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UFC 100 Preview: Bloggers Remember the UFC

3701255449_2ba1ebec36_mediumMaggie Hendricks has a fun feature at CageWriter asking MMA bloggers for their favorite UFC memories. Here's some hightlights:

Luke Thomas, Bloody Elbow: "As generic as it may sound, the first time I watched. It was in one sitting and included the first four UFC events. I've had as much fun as anyone else watching the fights over the years, but none has a truly special signature for me. Except for Gracie. I still remember thinking at the time that someone finally figured out how to make martial arts really work. Everyone was shocked at what he could do, winning so dominantely it felt like he was cheating and we were helpless to stop him. I even got a sense of wanting to see more from the Kimo beating. So, for me, the first impression really mattered. I just can't forget the moment "it clicked" about two VHS tapes in when I understood what Gracie was attempting and what this UFC thing was all about. Kudos to the UFC for making this thing work."

Zak Woods, Watch Kalib Run: "My fondest memory of the UFC would have to be UFC 68. Not only was this the UFC's first trip to my hometown of Columbus but one of my favorite fighters, Randy Couture, was making his return to the UFC. That meant I had to throw a pay-per view party to celebrate the occasion (I was living in Cincinnati at the time). As many of the attendees were new to the UFC and MMA I immediately began to regret the decision out of fear that Tim Sylvia would simply lay on top of Randy for twenty-five minutes. I thought that I had invited guests over to watch what had the potential to be one of the all time boring fights in the UFC. Luckily for me I was completely wrong, it wouldn't be the last time. In the first minute 'Captain America' dropped Sylvia with an overhand right and the local Columbus crowd went ballistic. The fight went on to be one of the most memorable of 2007 and I had succeeded in my goal of converting several friends into MMA fans. It was also the moment when I realized Tim Sylvia looks like a sea otter."

Ryan Harkness, Fightlinker: "The time I went horse riding with Dana White. I was shy at first, but he made me feel very comfortable even though it was my first time. We talked about his desire to open a pastry shop in Oregon, and just get away from it all. I told him it may not be possible as God had put us on the path He needed us to go. But I promised that one day when we're old and gray I'd give him a call and ask him if he still wanted to share his french lemon flan with the world. And if the time was right, we'd do it ... together." (Ed. note: This one may not be true.)

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by Bandaka on Jul 8, 2009 2:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

one of my favorite mma memories

the time I tricked Matt Hughes into choking me out so I could sue him later.
Oh wait that was some other “fan”.

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by Kid Nate on Jul 8, 2009 2:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

True story?

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true story

from the Sun

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by Kid Nate on Jul 8, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

and

the lawsuit happy asshole got 20 years! hahahahaha

by Riney on Jul 8, 2009 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

true story

from the Sun

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by Kid Nate on Jul 8, 2009 3:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The video at the bottom of that link is worth a watch…shows more fighters choking people out and what not

Be a man, not a child-Phil Anselmo

by ANance on Jul 8, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

The very best part of this situation

Is his suggestion that he was humiliated, but went on to make the photo and his supposed humiliation public. Yeah, real good guy..

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2009 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fightlinker FTW

Seriously: Nobody brings the funny like Ryan.

Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones

by jemaleddin on Jul 8, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I greatly appreciated the direction that he went with that. Ryan and Jake are funny guys. Assholes, but funny. And I hope they realize that I mean that as a compliment.

"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."

by AJB on Jul 8, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fightlinker articles are hit or miss for me. Often they’re funny but sometimes they just make illogical arguments and senselessly bash fighters because they aren’t Chris Leben or Georges St. Pierre.

by Ahhhoki on Jul 8, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They bash Chris Leben too, you know.

"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."

by AJB on Jul 8, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anybody who enjoys MMA as a sport instead of an outlet for violence and spectacle bashes Chris Leben.

by Ahhhoki on Jul 8, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What’s wrong with puttin the stamp on kids?

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by Beer Monster on Jul 8, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m not saying I don’t enjoy Leben’s fights at times but I haven’t respected him as a fighter in a long time. And plodding forward against Bisping with his hands consciously at his waist didn’t help his case.

by Ahhhoki on Jul 8, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

MMA purists hate Leben, and while I don’t consider myself a fan of his, persay, I enjoy his fights. I’m apparently an exception to the rule.

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by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2009 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

For a while I really believed

Leben had some sort of magic reflex button on his chin. Then Anderson done broke that button, and everything it may have been attached to.

by rzor on Jul 8, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That fight made me think he had a magic magnet in his chin.

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

My moment would be the TUF 2 finale. I had taken judo as a college class and knew quite a bit about martial arts from research, but watching Kenny Florian submit Kit Cope was the first time I had seen a submission used in a real fight. Hooked ever since.

My 2nd moment would be UFC 84, when most of the hot waitresses at the sports bar gathered around me so I could could explain what “ultimate fighting” was and walk them through the fights. Good times…

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by themachiavellian on Jul 8, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You mean when Florian submitted him twice in the same fight? That was pretty awesome..

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by Blackout612 on Jul 8, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not quite as cool as the Bustamante double submission versus Lindland, but still cool nonetheless.

by Steve4192 on Jul 8, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite was my first live UFC...

…79…I got to see two of my favorite fighters bang it out for 3 rounds (Chuck n Wand) and I got to see GSP hand Matt Hughes his own ass. Not to mention getting to meet Dana, Rampage, Wand, Tommy Lee, Roger Huerta, Clay Guida, Herb Dean and Mandy Moore. Gotta love backstage access, Not too bad for one day.

Be a man, not a child-Phil Anselmo

by ANance on Jul 8, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Man, even Tim Sylvia’s boy can’t say one of his fights was on his favorite PPV :-D just kidding bro

by subo on Jul 9, 2009 3:35 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like how Many Moore is just thrown in there (not that I wouldn’t want to meet her, but she’s not MMA. Hotness overrules all, though)

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by themachiavellian on Jul 9, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My favorite

was sneaking in, sitting and chilling in VIP at Rum Jungle (Mandalay Bay) with Huerta, Mir, Coleman, Gonzaga, Eddie Sanchez, Joe Lauzon, Hermes Franca, Allen Berube, Matt Arroyo, Tim Boetsch, Rob Yundt, Tim Sylvia and Lil Evil. Four or five of those dudes were all arm wrestling each other at one of the tables. We were sitting right next to them just chillin. I was pretty damn star struck. We snuck into VIP at that place after two separate UFC’s. UFC 74 and UFC 81.

by GetItOn on Jul 9, 2009 4:16 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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