UFC 96: The Morning After
by mmafiend on Mar 8, 2009 3:11 PM EDT
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With a full-night sleep to digest what went down last night at UFC 96 I have come to a few conclusions:
- Pete Sell should be cut from the UFC.
- Dana White probably finds Tamdan McCrory annoying now.
- Friends shouldn’t be allowed to commentate on each other’s fights.
- Ref. Yves Lavigne should probably be fired, or at least go back to ref school.
- Ref. Rick Fike should just be fired.
- Rampage don’t give a fuck about no leg kicks.
- Rogan looks weird in orange.
- Jim Miller is a dog (in a good way).
- Brandon Vera is back?
- Kendall Grove has long arms.
- Shane Carwin is legit.
- Columbus got what they paid for.
- Skunk-beer gives me a hangover.
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Jim Miller is a dog (in a good way).
This, a million times. Much respect to that man, he worked right up until the end when he was just grinding his face into the mat and wouldn’t stop trying to hit the single leg that he was never going to finish on a wrestler like Maynard. I don’t think Jim lost too much standing in the UFC’s eyes with his performance last night, and the Miller boys are still a damn good 5-1 in the UFC.
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by Chris Nelson on Mar 8, 2009 3:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Dana White probably finds Tamdan McCrory annoying now.
Yeah, what was that whole rant about? I kind of liked the guy until that, now I just think he’s stupid.
Ref. Yves Lavigne should probably be fired, or at least go back to ref school.
100%. I used to think he was a good ref but that performance was disgraceful, how do you pull a guy off when he is beating someone on the ground and then not stop the fight? He had about 5 chances to legitimately stop the fight before he did and he put the fighter’s health in jeopardy, there is no more egregious offense than that.
McCrory wanted to walk out to “Thunderhorse” by Dethklok (who are a fake metal band on the [adult swim] show Metalocalypse) and Dana wouldn’t let him. I’d probably have just kept my mouth shut, but it must suck not to be able to walk out to the song you want when you know NO ONE is ever going to get to see your entrance.
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I lold when he said it was a song from Metalocalypse.
by AA'sFlyingKnee on Mar 8, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I heard what he said and I understand, but really is it that big of a deal? He acts like he is the only fighter who had his music chosen by Dana but it happens all the time. Get over it dude.
I hear you. I guess if the UFC really cared, they would’ve cut his post-fight interview.
Dana was probably all “I love that fuckin’ kid, he’s got fuckin’ balls bro.”
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i dont know about you guys, but i think McCrory is fucking hilarious!
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by Anton Tabuena on Mar 9, 2009 1:58 AM EDT up reply actions
If he chose a song that could be easily licensed..
..he might have got his wish.
You can’t just play anything you want. UFC has to license that stuff.
If you see Mark Coleman in person, drop $5 on the floor and watch the fun as he tries in vain to bend down and pick it up.
Dethklok is a semi real band in addition to a fictional one. The lead singer/guitarist is the creator of the show. They toured with Chimaira and Soilent Green during June and early July 2008
That being said, I’m a loser for knowing that
by EazyEismydad on Mar 9, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s okay, I knew when I wrote “fake band” that someone would call me on it and I did it anyway. :P
I still can’t believe Brendan Small plays everything except the drums. What a great man.
Tamdan’s speech got me watching old episodes again… “I’M DOCTOR ROCKZO, THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN! I DO COCAINE!!!”
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by Chris Nelson on Mar 9, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I HATE DR ROCKSO
The family one is gold.
by Derek Suboticki on Mar 10, 2009 3:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Another note:
This was almost the mourning after for Munoz fans.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
Carwin is legit.
That punch thrown by just about anyone else, from that distance, doesn’t drop Gonzaga. Look out, world.
I think the thing is, taking nothing from Carwin, that many people feel if GG would have pushed him back and hit him a couple more times, he would have finished him. Instead, he takes a monster down, doesn’t finish and BAM!
And damn, Carwin has some dynamite in those gigantic fists.
If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.
Easy to hit, but he took Gonzaga KO blows and stood.
Guy’s made of iron.
If you see Mark Coleman in person, drop $5 on the floor and watch the fun as he tries in vain to bend down and pick it up.
My only issue with Carwin is that he ate a lot of punches before he finally landed big. I believe if he was trading with someone like Brock, he wouldn’t have had such a good night. He’s gonna say he wasn’t rocked, but dude, just look at his face and how easily Gonzaga backed him up into the fence…he was rocked.
But hell of a knock out, man has some power.
by Kaleb Kelchner on Mar 8, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
The underdog/upset of the night had to be Cecil Peoples scoring the Jackson/Jardine fight correctly. He must have watched all 3 rounds.
Agreed. Rampage lost that first round.
Those takedowns may have just saved him from a dissappointing loss.
by Kaleb Kelchner on Mar 8, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions
You forgot one
Rampage is nipple-tweak-proof! :)
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
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New UFC graphics on this PPV. They looked nice. Same intro and music though =/
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Mar 8, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Kendall Grove has long arms.
I really want to like the guy but every time he opens his mouth or does his stupid gang sign stuff he just irritates the shit out of me :(
Dammit Kendall, I was hoping you’d rep us skinny guys!
I cannot stand Grove. His post fight antics are retarded.
Yeah, who got the final Death Blow? 'Cause I thought that Hawaiian guy had it comin' to him. - C. K.
by monkeyfightclub! on Mar 9, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed. if you wanna train w/ tito, that’s great. but don’t copy his attitude or antics. the ‘gravedigger mime’ act has always been inappropriate.
btwn that, munoz sick knockout and lack of followup to see if he was ok, and that f’d up ref job of the pete sell match, this is one of those events that the naysaying senators who keep mma banned in some states may rally around.
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