UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2 Post-Fight Interviews

reporter to lil’ nog: from all the times your brother fought in the US, why did your father only decide to come to the US today to support you?

Nog: Because i’m the youngest! that was hilarious!

Much respect to Cane, he seemed to have a lot of respect to lil’ nog to go his room after the fight to congratulate him again.

First, serious loss of points in the above interview, in my opinion,…the guy can’t take responsibility for attempting the illegal knee to the head? Whether Kos blocked it or not with his forearm, Johnson was trying to knee him in the head while in a very clear downed position. Take responsibility and admit to your mistake.

Second, what exactly is it about his fight style to leads to so many pokes in the eye. I’m not trying to claim that he is faking, from what I have seen they are all very real, however, eventually you would think he needs to ask himself why this happens to him more than others. Perhaps a lack of head movement, etc…

And on the topic of pokes in the eye, I personally think Kos should have lost a point for that second one. It was his second in that round and was the result of sloppy, dangerous technique in his boxing. The pawing jab that leads a power punch is pretty common, especially in MMA, but doing so with an open hand like that is what leads to eye pokes. A point deduction would be a good motivator to work on that technique.

Gray Maynard got exposed. He’s a robot.