Cinomed’s Asylum

Stayed up till 2am to watch this Sunday night due to the DVR cutting off after round one of the main event…. It ALWAYS does that, don’t ask me why I can’t remember to record the next show just to be safe.

Let’s break it down.

Josh Grispi Vs. Jens Pulver:

Jens is my boy,  I love that guy for so many reasons, but as he mentioned in an interview before his second match with Urijah, “Little Evil wasn’t a nick name, that was ME, my anger and desire to hurt something, but that’s gone now, I have not felt Little Evil for a couple of years….”
For better or worse, he has lost the fire he had to fight, he needs to find a new drive or it’s time to concentrate on coaching, maybe announcing, SOMETHING, please don’t be the grisly vet they toss to all the prospects to get some name recognition.

And for his part, Josh was great, I really feel for him though, he had just won, and you could see he felt TERRIBLE about it, that’s gotta suck! LOL

Donald Cerrone Vs. James Krause

COwwwwwwBOI!! Seriously, as a TapOut show watcher I have known about Cerrone for a while, he is a badass, and I love seeing someone of his determination fighting. I think he still needs to work on polish, but damn watching him stalk Krause like some sort of caged lion was awesome, I can’t WAIT to see him fight Varner again!

Jose Aldo Vs. Cub Swanson

Ok, I will admit, I had no idea who Jose Aldo was……. but that’s kinda the point of tossing him at someone like Cub. Holy….Sheet…. This fight, while OMG short, is a perfect example of why I love the light weight classes, “Don’t Blink” for real! Yeah I know Aldo VS Brown is prolly coming, but damn I wanna see Aldo vs Faber, Mutant Speed Factors For the WIN!

Mike Campbell Vs. Anthony Pettis

Mike Campbell is another of my TapOut show guys, he is going to be great, but he is really green, I mean diving into a guys triangle 3 or so times in a row, in under 2 minutes, you are gonna get caught…. Good fight Pettis though, gotta love any finish, and I love a good triangle!

Scott Jorgensen Vs. Antonio Banuelos

Antonio “The Iceman’s Man Servant” Banuelos, another Tapout guy, he has had some mixed time in the WEC, but he always gives it 150%, glad he got a win, even if they fight did drag on…

I am not one of those guys that keeps my own scoring, if you let it go to decision you deserve what you get as far as I care, fight still beat 99.9% of TV

Mike Brown Vs. Urijah Faber

Appetizers are over with, time for the reason we all tuned in…..

Urijah Faber, the mutantly quick and creative, often thought “King of the 145s” is back for his belt.

Mike Brown, the effin wrecking machine, ready to keep the belt and shut up any and all “Fluke” or “Lucky” talk.

Both of these absolute badasses had just decimated their last opponent in the first round, they both have something to prove, and they both are in their prime, this promised all the fireworks you could ever expect from the WEC.

And boy did it deliver!

I won’t bother speaking too much about the exact events, watch it, read about it from play by play guys, that’s not my gig.

I will say this, a few people have commented something like “If Urijah didn’t get hurt it woulda been different!” Yeah maybe, but he DID get hurt, and he DID go the distance, and that is awesome no matter how you slice it! As Mike Brown put it, him and Urijah are the top two at 145, at least in North America which is all that really matters here, and they will meet again, Urijah a little healthier, Brown a little more prepared for that mutant speed…….

I.Simply.Can’t.WAIT!

Hell hath frozen over…. Kimbo “MuthaF***in” Slice will be wearing UFC gear and be staring in the latest “The Ultimate Fighter” season.

This season has already started, so it is no joke or pipe dream, it is happening as I type this! (Assuming he hasn’t already stormed out of the house….)

All I can say is…..

Dana White is a GENIUS!

Kimbo = Celebrity, and he will tap into the great unwashed masses of casual MMA fans that caught an Elite XC event on CBS for free once as they were surfing for yet another CSI rerun….

Worst case scenario?

Kimbo loses early, still causes a TON of new people to at least watch an episode or two of TUF, most likely gets a fight on the finale against someone like Heath Herring or Shane Carwin and gets smashed.

Dana and Spike get more ratings for both shows, and Dana gets to show the world, “Kimbo ain’t SHIT” as he has been quoted.

Best case scenario?

Kimbo surprises everyone, wins a few fights, competes hard, even if losing in the finale shows the kinda heart and excitement that will keep him on contract and the UFC gets a brand new PPV draw… a big BIG draw.

Dana f***in White is a MuthaF***in Genius!

At one time I thought the UFC belts were set, stuck in place for a while.

BJ Penn at 155

GSP at 170

Anderson Silva at 185

Rampage Jackson at 205

Since then, GSP lost and regained the belt, Brock Lesnar has imho locked up the HeavyWeight belt and the LightHW belt is now on it’s third owner since leaving Rampage’s waist…

I do beleive, Lyota Machida is the real deal, he has something “new”, something that is difficult to impossible to train against, and if you can’t train for your opponent….. well that’s what will seperate the athletes from the true fighters….

A quote:

“Welcome to the Lyota ERA!” Joe Rogan

Well said Joe, well said…. I look forward to watching him frustrate and demolish the top teir 205′ers.

^_^

Holy Smokes, it is so heartening to hear someone in the media, in Chicago, in the finacial industry, lay down the smack like this… you MUST watch it to believe it!

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853

Hat tip to GeekWithA45

Wow, just freaking WOW….

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/02/witness-to-hi-1.html

They have come a long way, yet they showed bravery before..

http://cinomed.blogetery.com/2005/01/30/i-am-an-iraqi/

I am simply in awe, Mr Bush in his “illegal” “immoral” “lied to us” war, changed the very face of the world with the help of the men and women of the United States Arms Services, sowed the seeds of Liberty……

I mean how can you NOT get that?

speechless

that is all…

needed more beer!

Record setting voter turn out, awesome, more people involved the better, I hope.

Clear and un-contested win, no repeat of 2000, thank goodness.

now lets just hope he isn’t as bad as I feared…..

I live in Texas, it’s really obvious which side we will be on, but some states have a chance to save the country, or send us into atleast 4 years of, best case scenerio “worry, worst “Socialism”.

Honestly, I have had deep discussions with a couple of people I really care about, that support Obama, and here are the things I got from them.

Obama: Inpires, Not as socialist as we are led to beleive, can’t really do MUCH damage, give people hope which is good even if missplaced.

*shudder*

I have been a memeber of the Anti Feingold-Mccain act blogs for a LONG LONG time. I don’t like Mccain all that much, but good god….

I will be bitter, and I will cling to my guns…… and if I didn’t fear a dicorce I would be out buying more of them.

I am well and truely sick to my stomach and have been to the point of tears several tims in the last 24 hours as I ponder whether my children will grow up in an America that I recognize…..