2009 Bloody Elbow Reader Awards: Card of the Year
by Mike Fagan on Jan 30, 2010 8:00 PM EST
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It's the biggest card of the year, and I remember all of twenty minutes.
It was a perfect storm: I had just moved back to Chicago, my friend was throwing a housewarming party, and the UFC was putting on their biggest show in the history of the promotion. Heavy drinking commenced with a summer sun beating down from above.
When the show started, I found myself plopped down on a comfy leather chair in front of a 100-inch-plus projection of fighting goodness. I rallied my friends (casual fight fans at best) to cheer on Sexyama against the evil scourge of a poorly rendered Johnny Cash tattoo.
And then things started to get a little hazy.
I remember catching the replays of Henderson's knockout over Mike Bisping. St-Pierre/Alves is just one big blur of Georges sitting up in Alves's guard. The adrenaline rush of Brock Lesnar's phallus covered chest helped retain the image of Lesnar pounding a mentally destroyed Frank Mir and the aftermath. And apparently Jon Fitch beat Paulo Thiago after that.
In my darkest and most impressive moment as a Bloody Elbow staff member, the UFC 100 post-fight analysis was done without an ounce of sobriety. I felt like a bona fide writer for the first time in my life.
Full results after the break.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| UFC 100 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 192 |
| WEC 41 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 40 |
| Strikeforce: Evolution | 3 | 4 | 7 | 34 |
| UFC 94 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 33 |
| UFC 102 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 29 |
| Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers | 7 | 2 | 23 | |
| Affliction: Day of Reckoning | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| UFC 107 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| DREAM 11 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| UFC 101 | 3 | 5 | 14 | |
| WEC 44 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Dynamite!! 2009 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| DREAM 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
| WEC 40 | 1 | 3 | ||
| DREAM 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| UFC 98 | 1 | 3 | ||
| UFC 108 | 1 | 3 | ||
| TUF 9 Finale | 1 | 1 | ||
| UFC 99 | 1 | 1 |
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If Derek Jeter clubbed a baby seal on earth day while wearing a mink coat and crocodile skin boots while burning tires on an iceberg, the reaction would be "Its OK Derek, you’re a Yankee." -First mammal to wear pants
I don't get what made this card so spectacular.
Yes, there were lots of big names on it – perhaps only the addition of Chuck would have made it bigger. But every fight was predictable – Fitch by snoozer, Akiyama by squeaker, Hendo by jaw-shatterer, GSP by smother, and Brock by ‘shoe. I just didn’t find it suspenseful.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 30, 2010 8:27 PM EST reply actions
It was the particulars.
Hendo’s grade school eraser after the initial shot, GSP’s injury comeback, and the birth of the BROCKLESNARRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! myth.
Keep firing Assholes!
Mind numbing, tedious and ultimately self defeating.
This was a joke. Wargods: Valentine’s Day Massacre wasn’t even listed as a choice.
by John Nash on Jan 30, 2010 8:40 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Jäger Bombs and UFC 100
Since it was such a “historic event” my buddies and I thought it would be a good idea to get two of the biggest bottles of jäger we could get and have jäger bombs before every fight. Between that and numerous vodka tonics by the time Lesnar v Mir started you could have stabbed me in the thigh with a fork and I wouldn’t have felt it. My head hurt the next day but not as bad as Bisbings head
by KING FEDOR on Jan 30, 2010 9:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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