2011 Bloody Elbow Tournament of Bad: Final Four Voting
by Mike Fagan on Jun 14, 2011 8:10 PM EDT
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After a long and extensive process, esteemed colleague Brent Brookhouse and I are proud to bring you the 2011 Bloody Elbow Tournament of Bad, an idea from the local Chicago sports radio show, Boers and Bernstein. The concept is simple: compile a list of 64 of the worst things related to the sport of MMA and pit them against one another in an NCAA Tournament-style bracket. You, the readers, vote on each match up until we have our ultimate champion.
[Update] Polls close tomorrow at midnight ET. Get your votes in.
As we near completion, I find myself reflecting on this inaugural Tournament of Bad and lamenting the decisions of our voters. Instead of making decisions with the irreverence and playfulness that went into making this thing, you've decided to attach a tone so serious as to make editor emeritus Luke Thomas look like a bubbling twelve-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber concert in comparison.
And while I won't name names, left in the wake of your poor decision making, dear reader, was the potential for one of our contestants to provide us with an acceptance speech! Instead, we're left with an unimaginative Final Four and the faraway hopes for next year's tournament.
To chart the progress of the tournament, check out the full, updated bracket.
And now, the matchups:
(6) Leonard Garcia scorecards vs. (8) MMA judging
(7) UFC's Youtube policy vs. (8) Cecil Peoples, in every form
Photos courtesy of Dave Mandel, Jeff Sherwood, Sherdog, Google Image Search, and MSPaint.
Voting after the jump. Polls close at midnight ET Tuesday.
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Hypno Toad and Cecil.
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Judging Peoples. That’s what I got. And it should be the name of a hip hop crew.
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by Tim Burke on Jun 13, 2011 8:02 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Judging really pulled ahead
after 131. And yeah, the guy who said leg kicks don’t win fights versus Zuffa protecting their brand. I may not like the youtube policy but it makes a lot more goddamn sense then Peoples.
"Serious sport is war minus the shooting."
George Orwell
Yep
the youtube policy makes a lot more sense. I voted for MMA Judging and Cecil.
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jun 14, 2011 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
especially recently.
all the prelims on youtube? well there goes that from the rankings!
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 14, 2011 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Judging
Peoples
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." .....cut to a couple months later....... "You can alter that sig now. I spoke with someone I know on the phone and she repeatedly addressed me as a female. Fuck." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Jun 13, 2011 8:06 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Judging is going to win
especially after all the bullshit from last weekend.
If Cecil wins you could still at least try for an interview.
"Unless you can’t think of something intelligent to say, don’t reply and make the world as dumb as you are appearing to be." - mabel4life
by lowellthehammer on Jun 13, 2011 8:09 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You can't open up a democratic process....
then complain when the masses choose as they will. I mean, did the Western world complain when Hamas swept the Palistinian elections in ’06? Can you say America made a bad choice when they gave Bush his second term? Oh, wait….
"This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They’re back! There’s no choice left. And I’m ready for war."
by John Danaher's Hair on Jun 13, 2011 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
as long as he voted
he has a right to complain.
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." .....cut to a couple months later....... "You can alter that sig now. I spoke with someone I know on the phone and she repeatedly addressed me as a female. Fuck." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Jun 13, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd bitch more about the unfair treatment of Explosive Athletic Black Fighters
Except for Yves Edwards getting the KTFO treatment the other night.
I’ll vote, instead, for the Explosive, Athletic Referee!
No more of The Man holdin’ the Explosively Athletic down!
Author of "Clay Guida: The Complete Fighter"®
by Scabby Knuckle on Jun 13, 2011 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
exactly
if you want me to vote for fun things, like tramp stamps on fighters or mayhem miller’s pubes, don’t put fucking mma judging, cecil peoples, and leonard garcia on that list. that shit makes me see red. i just can’t fucking vote against mma judging. what do you want from me?
by Clifford J on Jun 13, 2011 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You can’t mix jokes and legitimate issues, then expect jokes to get voted in.
If you wanted tramp stamps to be voted for, you shouldn’t have mixed them with legitimate wide range issues that actually effect MMA. While I don’t agree with the choices people made, it was obvious voters thought this was a legitimate voting of the worst aspects of MMA.
Wait a minute,
are you guys saying that a fair number of BE regulars take themselves and subsequently their comments a tad bit too seriously? That’s not the Bloody Elbow I know.
by Anton Chigurh on Jun 14, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Judges and Peoples
If you watched the last UFC saturday then you know the Judging is at an all time low. They had FUCKING monitors there and still fucked up the scores.
Goldmember: A shmoke und a pancake. You know, a flapjack und a shigarette? No? Shigar und a waffle? No? Pipe und a crepe? No? Bong und a blintz? No? Well, then there ish no pleashing you.
I’m pretty sure the other night the judges who gave the inexplicable 30-27 scores were in agreement with the ones who gave 29-28 scores in favor of the same fighters. Only the Elkins victory was hard to figure, and at least one “hardcore” forum person argued relentlessly that Elkins won. Go figure.
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by Scabby Knuckle on Jun 13, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Aren’t Leonard Garcia scorecards and MMA Judging basically the same thing?
by GeoDim on Jun 13, 2011 8:16 PM EDT reply actions 7 recs
this
"This is blood for blood and by the gallon. These are the old days, the bad days, the all-or-nothing days. They’re back! There’s no choice left. And I’m ready for war."
by John Danaher's Hair on Jun 13, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Three of the...
Four finalists are the same poison with different names.
by Sergio Hernandez on Jun 13, 2011 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
and if you hadn't noticed
cecil people is an mma judge!
everything dana white says is a complete lie
by slantedwindows on Jun 13, 2011 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't be too hard on the dude
Cecil doesn’t realize it most of the time either
by Tedd Welch on Jun 13, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Garcia deserves his own category.
Especially for gaming the system on that shit judging from the Nam Phan bout and (first) Jung Chan-Sung fight.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jun 14, 2011 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Judging and Peoples i feel dirty
they both represent the same problem but they are the reason for Lenard Garcia Scorecards
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Leonard Garcia = Judging = Cecil Peoples
My brain is full of fuck.
BOOSH
by Farthammer on Jun 13, 2011 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
NO
Leonard Garcia + Judging = Cecil Peoples.
fixed.
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 14, 2011 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The fact that The Gladiator Intro and Belcher’s tattoo didnt make it further makes me disappointed in all of us.
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." .....cut to a couple months later....... "You can alter that sig now. I spoke with someone I know on the phone and she repeatedly addressed me as a female. Fuck." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Jun 13, 2011 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Have to agree with the Gladiator intro.
Goldmember: A shmoke und a pancake. You know, a flapjack und a shigarette? No? Shigar und a waffle? No? Pipe und a crepe? No? Bong und a blintz? No? Well, then there ish no pleashing you.
I’m about to lose a lot of respect here, but I love that damn gladiator intro. I get pumped every time I see it. Come at me bro.
Does it make you need a minute to yourself to end this suffering?
"Every time I talk on the phone with someone who doesn’t know me, they call me "ma’am"." .....cut to a couple months later....... "You can alter that sig now. I spoke with someone I know on the phone and she repeatedly addressed me as a female. Fuck." - Scott C. Broussard
by Earl Montclair on Jun 13, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
SHOOOOOOOOEEEE WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CAAAAAAAAA SLEEEEEEEE
That’s what he says, right?
by Brent Ducharme on Jun 14, 2011 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions
I just literally lol'd at the office
Reading “Come at me bro” and envisioning a hyped up drunken frat guy saying just that did it for me!
Anderson Silva, Edson Barboza, Jose Aldo, Charles Oliveira, Thiago Alves = Muay Thai wrecking machines!
by SentientAndroid on Jun 14, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
i don’t know if i hate the Gladiator as much as i do that ass-rock that goes with it. goddamn, that song makes me want to take a fucking shower. and its the only thing that really almost makes me embarrassed to be an MMA fan.
by Victor Rodriguez on Jun 13, 2011 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The only thing?
Little shame in this one.
by Brent Ducharme on Jun 14, 2011 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions
bring the pain
BRING THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i tried to change my username to 'big country fit' but the system wouldnt let me.
by gspmademegay on Jun 14, 2011 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, I love that intro.
They need to get rid of that damn smoke effect, though.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jun 14, 2011 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Fuck
Now it’s just judging verse judging all the way through. I put Youtube policy just to mix it up.
If I can take anything from this it’s that MMA judging sucks and internet MMA fans like watching old fights.
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by Neil Manich on Jun 13, 2011 8:49 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
Newsflash: MMA nerds take MMA seriously
If you want people to vote for things like tramp stamps and bro hugs, you can’t include something as inherently bad as MMA judging. We’re serious about this shit.
by simpsycho on Jun 13, 2011 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Besides
Plenty of people consider things like bro hugs as, well..not bad. Really? Two guys hugging it out before the last round of beating each other’s asses is bad for the sport? I fail to see that.
Dude with a tramp stamp? Something I would do? Never in a million years would I even get a tattoo. But bad for the sport? Really? A guy with a strangely placed tattoo is hurting the sport of MMA?
This is a tournament of ‘bad’, with legitimately bad things. If you want to have fun, make a tournament of ‘strange’ or a tournament of ‘weird’ or a tournament of ‘embarrassing’ and leave the real problems out of it. Hell, a tournament of ‘fun’ would work too.
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by Chris Groves on Jun 14, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
How can tramp stamps not make it to the final four?
I mean seriously, what were those guys thinking? It seems like half of the violent macho men that take up professional fighting as a career also want to draw attention to their lower back. It is this sort of decision making that is leading us to things like mma judging! Open your eyes people!
How Belcher’s Kim Jong Il/Crazy Horse hybrid tat didnt fare better is sad.
by troutki on Jun 13, 2011 9:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I'm mind fucked.
Judging
Youtube
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by BeardedNerd on Jun 13, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Ugly choices people.
youtube policy and 3 categories about judging? shame on you BE reader…
Better final: WE’RE GONNA FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT TO FRIDAY!
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 13, 2011 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
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by Neil Manich on Jun 13, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was Munoz and Okami
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
the same thing is in the final four 3 times
i guess we all hate the jjudges
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Judging and YouTube
I had to have one non-judging related thing move through. And that one effects me more directly than Cecil.
Tatum: I think he's a good man. I like him. I got nothing against him, but I'm definitely gonna make orphans of his children.
MMA Judging and YouTube
Both of which hurt the sport as a whole while the others are responsible for more minute issues.
The dude abides.
Peoples/MMA judging/Garcia cards
are all the same thing.
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We were supposed to have an interview with Sakuraba's ear.
by Anton Tabuena on Jun 14, 2011 3:07 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU.
i tried to change my username to 'big country fit' but the system wouldnt let me.
by gspmademegay on Jun 14, 2011 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't think about that.
That would be a great fight except the judges would score it 30-27 Elkins!
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by 40 Cal. on Jun 14, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
When MMA judging wins.
It’s like hitting the “0” in Roulette. Everyone still loses.
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by McKinley B. Noble on Jun 14, 2011 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I decided to vote for once.
But just because I think it’s messed up that Leonard Garcia is specifically singled out. What did he ever do to deserve the hate? The guy goes to put a show on for the fans and they hate him because the judges are always idiots. I agree with Rollo, MMA judging is the same thing but not “fighter bashing”
The hate isn't directed to Leonard Garcia
The category very clearly says “Leonard Garcia SCORECARDS”
That’s singling out the judges, not Garcia.
Personally,
I think Leonard and Jackson have come up with a hell of a gameplan. BIG things impress judges. You can get hit with a dozen precision jabs, but throw a big haymaker that gets blocked and makes a big thud, maybe throws the other guy off balance- that looks impressive to the judges. He also goes for opportunistic takedowns, and does a million other little things that judges historically love to see.
He starts rounds and ends rounds strong, because who cares what happens in the middle? It’s absolutely brilliant IMO. I hate that it works, but commend the man’s ability to consistently win decisions that he shouldn’t have.
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by ElliotMatheny on Jun 14, 2011 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Make it like Strikeforce's bogus Grand Prix
Pretend that one of these lame choices got injured and let Explosive and Athletic Black Stereotype back in. Whooooo! Shamar!
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by Urijah Bieber on Jun 15, 2011 3:59 AM EDT up reply actions
Since we all love to hate judging so much
we should have a BE tournament of bad decisions.
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by bcpjkell on Jun 15, 2011 12:15 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
One of the bad things about MMA is the hideous designs on MMA apparel worn by fans and fighters
and yet BE chooses to have similar images on its BE Tournament of Bad logo.
Sup Bloody Elbow?
Relax Fagan
It’s a reference to what I thought was a pretty funny comment earlier on by some reader.
Was the "USA USA USA" chant in the tourney?
If so, I would have voted it into the semis along with 2 versions of sucky judging and fighters who whine about wrestling, and all would be right with the world.
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by Wrestling Uber Alles on Jun 15, 2011 5:47 AM EDT reply actions
I had you down as a USA chanting kind of guy
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by Drunken cutman on Jun 15, 2011 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL Wut?
I got so sick of the USA I moved the hell out of the country.
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by Wrestling Uber Alles on Jun 15, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Good call!
Where do you live now?
Also, that’s an interesting choice of quote.
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by Drunken cutman on Jun 15, 2011 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I live in the country
where that quote originated. :)
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by Wrestling Uber Alles on Jun 15, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Damn. I must have missed it.
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by Wrestling Uber Alles on Jun 15, 2011 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
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