01.26.09 THERE WAS MUCH PUNCHING THIS WEEKEND
There were two big fights this weekend for fans of man-on-man violence: Shane Mosley upset Antonio Margarito with a ninth-round TKO to win the WBC welterweight title, and heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko knocked out Andrei Arlovski in the first round of the most-hyped MMA fight outside of UFC since Kimbo Slice fell to Seth Petruzelli.
Since I’m not an old Hispanic man, I watched Affliction’s MMA card, but you can read solid breakdowns on Mosley-Margarito from Large at The Sporting Blog and Kogod at Deadspin.
While 20,000-plus were packed into L.A.’s Staples Center to watch the pugilists, the Honda Center in Orange County was also filled with fight fans to watch Emelianenko build his mystique — the doughy 230-pound Russian hasn’t lost a fight since 2000. But the headliners disappointed. Arlovski, clearly in superior shape, controlled the tempo of the first round, then was done in by his famously weak chin when he jumped into a straight right. He immediately fell to the canvas, unconscious.
The rest of the card was similarly disappointing — a lot of fighters with some version of “former UFC” appended to their names, and it was obvious why. Although anyone who saw Matt Lindland get knocked out got their money’s worth. Not too often I get to see the balled-up velociraptor hands and leg spasms at the end of a fight. Usually I pay the girl to do that to me.
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THERE WAS MUCH PUNCHING THIS WEEKEND
Why did Emelianenko have to beat up the bearded bad guy from Superman 2? Dick move, if you ask me.
The Leonidas look is gauche.
HOLY SHIT! I JUST WATCHED SUPERMAN II THE OTHER NIGHT!
ARLOVKI’S KRYPTONITE IS FIGHTING!
FUCK YOU GUYS, WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE, A MATHEMAGICIAN?
ARLOVKI’S KRYPTONITE IS FIGHTING!
Wow. A +1 for Kenny. Never thought I’d see the day.
Yakov Smirnoff looked impressive for the first round.
I prefer female inmate on prison guard violence
/Chained Heat 2
Enrico:
That’s the one with a non-Flava Stallone era Brigitte?
I’d say Alovski lost the fight due to the devastating overhand right that spun him around 180 degrees in the air than a straight right to his weak chin.
Your MMA commentary is about as good as a retarded girl with a mouthful of cock. However, Linland coverage was spot on.
you never lose when two commies are kicking the shit out of each other
disappointing event? seriously, stop writing about MMA and leave it to the pros.
the Fedor/Arlovski fight was great despite not making it out of the first round. it’s not often we see Fedor look so vulnerable, but that he can be patient and capitalize on the only mistake Arlovski made speaks volumes.
Leave the MMA comments to the professionals… over at closeted gay athletes dot com.
Billy Mays should stick to infomercials.
devastating overhand right
Eh, so I called an overhand a straight. Gosh, it’s almost like I was drinking that night or something. And it was devastating BECAUSE Arlovski has a weak chin.
I’m sorry. You people really deserve so much more out of a blog. I should leave MMA writing to the PROFESSIONALS, like other people with blogs.
I’m pretty sure any punch that can stop a 240lb man’s forward moment and spin him around in the midair would KO almost anyone.
The way you described the fight was akin to an old man falling in the shower instead of a big looping punch that knocked Arlovski out in the air and then had him smash face first to the canvas and lie there on his head in a position that either says, “I’m dead, prison rape me, or I’m dead so prison rape me.”
I know I’m being superficial and when it comes to a post about, say, Cricket you could say the guy threw the thing and the other one swung the wood thing and as long as you had a snarky comment about the action I’d be fine, because I don’t give a shit about Cricket. Nor do I know any terminology.
When it comes to MMA you might as well be the “Boom goes the Dynamite” kid. That’s my only complaint. I think the rest of the posts and the site kick ass.
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