John Dodson vs. Pat Runez at UWC 7: Redemption in Depth

by Luke Thomas on Sep 16, 2009 9:42 AM EDT in News Comment 9 comments

The video tells the true story here. I also know my enthusiasm for this fight may be cast as promotional shilling, so I'll save the exposition on the flyweight division for another time.

But I will admit that the fleshing out of the flyweight division is exciting. That it's happening in North America and more specifically the east coast is downright thrilling. When we add gravity to the bout by placing a championship on the line between two top 15, accomplished competitors (both American, which itself if notable) with some of the highest MMA camp pedigree available, the appeal becomes difficult to ignore.

Disclosure: I am the color commentator for the UWC.

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I'm looking forward to being cageside for this

and I don’t work for the UWC anymore.

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by Kid Nate on Sep 16, 2009 10:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Should be a good fight… I hope more and more promotions add more flyweights… those guys deserve more exposure :)

…also, are their sherdog profiles outdated?

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by Anton Tabuena on Sep 16, 2009 11:07 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

glad to see lower weight classes getting some development.

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by theworldsoldestsport on Sep 16, 2009 12:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I want to go to this, but I really don’t have anyone to go with. The people I normally go to events with (Brett Jones) can’t go. Who wants to be my road dog for this show? Might take my girl because she loves violence. Anyone else in the area going?

by szucconi on Sep 16, 2009 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You better not miss this. You know better than to do that.

by Luke Thomas on Sep 16, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, I won’t be getting vip tickets this time around. No one enjoys the vip ticket more then Mr. Jones and myself, but I don’t think I will be able to get someone else to spring for vip. I will have to go with cheap seats and take someone who only has a passing interest in MMA.

by szucconi on Sep 16, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow. lets hype this fight up

Having not seen either fighter, just going by their 5-3 and 2-0 MMA records, I’d probably wouldn’t waste the effort.

by JOOK on Sep 16, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If this is an attempt to display outrageous levels of ignorance, I congratulate you.

by Luke Thomas on Sep 16, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

do you know how hard it is for flyweights to get fights?

this is a brand new division. and Dodson’s losses are all against guys one to three weightclasses bigger than him. One of them was also a split decision loss to Mike Easton.

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by Kid Nate on Sep 16, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs