March 3rd is from here onward "Mike Goldberg Day"
by Hashmo on Mar 4, 2011 11:46 AM EST
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Yesterday, after years of incorrect "facts" and mindless banter, Mike Goldberg came through. He spotted something before Joe Rogan and will revell in his 15 seconds of clarity for the rest of his announcing career.
He noticed Martin Kampmann's hand being shaken out after a punch landed funny. Mike got really excited, "Joe he's shaking his hand out!" probably thinking "yay he's taking a mid-round breather to wave at me" but then in the moment that dream died, his greatest dream came true. He was right.
He spotted a broken hand, thanked Joe for acknowledging his observation. Repeated it a few times before the round ended and then revisited in the post-fight interview and got his "shout out".
This day will live on in history. Congratulations Mike Goldberg. Long may you live in our Hearts.
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Recd for the Pic.
“IT! IS! ALL! Oh.. Oh wait. It isn’t.”- Goldie the Golden Goldie
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by Shotokanman on Mar 4, 2011 4:05 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
That's exactly why I rec'd it too
I came in here wondering how this post got so many recs, and now I know. That pic is just perfect, great job Hashmo!
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 4, 2011 10:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Does anyone else notice that in the last couple events Joe Rogans grin has been getting bigger and bigger as he watches Goldie talk?
It’s like he’s slowly giving up pretending that what his co-personality says is intellectual.
They had Ariel along one day
Rogan was so happy. He said Ariel should be on everyday.
The whole broadcast was awkward. Goldie was clearly not very secure with the idea of Ariel being a regular.
"I'll rock your body with big nasty hooks!"
Golide knew Areil was movin in on his "partner" Joe.
Goldie ain’t lettin’ no skanks near his man.
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by RolloTomasi on Mar 5, 2011 12:21 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Haha, I love that new name...
Golide. It’s just fun to say…GO-LIDE!!!
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 5, 2011 12:26 AM EST up reply actions
Lysdexia is jokeing to noth about.
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by Derek Suboticki on Mar 5, 2011 4:15 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
haha
I noticed it too, I was sure I wasn’t the only one but never thought of making it Mike Goldberg day. hahah
Uh...
WINNING.
;)
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 4, 2011 10:32 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
...and it only took a few years....
maybe now he’ll realize there are other words in the english language besides:
“…and it is all over…”
“…right on the button…”
“…here we go…..”
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by RolloTomasi on Mar 5, 2011 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Correct me if I'm wrong here
but I don’t think any of these gifs are a teep. The one traditional muay thai instructor I worked with explained that a teep is thrown from your stance with the front leg, not the rear. The westernized trainers have called everything some type of front kick.
This is probably a question mark kick vs. Brazil kick kind of discussion, or maybe the meaning of teep has changed as the traditional thai names die out under the western krus. Just something I wanted to note, and hope somebody either corrects me or affirms my position.
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by pdl on Mar 5, 2011 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
Teeps can be done front or rear
Front is long range. Rear is used for short range.
by BrothaDarkness on Mar 6, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think you ever have to apoligize for a REEM gif
Conducting an experiment on knocking people out in particular ways would be unethical.
by Chris Hall on Mar 5, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Gotta give him credit
Last night he said “So you want to be a mixed martial artist?” instead of “So you want to be an Ultimate Fighter?”. The man is evolving!
by Brad Ackerson on Mar 4, 2011 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
It's kind of sad
but I actually appreciated him for doing that.
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by MrTechnique420 on Mar 4, 2011 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
Nvm
thats Rogan.
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by MrTechnique420 on Mar 4, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
[Insert black fighter here] IS EXPLOSIVE!
by Steve4192 on Mar 5, 2011 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
still better
than Dana’s horrific abuse of “literally.”
If it seems like everyone around you is an asshole, you are probably an asshole.
no way
at least Dana is remotely close to what he means to say
by cokemachinebaby on Mar 5, 2011 12:18 AM EST up reply actions
My favorite line of last night, a rehash of an old “favorite:” SO YA WANNA BE A MIXED MARTIAL ARTIST?
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by pdl on Mar 4, 2011 3:11 PM EST reply actions 25 recs
His hand bones are simply EXPLOSIVE Joe.
by smoogy2 on Mar 4, 2011 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
wow
you nailed his speech. He definitely just tacks on ideas in the middle of forming sentences.
Or, “Tacking on ideas… to the sentences he’s using… is Goldberg infamous for doing.”
If it seems like everyone around you is an asshole, you are probably an asshole.
Some might even consider him the Michael Jordan of commentary.
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by Fake Emcee on Mar 5, 2011 12:04 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
MJ could play well enough to be on the field
Goldie has world class hyperboles.
"I'll rock your body with big nasty hooks!"
Did he really say that?
I must have missed it. Hilarious.
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 4, 2011 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
i really didnt even think goldberg went to the UFCs anymore
i thought they just had a taperecorder that he recorded some basic shit into
“watch out for the upkicks”
"I have smoked weed with alot of UFC champions" - Joe Rogan
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Regardless of making the correct call on a broken hand or not.
Goldberg tarnished his whole night with his insistence that we are entering the “Dream” era.
It’s a stupid new nickname and it sure is hell isn’t an “era”
I hate that word.
Why can’t we just be Living The Dream?
by Tedd Welch on Mar 5, 2011 12:31 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
HAHAHA
Other than that, he had a terrible night. He was placing the wrong emphasis on phrases (abruptly cut off a sentence at one point that made me want to slap him on the back and say “Spit it out, hairball!”) and was altogether as awkward as I can remember him. Aww, Goldy…
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He's done the exact same thing before...
But damn if I can remember what fight it was. It was agony, Goldie kept mentioning the broken hand over and over, he was so proud of himself.
I think that’s his new “thing” he looks for.
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by Earl Montclair on Mar 4, 2011 8:19 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
For all his craziness, I’d take Goldberg over Mauro any day. At least Goldberg is honest in his commentating and tries to interact with Joe, Mauro simply strings stupid one liners, ignores the fight at hand and doesn’t interact with his colleagues.
by aTn on Mar 4, 2011 8:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yes, yes
a thousand times yes.
Goldberg doesn’t have crap like ‘Who wants a KO for Christmas!’ and then rambles on about how he tweeted it and it’s so awesome that it’s coming true. Mauro also throws on such a fake sounding pro-wrestling voice for any broadcast, I can’t stand it.
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Have you heard Mauro talk normally?
It’s not that much different. When I think of a pro-wrestling voice in MMA, it’s Bruce Buffer. He’s very much pro-wrestling as compared to the boxing style of his brother or Jimmy Lennon Jr. I though Joe Martinez was one of the best in MMA before he went back to boxing.
Either way, Mauro’s embarrassing puns are better than Goldberg’s complete incompetence to me. He at least calls some play-by-play in between being distracting.
I want to hear a two-man booth of Quadros and Miletich. They are a fantastic team on paper, just a matter of them getting the right chemistry and pacing. Quadros was very good with Bas Rutten in PRIDE and Miletich has really come into his own as a color commentator.
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by pdl on Mar 4, 2011 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
"Mauro’s embarrassing puns are better than Goldberg’s complete incompetence to me"
For me, it’s more like
Goldberg mostly being a set up guy for Rogan is better than Mauro’s got awful puns.
I get so put off at his stupid puns and quips that I focus less on the fight.
Goldie and Rogan compliment the fight very well as I’m watching it, Mauro feels like a distraction.
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I see it very differently.
Golberg obstructs the action to me, but I’m also incredibly irate about his shittiness. Mauro I can sigh and facepalm and move on. Goldberg makes me constantly aware that Rogan is doing both parts of the broadcast, especially when he literally starts shouting mid-promo because some action happened. Don’t say your fucking promo louder and cover up Rogan, either contribute something or shut the fuck up and do it when the action is over.
Personal taste I guess. I’m also used to Mauro’s voice from Pride when he was under less studio pressure and did great work with Bas. He also gets more leeway since he makes real play by play calls and passes it off, as opposed to Goldy’s kinda saying something awkwardly while Rogan does the whole job.
Either way, I think Quadros may be the best play by play man in the business. He’d probably be great with Rogan, even though I have my issues with Joe as well. It’s a shallow field to choose from. At least we all agree that Gus Johnson is the fucking worst.
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by pdl on Mar 4, 2011 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
Absolutley
In my opinion, Mauro wouldn’t be so bad with someone like Rogan, and wasn’t so bad with Bas. Would Mauro and Rogan be better than Goldie and Rogan? I don’t necessarily think so. But Mauro and Shamrock is just a horrible combination in my opinion, and throwing Johnson in makes it worse. Quadros is quite good and I rather like Militech.
But it might just be a personal preference like you said, it sounds like you heard Mauro comentating before you heard the Rogan/Goldy combo. I started MMA with Goldberg and Rogan as the commentators, so everything else naturally feels different and off. I’m more used to their style, so it’s probably why I prefer it a bit more.
I like that Goldberg seems to do the bare minimum and leaves the real commentating to someone like Joe who knows a lot more about what he’s talking about. I don’t like situations coming up where Militech has to clarify what the real deal is after Mauro says something a bit off…and I don’t like even more that Shamrock tries to agree with Mauro even if Mauro makes a mistake or something, like Shamrock thinks he’ll look like a dick for correcting it.
I appreciate that Rogan will jump in and correct Goldberg and Goldberg knows his place and that he isn’t on the same level of understanding as Joe.
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Muaro and Rogan would be awful I think.
Just too much excitement between the two of them. Mauro and Bas worked well because they kept each other in line and didn’t have much pressure from a network to perform, they just kinda did their thing and largely ignored Millen.
I actually was more familiar with Goldy and Rogan early on. Most the PRIDE stuff I saw was in japanese, so it didn’t leave an impression. I think that’s why I notice their flaws so clearly. Goldberg is just so empty. The best possible UFC booth would probably be Quadros on play by play, Rogan on color, and Goldberg doing his stupidity and pitches. That way the UFC doesn’t lose their brand staple and keeps Goldberg around, but lessens the load on Rogan and creates actual discussion in the booth rather than just him telling you what’s going on with no balance to it. The only guys the UFC has now as alternates are either color guys (Florian, Mir, Couture, Bonnar) or just as bad as Goldy.
Today’s Mauro with Showtime pressure on him, Frank Shamrock, and Gus Johnson is one of the worst booths possible. They are just terrible. Mauro, Quadros, and Miletich should be the standard. I remember hearing Jon Anik awhile ago and he was quite good too. Wish I could remember what that was on…
Today’s Bas who doesn’t give half a shit and drunken Don Frye on Shark fights was goddamn hilarious as a hardcore fan. I’d never want them televised in any fashion, but that’s just the perfect commentary crew for a webstream train wreck. Get them on the next Wargodz/YAMMA!
Again though, it’s preference. Which kind of awful is the least awful? I’ll take the public lashings instead of bamboo under my fingernails please.
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by pdl on Mar 5, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What really makes this great.
Is that Kampmann didn’t actually break his hand.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
Same thing happened in the Sherk/BJ fight.
Keep Firing, Assholes!
Time to put some meat in your pain sandwich.
THAT is the fight I was trying to think of.
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by Earl Montclair on Mar 5, 2011 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
Joe
He landed a SOLID leg kick there, Joe.
NICE right hand by the challenger there, Joe.
Joe, it seems like he has no answer for the wrestling of his opponent, Joe.
What an incredible display of footwork there, Joe.
Really? I’m watching the same fight you are, blumpkin.
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by Rabarama on Mar 5, 2011 1:15 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
he is like a child
seeking his father’s approval
by Hashmo on Mar 5, 2011 2:00 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What aninJoecredibledisplayJoe offootworkJoe there, Joe.
(enhanced) :P
Also, rec’d for blumpkin.
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by RearNakedChoker on Mar 5, 2011 3:32 AM EST up reply actions
Still not as bad as It's Showtime's Broadcast Team
He’s a big man isn’t he?
He’s having a hard time finding his range isn’t he?
Keeps landing that right hook isn’t he?
Isn’t he?
Isn’t he?
ISN’T HE?!??
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by Damon O. on Mar 5, 2011 7:17 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
From MMAJunkie
Good news, so my hand is still pretty swollen but doc says it wasn’t broken
He did the exact same thing when Sherk fought Penn – and Sherk didn’t have a broken hand either.
AND IT'S ALLLLLLLLLLLLL OVER
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by Rabarama on Mar 5, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
...thats the great thing about MMA joe
Always evolving…
by drmc on Mar 5, 2011 9:52 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Hate to be a wet blanket but
Kampmann’s hand aint broke.
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by RolloTomasi on Mar 5, 2011 11:45 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
wtf it’s 12:21pm and I’m still drunk womp womp wompppppppp
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He hit a bad one at the G-Sot – Siver fight, when he claimed that “Dennis Siver likes to throw that roundhouse kick with the front leg.. and they’re just as powerful as from the back leg!”. And Joe had to correct him and say that no, they’re really not.
I mean, anyone with any kind of basic understanding for striking should understand that front leg round kicks are never going to be as powerful. And supposedly Goldie even trains, or has trained, kickboxing (or so he claims).
I think Goldy was trying to exaggerate Siver's abilities
It sounded like he was almost trying to make a point that that’s how great of a striker Siver is that his kicks from the front leg are still very powerful. But saying they are as strong as from the back was the wrong way to do it.
I’m glad Rogan has no hesitation to correct him.
If Mauro happened to say something like that with Shamrock next to him, Frank would have said something like ‘absolutely, Siver is incredibly strong’
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Yeah, I guess that could be it. But it wouldn’t surprise me either way.
by Horselover Fat on Mar 7, 2011 8:15 AM EST up reply actions
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