Jonathan Snowden fails to impress in his UFC 116 reaction

Calling that last shot a “sloppy tackle” kind of negates everything in the article. Brock knew he couldn’t outmuscle Carwin to the ground and knew he had to hit a technically awesome double. He did.

yeah I thought his article was a little much aswell.
But hey I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

I sincerely hope no mods give you crap for this.

Relatively unknown? Really?

Relative to Brock Lesnar, yes.

Reading some of the shit Snowden wrote again, I just can’t believe he is saying it. The dude is seriously hating on both fighters. I don’t think any of the MMA websites I visit have ever had a piece that ripped into fighters as Snowdens did.

Constantly brought up now, but no one says exactly what he did wrong, they just claim he doesn’t like getting hit…what happened there was, Lesnar didn’t have proper lateral movement, and ended up backing straight up.

Thats how Andrei Arlovski got KTFO against Brett Rogers.

Nobody LIKES getting hit, especially when we’re looking at Shane Carwin, the biggest, hardest puncher Brock has ever fought, and arguably, ever will. What we saw from Brock was a mixture of urgency, when the punches started coming, Brock instantly knew he needed to get away, or get a takedown. Even when getting hit with punches and knee’s, Lesnar kept the clinch and looked for a way to get the fight to the ground. The final flurry is where we saw Lesnar get clipped, and back up in a straight line.

I really don’t get it. People act like not wanting to get hit by Shane Carwin is some sort of foreign idea…I’d much rather commend Lesnar for not being a fool and thinking he could trade blows with him.

f people are not talking, then they’re going somewhere else to talk.. This site needs the traffic to sell advertising to cover the costs to maintain..

I think Snowden just plays into that angle knowing he can get a rise out of people and get them talking.. Driving traffic and creating controversy.. They almost go hand in hand..

I think you might be onto something with that. I doubt it would be admitted though.

And we learned a lot about Snowden from that post: He’s thin-skinned, willing to piss off BE members, but unwilling to be criticized. He doesn’t like to be hit, either, apparently, and cowers behind warnings and defends with deletions.
Love it!…………Well freakiing said bobthewriter.

Right it takes some technique, but very minimal. Have you never been fatigued? When I’m so gassed I can’t lift my arms or sprawl, then yes someone of significantly less skill takes me down – easily.

Yes, if nearly any other heavyweight (maybe top 15? I don’t know) faces the Carwin that came out the second round, almost any of them could take him down and finish him. No, I don’t know if Cain Velasquez favors the arm triangle – but Forest Griffing could have taken Carwin off his feet at that point. I’d go so far as to say Demian Maia could have taken down Carwin at that point. Only because Carwin did not possess the energy to defend himself.

for posting exactly what I was thinking. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but the timing and way Snowden wrote came across bitter and arrogant.

To me he came across as a “I AM the cool club” attitude that just rubs people the wrong way.

His post was NOT front page material and if you’re going to post something like that immediately after the fight you better be prepared to take a verbal beating for it.

some of ya’ll got trolled.

Good on you bobthewriter. Snowden came off as a jilted prom date anyway, good to see someone recognize that fact.

rec’d for truth.

That you are Snowden’s own personal troll, and Snowden’s pieve was the equivalent of a troll job, so you are actively trolling a troll.

Playin’ heel.

Snowden’s just a hater. I had my suspisions, now I know.

That’s the question you should be asking.

I used to love the guy…..til he got promoted to BE weiter. And while he has some occasional good stuff, so much of it is just like last nights article….pathetic and transparent.

also, props for seeing the fedor/nog comparison. That’s exactly what I saw last night. A guy come back from the edge to win in spectacular fashion….just like fedor and big nog.

great stuff and rec rec rec rec rec

Brock came back from a near death illness, a year away from the UFC, and sub’ed the #1 conteder in only his 6th fight!
That’s fucking impressive.

Snowden! You negative nancy boy!

I deleted the portion of your text where you insult the placement of Jon’s book in Amazon. It’s a cheap shot. I wouldn’t tolerate it in the comments and I can’t tolerate it in the text.

If you disagree with Snowden, say as much. His book is not the issue here, so stick to the topical. Thanks.

What a hateful post. By the way, Jon Wertheim’s book has a similar slot on Amazon (which changes frequently. Total MMA was in the top 10,000 earlier this month). It’s fairly typical for a book approaching it’s third year of life.

The rest of this is not worth responding to. You can enjoy something while recognizing its weaknesses. I love Con Air as much as the next man, but I wouldn’t call it an art film.

Where’s mmalogic in all this mess? This has potential to be funny as hell. At this point, it’s kinda just…sad.

Undisputed most talked about BE staff member champion. It’s only when they stop talking that you should worry.

I like the article and didn’t find it offensive.