tonight?"
This is what he walked into. And he won.... and won and won and won. And he did what every master martial artist hopes to do: prove that his Kung Fu was better than everyone else's. He accomplished what Bruce Lee had talked about in the 60's but could never achieve - MIXING Martial Arts. He brought back the art of Pankration from a slumber of nearly 2,000 years from when it left the Olympics. And he forever changed the nature of Martial Arts across the globe.
THAT is Royce Gracie's legacy. And absolutely nothing will ever change that.
Frank Shamrock Casting A Reality Series
Looks like Frank wants to take Dana White on tit-for-tat with Frank Shamrock's School of Hard Knocks:
MMAWeekly Article
My particular favorite line is "If you are a 150 lb. male with a checkered past and an interest in MMA fighting......"
Yes, yes...I get the pun...
MMAWeekly Article
My particular favorite line is "If you are a 150 lb. male with a checkered past and an interest in MMA fighting......"
Yes, yes...I get the pun...
Monday, July 16, 2007
Middleweight Top 28 Results!
The results are in and here are YOUR top 28 middleweights according to THE FANS. Quite a few surprises here and I'm sure there will be much gnashing of teeth.
Some highlights: Anderson Silva takes the #1 spot with a LANDSLIDE; Rich Franklin a surprise at #3; Frank Shamrock at #6; and NO Jeremy Horn in the Top Ten!
NEXT UP: The LHW's!
Some highlights: Anderson Silva takes the #1 spot with a LANDSLIDE; Rich Franklin a surprise at #3; Frank Shamrock at #6; and NO Jeremy Horn in the Top Ten!
| Fighter | Points | |
| 1 | Anderson Silva | 606.72 |
| 2 | Matt Lindland | 495.81 |
| 3 | Rich Franklin | 409.20 |
| 4 | Paulo Filho | 358.19 |
| 5 | Denis Kang | 291.00 |
| 6 | Frank Shamrock | 176.12 |
| 7 | Murilo “Ninja” Rua | 161.92 |
| 8 | Nathan Marquardt | 146.85 |
| 9 | Yushin Okami | 141.84 |
| 10 | Robbie Lawler | 113.12 |
| 11 | Kazuo Misaki | 78.98 |
| 12 | Murilo Bustamante | 73.95 |
| 13 | Frank Trigg | 71.06 |
| 14 | Jeremy Horn | 71.06 |
| 15 | Jason Miller | 54.00 |
| 16 | Akihiro Gono | 44.01 |
| 17 | Terry Martin | 38.08 |
| 18 | Ryo Chonan | 35.01 |
| 19 | Trevor Prangley | 33.99 |
| 20 | Travis Lutter | 32.00 |
| 21 | Phil Baroni | 30.96 |
| 22 | Jason MacDonald | 27.99 |
| 23 | Martin Kampmann | 24.01 |
| 24 | Yoshihiro Akiyama | 22.98 |
| 25 | Amar Suloev | 19.02 |
| 26 | Joey Villasenor | 8.00 |
| 27 | Chael Sonnen | 7.98 |
| 28 | Joe Doerksen | 1.00 |
NEXT UP: The LHW's!
Top Ten Lists by the FANS
I'm going to start rotating surveys of the Top Ten in each weightclass according to the fans. It's a pretty simple set up:
1. Go to the Survey Here
2. Pick your top ten in order
3. Then I'll tally up the numbers and post them for all to see.
It's an easy ranking system. A fighter gets 10 points for a #1 vote, 9 points for a #2 vote, etc. etc. etc.
We'll start off with the Middleweights and see how it goes...
1. Go to the Survey Here
2. Pick your top ten in order
3. Then I'll tally up the numbers and post them for all to see.
It's an easy ranking system. A fighter gets 10 points for a #1 vote, 9 points for a #2 vote, etc. etc. etc.
We'll start off with the Middleweights and see how it goes...
Help Change the Unified Rules!!!
Mr. Keith Kizer of the Nevada Athletic Commission has been kind enough to request emails and letters regarding the fans suggestions for changes to the Unified Rules that govern MMA. The mods over at Sherdog have been kind enough to sticky my thread over there regarding this and it's been quite successful so far:
My Open Letter to Keith Kizer on the Sherdog forums
He is TRULY taking this seriously (see Loretta Hunt's article on the subject) so PLEASE write the man a letter if you want a change!
Mr. Keith Kizer Executive Director, NSAC kkizer@boxing.nv.gov
My Open Letter to Keith Kizer on the Sherdog forums
He is TRULY taking this seriously (see Loretta Hunt's article on the subject) so PLEASE write the man a letter if you want a change!
Mr. Keith Kizer Executive Director, NSAC kkizer@boxing.nv.gov
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