Thursday, March 11, 2010

Variety In The UFC


I always love to see tons of variety in the ufc. It seems the more variety the better. When you have two completly different fighter it always make a flashy fights. It seems the recent addition of taekwondo(which i would love to see more of) in the ufc has jumped in and proven to be unpredictable. The fighter is brian foster. His last fight was against chris lytle and he unfortunetly lost. But what we did see were some spinning back kicks to the head which were sweet ass! Nobody expects a spinning back kick to the head. I would be truly awesome to see somebody master the art of taekwondo and combine it the right way with other skills in mma to see a pretty crazy fighter. How awesome would it be to see a tornado kick in the ufc? Now as rules go i dont know which kicks are alowwed, but it seems you can do spinnig back kicks to the head so why not other crazy kicks, if mma could evolve and have more fighting styles combined into it, it would be completly different. There are al sorts of styles that havnt been combined with mma yet and it would be intresting to see them in it. I love when someone lands a crazy strike like a spinning back fist or kick, that why jon jone poses a threat in the ufc because of strikes like spinning back elbows and upkicks to the face. This all doesnt apply to just striking either it could go for the ground too. It would make mma twenty steps higher if we could get more variety in it.

Its Time For Some New Blood


Ive got to say the ufc is stacked with the number one fighters in the world with fighters like anderson silva st pierre brock lesnar lyoto machida ect. The ultimate fighter was really needed so we could get new fighters and it worked. Im not trying to say im tired of the fighters currently, its not like im complaining its more of just a lead up to tuf 11. It seems that some of the best fighters come from tuf it it was a really great innovation. last season ultimate fighter saw alot of personalities including kimbo slice. Im not to immpressed with roy nelson, i really think that brendan shaub just got caught of guard and roy got lucky. On to the fact that theres a new ultimate fighter airing in a couple weeks and its on the much needed middle weight division. right now the middle eight division has some pretty good fighters and then one amazing one. Theres really nobody out there who can beat him. As we see in the past the tuf winners usally go on to be succesful and some even get the championship. i would really like to see someone challange anderson silva, i mean the guys the number 1 pound for pound fighter in the world. Hes unnbeatable. It just seems that some divisions are lacking more GREAT fighters, not to say that theres not allot of good ones. The ultimate fighter 11 airs on march 31 wenesday. And i cant wait to see what goes on between the coaches. off of the topic of tuf 11 ide like to rate the divisions on which ones are most stacked and which ones are not. 1=fuggin StAcKeD 5=only a couple.
1= light heavyweight
2= Heavyweight
3= Welterweight
4= Lightweight
5= Middleweight

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Its Official: Kimbo VS Mittrione


Its now official. kimbos deal has been sealed with ufc after a controversial option to move over to boxing, but it seems kimbos heart stayed with ufc. Well only a couple things i could say on the good end for mittrione. I watched every episode of tuf 10 and really got into it, and with my previous knowledge of kimbo slice i really hoped he would win it. sad to say fatass roy nelson sat on him the whole time in the crusifix or however you spell it, but nevermind that it seems kimbo has made it into the ufc without winning the show but he definetly earned it with a win over houston alaxander. When i play this fight in my mind i see kimbo kicking the shit outta mittrione, and i think this is one time im not going to throw a "but on the otherhand" because i really dont see the talen in mittrione. You can see the skill mittrione has it just doesnt seem like hes using it the right way or fast enough. It looks like the fighters really branched out after the show with kimbo going to att and really working his ground game and his wrestling. If kimbo cant take the win on the stand-up (which i dont see any reason he cant)Then im sure he will have no problem taking this one to the ground. I see mittriones determination now after the show. it really seems that he found his passion, its just hes still that weird creepy person whos always coming up with excuses, and i would be afraid if i was him that his excuses could reflect his fighting and he just might not be as deticated. Either way this fight should be a great add on to ufc 113.

UFC Primetime Show


The new ufc primetime show just aired and it really impressed me and got me hooked into the upcoming fight between st pierre and hardy. at first i thought hardy would have no chance at st pierre. i still do now but i think hes stepping into this fight a better way than everybody else does. St pierre is now training with renzo gracie witch is a scary thing because renzo is a top level bjj master and has trained the best(he also has an upcoming fight with matt hughes) this way st pirre can deal with high level bjj or use it to his advantage. The only hole i see in st pierre is his striking, which is still very good to begin with. But i think hardys stand up is a little better and hardy doesnt seem to be afraid to get hit. Now on to the show and less about the fight. The show was exeptional and it realy educates people on these upcoming fights and it doesnt fail to entertain those who already have knowledge on the ufc or the upcoming fights. It really took on an exiting role and it was better than i expected. It shows you where the fighters are training how there training and everything else on there schedule, it also takes a deep look into what the fighters are really aboutt and made if. ex. we have cocky hardy whos a no fear brit, and weve got humble no talk st pierre on the other side. anyways the show was a great hit and if you failed to catch the hidden suprise then youll have to watch the re runs. The show airs every wensday at 10 up until the fight.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Jon Jones. Does He Have It?



Now there's been allot of scepticism about Jon Jones last fight against Matt hamill. The fight was truly a great disappointment to everyone. Jon Jones is really a interesting fighter because he has an extremely freakish reach advantage to every one he fights.(think brock lesnar who weighs 265 pounds and is a heavy weight. he has a 81" reach. Now jon jones on the other hand weighs 205 and is in the light heavyweight division and has a 85" reach) This reach advantage really pays off for jones giving him a great opportunity to not get hit. We have also seen his ability to throw the wildest and coolest strikes. He has thrown spinning back fists and elbows. yes a spinning back elbow, and he has great flexibility which allows him to thrown front kicks to the face and various other kicks. But what we really saw in his last fight was his incredible ground game. most ufc fans love to see the type of fighter that jon jones is on the stand up because hes always exiting and he mixes it up, but im sure they dont have a problem with his ground game either. he threw matt hammill to the ground and really did a number on him. i was very amazed with his speed and elbows in mount. He destroyed hammill. The question now is can he beat his next opponents? I dont know if its just me but it seems that jon gets kinda lucky in his fights. Assuming its probably just the hidden power and talent that we dont see on a day to day basis that he has like fellow striker anderson silva. These two remind of each other on the stand up, always mixing things up. Both have the hidden power and talent that you dont see because there fights are usually fast and unpredictable. Your guys thoughts on jonny bones jones?